- Football season is finally upon us. With football back in full swing my weekly NFL picks have also returned. Looking through statistics, the average number of views for the NFL picks posts wasn't that much lower than the average number of views for my normal movie reviews. That is why I have brought this back, but if the views for the posts get lower and lower then I will put the NFL Pick 'Em series to pasture. I enjoy doing these but I also don't want to constantly be doing something that barely anyone is reading.
- Movies that are gunning for awards consideration are now slowly starting to come to theaters. Most are hitting the festival circuit and making there way across the country via limited release. Usually once a possible awards contender finally gets to a movie theater near
me, I'll try to go see it. These are a bit of a mixed bag. Sometimes
they're great, such as 'Safety Not Guaranteed', 'The Artist', 'The
Tree of Life', 'The Spectacular Now', 'All Is Lost' and 'The Ides of March'. Sometimes they're okay, like 'Tinker Tailor Soldier
Spy' and 'Lawless'. And other times they're so pretentious and slow
that they just make for one very miserable experience in the theater,
such as 'The Master' and 'The American'. Sometimes it's a bit of a long wait until it finally gets to a theater near me. Case in point: I remember last year getting trailers for '12 Years A Slave' saying that it will be released in mid-October. I eagerly awaited the movie only to find out that the trailer listed the limited release date and that I would have to wait until it finally came somewhere near me. The first weekend in November it came to the Landmark Theatre at the Keystone Mall in Indy so I drove down to Indy from Muncie to go see it. Of course a week later it was in Fort Wayne movie theaters, and the following week it was finally in Muncie movie theaters. A little patience could've saved me a trip to Indy but it's all good. The drive was more than worth it.
So at some point in the future I'll be posting a preview list of films that fall under this category that I'll be keeping my eye on and hopefully seeing at some point before the year is over. - In non sports and non movie news, I gotta start paying off student loans soon so I actually have to get a job. I have a few jobs that I've applied for and waiting to hear back from, and a few more job opportunities to look into if the ones I applied for fall through. One way or another, I plan on being employed by the end of this month. So what will that mean in regards to this blog? For now I just don't know the answer to that question. I'll have less free time that's for sure. So we'll see how it goes.
So with football, Oscar bait movies, and employment it should be an interesting next couple of months. In addition to the above, here are a few other things:
- I will try to do two blog posts a week, one on Tuesday and one on Thursday. Tuesday's will primarily be reviews with Thursday consisting of NFL picks. If I didn't see anything that I could review, then I'll come up with something else movie related to post. I'll try to stick to this schedule but hey if inspiration strikes on a day that's not Tuesday or Thursday then I'll post something and not wait until one of those days.
- As always, I could use feedback. Feedback, feedback, feedback. Can't improve things or change things if I don't hear from you, the reader. Looking through stats can only give me so much in terms of feedback.
Well that about does it for today. Time to get back to applying for jobs...
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