Movies, movies, movies. While I certainly enjoy reading, writing, video games, and playing music, movies are definitely my favorite thing. All of life's riddles are answered in the movies.

Every year on my birthday, that's what I do throughout the day. I pick out 3 movies months in advance, I decide on the order, and then on my day, I execute. Sometimes I build to a crescendo over the day and sometimes I start out big, cool off with the second, and then finish huge, but the order is always important. And they aren't even necessarily "The 3 best movies of the year", they're just 3 that are anticipated by, and are special for, me. And then afterwards, for the rest of my life, I'll always think of them as, "Oh, that one was a birthday movie." 2015 was Krampus, and then Brooklyn, and then The Force Awakens. 2016 was Nocturnal Animals, and then Fantastic Beasts, and then Rogue One. This year it'll be Justice League, and then Murder on the Orient Express, and then The Last Jedi (and oh how I wish I could have Ready Player One on this list but, unfortunately, and admittedly understandably, delayed till March).