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    17 reasons I was grateful for the movies in 2021

    by Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times Dec 30, 2021 4 minutes

    Returning to cinemas has been good for the soul — where done safely, of course. Here in no particular order is my list of 17 things that made moviegoing feel like a gift in 2021.

    1. There were a few times being physically present at the cinema lifted me this year. Following the advice of public health experts, my family and my kids’ friends bought out the house a couple of times for private watch parties, and the excitement was palpable. I recently attended a screening of “A Journal for Jordan,” and while I didn’t love the movie, the, ahem, enthusiasm in the room for Michael B. Jordan was fun to feel.

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