Tag Archives: best

Here They Are: My Biggest Hits of 2024!

Posted on January 17, 2025 by mitchteemley

Forget the Grammys and Academy Awards, here’s the award show everyone’s really been waiting for: My most popular blog posts of 2024! Things took a strange turn last year when a bunch of traffic-blocking glitches kicked-in. Result? My most-read blogs … Continue reading →

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My Biggest Hits of 2023

Posted on January 5, 2024 by mitchteemley

“You like me, you really like me!” 2023’s most read blog topic here at The Power of Story turned out to be my memoirs. The next most read topics were: animals, writing (most of you are writers, after all), love, and … Continue reading →

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The Best Movies of 2022

Posted on March 10, 2023 by mitchteemley

This list (after posters below) is highly subjective. Not only haven’t I seen every movie released last year, and very few foreign language films (in the U.S. most are released after the Oscars), but “Bests” are always a matter of … Continue reading →

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Cleverest Ads Ever

Posted on July 8, 2022 by mitchteemley

No matter how we try to avoid them, to paraphrase Jeff Goldblum’s characer in Jurassic Park, “ads will find a way.” So the least they can do is show us a little respect, make us laugh or think, or both, for … Continue reading →

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The Poetry of Strong Women

Posted on June 22, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Gabrela Marie Milton of Short Prose. Gabriela is an Amazon bestselling poet. She’s also a Pushcart Prize nominee and 2019 Author of the Year at Spillwords Press, as well as the author of the #1 … Continue reading →

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The Best Movies of 2021

Posted on March 24, 2022 by mitchteemley

This list is highly subjective, of course. Not only didn’t I see every movie released in 2021, but “Bests” are always a matter of personal taste (superior though my taste may be ;>). However, because I’m a filmmaker and a … Continue reading →

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Best Movies of 2020

Posted on April 24, 2021 by mitchteemley

2020 was truly a game-changer. Among other public venues, movie theaters became almost invisible. Result? 2020 Academy Award nominees (which requires a theatrical release) are dominated by low-budget indies. Second, movie studios have permanently shifted their emphasis to a split … Continue reading →

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My 10 Biggest Hits of 2020

Posted on March 20, 2021 by mitchteemley

I’d normally post a list of best movies. But like everyone else during the Twilight Zone (or is that Toilet Zone?) year of 2020, I saw fewer movies and am still catching up. So I looked at my own “bests” … Continue reading →

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Best Movies of 2019

Posted on February 6, 2020 by mitchteemley

Best Dramas 1917 – A masterpiece. Yes, its epic-yet-intimate single-shot look, accomplished by meticulous planning and execution, is brilliant, but more importantly it engages us at the deepest level. I haven’t been this impacted by the sheer humanity of a … Continue reading →

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The Best Movies of 2018

Posted on February 22, 2019 by mitchteemley

Part Two To read Part One (Comedies and Action Movies) click here. Best Dramas BlacKkKlansman – Spike Lee’s best film in years. Not quite up there with Do the Right Thing or Malcom X, but still fires on all four … Continue reading →

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