Watched Tick, Tick, Boom - if you're a musical theater fan it is a fun watch. I won't spoil anything, but there is a scene roughly in the middle that is a Broadway nerd's version of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Andrew Garfield was great, especially considering this was his first on-screen singing role. He took voice lessons for over a year, apparently. Oh, and Bradley Whitford's portrayal of Stephen Sondheim was uncanny it was so good. I'm honestly a bit surprised Lin-Manuel didn't get an Oscar nomination for directing - it was well done.
Also watched The Eyes of Tammy Faye. I grew up in an uber-conservative, fundamentalist Christian sect (think far right of Jerry Falwell, almost a cult). So my knowledge/opinion while growing up of Tammy Faye essentially boiled down to "bad makeup/"fake" Christian. I've since left that religion, so honestly I had no current opinion going into the movie, but it certainly made my sympathize with her. I get that it's a biopic with her as the lead, so of course there's going to be a sympathetic portrayal, but the story was pretty well written, fairly accurate (from the light research I did online), and well acted. Jessica Chastain was really great - and did her own singing. The movie made me genuinely sad that, between Jim and Tammy Faye, she was the one who died early.
