Best of 2024: FILMS / BOOKS / Posts
As we start 2025, let’s take a look at the BEST OF 2024. I hope you see something that you enjoyed or gets you interested to check out. Here we go…
Movies and Television Series
In 2024, I watched 396 movies and tv series. That number is down 13 from last year. My favorite films and limited series released in 2024 included (in alpha order):
- American Nightmare
- Apollo 13: Survival
- Arnold
- Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
- Carry-On, The
- Cross: Season 1
- Fargo: Season 5
- From Darkness to Light
- Greatest Night in Pop, The
- Interview with the Vampire: Season 2
- Mayor of Kingstown: Season 3 (A)
- Mr. McMahon
- Reacher: Season 2
- Rebel Ridge
- Shogun
- Stallone Family, The Season 2
- Sugar: Season 1
Books
In 2024, I read 46 books (up 25 from last year) My favorites from this year included (in the order I read them):
- A Seance for Wicked King Death by Coy Hall
- Racing the Light by Robert Crais
- Ways of the Wolfe, The by James Carlos Blake
- There and Back by Eric Beetner
- The Wake-Up by Robert Ferrigno
- The Amateurs by Marcus Sakey
- Blood Grove by Walter Mosley
- Scarecrow Returns by Matthew Reilly
- The Man Who Came Uptown by George Pelecanos
- Bright Orange for the Shroud by John D. McDonald
- Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker
My Most Popular Posts of the Year
I continue to find some surprises in what became my most popular posts each year. Here are the top ten for 2024 and some thoughts for each…
- 10. SYFY’s 2023/2024 Twilight Zone New Year’s Eve Marathon Schedule is Up! -– Who doesn’t love the Twilight Zone?
- 09. Top 10 Most Iconic Horror Movie Villains – After two years in the 10th spot, it moves into 9th place.
- 08. Dracula Through the Ages – Fell from the #3 spot last year.
- 07. Steranko’s Concept Art for “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” – New to the list!
- 06. Philip Marlowe – Who Played Him Best? Ranking the Actors Who Played Him! – New to the list.
- 05. “Arcadian” starring Nicholas Cage – The Poster and Trailer are Here! – New to the list.
- 04. Louis Meyers: Evidence He was the Zodiac Killer. – Same spot as last year (and the year before.)
- 03. Batman – “It Was a Dark and Stormy Night” by Snoopy (Charles Schulz), Len Wein & Walt Simonson! – Came in at #3 for the first time on the list.
- 02. New Evidence Points to Gary Francis Poste as The Zodiac Killer! – Jumped to the #2 spot in for the first appearance on the list.
- 01. Schwarzenegger in “King Lear” & Robin Williams in “Jack and the Beanstalk”. – Returned to the #1 spot. It was #2 last year.
My All-Time Most Popular Posts
- 10. Joel Osteen in Jacksonville – held on to the 10th spot for three years in a row.
- 09. Gadot & The Rock Strike a Pose – in the 9th spot for the last four years.
- 08. Steve Reeves as Superman – No change.
- 07. TOP 10 MOST ICONIC HORROR MOVIE VILLAINS! – No change.
- 06. New Billy the Kid Photo Discovered – Moves down from 5th.
- 05. Dracula Through the Ages – Moves up to the 5th spot.
- 04. SYFY’s 2023/2024 TWILIGHT ZONE New Year’s Eve Marathon is Up! – No change.
- 03. Zodiac Killer Code Cracked? – No change!
- 02. Louis Meyers: Evidence He Was the Zodiac Killer – No change!
- 01. Schwarzenegger in “King Lear” & Robin Williams in “Jack and the Beanstalk” – was #1 for the last two years and continues to be our most popular post of all-time.
It’s always interesting to see which topics resonate with fans and continue to be popular long after their initial post.