Who’s behind WYALAN?
Hey, I’m Tim and I watch a lot of movies and TV shows. I love talking about what I’ve watched recently and making my own recommendations (I’m subscribed to Sky, Netflix, Disney+ and BFI).
What is WYALAN?
Why You Always Leave A Note (or WYALAN for short) is a place where I can keep all my recommendations in one place. Hopefully you’ll find a new favourite TV show or movie to watch. Because there are too many things to watch and life’s too short to be watching things that aren’t worthwhile.
I’ll share both new and old releases from the latest trending movie or TV show that everyone is watching and talking about to bad, but good 90’s movies (a speciality of mine who has been described as ‘stuck in the 90’s’.
I particularly love comedies and my tastes have been heavily influenced by Happy Gilmore, Cool Runnings, Naked Gun (3 of my top 4 favourite films of all time), Anchorman, Zoolander and Arrested Development (where the name of the site comes from).
Aside from recommending films and TV shows I’ve watched recently, I want Why You Always Leave A Note to become your go-to source for great comedies you need to watch.
How I recommend movies and TV shows (the WYALAN rating system)
Important to note, I’m not watching with a film or tv critic eye – I use my WYALAN rating system to categorise my recommendations. I’m not looking to analyse movies and TV shows by Golden Globe or Oscar standards.
Instead, I judge by how much I enjoyed watching it and would I watch it again. Did it make me feel something – happy, sad, inspired? Here is an explainer to the WYALAN rating system:
WYALAN rating system:
- 5 stars – Highly enjoyed and would highly recommend as a must watch
- 4 stars – I could watch that again in a few years
- 3 stars – Glad I watched it once, but I’ll probably never watch it again
- 2 stars – Watched to the end, but I wouldn’t watch it again
- 1 star – DNF (did not finish)
Of course, movies and TV shows are subjective. Maybe you’ll find something great that I’ve rated 2 stars or under. In the underrated tag, you’ll find movies and TV shows I’ve enjoyed and recommend when IMDb or rotten tomato scores are low.
Finding new things to watch
I also generate ranked lists based on aggregate scores on IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes to help me decide what to watch next. You’ll also find what I’ve watched recently on my Previously on WYALAN article. Leave comments and recommend what I should watch next.