Happy June! Oops, never posted my May roundup. Here’s all the crap I watched in May! Well, most of it is wasn’t crap – Actually saw some good ones last month. And finished a book! Woohoo!
MOVIES WATCHED IN MAY (ranked best to worst):
– Something Wild – 7.5/10
– Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 – 7/10
– 20th Century Girl – 7.5/10
– My Neighbors The Yamadas – 7/10
– I’m Your Man – 7.5/10
– The Whale – 7/10
– Dressed To Kill – 7/10
– Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris – 7/10
– Naked Lunch – 7/10
– Tales From Earthsea – 6.5/10
– Pom Poko – 6.5/10
– Halloween Ends – 6/10
– Ticket To Paradise – 6/10
– John And The Hole – 6/10
– The Mother – 6/10
– Rye Lane – 6/10
– Earwig And The Witch – 6/10
– Peter Pan & Wendy – 6/10
– Next Of Kin – 5.5/10
Movies Rewatched In May:
– Battle Royale – 8.5/10
Shorts, Documentaries, Miscellaneous in May:
– Maggie Simpson In Rogue Not Quite One – Meh. These Disney+ Simpsons shorts aren’t the best.
BOOKS, TV, MUSIC, MISCELLANEOUS IN MAY
TV SHOWS WATCHED
– Star Wars: Visions: S2 E1-5 – Can’t say I’ve loved any of the episodes so far. Clearly, as we’ve still not finished watching this season yet. Season 1 was much better.
– Grey’s Anatomy: S19 E15-20 – As I’ve said many times, I have a love/hate relationship with this show. For some reason, I’ve quite liked this season. Which is probably an unpopular opinion? I assume people don’t like there being so little of the “main” characters anymore but maybe it’s time to move on? Although, annoying as she is, they need to keep Meredith to the end. The show is in her name – would be stupid to continue without her. But I’m perfectly fine seeing less of her this season.
– The Amazing World Of Gumball: S1, some of S2? – Realised this is still available with one of our streaming package thingymabobs. Think we’re onto season 2 now, not sure. Is just a fun, short thing to stick on in the background for daughter to reminisce over as this was such a big favorite of hers when a bit younger. Man, this show is seriously fucking nuts. I love weird kids’ cartoons.
– The Muppets Mayhem: S1 E1 – Thought the first episode was fun. Family wasn’t feeling it so I might finish it on my own eventually. But I’m in no rush as there are much better shows I’d rather check out.
– American Born Chinese: S1 E1 – None of us were really feeling this one at all, so unlikely to continue watching. Which is a shame, as the trailer made it look like it could be pretty good.
BOOKS READ
– Watership Down by Richard Adams – Finally finished this! I’m not in the mood for reading lately so it’s taking me forever to finish a book as I only read in short bursts here & there. Seriously, though, this was one LONG book about bunny rabbits! But I loved it. It really is great & I can see why it’s a classic. All the stuff with General Woundwort was intense. Want to re-watch the film now (which I watched as a Blind Spot film a few years ago). I loved that too but think I’d appreciate it even more now. The characters are so strong & I always like getting “a story within a story” so all the many stories told throughout the book were fantastic. I adore Hazel & Fiver. And Bigwig. Great stuff. Glad I finally got around to this one that’s been sitting on my shelf for years. – 4.5/5
Currently reading The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes by Suzanne Collins (because I really like The Hunger Games books – I make no apology! Enjoying this one so far too).
BLOG PLANS FOR THE COMING MONTH
Finally signed up for Apple TV for a bit to catch up on the movies I’ve missed and on Ted Lasso, which I’m almost done binging. Looking forward to Tetris. Cha Cha Real Smooth was decent.
Current Movies I Want To See:
Want to see Across The Spider-Verse & Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret ASAP. Think I’m too late for Margaret. And The Boogeyman since I watch absolutely every adaptation of Stephen King that I can. And Air, which has been on Amazon Prime for a while now. And the new Miyazaki film – I wonder when the U.K. will get that and if I’ll have the opportunity to see it somewhere?!?!?
I also can’t believe I want to see the Barbie movie. I had zero interest in that at first & don’t think Gerwig is anything special & I’m not a very girly girl (although I did like my Barbies as a kid). But for some reason I really want to see it now. The clips & trailers have been interesting.
Guess it makes sense to finish this post with Art Garfunkel’s Bright Eyes from Watership Down…
Cinema Parrot Disco 