Happy Independence Day to my American followers! I suggest you all celebrate by not going to see Independence Day: Resurgence. (Because it’s meant to suck) 🙂 Well, it’s now July so here’s a quick recap of the stuff I posted in June.
It would’ve been Adrienne Shelly’s 50th birthday on the 24th of June so I decided to review five of her movies that week. I adored her film Waitress (for which she was the writer, director & co-star) so had been meaning to check out some of her previous acting work. It was great to see her in other roles but Waitress remains my favorite. She was clearly a very talented filmmaker & it’s a shame we’ll never get to see what else she would have made. The links to my five Adrienne Shelly movie reviews are all below.
Other than that, I had a pretty lazy blog month & plan to cut back even more in July. I did at least manage another Blind Spot movie review (for THX 1138). I still had a few fun posts that got some comments, though, and I was very surprised to see what became my most popular post…
POSTS
My Most Popular Post: Sweet Valley High Covers Artist Takes Commissions. Wow! I didn’t expect the response that I got on this post. I guess I’m not the only pre/early teen girl who read this series in the 80s! I loved reminiscing over the books’ cover art & even got a couple of comments from another artist who worked on the cover art for the later books in the series. Very cool!
My Favorite Post: My review of Waitress & my list of My Top Ten Video Game Movies were probably my favorites this month. And the Sweet Valley High post, of course.
MOVIES REVIEWED
My Most Popular Movie Review: It was a tie view-wise between Waitress & Warcraft: The Beginning. Huh – You can’t really get two movies that are more different!
All Movies Reviewed (ranked best to worst):
Waitress
THX 1138
The Unbelievable Truth
The Dead Pool
Warcraft: The Beginning
Trust
Heavy Metal Parking Lot
Money Monster
The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Case
Sleeping With Strangers
Factotum
MOVIES WATCHED
In Cinema (ranked best to worst):
Warcraft: The Beginning
Money Monster
The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Case
At Home (ranked best to worst):
Paul
Dope
Sleeping With Strangers
San Andreas
Factotum
TOP TEN LISTS
Top Ten Clint Eastwood Movies
Top Ten Video Game Movies
Top Ten Movie Presidents
SEARCH TERMS
My Top Search Term: “Gorillaz videos“. Well, that makes sense as I’ve posted Gorillaz videos in posts for my Clint Eastwood Week & in my review of the Tank Girl comic. Love Gorillaz! Great music.
My Favorite Search Term: Most definitely “carrot blow job scene“! And, yes, I know why that search led to my blog. I’m so proud. That’ll be thanks to My Top Ten Movie Fruits & Vegetables list & the scene in question is from Fast Times At Ridgemont High starring the lovely Jennifer Jason Leigh.
I’m also happy that someone searched for the movie D.A.R.Y.L. Cheesy 80’s goodness! 🙂
Here are my top search terms for the month:
BOOKS
Book Reviewed: The Colour Of Magic by Terry Pratchett
Book I’ve Just Finished: The Death Cure by James Dashner
Book I’m Currently Reading: The End Of The World Running Club by Adrian J Walker
BLOG PLANS FOR THE COMING MONTH
Oh my god that baby polar bear is adorable! Anyway, I don’t really have any blog plans for July. My plan is to “chill”. I’m tired. I’ll do some lazy Top Tens & reviews of movies I go to see. Other than that, I’ll post stuff only if I’m in the mood. Maybe summer will finally come to the U.K. this month?!?! Fingers crossed! If the sun is actually shining, you’ll be seeing less of me here. 🙂
Upcoming Movies:
Finding Dory!!!! I’m so annoyed at the long wait for this one in the U.K. (it comes out on July 29th). I’m a massive Pixar fan & desperate to see it! Other than that, I’m very curious about The Neon Demon but plan to avoid the new Ghostbusters movie like the plague. Oh yeah – I almost forgot that Star Trek Beyond is out in July (I’m actually not impressed by the trailer) and The BFG looks like it could be a bit of family fun. At home, I seriously need to catch up on watching my Blind Spot movies & haven’t yet watched the one I’m hoping to review in July (Battle Royale).
Let’s see… I always end these with a music clip related to something I posted or watched. Well, I finally watched Dope last week after badly wanting to see it for ages. I’m sorry to say that I found the movie to be a huge disappointment. However, the soundtrack kicked ass! Here’s Juice (Know the Ledge) by Eric B. & Rakim:
Cinema Parrot Disco 
I really like the variety of things you talk about on your site and your search terms are always very fun.
Thanks, Vinnie! I think I just lack focus… Lol! Or maybe I’m just well rounded? : )
I’d say your work is well rounded.
Okay, we’ll go with well rounded! ; ) lol. Thanks!
We saw Independence Day yesterday and we liked it. Not as good as the first one but then the element of surprise is missing since we already knew what the aliens looked like etc. Better effects, but some of the characters were bland. Liam Hemsworth, mind you, was great!
Yeah, my hubby ended up going to it without me. He said it’s fine for what it is but obviously not as good as the first. I suppose I’ll at least watch it at home when it’s out. I don’t mind a bit of Hemsworth, although I prefer Chris! ; )
Awww, wook at the cwute wickle baby polar bear!
Erm, wait, what? I didn’t say that. Die Hard! Beer! ‘Splosions! Meat! Addison Timlin’s panties!
Phew, manliness restored.
HA! I’ve seen various combinations & spellings of “Addison Timlin’s panties” SO many times… It’s amazing how wrong they get the spellings sometimes but they still end up on my blog. That baby polar bear IS adorable, though. ; )
Nice post!
I’m having a summer flu and I was looking for some suggestions for films to watch, think I’m going to watch Waitress if it’s in Netflix.
You know, Finding Dory comes out here only in the end of August! Sucks.
Thanks! : ) Oh, I’d LOVE to hear your thoughts on Waitress. You’re someone who I think would enjoy it. Report back if you do see it! ; ) Man, that sucks about Finding Dory. I think I’d riot! Lol. I seriously can’t wait much longer…
I hope you love Finding Dory! I had a blast with it.
I’m sure I will! I watched a clip online with baby Dory. SO ADORABLE!!! : ) I can’t wait much longer…