- Seasons 3 and 4 of Castle
- Series 2 of The Hour
- Fringe (season 5)
- The Walking Dead (season 3)
- The West Wing (season 1)
- The West Wing (season 2)
- Castle (season 5)
- Doctor Who (series 7.2)
- Game of Thrones (season 3)
- Orphan Black (series 1)
- Hannibal (season 1)
- The West Wing (season 3)
- Warehouse 13 (season 4)
- The West Wing (season 4)
- Gravity Falls (season 1)
- Under The Dome (season 1)
- The West Wing (season 5)
- Broadchurch (series 1)
- Luther (series 3)
- Breaking Bad (season 5)
- Avatar: The Legend of Korra - Spirits (Book/Season 2)
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
2013 in TV
What a year for TV ... or marathoning, especially when it came to Castle and The West Wing (which I'm still in the middle of. Genre TV (sci-fi overall) has certainly been making a comeback, as has BBC America programming other than Doctor Who. What's been on your DVR queue this year, and what are you looking forward to next year TV-wise (apart from the obvious, like the final short season of Warehouse 13, the return of Hannibal, and season 4 of Game of Thrones)?
2013 in Novels
NEW RECORD! When I set my Goodreads goal of 115 books, I was a little unsure if I'd meet the goal, what with daily job searching and eventual job/internship-related things, but thanks to keeping up with several (Okay, more than several) comic arcs, I was able to meet my goal. Next year, though, I might cut back a bit to, say, 100? How'd you do this year with your reading goal, if you had one? Did you pick anything worth recommending off the library/brick-and-mortar shelves? (P.S. The stars indicate definite recommendations, if you were wondering.)
- The Hangman’s Daughter - Oliver Potzsch *
- Warm Bodies - Isaac Marion
- The Underwater Welder - Jeff Lemire
- Aliens: Inhuman Condition - John Layman
- Who Could That Be At This Hour? - Lemony Snicket
- The Unwritten: Inside Man (Vol. 2) - Mike Carey
- The Casual Vacancy - J.K. Rowling *
- The Unwritten: Dead Man’s Knock (Vol. 3) - Mike Carey
- The Unwritten: The Leviathan (Vol. 4) - Mike Carey
- Get Jiro! - Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose
- iZombie: Dead To The World (Vol. 1) - Chris Roberson
- Kick-Ass - Mark Millar
- Hawkeye: My Life as a Weapon (Vol. 1) - Matt Fraction *
- Lot 13 - Steve Niles
- The Superior Spider-Man: My Own Worst Enemy (Vol. 1) - Dan Slott
- The Dark Monk - Oliver Potzsch *
- Fatale: Death Chases Me (Vol. 1) - Ed Brubaker *
- RIPD: City of the Damned - Patrick Thorpe
- The Manhattan Projects: Above Beyond (Vol. 2) - Jonathan Hickman *
- Tinker Tailor Solider Spy - John Le Carré
- Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time Vol. 1 - Scott Tipton
- Deadpool: Dead Presidents (Vol. 1) - Brian Posehn *
- Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 1 - Gene Yung
- Morning Glories: Truants (Vol. 4) - Nick Spencer
- Cold Days (Dresden Files, Book 14) - Jim Butcher
- Full Dark, No Stars - Stephen King
- The Madness Underneath (Shades of London, Book 2) - Maureen Johnson
- Saga, Vol. 2 - Brian K. Vaughan *
- Star Trek: Countdown To Darkness - Mike Johnson
- R.I.P.D. - Peter Lenkov
- The Sandman: Endless Nights - Neil Gaiman
- Witch Doctor: Mal Practice (Vol. 2) - Brandon Seifert
- Doctor Who Series 3 Vol. 2 - Andy Diggle
- Iron Man: Believe (Marvel Now, Vol. 1) - Kieron Gillen
- Colder - Paul Tobin
- The Beggar King - Oliver Potzsch *
- Snapshot - Andy Diggle
- Great Pacific: Trashed (Vol. 1) - Joe Harris
- Fatale: The Devil’s Business (Vol. 2) - Ed Brubaker
- Fatale: West of Hell (Vol. 3) - Ed Brubaker
- NOS4A2 - Joe Hill *
- Pride of Baghdad - Brian K. Vaughan
- Gotham Central: In The Line of Duty (Vol. 1) - Ed Brubaker
- The Spectacular Now - Tim Tharp
- The Last Girlfriend on Earth - Simon Rich
- Young Avengers: Style & Substance (Vol. 1) - Kieron Gillen *
- The Superior Spider-Man: A Troubled Mind (Vol. 2) - Dan Slott
- Unnatural Creatures - Neil Gaiman
- The Darwin Awards: Countdown to Extinction - Wendy Northcutt
- Iron Man: The Secret Origin of Tony Stark (Vol. 2) - Kieron Gillen
- Pacific Rim: Tales From Year Zero - Travis Beacham
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Avengers (Vol. 1) - Brian Michael Bendis
- We Can Fix It - Jess Fink
- Hawkeye: Little Hits (Vol. 2) - Matt Fraction *
- Deadpool: Soul Hunter (Vol. 2) - Brian Posehn
- Secret Avengers: Reverie (Marvel Now, Vol. 1) - Nick Spencer *
- The New Ghostbusters (Vol. 1) - Erik Burnham *
- Nova: Origin (Vol. 1) - Jeph Loeb
- Revival: Live Like You Mean It (Vol. 2) - Tim Seeley
- Adulting - Kelly Williams Brown *
- Stiff - Mary Roach *
- Chew: Bad Apples (Vol. 7) - John Layman *
- Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search Part Two - Gene Yang
- The Shambling Guide to New York City - Mur Lafferty
- Wolverine: Hunting Season (Vol. 1) - Paul Cornell
- Joyland - Stephen King
- Doctor Who Series 3 Volume 3 - Andy Diggle
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Legends (Vol. 1) - Dan Abnett + Andy Lanning
- Guardians of the Galaxy: War of Kings Book 1 (Vol. 2) - “
- Guardians of the Galaxy: War of Kings Book 2 (Vol. 3) - “
- The Unwritten: On To Genesis (Vol. 5) - Mike Carey
- Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time Volume 2 - Scott and David Tipton
- The Walking Dead: The Best Defense (Vol. 5) - Robert Kirkman
- The Walking Dead: This Sorrowful Life (Vol. 6) - “
- The Walking Dead: The Calm Before (Vol. 7) - “
- The Walking Dead: Made To Suffer (Vol. 8) - “
- The Walking Dead: Here We Remain (Vol. 9) - “
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman *
- The Poisoned Pilgrim - Oliver Potzsch *
- Young Avengers: Alternative Cultures (Vol. 2) - Kieron Gillen *
- The Middleman: Volume 1 - Javier Grillo-Marxuach
- The Middleman: The Second Volume Inevitability - “
- The Middleman: The Third Volume Inescapability - “
- The Middleman: The Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse - “
- The New Deadwardians - Dan Abnett
- Hoax Hunters - Michael Moreci
- The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the War of Words (Vol. 6) - Mike Carey
- The Unwritten: The Wound (Vol. 7) - “
- The Walking Dead: What We Become (Vol. 10) - Robert Kirkman
- The Walking Dead: Fear The Hunters (Vol. 11) - “
- The Walking Dead: Life Among Them (Vol. 12) - “
- Mara - Brian Wood *
- The Manhattan Projects: Building (Vol. 3) - Jonathan Hickman *
- Doctor Sleep - Stephen King
- Bonk - Mary Roach *
- Iron Man: The Secret Origin of Tony Stark, Book 2 (Vol. 3) - Kieron Gillen
- Deadpool Kills Deadpool - Cullen Bunn
- Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search Part 3 - Gene Luen Yang
- The Walking Dead: Too Far Gone (Vol. 13) - Robert Kirkman
- The Walking Dead: No Way Out (Vol. 14) - “
- Avengers AI: Human After All (Vol. 1) - Sam Humphries
- Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time Vol. 3 - Scott and David Tipton
- Secret Avengers: Iliad (Vol. 2) - Nick Spencer *
- When Did You See Her Last? (ATWQ #2) - Lemony Snicket *
- Thanos Rising - Jason Aaron
- Doctor Who: Dead Man’s Hand (Vol. 4) - Tony Lee
- Captain Marvel: In Pursuit of Flight (Vol. 1) - Kelly Sue DeConnick *
- Captain Marvel: Down (Vol. 2) - “ *
- Avengers: The Enemy Within - “ *
- Locke & Key: Alpha and Omega (Vol. 6) - Joe Hill *
- S. - J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst *
- You - Austin Grossman
- The Walking Dead: We Find Ourselves (Vol. 15) - Robert Kirkman
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Angela (Vol. 2) - Brian Michael Bendis
2013 in Film
Not a bad year this year in terms of films, but then again, I wasn't trying the 365 Film Challenge this year. Just under half were theatrical releases and just over half were on DVD/TV. Reviews are linked where indicated. What'd you catch this year? How many grades/reviews do we agree upon? Let me know, and happy viewing into the new year!
- The Thin Man (dir. W.S. Van Dyke, 1934)
- Silver Linings Playbook (dir. David O. Russell, 2012) - A
- The Innkeepers (dir. Ti West, 2011) - B
- The Raid: Redemption (dir. Gareth Evans, 2012) - A-
- Live Free or Die Hard (dir. Len Wiseman, 2007) - C+
- Surrogates (dir. Jonathan Mostow, 2009) - C+
- Frankenweenie (dir. Tim Burton, 2012) - B
- Total Recall (dir. Len Wiseman, 2012) - B
- The A-Team (dir. Joe Carnahan, 2010) - B
- Dredd (dir. Pete Taylor, 2012) - B
- Kick-Ass (dir. Matthew Vaughan, 2010) - B+ (rewatch)
- Bronson (dir. Nicholas Winding Refn, 2008) - B
- Jiro Dreams of Sushi (dir. David Gelb, 2011) - A
- Evil Dead (dir. Fede Alvarez, 2013) - B+
- The Place Beyond The Pines (dir. Derek Cianfrance, 2013) - A-
- Trance (dir. Danny Boyle, 2013) - B+
- Murder By Decree (dir. Bob Clark, 1979) - B-
- Iron Man 3 (dir. Shane Black, 2013) - B/B+ (Review on Monday Morning Matinee)
- The Great Gatsby (dir. Baz Luhrmann, 2013) - D+/C- (Review on Monday Morning Matinee)
- Star Trek Into Darkness (dir. J.J. Abrams, 2013) - B/B+ (Review on Monday Morning Matinee)
- Sicko (dir. Michael Moore, 2006) - A-
- Man of Steel (dir. Zack Snyder, 2013) - B (Review on Monday Morning Matinee)
- Much Ado About Nothing (dir. Joss Whedon, 2013) - B+/A- (Review on Monday Morning Matinee)
- Pacific Rim (dir. Guillermo del Toro, 2013) (Review on Monday Morning Matinee)
- Despicable Me 2 (dir. Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin, 2013) - B
- The Wolverine (dir. James Mangold, 2013) - B+
- Pitch Perfect (dir. Jason Moore, 2012) - B+
- The Man With The Iron Fists (dir. RZA, 2012) - C
- Shaun of the Dead (dir. Edgar Wright, 2004) - A (rewatch)
- Hot Fuzz (dir. Edgar Wright, 2007) - A (rewatch)
- The World’s End (dir. Edgar Wright, 2013) - A-
- Sin City (dir. Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez, 2005) - C
- Hunger (dir. Steve McQueen, 2009) - A
- Doctor Who: The Movie (dir. Geoffrey Sax, 1996) - B-
- The Butler (dir. Lee Daniels, 2013) - B+/A-
- Fruitvale Station (dir. Ryan Coogler, 2013) - A-
- In A World (dir. Lake Bell, 2013) - A-
- Prisoners (dir. Denis Villeneuve, 2013) - B+/A- (Review on Monday Morning Matinee)
- Don Jon (dir. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 2013) - A-
- Gravity (dir. Alfonso Cuaron, 2013) - A+
- Smashed (dir. James Ponsoldt, 2012) - A-
- Burton and Taylor (dir. Richard Laxton, 2013) - B
- Fargo (dir. Joel Coen, 1996) (rewatch) - A-
- Justice League: Doom (dir. Lauren Montgomery, 2012) - A-
- Thor: The Dark World (dir. Alan Taylor, 2013) - B+
- Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (dir. Nick Hurran, 2013) - A
- An Adventure in Time and Space (dir. Terry McDonough, 2013) - A-
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (dir. Francis Lawrence, 2013) - A-
- Dallas Buyers Club (dir. Jean Marc-Vallée, 2013) - A
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (dir. Peter Jackson, 2013) - B+ (Review on Monday Morning Matinee)
- American Hustle (dir. David O. Russell, 2013) - A
- Inside Llewyn Davis (dir. Joel and Ethan Coen, 2013) - B+/A-
- Her (dir. Spike Jonze, 2013) - A-
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