Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 1/5/24

January 5, 2024

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Not Pictured: The Boy, or The Swallow (CREDIT: Netflix © 2023)

Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

Movies
–Night Swim (Theaters)

TV
–RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 16 Premiere (January 5 on MTV)
-Golden Globes (January 7 on CBS)
–Grimsburg Series Premiere (January 7 on FOX) – Detective Jon Hamm.
–The Great North Season 4 Premiere (January 7 on FOX)
–Echo Series Premiere (January 9 on Disney+) – New Marvel show. Maybe I’ll watch.
–Boy Swallows Universe Series Premiere (January 11 on Netflix) – I’m a fan of Phoebe Tonkin.
–Break Point Season 2 (January 11 on Netflix)
–Ted Season 1 (January 11 on Peacock)

Podcasts
–Newcomers Season Premiere – Lauren and Nicole are talking Batman!

‘The Batman’ for The Birthday

March 10, 2022

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The Batman (CREDIT: Warner Bros. Pictures/Screenshot)

Starring: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, Colin Farrell

Director: Matt Reeves

Running Time: 176 Minutes

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: March 4, 2022 (Theaters)

The Batman was my Cinematic Birthday Viewing of 2022. So I got a little festive and chowed down a little more than usual. The star of the lineup was a matcha chocolate milkshake garnished with a sesame seed cookie and boozed up with some ginger liqueur (though I hardly noticed the booze), while I also dabbled in some popcorn, loaded fries, and even pizza. (Not to mention I had an Impossible burger for dinner beforehand.) So now you know what state of mind (and state of stomach) I was in.

Anyway, as plenty of moviegoers have already noticed, this is a version of the Dark Knight that really emphasized the detective aspect. That made for a lot of Pattinson-Batman and Geoffrey Wright-Commissioner Gordon looking all confused at all those dang riddles! And when they realized that they might have made a major mistake with their deciphering, you could really tell how much they felt like chumps. I appreciated that vulnerability!

I also appreciated that Colin Farrell was both unrecognizable and indelible, and that Peter Sarsgaard was very recognizable (even though I spent the whole time thinking he was Corey Stoll).

In conclusion, would I ever like to be The Batman myself? Hardly! But I’m pretty sure I’ve now fully realized the value of having new versions always waiting for me as the world turns.

Grade: Gimme All Your Cyphers