Perfect first viewing of the new year.
My newfound love for this trilogy has grown tenfold.

The sequel beautifully captures the devastation of the ring's hellish influence, building upon the lore of its predecessor. None of the characters are exempt from its siren call. We see Frodo become utterly tortured by its grip on his sanity, while Sam struggles to keep his ward tethered to reality.

Smeagol/Gollum is one hell of a side villain. Props to Andy Serkis for his…

I fucking love this movie.
I watched the OG Hellboy films initially out of order, and saw the sequel in theaters before seeing the first one. Didn't matter. I was hooked no matter what.

The dialogue is pretty corny and melodramatic at times, but it fits well enough with the comic book adaptation aesthetic and cartoony action sequences.

Ron Perlman's iconic gritty voice and intimidating physicality naturally lends itself to Hellboy's conflicted antihero persona, and I think this is one…

After putting this off my entire life, I finally watched LotR for the first time yesterday. My mom watched through all three films in two days with great relish, and I knew I couldn't avoid it any longer. Absolutely loved it. It brought me so much joy, and now I understand why nerds adore it so much.

It's me. I'm nerds. All the memes I grew up seeing all over the internet finally make sense, and it feels like I…