Expanding the Universe is Moving to Letterboxd!

As another year comes to a close, I find myself extremely satisfied with 2021 (aside from, you know, the COVID-sized elephant in the room). The Lenient Critic was revived, and quite effectively, with a number of new segments and a podcast now in its roster! But you know me, with hardly time to catch a break, I’ve been hard at work watching as many films and series as I could.

However, with the new year comes a change: the monthly Expanding the Universe segments will be moving to Letterboxd, and each review for every film and miniseries I see will be published there. As for episodic series, those will be reviewed on the blog (for the most part) as separate articles.

As a farewell to the regularly published article, here are some highlights of new releases I watched in December 2021. For a full list, see my Letterboxd diary, and from now on, my reviews will be published as Letterboxd reviews.

The Beatles: Get Back (2021)

Viewed from: November 25-December 2

Read and/or listen to my full review here.

Dune (2021)

Rewatched on: December 3

Read my full review here.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021)

Viewed on: December 4

Read my full review here and listen to the podcast review here.

Licorice Pizza (2021)

Viewed on: December 8

Listen to the podcast review here.

West Side Story (2021)

Viewed on: December 9

Read my full review here and listen to the podcast review here.

Don’t Look Up (2021)

Viewed on: December 10

Read my full review here and listen to the podcast review here.

Encounter (2021)

Viewed on: December 11

Listen to the podcast review as well as some spoiler thoughts here.

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Viewed on: December 16/18

Read my full review here and listen to the podcast review here.

The King’s Man (2021)

Viewed on: December 21

Read my full review here.

Matrix: Resurrections (2021)

Viewed on: December 22

Read my full review here and listen to the podcast review here.

Hawkeye (2021)

Viewed on: November 24-December 22

Listen to the podcast review here.

Nightmare Alley (2021)

Viewed on: December 26

Listen to the podcast review here.