Bullet Train was one that I decided to pass on, based on the trailer. It was when RAH reviewed the UHD, and mentioned David Leitch as the director, as well as other films he directed that I knew I had to see it. I bought the disc, watched it, and loved it. On the other hand, he also directed...
Well, sure. I do find some these days that don't interest me. And I'm at the point where my FOMO decreases as time goes on, as I realize that I'll never have enough time to see all the movies worth seeing. Even movies that interest me I may never get around to buying or watching. But it doesn't...
Back in the laserdisc days, I bought Criterions of things I was familiar with. Without going into too much detail, at some point I decided to trust Criterion's choices for worthy films, and started blind-buying releases of theirs that I wasn't familiar with. Doing so greatly expanded my tastes...
I have a reasonably good handle on my tastes, and rarely blind-buy a film that I end up disliking. There are any number of films that reviewed poorly, but I (and my wife) enjoyed anyway. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and Shazam! Fury of the Gods are two recent examples of films that we...