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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Best Fantasy Books of 2017

The following is the ranking of the fantasy books that I've read in 2017



  1. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
  2. Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
  3. The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
  4. A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
  5. City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett
  6. Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
  7. All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

Sunday, January 28, 2018

2017 Movies To Watch

War for the Planet of the Apes

Blade Runner 2049

The Post

It

Murder on the Orient Express

Beauty and the Beast

Darkest Hour

TV Review

The Crown
Season 1
80% (4 Stars)

Saturday, January 27, 2018

Screen Actors Guild Awards Winners

Cast
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Actor
Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)

Actress
Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

Supporting Actor
Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

Supporting Actress
Allison Janney (I, Tonya)

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Top 100 Board Games of All Time (1st Round) - End of 2017 Edition


  1. Blood Rage
  2. TIME Stories
  3. 7 Wonders
  4. Cosmic Encounter
  5. Caverna
  6. Race for the Galaxy
  7. Terraforming Mars
  8. 7 Wonders Duel
  9. Star Wars: Rebellion
  10. Viticulture
  11. Mansions of Madness (2nd Edition)
  12. King of Tokyo
  13. Pandemic
  14. Gloomhaven
  15. Deception: Murder in Hong Kong
  16. Scythe
  17. Summoner Wars
  18. Twilight Struggle
  19. Five Tribes
  20. Orleans
  21. Dead of Winter
  22. Dominion
  23. Ghost Stories
  24. Pandemic Legacy - Season 1
  25. Puerto Rico
  26. Arkham Horror: The Card Game
  27. Eldritch Horror
  28. Mechs vs. Minions
  29. Sheriff of Nottingham
  30. Roll for the Galaxy
  31. Lords of Waterdeep
  32. Power Grid
  33. Kemet
  34. Le Havre
  35. Jamaica
  36. Castles of Burgundy
  37. Ticket to Ride
  38. Rising Sun
  39. Robinson Crusoe
  40. Twilight Imperium
  41. Stone Age
  42. Terra Mystica
  43. Champions of Midgard
  44. Great Western Trail
  45. Through the Ages
  46. Battlestar Galactica
  47. Codenames
  48. Concordia
  49. Agricola
  50. Balderdash
  51. Legendary: Marvel
  52. Arcadia Quest
  53. Ticket to Ride: Europe
  54. Memoir '44
  55. Onitama
  56. Mission Red Planet
  57. Imperial Settlers
  58. Rum & Bones Second Tide
  59. Neuroshima Hex 3.0
  60. Santorini
  61. Star Wars: Imperial Assault
  62. Clank!
  63. Shadows over Camelot
  64. Descent
  65. Patchwork
  66. Suburbia
  67. A Feast for Odin
  68. Colosseum
  69. Dixit
  70. Viral
  71. The Voyages of Marco Polo
  72. Cry Havoc
  73. BANG! The Dice Game
  74. El Grande
  75. Fury of Dracula 3rd Edition
  76. Captain Sonar
  77. Tzolkin
  78. Battlelore 2nd Edition
  79. Mage Knight
  80. Zombicide: Black Plague
  81. Onirim
  82. Blue Moon Legends
  83. Heroscape
  84. Photosynthesis
  85. Yamatai
  86. Conan
  87. Deus
  88. Dice Masters
  89. Rising 5
  90. Sword & Sorcery
  91. Automania
  92. Targi
  93. Tournament at Camelot
  94. Carcassone
  95. Keyflower
  96. Thunderstone Quest
  97. TZAAR
  98. Project: Elite
  99. Asante
  100. Hanamikoji


Tuesday, January 23, 2018

2018 Oscar Nominations

Picture
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird

Phantom Thread
The Post
The Shape of Water

Result:  8/10
Did not make it:  The Big Sick, The Florida Project


Director
Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk)
Jordan Peele (Get Out)
Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird)
Paul Thomas Anderson (Phantom Thread)
Guillermo Del Toro (The Shape of Water)

Result: 3/5
Did not make it: Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Steven Spielberg (The Post)

Actor
Timothee Chalamet  (Call Me By Your Name)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Phantom Thread)
Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out)
Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)
Denzel Washington (Roman J. Israel, Esq.)

Result: 4/5
Did not make it: James Franco (The Disaster Artist)

Actress
Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water)
Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Margot Robbie (I, Tonya)
Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird)
Meryl Streep (The Post)

Result: 5/5

Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project)
Woody Harrelson (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water)
Christopher Plummer (All the Money in the World)
Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

Result: 3/5
Did not make it: Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name), Michael Stuhlbarg (Call Me By Your Name)

Supporting Actress
Mary J. Blige (Mudbound)
Allison Janney (I, Tonya)
Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)
Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread)
Octavia Spencer (The Shape of Water)

Result: 4/5
Did not make it: Holly Hunter (The Big Sick)


Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Adapted Screenplay
Call Me By Your Name
The Disaster Artist
Molly’s Game
Mudbound
Logan

Animated Feature
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Coco
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent

Cinematography
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Mudbound
The Shape of Water

Editing
Baby Driver
Dunkirk
I, Tonya
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Production Design
Beauty and the Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water

Costume Design
Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Victoria & Abdul

Original Score
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Original Song
“Mighty River,” Mudbound
“Mystery of Love,” Call Me by Your Name
“Remember Me,” Coco
“Stand Up for Something,” Marshall
“This Is Me,” The Greatest Showman

Visual Effects
Blade Runner 2049
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Kong: Skull Island
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War for the Planet of the Apes

Makeup and Hairstyling
Darkest Hour
Victoria & Abdul
Wonder

Sound Mixing
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Sound Editing
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Monday, January 22, 2018

Top Digital Board Games (1st Round) - End of 2017 Edition


  1. Galaxy Trucker
  2. Through the Ages
  3. Race for the Galaxy
  4. Carcassone
  5. Star Realms
  6. Ticket to Ride
  7. Hearthstone
  8. Agricola
  9. Lords of Waterdeep
  10. Twilight Struggle
  11. Jaipur
  12. Potion Explosion
  13. Splendor
  14. Pathfinder Adventure
  15. Elder Signs: Omen
  16. Burgle Bros
  17. Paperback
  18. Cottage Garden
  19. Hanafunda
  20. Le Havre: The Inland Port
  21. San Juan
  22. Small World 2
  23. Talisman
  24. Warhammer Quest 2
  25. Dream Quest
  26. Onirim
  27. Sentinels of the Multiverse
  28. Ascension
  29. Pandemic
  30. Tsuro
  31. Age of Rivals
  32. Xenoshyft

BOLD - indicates digital game that I own (10 out of 32)

Sunday, January 21, 2018

Producer's Guild Award Winners

Theatrical Motion Picture

The Shape of Water


Animated Theatrical Motion Picture

Coco

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations

Cast
The Big Sick
Get Out
Lady Bird
Mudbound
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Actor
Timothee Chalamet  (Call Me By Your Name)
James Franco (The Disaster Artist)
Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out)
Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)
Denzel Washington (Roman J. Israel, Esq.


Actress
Judi Dench (Victoria and Abdul)
Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water)
Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Margot Robbie (I, Tonya)
Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird)


Supporting Actor
Steve Carell (Battle of the Sexes)
Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project)
Woody Harrelson (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water)
Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)


Supporting Actress
Mary J. Blige (Mudbound)
Hong Chau (Downsizing)

Holly Hunter (The Big Sick)
Allison Janney (I, Tonya)
Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)

Monday, January 15, 2018

SjWound's Top 100 Movies of All Time (Round 2) - #70 to #61

70.  Back to the Future Part II

69.  The Godfather Part II

68.  Captain America: Civil War

67.  Hacksaw Ridge

66.  Arrival

65.  JFK

64.  A Few Good Men

63.  Good Will Hunting

62.  Million Dollar Baby

61.  The Revenant


Saturday, January 13, 2018

2018 Oscar Predictions - Round 4

Picture
  1. Lady Bird
  2. Call Me By Your Name
  3. The Post
  4. Get Out
  5. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  6. Dunkirk
  7. The Shape of Water
  8. The Big Sick - Promoted
  9. The Florida Project
  10. Darkest Hour
2nd Tier
I, Tonya - New
Mudbound - Demoted

Dropped Out
Phantom Thread


Director
  1. Guillermo Del Toro (The Shape of Water)
  2. Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) - Promoted
  3. Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk)
  4. Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
  5. Steven Spielberg (The Post)
2nd Tier
Jordan Peele (Get Out)
Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name) - Demoted


Actor
  1. Timothee Chalamet  (Call Me By Your Name)
  2. Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)
  3. James Franco (The Disaster Artist) - Promoted
  4. Daniel Day-Lewis (Phantom Thread)
  5. Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out)
2nd Tier
Tom Hanks (The Post) - Demoted
Denzel Washington (Roman J. Israel, Esq.)


Dropped Out
Jake Gyllenhaal (Stronger)


Actress
  1. Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water)
  2. Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird)
  3. Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
  4. Meryl Streep (The Post)
  5. Margot Robbie (I, Tonya)
2nd Tier
Jessica Chastain (Molly's Game)
Judi Dench (Victoria and Abdul)


Supporting Actor
  1. Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project)
  2. Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
  3. Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water)
  4. Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name)
  5. Michael Stuhlbarg (Call Me By Your Name)
2nd Tier
Christopher Plummer (All the Money in the World) - New
Woody Harrelson (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) - New

Dropped Out
Mark Rylance (Dunkirk)
Jason Mitchell (Mudbound)


Supporting Actress
  1. Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)
  2. Allison Janney (I, Tonya)
  3. Mary J. Blige (Mudbound)
  4. Holly Hunter (The Big Sick)
  5. Octavia Spencer (The Shape of Water)
2nd Tier
Hong Chau (Downsizing) - New
Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) - New

Dropped Out
Melissa Leo (Novitiate)

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

SjWound's Top 100 Movies of All Time (Round 2) - #80 to #71

80.  Gandhi

79.  The Sixth Sense

78.  There Will Be Blood

77.  There's Something About Mary

76.  Up

75.  The Aviator

74.  The Social Network

73.  Die Hard

72.  Men in Black

71.  The Sound of Music


Monday, January 8, 2018

Golden Globes Winner

Motion Picture - Drama
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy
Lady Bird

Director
Guillermo Del Toro (The Shape of Water)


Actor - Drama
Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)

Actor - Musical/Comedy
James Franco (The Disaster Artist)

Actress - Drama
Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

Actress - Musical/Comedy
Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird)

Supporting Actor
Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

Supporting Actress
Allison Janney (I, Tonya)

Motion Picture - Animated
Coco

Screenplay
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri


Original Score
The Shape of Water

Original Song
“This is Me,” The Greatest Showman

Saturday, January 6, 2018

Producer's Guild Awards Nominations

The Big Sick
Call Me By Your Name
Dunkirk
Get Out
I, Tonya
Lady Bird
Molly's Game
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Wonder Woman