A little late due to sickness and life. But here is my final Top 10 list for 2018 focusing on my favorite films. I’m still behind in reviews, so haven’t added Paddington 2, Aquaman, Bumblebee, Roma and a couple others, but only one of them made the list. BUT WHICH ONE?
I read somewhere that before he adapted Jeff VanderMeer’s novel, writer-director Alex Garland (writer-director of Ex Machina, writer of 28 Days Later and Never Let Me Go, and the novel The Beach) opted not to re-read the original novel but instead did the script from memory to give it a dream-like quality. This is evident on screen as the entirety of the thoughtful, interesting, slow-moving but creepy and confounding Annihilation has an ethereal quality that flows between each scene.
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Ad Astra – C
Aladdin – C-
Avengers: Endgame – A-
Booksmart – A
Brittany Runs a Marathon – B+
Captain Marvel – B-
Crawl – D-
Dark Phoenix – D
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Vile and Evil – C-
Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbbs and Shaw – C+
Joker – C-
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum – C+
Late Night – C+
Lego Movie 2: The Second Part – C
Midsommar – C+
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood – B+
Spider-Man: Far From Home – B+
Under the Silver Lake – B-
Us – B-
Wine Country – D
10. Annihilation
09. Won’t You Be My Neighbor
08. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
07. The Quiet Place
06. Three Identical Strangers
05. Mission Impossible: Fallout
04. Roma
03. Black Panther
02. The Favourite
01. Hereditary
10. Sharp Objects
09. Sorry For Your Loss
08. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
07. Dear White People
06. The Handmaid’s Tale
05. Killing Eve
04. The Haunting of Hill House
03. The Good Place
02. Atlanta
01. Bojack Horseman
10. The 1975 – A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships
09. Bishop Briggs – Church of Scars
08. Jukebox the Ghost – Off to the Races
07. Prince – Piano and a Microphone
06. Brandi Carlisle – By the Way, I Forgive You
05. Soundtrack – Black Panther
04. Chvrches – Love is Dead
03. Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
02. George Ezra – Staying at Tamara’s
01. Janelle Monae – Dirty Computer
American Animals – B-
Annihilation – B+
Ant-Man and the Wasp – C+
Avengers Infinity War – C+
Bad Times at the El Royale – B
Beautiful Boy – B-
Ben is Back – B-
BlacKkKlansman – B+
Black Panther – A-
Blockers – B
Bohemian Rhapsody – C-
Boy Erased – B
Can You Ever Forgive Me? – B-
Crazy Rich Asians – C
Deadpool 2 – B
Eighth Grade – B
The Favourite – A
First Man – B+
Flower – C+
Free Solo – B
Game Night – C+
Green Book – D
The Happytime Murders – D
Hereditary – A-
I Feel Pretty – C-
If Beale Street Could Talk – B+
Incredibles 2 – B+
Isle of Dogs – B
Jurassic World: Fallen
Kingdom – C
Life of the Party – D
Love, Simon – B
Mission: Impossible –
Fallout – A-
Oceans 8 – C-
A Quiet Place – B+
Ready Player One – C+
Red Sparrow – D-
A Simple Favor – B-
Solo – C+
Sorry to Bother You – B-
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – B+
A Star is Born – C+
Suspiria – C
Tag – C+
They Shall Not Grow Old – B
Three Identical Strangers – A
Thoroughbreds – B
Tomb Raider- C-
Tully – B
Venom – D
Whitney – A-
Won’t You By My Neighbor – B+
A Wrinkle in Time – D
Alien: Covenant – C-
All the Money in the World – C
American Assassin – D
American Made – B+
Atomic Blonde – B-
Baby Driver – A-
Battle of the Sexes – A
The Beguiled – B-
Better Watch Out – D
The Big Sick – A
Blade Runner 2049 – A
Brad’s Status – C+
Call Me By Your Name – B+
Coco – B+
Colossal – B+
Darkest Hour – C+
Detroit – A
The Disaster Artist – A-
Downsizing – C
Dunkirk – A-
The Fate of the Furious – D
The Florida Project – C+
Get Out – A
Girls Trip – C+
Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 – B-
Ingrid Goes West – C-
I, Tonya – A-
Justice League – C-
The Killing of a Sacred Deer – C-
Kingsman: the Golden Circle – D+
Lady Bird – A
Landline – C
Last Flag Flying – C+
The Lego Batman Movie – B+
The Lego Ninjago Movie – D
The Little Hours – D
Logan – B-
Logan Lucky – B-
Marshall – B-
Molly’s Game – A-
Mother! – F
Mudbound – B
Murder on the Orient Express – B-
Personal Shopper – B-
The Post – A
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women – C+
Rebel in the Rye – B-
Rough Night – D-
The Shape of Water – B-
Spider-Man: Homecoming – B+
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – B
Stronger – A
Suburbicon – C-
Thor: Ragnarok – B
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – A
Wind River – B+
Wonder – B
Wonder Woman – B
Wonderstruck – C+
10 Cloverfield Lane – B-
13th – A
20th Century Women – B+
Arrival – A-
Batman: The Killing Joke – C-
Batman v. Superman – D
Captain America: Civil War – A-
Deadpool – B+
Doctor Strange – B-
Don’t Think Twice – B
Everybody Wants Some – B
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – C+
Fences – B
Finding Dory – B
Fundamentals of Caring – B-
Goat – C
Ghostbusters – D
The Girl on the Train – C+
The Good Neighbor – D-
Hacksaw Ridge – C+
Hello, My Name is Doris – B
Hidden Figures – B+
The Invitation – B-
Jackie – A
Jason Bourne – C
La La Land – A
Lion – B
The Lobster – C
Manchester by the Sea – A
Moonlight – A-
The Nice Guys – B+
Nocturnal Animals – B-
OJ: Made in America – A
Patriot’s Day – B-
Popstar – C-
Rogue One – A-
Sausage Party – C
Suicide Squad – D-
Tallulah – B+
X-Men: Apocalypse – D+
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