The Journal | September 2018

I rate the movies, TV shows, music, games, books, podcasts and more I consumed in the previous month, whether they were brand new or simply unknown to me before. Dates are by UK release where applicable, and include releases straight to DVD and VOD.

♥︎♥︎ Unmissable

♥︎ Recommended

✖️Avoid

Films

Alpha [2018]
★★★½

Experimenter [2015]
★★★½

Risk [2017]
★★★½

Wings of Desire [1987]
★★★½

Searching [2018] ♥︎
★★★★

Christopher Robin [2018]
★★½

The Little Hours [2018]
★★½

American Animals [2018] ♥︎
★★★★½

Crazy Rich Asians [2018] ♥︎
★★★★

King of Thieves [2018] ✖️
★★

Lucky [2018]
★★★½

A Simple Favour [2018]
★★★½

The Rider [2018] ♥︎
★★★★

The Miseducation of Cameron Post [2018] ♥︎
★★★★

Upgrade [2018] ♥︎
★★★★

TV

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | Collection 4 [N/A]
★★★½

Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Season 4 [2016]
★★★★

Bojack Horseman | Season 5 [2018] ♥︎♥︎
★★★★½

Music

‘Purples’ [2018]
Sebastian Plano
★★★½

‘December 1985 / Healing II’ [2018]
Gian Marco Castro
★★★★

‘Cecilia’ [2011]
Tomas Grut
★★★

‘Hunger’ [2018]
Florence + The Machine
★★★

‘When it All Falls Down’ [2016]
Nikitch
★★★★

‘Los Ageless’ [2017]
St. Vincent
★★★★

‘Yellow’ [2018]
Katherine Ho
★★★★

Marvel’s Spider-Man (Original Video Game Soundtrack) [2018]
John Paesano
★★★★

‘Break My Fall’ [2017]
Doc Robinson
★★★½

‘I See a Darkness’ [2000]
Johnny Cash
★★★★

‘Crossed the Line’ [2018]
Anne Nikitin
★★★★

‘Journey Into the Star Cluster’ [2016]
Kevin Kiner
★★★★

‘Last Hurrah’ [2015]
Vetiver
★★★½

‘A Better Place’ [2018]
Jed Palmer
★★★½

‘Under the Pressure’ [2014] ♥︎
The War on Drugs
★★★★½

‘The Rider — Ending Suite’ [2018]
★★★★

Visions of a Life [2017]
Wolf Alice
★★★½

Paper Thin Reality [2018]
EP
Ave Air
★★★★

Palms [2018]
Thrice
★★★½

Games

Marvel’s Spider-Man [2018] ♥︎
★★★★

Books

The Fire Next Time [1963] ♥︎♥︎
James Baldwin
★★★★★

Miscellaneous

The Adventure Zone: The Stolen Century [2017] ♥︎
Podcast
★★★★½