Watched Journal: January 2023

What I watched in January

 

 

1-1: Mission: Impossible III [4K UHD], Little Odessa [Tubi]

1-2: Jinxed! [Paramount+]

1-5: There’s Always Tomorrow [Criterion]

1-6: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol [4K UHD]

1-7: Cuba (1979) [Kino Lorber Blu-ray]

1-8: Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation [4K UHD]

1-15: The Blackcoat’s Daughter [Showtime]

1-16: Chungking Express [Criterion]

1-17: She Said [Peacock]

1-21: Vengeance (2022) [Prime]

1-22: Triangle of Sadness [Delta]

1-23: Bicycle Thieves [Criterion], The Reagan Show [Criterion]

1-24: Tar [4K UHD]

1-26: Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty [HBO]

1-29: Shotgun Wedding [Prime]

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