Hey there! It’s been a while. Looks like the last time I posted was when I was getting ready to head to Celebrity Fan Fest in San Antonio. Which… was cancelled. Sigh. So that’s twice now that I thought I was going to have the opportunity to get a photo with Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen (aka the epitome of a Jedi Fangirl), and then it fell through. Oh wait… you have no idea? Well, let me backtrack a little…

Conventions are back! With the sudden global pandemic that happened, comic cons are something that basically just went away. Protection of everyone’s health became more important than large gatherings of fans. Keeping everyone safe became more important than cosplay or meeting one’s favorite celebrity. So for the last year and a half, we really haven’t seen too many conventions, especially large ones with the opportunity to meet celebs. Until now!

I probably should have posted this about a week or so ago, but I’m just now getting to it. Honestly, I think I was a little bit too ambitious at the film festival this year. I took Friday, the first day of movies at the fest, off of work and made plans to see SEVEN movies. And I did. I saw all seven of them. It was less each day. I saw five on Saturday, five again on Sunday, and then I skipped the weeknights just to recover from my weekend! It really was a good weekend, though… I had a blast seeing what were mostly great movies. I was joined for most of the fest by my friend Haley and also by Michelle for a couple of movies. And then the following week I ended up getting sick, which I’m still recovering from. At any rate, I’m finally taking the opportunity to sit down and write about my experience. I thought I’d do my recap first, and then follow up with some blog post reviews of my faves. How’s that sound? So here we go… the fifteen movies I saw at Phoenix Film Festival 2016, along with their ratings. (I’m using a 4-star rating system, since that’s what they used for the audience votes during the fest.)