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Here’s the list of movies I watched in 2025. Titles with an asterisk (*) after them are ones I recommend.
\nIf you’d like to see movies I’ve watched in the past, I have a list going back to 2015. 🍿
\n", "date_published": "2026-01-08T19:10:28-05:00", "url": "https://kalikambo.micro.blog/2026/01/08/movies-i-watched-in.html", "tags": ["movies"] }, { "id": "http://kalikambo.micro.blog/2026/01/04/watched-wake-up-dead-man.html", "content_html": "Watched: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery 🍿
\n3/5 ⭐️
\nIt was just alright. I still think the first Knives Out movie is the best one.
\n", "date_published": "2026-01-04T19:02:31-05:00", "url": "https://kalikambo.micro.blog/2026/01/04/watched-wake-up-dead-man.html", "tags": ["movies"] }, { "id": "http://kalikambo.micro.blog/2025/11/02/i-watched-practical-magic-for.html", "content_html": "🍿I watched Practical Magic (1998) for the first time. I thought it was just okay. Way less magic than I expected, considering the title and the main characters are witches.
\n", "date_published": "2025-11-02T15:07:47-05:00", "url": "https://kalikambo.micro.blog/2025/11/02/i-watched-practical-magic-for.html", "tags": ["movies"] }, { "id": "http://kalikambo.micro.blog/2025/10/11/i-watched-karate-kid-legends.html", "content_html": "🍿 I watched Karate Kid: Legends (streaming on Netflix). Overall a fun movie with a great cast, but the pacing feels rushed sometimes.
\n", "date_published": "2025-10-11T22:17:56-05:00", "url": "https://kalikambo.micro.blog/2025/10/11/i-watched-karate-kid-legends.html", "tags": ["movies"] }, { "id": "http://kalikambo.micro.blog/2025/07/19/superman-the-new-superman-movie.html", "content_html": "🍿 Superman (2025)
\nThe new Superman movie is so refreshing for showing Superman as bright and hopeful. I got so tired of the dark and gritty style of the last few Superman movies, because that style doesn’t match Superman’s personality or optimism.
\n", "date_published": "2025-07-19T18:55:04-05:00", "url": "https://kalikambo.micro.blog/2025/07/19/superman-the-new-superman-movie.html", "tags": ["movies"] }, { "id": "http://kalikambo.micro.blog/2025/06/23/i-saw-ballerina-this-weekend.html", "content_html": "🍿 I saw Ballerina this weekend. If you liked the other John Wick movies, you’ll like this one, too. I’m glad they gave Eve (the main character) an actual backstory and a distinct personality. She isn’t just a female version of John.
\n", "date_published": "2025-06-23T12:52:00-05:00", "url": "https://kalikambo.micro.blog/2025/06/23/i-saw-ballerina-this-weekend.html", "tags": ["movies"] }, { "id": "http://kalikambo.micro.blog/2025/06/01/ladyhawke-ladyhawke-has-been-on.html", "content_html": "🍿 Ladyhawke (1985)
\nLadyhawke has been on my list of movies to watch for a while, and I have no idea why I added it. It’s a ridiculous movie, but I kind of liked it.
\nMy favorite bits:
\n🍿 I watched First Man today.
\nMaking a movie about real events can be difficult because the audience likely knows the outcome of the story. The movie felt boring to me most of the time. But despite that, I recognize the cast was great, and the filmmakers included a lot of details to make the movie authentic to real life.
\n", "date_published": "2025-01-06T00:50:03-05:00", "url": "https://kalikambo.micro.blog/2025/01/06/i-watched-first-man-today.html", "tags": ["movies"] }, { "id": "http://kalikambo.micro.blog/2025/01/03/movies-i-watched-in.html", "title": "Movies I watched in 2024", "content_html": "Here’s the list of movies I watched in 2024. Titles with an asterisk after them (*) are ones I recommend.
\nIf you’d like to see movies I’ve watched in the past, I have a\nlist going back to 2015. 🍿
\n", "date_published": "2025-01-03T20:46:30-05:00", "url": "https://kalikambo.micro.blog/2025/01/03/movies-i-watched-in.html", "tags": ["movies"] }, { "id": "http://kalikambo.micro.blog/2024/11/10/somewhere-in-time.html", "content_html": "🍿 Somewhere in Time (1980) - Streaming for free on Tubi. It’s a well-made movie with a great cast. I feel like it was probably well-received when it came out, but I don’t think it aged well.
\n", "date_published": "2024-11-10T22:32:06-05:00", "url": "https://kalikambo.micro.blog/2024/11/10/somewhere-in-time.html", "tags": ["movies"] }, { "id": "http://kalikambo.micro.blog/2024/09/18/uglies-streaming-on.html", "content_html": "🍿 Uglies (streaming on Netflix) - Same genre as Hunger Games and Divergent (and I’m not saying that’s a bad thing). I read the book years ago and liked it, so I watched the movie. Uglies is not super amazing, gonna blow your mind. But not every movie has to be. This is fine for what it is.
\n", "date_published": "2024-09-18T21:04:54-05:00", "url": "https://kalikambo.micro.blog/2024/09/18/uglies-streaming-on.html", "tags": ["movies"] }, { "id": "http://kalikambo.micro.blog/2024/08/31/i-watched-the.html", "content_html": "🍿 I watched the movie Predestination last weekend. It’s based on a short story, called “All You Zombies” by Robert A. Heinlein.
\nThe movie is confusing in that you learn info out of order. But if you’re okay with that, I recommend watching it.
\n", "date_published": "2024-08-31T01:16:55-05:00", "url": "https://kalikambo.micro.blog/2024/08/31/i-watched-the.html", "tags": ["movies"] }, { "id": "http://kalikambo.micro.blog/2023/10/03/the-hot-air-balloon-in.html", "title": "The hot air balloon in Elemental", "content_html": "I watched Elemental without knowing what to expect, because Disney’s marketing missed the mark (again). But I liked the movie overall. One of my favorite parts was seeing how each character used their element, like Ember inflating a hot air balloon.
\nI wanted to draw the scene with the hot air balloon floating over the city. I started with a pencil sketch. It’s rough. I wanted to figure out the foreground vs. the background and where the balloon was in the sky, in relation to the skyline.
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Here’s a photo of when I was painting the larger areas. I simplified colors and composition (all those buildings!) because it’s so much detail.
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Here’s the finished drawing.
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Here’s an illustration inspired by a scene in Back to the Future: Marty walking into Hill Valley.
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I made this as part of a course on illustrating with Posca pens. The assignment was to use two shades of the same color as the main colors in the piece. Since a lot of this image is grassy fields, I chose two shades of green. I kept Marty’s outfit realistic (orange vest and blue jeans) to signify that he’s out of place…or, more accurately, out of time.
\nHere are some thumbnail sketches I did prior to painting the scene. I wanted to test out colors–what looked good for the grass and Marty’s outfit.
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And here’s the simple pencil sketch I started with.
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