Movie | Largo Winch | Liked It

The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch. Fun to see again.

TV | Death in Paradise (Series 6) | Liked It

They seem slightly embarrassed.

Relentlessly and apologetically formulaic, yet still enjoyable. We welcomed a new lead detective, said goodbye to the old one and the writing in the final episode was so boring that it literally put me to sleep (multiple times!). They just kept verbally rehashing the case over and over and over again. No matter, there will be a seventh series and we'll most likely watch it!

Best of 2016

2016 was a huge year for me; I watched more than I ever have since starting this tracking blog. As a consequence, I watched a bunch of stuff that won't stick with me. These are the movies and tv shows that will.

Best Drama/Thriller - Blue Ruin

Honorable Mention - Green Room, Cop Car, High-Rise,
Cold in July, 10 Cloverfield Lane, American Ultra, Peacock,
Kill Me Three Times, Inherent Vice, The Guest,
Swiss Army Man, The Equalizer, Maggie, Stanhope

Best Comedy - Life After Beth

Best Western - Diablo

Best Documentary - Andrew Jenks: Room 335

Honorable Mention -David Bowie: Five Years, An Evening with Noel Fielding,
Henry Rollins: Up For It, Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone

Best Science Fiction and Fantasy - Ex Machina

Honorable Mention - Interstellar, Uncanny, Antiviral, Hidden,
These Final Hours, Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead 

Best Family Film - Minions

Best TV Drama - Animal Kingdom

Best New Television Show - Stranger Things

Best Horror Television Show - Channel Zero

Honorable Mention - Preacher, Crazyhead, Psychoville

Best Sci-Fi Television Show - The Aliens

Best Reality Television Show - Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath

Best Comedy Television Show - Maron (Season 4)

Honorable Mention - Plebs, Yonderland, Moone Boy, Cuckoo

Best Drama Television Show - Mad Dogs (US)

Honorable Mention - Search Party, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency,
Ordinary Lies, Baskets, The Family, Lilyhammer

Best Adult Animated Television Show - Monkey Dust

These are the outstanding shows that I saw just in 2016, but there are so many that were just merely very good. If you're interested in seeing a movie or tv show on this list but you're unsure if you'd like it or not, talk to me about it and I can give you an indication of whether or not you will. Just because I did doesn't mean you will, of course.

Shows and movies that made the list last year was bumped from this list. That doesn't mean they're not still fantastic and well worth seeing. It's also worth noting that many of the movies that I saw in 2016 crossed genres and it was much more difficult categorizing them, which I think is brilliant. 2017 is already shaping up to be an absolutely outstanding year, with even more genre-jumping.

Comments are welcome; tell me what your "best of" was in 2016!

TV | Colony (Season 2) | Liked It-ish

This show continues to not quite click. There are moments and then there are ridiculously long pauses between anything that I, as a viewer, care about. And, unfortunately, I still feel like this was miscast and over-acted. That's probably more the show runner's fault more than anybody.

TV | Baskets (Season 2) | Really Liked It

Continues to be for sophisticated viewers only. I think a lot of people don't get this show, whatsoever. It's complicated, unexpected and chock full of ethos.

Movie | Morgan | LIKED It

Been waiting for this a long time. It wasn't great, but I still really enjoyed it. Rule #1.

TV | White Rabbit Project | Liked It-ish

The secondary crew from Mythbusters get their own show. It was good and they're great, but I'm just not that interested in seeing this kind of stuff anymore.

Movie | A Field in England | Liked It

I still hate period pieces, but this was by one of my favorite director/writers, Ben Wheatley (Ideal, Sightseers, Kill List and High-Rise...all of which were superb in their own ways) and featured in the cast were Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh, etc.) and Reece Shearsmith (Inside No. 9, Psychoville, etc.).

TV | Portlandia (Season 7) | Liked It-ish

Too many misses.

TV | The OA | Really Liked It

Marling continues to be great. This show contains elements of The Family, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest and Stranger Things, among others.

TV | 3% | Liked It

Interesting that there seems to be some really quality Latino sci-fi coming out.

Movie | Miss Meadows | Liked It-ish

To nobody's fault other than the editor and script, this never really gelled. Holmes is excellent and the quirkiness is intriguing and charming. But it just didn't work because it was too slow and felt like it was a bit pointless. Too bad; definitely had potential and not the worst rental out there.

TV | Travelers | Liked It

Oh thank god, McCormack is finally in something actually good.

TV | Our Ex-Wife | Liked It

Better than its premise.

TV | Home From Home | Didn't Like It

Love these two, but this show didn't have enough going for it to peak our interest. It wasn't terrible, tho.

Movie | Mr. Right | Really Liked It

We'd actually seen a part of this previously. At the time, I didn't think it was very good and dismissed it. Well, we tried it again and it was downright delightful. I mean, how many genuinely funny rom-coms about a hitman who falls for a nutty girl can you think of?

Movie | Interstellar | Really Liked It

Another movie for people who are afraid of sci-fi, in that there's nothing new here and the script and editing hold the viewer back, giving them only glimpses or insinuating the dirty bits, which are the most interesting but modern movie watchers won't accept because of their narcissism and ADHD. Nolan does his usual good job, despite the miscasting of McConaughey, who was just awful, and the length being about a half hour too long.

Movie | To All A Goodnight | Liked It-ish

Thought I'd start the new year with something truly bad; that way I've got nowhere but up. Well...success!