{"id":275,"date":"2016-02-21T21:04:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T02:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ackthud.net\/AisleSeat\/?page_id=275"},"modified":"2016-02-21T21:05:52","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T02:05:52","slug":"favorite-films-of-2015","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ackthud.net\/AisleSeat\/favorite-films-of-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Films of 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overdue, I know, but I felt it necessary to publish my favorite list for 2015. \u00a0These are not the \u201cbest\u201d films, but they are the ones I liked the most. These are in order of when I saw them.<\/p>\n

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  1. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 A sequel to the original film, this one has a cast of actors who deserve to be in more movies. I offer it as proof.<\/li>\n
  2. The Seven Five<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 a documentary about corruption in the NYPD, as told by the people who committed the crimes. It plays chronologically, and is quite effective.<\/li>\n
  3. Mad Max: Fury Road<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Yet another sequel in the Mad Max storyline, with a slightly different focus \u2013 women who save themselves.<\/li>\n
  4. Inside Out<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Pixar releases yet another winner that pulls on your heartstrings.<\/li>\n
  5. Train Wreck<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Amy Schumer\u2019s first major\u00a0movie, starring and written by her.<\/li>\n
  6. Mr. Holmes<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Sir Ian McKellan stars as an elderly version of the famous detective, trying to solve the one case he couldn\u2019t.<\/li>\n
  7. Freeheld<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 the dramatization of a true story of a lesbian police detective in New Jersey that became a bellwether of change for LGBT rights in the USA.<\/li>\n
  8. The Martian<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Another dramatization of a book, about the struggle of an astronaut left to survive on Mars after he\u2019s presumed dead by his team.<\/li>\n
  9. Room<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 yet another dramatic interpretation of a novel. A mother and child struggle to survive being imprisoned, and their struggle to overcome the aftermath.<\/li>\n
  10. Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 essentially a retelling of Star Wars: A New Hope, but for the next generation.\u00a0It was a return to the moviemaking of the original movies, with depth and weight.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Overdue, I know, but I felt it necessary to publish my favorite list for 2015. \u00a0These are not the \u201cbest\u201d films, but they are the ones I liked the most. These are in order of when I saw them. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel\u00a0\u2013 A sequel to the original film, this one has a … Continue reading Favorite Films of 2015<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-275","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5Fv6s-4r","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ackthud.net\/AisleSeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ackthud.net\/AisleSeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ackthud.net\/AisleSeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ackthud.net\/AisleSeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ackthud.net\/AisleSeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ackthud.net\/AisleSeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278,"href":"https:\/\/www.ackthud.net\/AisleSeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275\/revisions\/278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ackthud.net\/AisleSeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}