2018's Ten Best!

Yes folks, its time for you to know what I liked the best this year of the dozens of movies I saw! 

10 - "Black Panther":  A great film with a great story line and visuals.  Very well done.

9 - "First Man":  A well done, if a bit slow paced, tale of the first man to walk on the moon.  Gives us a look at our hero as the distant, kind of obnoxious man he was as opposed to the rose colored ideal.

8 - "Support The Girls":  A day in the life of a dedicated manager at a Hooters style restaurant and the girls she manages.  Brilliant character study.

7 - "Deadpool 2":  Hysterical, off color and almost as good as the original. 

6 - "22 July":  Harrowing Netflix released film about the 2011 attacks on a government building and a youth camp in Norway.  Far better than a "direct to streaming" release has any business being.

5 - "Halloween":  Yet another in the series, and it maintains the 10 year cycle of each 10th year movie being the only ones worth watching.  Respectful of the source and a great watch.

4 - "Bohemian Rhapsody":  Compressed timeline will annoy long time fans, but theres no doubt that Remi Malek deserves a best actor nod for his almost perfect transformation into the legendary Freddie Mercury.

3 - "Avengers: Infinity War":  Magnificent lead in to what may be the end of the current run of films and sets up the next run with excitement and thrills.  The Marvel machine rolls on!!

2 - "Revenge":  A beautiful young woman goes off with her rich married boyfriend to a hunting retreat.  While there, his friends arrive early and things get out of hand.  Following her rape by one of his friends, her boyfriend pushes her from a cliff to her presumed death to protect his marriage.  She didn't die...and she's out for vengeance.  From the first frame, the film pulls you in and has you rooting for her to get the justice she deserves. 

1 - "Eighth Grade":  Kayla is almost done with 8th grade.  Next year, off to high school and a fresh start for this introverted, shy and nearly friendless young girl.  However, in the last week of school, Kayla will learn a lot about life, friendships, mean girls and herself.  The hands down best film of the year, something we can all relate to.  You'll ache and cheer for Kayla as she handles the ups and downs of almost high school.  Brilliant and should be far more viewed than it has been.

10 Worst of 2018

Here are the 10 worst movies that I saw in 2018.  And away we go.............

10.  "I Kill Giants":  From an acclaimed graphic novel comes this steaming pile of crap.

9.  "The Strangers: Prey at Night".  Came too far behind the original and wasn't an eighth as clever or scary.

8.  "Venom":  Now fanboys can argue over who was worse, Topher Grace or Tom Hardy.

7.   "1517 to Paris":  True story of American servicemen who stopped a terror attack on a French train while on vacation, and starring them?  Fun idea but clearly Clint's eyes are already out if he thought those screen tests were acceptable.

6.  "A Simple Favor":  No real friend would ask you to sit through this.

5.  "Pacific Rim: Uprising":  One would think giant robots fighting monsters would at least be fun, mind numbing entertainment, but this film will prove you wrong!

4.  "Red Sparrow":  The only thing that could make a naked Jennifer Lawrence unbearable is having to see it in this film.

3.  "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom":  You know its bad when Jeff Goldblum is the highlight of the film.

2.  "Assassination Nation":  A small town wants to kill a clique of high school girls after a hacker unleashes the towns secrets.  We'd have been better off just nuking the town, the actors and the filmmakers.

1.  "  Best F(r)iends: Vol. 1"  After the "so bad its good" of "The Room", I had similar hopes for the filmmakers second outing together.  Nope, this one was so bad it wasnt even watchable.