11 Great Things I Watched in November

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The Thanksgiving holiday wasn't just a great opportunity to indulge in my love for cranberry sauce and rolls! It also kicked off what I dubbed on TikTok "The Great Thanksgiving Oscar Movie Catch-Up" (patent pending). Since work has been slighter than normal I was finally able to sit down with the bevy of screeners I've received and make sure I'm an informed critics guild voter. (No time for books this month, hopefully next.)

So a lot of what you'll see below are movies that came out over the last few months, or will be debuting soon. Be sure to leave the movies you enjoyed last month in the comments!

Also, informal poll: Which version of these lists do you enjoy? I've stuck to listing only the good stuff but do you miss the "and the rest" sections wherein I lay out stuff I didn't like? Drop it in the comments.