Another month in the books — and a year, too. (Annual recap and 2023 goals coming in a few days.) I hope you all had as pleasant a holiday season as I did!
Last month: November 2022 Recap
Reviews:
- The Goods published 12 reviews in December. The average “Is It Good?” score was a 5.15, or a “Good”
- New releases reviewed included She Said and Sam & Kate
- Best new release reviewed: Three Thousand Years of Longing
- Worst new release reviewed: Mickey Saves Christmas
- Best classic first-time watch reviewed: Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2010)
- Best rewatch reviewed: A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
- Ongoing Review Projects include my Tom Hanks retrospective and a catch-up of 2022 movies, plus peeks into the work of Damien Chazelle and Robert Zemeckis (more coming soon on these).
Podcast:
- The Goods: A Film Podcast continued weekly episodes, including lots of holiday coverage and a New Years episode
- As with every December, we checked in with four adaptation of A Christmas Carol
Site News and Updates:
- According to my Letterboxd account, I watched 31 feature films and 9 short films in December
- Today’s banner comes from the most-read new release review this month… Mickey Saves Christmas
- This month we had 158 unique readers. Thanks, all!
Next Month:
- I’ll be hitting a few key 2022 films as I get around to the last handful of movies I missed.
- Continuing ongoing film projects (Hanks, Zemeckis, Chazelle)
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