There are three movies floating out there that start with "Wonder" (Wonder, Wonderstruck, Wonder Wheel) and I keep confusing one with another. I think I might want to watch Wonderstruck, the latest Todd Haynes? Except it came and went in the local theater in, like, a week. Did anyone see it?

In other news, David Ehrlich from Indiewire just posted his yearly 25 Best Films of the Year: Video Countdown: [link]

I love these, even when I disagree with his picks. Each video is like a delightful vidlet medley on indie films of the year and clearly a labour of love, and is catnip to those who love movies, lists, and vids, of which I am one. All the songs he sets the montages to have been used in films released that given year (not necessarily on the list), and unexpected and often hilarious pairing of the images and the music is one of my favourite things about them. There was one song choice in this year's effort that made me HOWL.

Wonderstruck is fantastic - highly recommend if you can find a theater that's showing it!

Wonder is also good, if you have kids who have read the book, plus bonus Daveed Diggs for the parents.

Wonder Wheel is Woody Allen, so I haven't seen it.

Alas, Wonderstruck appears to be thoroughly out from my neck of the woods. Will have to keep my eyes peeled for streaming options.

I'm going to see The Shape of Water this weekend! Whoo!

I'm going to see The Shape of Water this weekend! Whoo!

You will love it! But probably not as much as Crimson Peak!

(That's how I felt anyway.)

You will love it! But probably not as much as Crimson Peak!

To be fair, there aren't many movies I love as much as Crimson Peak, and the ones that come close are also gothy cliches.

Jilli, do you have the Crimson Peak Blu-ray, and if not, do you want mine? I liked it well enough but probably won't rewatch.

I do have it, but thank you!

I figured, but I thought I'd ask before I brought a bunch of things to sell at Newbury Comic.

Trailer for Andrew Haigh's Lean On Pete, one of the best films I saw during TIFF this year: [link]

The movie is a stunner - sparse and gorgeous, and strikingly unsentimental for a movie about a boy and a horse. And I have never seen a character who needed a hug more than this poor kid in the film, my God. The young actor who plays the lead is fantastic - he's named Charlie Plummer, and he's also playing the kidnapped teenager in All the Money in The World (the one in which Ridley Scott is replacing Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer in the eleventh hour). Hopefully this will get a wide enough release in small theaters.