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episode 151: #154 - 2023 Year In Review
Happy New Year, Discerning Listeners, and welcome to our special Year In Review episode for 2023. In this episode we talk about some of the best -- and...not so best -- movies, TV shows, and other entertainment that we enjoyed in 2023.
For movies, we cover the following:
- Blue Beetle
- Super Mario Bros. Movie
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
- Evil Dead Rise
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- No Hard Feelings
- Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
- The Marvels
- Oppenheimer
- Godzilla Minus One
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3
- Crater (TV movie formerly on Disney+)
- The Creator
- John Wick: Chapter 4
- Barbie
...But, which ones did we think were good, bad, or somewhere in between? You may be surprised by our opinions, but as usual, we do our best to back up our reasons.
For TV shows, we cover...probably too many to list. But, it's the usual wide variety of Marvel, Star Trek, Star Wars, and other sci-fi, fantasy, superhero, and horror shows. But, we also sneak in at least one example each of cop, medical, heist/hijack, kids show, political drama, and royalty docudrama type shows. We also talk a little bit about shows that we binge-watched in 2023 even if those shows didn't originate in 2023.
Taking longer than we thought on movies & TV, we had to save a few topics for a future episode, but we still squeezed in at least one example each of books, games, YouTube channels, and podcasts.
Listen now for our epic wrap up of a year that was...maybe a little less than epic but...still worth reviewing. 2023 is behind us. Best wishes to everyone for an excellent 2024. :)
One of the topics we had to skip was the big question... Was 2023 truly a lackluster year, or are we becoming too picky? What do you think? Let us know by sending us a message.
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