My 2019 media diet 1/3/20
For a few years now, I’ve been keeping track of the media I watch, read, and play. This is my list for 2019 in ascending chronological order:
Books
- Ancillary Mercy ★★★☆☆
- Show Stopper!: The Race to Create Windows NT ★★★★☆
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up ★★★★☆
- Killers of the Flower Moon ★★★★☆
- The Soul of a New Machine ★★★★★
- Digital Minimalism ★★★★☆
- A Brief History of Thought: A Philosophical Guide to Living ★★★★★
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone ★★★★☆
- Educated ★★★★★
- A Murder of Quality ★★★★☆
- Rise and Fall of the Third Reich ★★★★★
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ★★★★★
- The Three-Body Problem ★★★★☆
- Hooked ★★★☆☆
- Beneath a Surface ★★★☆☆
- How to Break Up With Your Phone ★★★★☆
- We Learn Nothing ★★★★★
- Atomic Habits ★★★☆☆
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ★★★★★
- Enemies of the People: My Family’s Journey to America ★★★★★
Movies
- Coco ★★★★☆
- Ready Player One ★★☆☆☆
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang ★★★★☆
- Deadpool 2 ★★★☆☆
- The Favourite ★★★★★
- A Streetcar Named Desire ★★★★★
- Prisoners (2013) ★★★★★
- Captain Marvel ★★☆☆☆
- Mandy ★★★☆☆
- Locke ★★★★★
- Major League ★★★☆☆
- The Meg ★★★☆☆
- Avengers: Endgame ★★★★★
- The Wife ★★★★☆
- John Wick: Chapter 3 ★★★★☆
- Noah ★★★☆☆
- Letters from Iwo Jima ★★★★☆
- The Bit Player ★★★★☆
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World ★★★☆☆
- Bone Tomahawk ★★★★☆
- Tomb Raider (2018) ★★★☆☆
- Spider-Man: Far From Home ★★★★☆
- Road House ★★☆☆☆
- Bad Times at the El Royale ★★★☆☆
- Hobbs & Shaw ★★★★☆
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood ★★★★☆
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs ★★★★☆
- Machete ★★★☆☆
- A Quiet Place ★★★★★
- Widows ★★★★☆
- It: Chapter 2 ★☆☆☆☆
- Slow West ★★★★★
- Hustlers ★★★★☆
- Joker ★★★★☆
- Get Carter (1971) ★★★☆☆
- Deadwood: The Movie ★★★☆☆
- Jojo Rabbit ★★★★☆
- Midsommar ★★★★★
- Parasite ★★★★★
- Alita: Battle Angel ★★★☆☆
- Detective Pikachu ★★★☆☆
- Shazam! ★★★★☆
- Ford vs Ferrari ★★★★★
- The Shop Around the Corner ★★★☆☆
- Terminator: Dark Fate ★★☆☆☆
- The Irishman ★★★★★
- Hercules ★★☆☆☆
- Green Room ★★★★★
- Queen & Slim ★★★★☆
- Knives Out ★★★★★
- Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker ★★☆☆☆
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ★★★★☆
- Uncut Gems ★★★★★
Plays
- Burn This ★★★★★
- Network ★★★★☆
- Dear Evan Hansen ★★★☆☆
- Sea Wall / A Life ★★★★★
- Betrayal ★★★★★
- Come From Away ★★★☆☆
- Iolanthe ★★☆☆☆
- David Byrne’s American Utopia ★★★★★
- To Kill a Mockingbird (Ed Harris) ★★★★☆
- A Bright Room Called Day ★★☆☆☆