My 2018 media diet 1/20/19
For a few years now, I’ve been keeping track of the media I watch, read, and play. This is my list for 2018 in ascending chronological order:
Books
- Dune Messiah ★★★☆☆
- Attention Merchants ★★★★☆
- The Underground Railroad ★★★★★
- James Bond: The Man with the Golden Gun ★★★★☆
- Thrawn ★★★★☆
- James Bond: Octopussy and the Living Daylights ★★★★★
- Margin ★★☆☆☆
- Hamilton ★★★★★
- How to Be Miserable ★★★★★
- Ancillary Sword ★★☆☆☆
- Creative Selection: Inside Apple’s Design Process ★★★★☆
- Children of Dune ★★★★★
- Summer of ‘49 ★★★★★
- Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life ★★★★★
Movies
- Jodorowski’s Dune ★★★★☆
- SCORE: A Film Music Documentary ★★★★☆
- What We Do In The Shadows ★★★★☆
- The Defiant Ones ★★★★★
- National Treasure ★★☆☆☆
- Ghostbusters (2016) ★★★☆☆
- The 36th Chamber of Shaolin ★★★★☆
- Shine a Light ★★★★☆
- Solaris (2002) ★★★★★
- Taken ★★★☆☆
- Black Panther ★★★★☆
- Se7en ★★★★★
- Alien 3 ★★☆☆☆
- (500) Days of Summer ★★★★★
- Ant-Man ★★★★☆
- Split ★★★★★
- Alien: Resurrection ★★☆☆☆
- Gods of Egypt ★★☆☆☆
- Anatomy of a Murder ★★★★★
- Wanted ★★★☆☆
- Mom & Dad ★★★★★
- Three Billboards ★★★★☆
- Intolerance (1916) ★★★★☆
- Some Like It Hot ★★★★★
- It (2017) ★★★★☆
- The Shape of Water ★★★★★
- Cocktail ★★☆☆☆
- Avengers: Infinity War ★★★★☆
- Point Break ★★☆☆☆
- Baywatch (2017) ★★☆☆☆
- 2001: A Space Odyssey ★★★★★
- Lady Bird ★★★★★
- Jennifer’s Body ★★★★☆
- Girls Trip ★★☆☆☆
- American Made ★★★☆☆
- Hoosiers ★★★★☆
- Justice League ★★☆☆☆
- King Kong (1933) ★★★★★
- Ingrid Goes West ★★★★☆
- Blazing Saddles ★★★★☆
- I Kill Giants ★★★☆☆
- Chaplin ★★★★★
- Mission Impossible: Fallout ★★★★☆
- Highlander ★★★☆☆
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets ★★☆☆☆
- How to Train Your Dragon ★★★★★
- Lilo & Stitch ★★★★☆
- BlacKkKlansman ★★★★★
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 ★★★★☆
- I, Tonya ★★★★☆
- Solo ★★★☆☆
- Raising Arizona ★★★★☆
- War for the Planet of the Apes ★★★★★
- Phantom Thread ★★★★★
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle ★★☆☆☆
- The Death of Stalin ★★★★★
- Rams (Dieter Rams documentary) ★★★★☆
- Cutthroat Island ★★☆☆☆
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ★★★★★
Plays
- Bright Colors and Bold Patterns ★★★★★
- Parisian Woman ★★★★☆
- John Lithgow: Stories by Heart ★★★☆☆
- The Boys in the Band ★★★★☆
- The Ferryman ★★★★★
Video Games
- Star Wars: Battlefront 2
- Titanfall 2
- Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
- Spider-Man
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4