2019’s 10 Best Films
As always, this list is isolated to the films I’ve seen released
in this calendar year.
10. The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story: An in depth and very telling account of a man
who had it all, because he manipulated it from those who deserved the riches
for their work. Great story.
9. Hotel Mumbai: Well done slightly fictionalized account of
the 11/26/08 terror attacks around Mumbai, India. Keeping its focus on the Taj Mahal attack, it
creates a gripping narrative without having to resort to overdramatization.
8. Avengers: Endgame: It all led to this, and what a great ending
it was. Sure it had more than its share
of pandering and skewed narrative to fit the plot, but when you’re that
enthralled, who cares.
7. Jay and Silent Bob Reboot: Underneath the weed jokes, the dick and fart
jokes, lies a film born of pure heart and love.
Not only for the characters and the lives they’ve created, but for those
of us who have faithfully watched and supported.
6. The Best of Enemies: A KKK leader, a black civil rights activist
who also happens to be a woman….in the summer of 1971. How could these two become lifelong
friends? Even with the factual
inaccuracies, a brilliant and much needed watch, especially in our current
climate.
5. The Art of Self Defense: A meek man’s response to a mugging…a dojo
master with a twisted sense of how to pay the bills…these two collide with
deadly results in this spiritual cousin to films like Fight Club.
4. Booksmart: This film about two overachievers realizing
they’d studied their high school years away and decide to break out for one
crazy night has been called the female Superbad,
but this brilliant and funny tale of self-discovery is far superior to its
alleged equal.
3. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: Not a bio of the late Fred Rogers, this
lovely film is about the lives he touched, focusing on a jaded Esquire
reporter who started writing a fluff piece, and ended up growing as a man.
2. Parasite: A gem from Korea, about a family who rises to
riches on the basis of schemes and scams.
When the truth comes out, it destroys everyone involved.
1. Joker:
A devastating look at how easily one hopeless man can snap and wreak
havoc on the society he feels wronged him.
