Best Movies of 2024

January 28, 2025

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Movies! 2024! Hurray! (CREDIT [Clockwise from Top Left): NEON; 20th Century Studios/Screenshot; Altered Innocence/Screenshot; Focus Features)

Happy 2025, movie lovers! But let’s not forget 2024 just yet. I know I haven’t. As per usual, I saw more than 100 new filmed adventures during the last trip around the Sun, and I enjoyed quite a few of them. I decided to include my top 14 flicks for my Best Of coverage this year, because that just happened to be the number that I was passionate enough about to announce to the world. So please read on, as I count down my Top 14 Movies of 2024 and reveal the story of how I fell in love with them.

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Give Your Green Light to ‘Will & Harper’

September 20, 2024

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W&H (CREDIT: Netflix)

Starring: Will Ferrell, Harper Steele

Director: Josh Greenbaum

Running Time: 114 Minutes

Rating: R

Release Date: September 13, 2024 (Theaters)/September 27, 2024 (Netflix)

Will & Harper is basically the perfect film for my silly little habit of asking some variation of the question, “Would I like to be a part of what this movie is all about?” Because the answer is an unequivocal “Yes!”

The titular “Will” is Will Ferrell, one of my favorite Funny People on Planet Earth, while the titular “Harper” is Harper Steele, a former Saturday Night Live writer who often teamed up with Will during their time together at Studio 8H. And Will & Harper is about the cross-country* road trip they go on together in the wake of the latter’s gender transition as a trans woman (*-that country being the United States).

It would’ve just been grand if I could’ve been there right alongside them, even if just for a minute. What if they had serendipitously dropped into a Dunkin’ Donuts in my neighborhood? It could’ve happened! Maybe it still could! But at least I was able to watch this doc and experience their adventure vicariously, which is the next best thing.

Grade: 55 Pringles out of 69 Natty Lights

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 9/13/24

September 13, 2024

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(CREDIT: Jackbox Games/Screenshot)

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

Movies
–The Babadook 10th Anniversary Re-Release (September 19 in Theaters)
–My Old Ass (Theaters)
–Speak No Evil (Theaters)
–Will & Harper (September 13 in Limited Theaters, September 27 on Netflix) – Will Ferrell and Harper Steele go on a road trip.

TV
-76th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (September 14 on FXX)
-76th Primetime Emmy Awards (September 15 on ABC) –  Hosted by the Levy Dad and Son
–Dancing with the Stars Season 33 Premiere (September 17 on ABC and Disney+) – I’m gonna check out this season because of curiosity about a certain con artist cast member.
–High Potential Series Premiere (September 17 on ABC) – Starring an It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia cast member on a network show.
–Agatha All Along Series Premiere (September 18 on Disney+) – WandaVision spinoff.
–Frasier Reboot Season 2 Premiere (September 19 on Paramount+)

Music
-Miranda Lambert, Postcards from Texas

Video Games
–Jackbox Naughty Pack (Released September 12 on Steam, PlayStation, Switch, Xbox, Epic Games, Amazon Fire TV, and Apple TV)