2021 A Year at the Movies (Best and Worst)
This year I saw over 140 2021 features and 31 films at the cinema. I make a list every year of the best and worst releases of the year. Recently, I somehow erased all but last year's list, so here goes nothing. January: Outdoor Screenings Films Seen in a Theater: MLK/FBI The beginning of the year offered no decent mainstream releases and no interesting low rent ones. The art theater at the time was only doing outside screenings, very well handled outdoor screenings; they had patio heaters; they had popcorn and a drink waiting at my seat. The only issues with the outdoor screenings are bugs and especially traffic noise; it really takes you out of the film especially if the flick is only mildly diverting. A film that might have been a fun outdoor screening (in a mondo sort of way) Grizzly II , a film I bought sight unseen. It had a star-studded cast (George Clooney, Laura Dern and Charlie Sheen each for about 30 seconds), and the original (from 45 years ago, this sequel sat u