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Watching one of the monitors in the studio here and people arriving in New York City for the iconic crystal ball drop.

It's going to be pouring rain. You can't bring an umbrella. You can't bring food or alcohol.

There's no bathrooms. Hey, what could be more fun? That sounds great. Much

rather go downtown Los Angeles to that free New Year's Eve party there. All right. So the end of the

year, we spent a lot of time talking about the best of, the worst of. And so joining me on the phone

right now is Fox 11, Good DLA's Entertainment anchor, Amanda Salas, to talk about the best of movies and TV shows in 2024.

Amanda, how are you?

Hi, Phil.

I'm so good.

Happy New Year's Eve.

Same to you.

So you get to see movies, like, as part of your job. And, of course, we all watch TV when we can.

Right. Do you have your own list of, like, the, let's start with movies. I'm looking at some from the New York Times and from Rolling Stone.

Let me just, let me just read you this one quote from the Rolling Stone article. Then we can go.

Trying to sum up the last 12 months feels especially difficult, if not downright, cuckoo.

When you're talking about a year when the film industry is still suffering with the lingering fallout of the pandemic, the strikes,

and the incremental decline of traditional theatrical releases and a reminder that Hollywood still lives by William

Goldman's maxim that, quote, nobody knows anything.

So having said that, it's all over the place.

I mean, were there some good movies this year? I didn't see a lot.

Absolutely. There were a lot of great movies. And while the box office numbers are still a bit down, this was a year of breaking records. And you can't deny that Deadpool and Wolverine stands out amongst a lot of the movies. It had the biggest R rating ever in history. It was the summer blockbuster that people are still talking about.

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