May the Fourth be with you all! I am breathing a sigh of relief after the whirlwind of National Poetry Writing Month. Plus, I’m very pleased that, for the first time since 2020, I managed to not miss any days. There were plenty of times I posted right before midnight, but I was able to keep up with the daily schedule of one poem/review a day throughout April. This allowed me to play major catch-up on my backlog of movies waiting to be reviewed, particularly the major films from last year.

With another NaPoWriMo in the books, I want to extend thanks to everyone who read, liked, commented, and subscribed along the way, as well as to the NaPoWriMo website for the daily prompts that helped direct each day’s poem. Not every post may be my best work, but I’ve come to value the inspiration that April brings every year, helping me create verses that I might not have imagined otherwise.

While resuming work on my musical will take precedence again, I’ll be continuing to write on this blog too, hopefully more frequently than I was before April rolled around. Below is a look back at the posts from NaPoWriMo 2024, and until next year, happy writing to all!

April 1 – Great Expectations (1946) – Honorable Mention

April 2 – The Whale (2022) – Honorable Mention

April 3 – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) – Honorable Mention

April 4 – Godzilla Minus One (2023) – List-Worthy

April 5 – Living (2022) – List Runner-Up

April 6 – Leave the World Behind (2023) – List Runner-Up

April 7 – Weekend at Bernie’s (1989) – List Runner-Up

April 8 – A Million Miles Away (2023) – List Runner-Up

April 9 – The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes (2022) – List Runner-Up

April 10 – Barbie (2023) – Honorable Mention

April 11 – Last Night in Soho (2021) – List Runner-Up

April 12 – Django Unchained (2012) – Dishonorable Mention

April 13 – Dune: Part Two (2024) – List Runner-Up

April 14 – Long Way North (2015) – List Runner-Up (my most liked post)

April 15 – Cabrini (2024) – List-Worthy

April 16 – A Man Called Otto (2022) – List Runner-Up

April 17 – Guys and Dolls (1955) – List Runner-Up

April 18 – The Boy and the Heron (2023) – Honorable Mention

April 19 – Hollow Man (2000) – Honorable Mention

April 20 – Lincoln (2012) – List-Worthy

April 21 – Mean Girls (2024) – List Runner-Up

April 22 – The Holdovers (2023) – List-Worthy (my favorite film of the month)

April 23 – The Marvels (2023) – List Runner-Up

April 24 – The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023) – List-Worthy (my favorite poem of the month)

April 25 – Past Lives (2023) – List Runner-Up

April 26 – Cats (2019) – Dishonorable Mention

April 27 – Elemental (2023) – List-Worthy

April 28 – Peninsula (2020) – List-Worthy

April 29 – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) – List-Worthy

April 30 – Oppenheimer (2023) – List-Worthy