Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Trailer
Starring Frances McDormand, Abbie Cornish, & Woody Harrelson
No wide release date set
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My top 10 movies of 2017
As December draws to a close, and year-end lists dominate social-media feeds, I thought I’d share my own views on the crème de la crème of what has been an extraordinary 12 months for motion pictures.
Full disclosure: I have not yet seen a lot of the heavy-hitting Oscar contenders (The Post, Phantom Thread, All the Money in the World, I, Tonya...), so my favourites will be limited to the movies I’ve managed to watch so far.
Without further ado, let the countdown begin!
10. Mother!
Perhaps the most polarising movie this year, Mother! is a toe-curling exercise in endurance cinema that recasts parables from the Old Testament. Within a suffocatingly claustrophobic house, whose creaking groans and seeping blood only augment the sinister storyline, this nightmarish scenario plays out before reaching a harrowing symbol-crash of a crescendo. There were moments in Mother! when I looked down at my hands and they were convulsively shaking. Is it my favourite Darren Aronofsky? No. Will I be watching it again? Absolutely.
9. Get Me Roger Stone
“I revel in your hatred, because if I weren’t effective you wouldn’t hate me.” So says Roger Stone, the polemical political strategist who has been getting rich off his moral bankruptcy since his involvement in the Watergate scandal. This Netflix documentary traces the life of the self-defined agent provocateur, from his encouraging Donald Trump to run for office in the 1980s to his intentional thwarting of the Florida-election recount in 2000. Guaranteed to make your blood boil, this film offers maddening insight into the extent of corruption in Washington.
8. Baby Driver
Baby Driver is a triumph, resplendent in its tyre-screeching glory. By seamlessly embedding music into the film’s narrative, Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) delivers a startlingly original heist movie that marches to the beat of its own drum. Boasting an eye-watering rating of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, a hyper-stylised sensory richness and adrenalin-inducing car chases, Baby Driver is a cinephile’s film par excellence.
7. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
They say people cope with grief in different ways, and this certainly seems to be true of Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) who takes her local police (led by Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell) to task after the rape and murder of her teenage daughter. The expletive-spewing Hayes plasters accusatory messages on billboards challenging the town’s law enforcers to reopen her daughter’s unresolved case. She is a reckless firecracker of an anti-heroine. Whether she’s kicking a schoolchild in the crotch or flinging a petrol bomb at a police station, Mildred has an infectious desire to put these killers behind bars that makes her a treat to watch.
6. Good Time
Robert Pattinson is unrecognisable in the Safdie brothers’ nerve-shredding thriller Good Time, turning in a career-best performance as a petty criminal hustling his way through a colour-leached Queens to save his mentally ill brother. Since he earned a six-minute standing ovation at Cannes, it’s unsurprising the actor is being compared to De Niro in Taxi Driver.
5. BPM
Set in Nineties Paris, BPM (beats per minute) provides a brutally heart-wrenching take on the AIDS crisis without sinking into sentimentality. The movie, which scooped up the Grand Prix at Cannes, centres on the LGBTQIA activist group Act Up. Through heated, strategy-focused meetings – where the blood-hurling advocates clash with the big-pharma sympathisers – the campaigners raise awareness of the epidemic, forging relationships along the way. I’m thoroughly disappointed that the Oscars snubbed this defiant, sincere film in the foreign-language category.
4. The Disaster Artist
The Disaster Artist is a hysterical behind-the-scenes exposé tracing the making of Tommy Wiseau’s self-financed vanity project, The Room (widely regarded as the worst film ever made). James Franco – who also directed The Disaster Artist – has earned plaudits for his sensitive, yet hilarious, impersonation of the filmmaker. I was so intrigued by the trailer that I fought my way into a (massively oversubscribed) advanced screening at the BFI, where I full-on cried with laughter, then collapsed on a Tube platform when my sister quoted a line to me on the way home. Funniest film of the year without a shadow of a doubt.
3. Get Out
The flash of a camera. The clinking of a teaspoon. The humming of crickets in a suburban street. Get Out’s accumulation of seemingly banal details makes it so masterfully unsettling. The movie is something of a modern-day Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? that sees an African-American (Daniel Kaluuya) visit the parents of his white girlfriend (Allison Williams) and gradually discover an unsettling truth brewing beneath mind games and micro-aggressions. The film marks the sketch comedian Jordan Peele’s first foray into cinema as a writer-director, and has already established him as one to watch. Get Out is a sucker punch to the status quo that is impossible to forget.
2. Lady Bird
Lady Bird is an astounding addition to the coming-of-age canon, a feel-good film exuding a sincerity and warmth that quickly confirms its status as one of the cinematic highlights of 2017. Raw and relatable, the movie is a show-stopping masterpiece that ushers the actress-turned-director Greta Gerwig into the pantheon of blossoming auteurs. The film faithfully captures the essence of what it’s like to grow up female; the awkwardness of that disconcerting stage of adolescence in which you are unceremoniously prised from the familiar embrace of girlhood and thrust towards womanhood. In the tradition of great cinema, Lady Bird takes a profoundly personal story and transposes it with such dexterity that it feels universal.
1. Call Me by Your Name
“Call me by your name and I’ll call you by mine,” whispers Oliver (Armie Hammer) as he gently caresses the cheek of his lover Elio (Timothée Chalamet) in the soft darkness. The blossoming romance between these two men, that unfurls over six sun-dappled weeks in northern Italy, is utterly ravishing. The director Luca Guadagnino creates a sensory masterpiece by lingering over the finer details of their relationship: peach juice trickling down a chin, bicycle pedals whirring into action. Call Me by Your Name is a shining beacon of tolerance and acceptance, with a heartbreaking ending that will bring tears to your eyes.
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Diary of a cinephile - Entry 2
Want to get away from life and and watch top notch movies instead?
I’ve been extremely depressed and sick and unable to do much more than watch movies to block out my thoughts in the past two weeks. I haven‘t written a diary of recommendations in ages, but I feel like I’ll feel better if I pour out my love for my favorites, because I haven’t seen or talked about them with anyone. So... I just have to vent about their awesomeness and I want more people to enjoy them because they deserve recognition.
This one will be... Wow.
It’s bound to cure a little bit of sadness or at least get away from it for a while.
Every single one is different but so unique and amazing, from time-bending thriller, to life and loss, to stopmotion, to romance, to hell, to a man in a sheet walking around the whole movie and somehow it’s perfect... I have so many things that will blow your mind and I can’t keep these gems to myself anymore.
This will be in no specific order. They are all awesome.
I’ll post links as usual to the trailers, it’s up to you to watch them. I won’t give any spoilers though. You’re safe.
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A Ghost Story - Dir David Lowery
Ghost 2: Hello.
Ghost 1: Hi.
Ghost 2: I'm waiting for someone.
Ghost 1: Who?
Ghost 2: I don't remember.
Genre: Romance, Drama, Mystery
Trailer (please don’t watch it if you want to be surprised)
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I can’t, again, write a synopsis without spoiling anything. So I’m going to write it in a question: How long are you willing to wait, and stay, for the person you love, even if you don’t really know if you’ll ever see them again, even if you don’t really know why, when or even how?
This movie is near impossible to explain. There is very little dialogue but it’s striking as hell. I never knew you could feel so much for an actual sheet without an expression that doesn’t talk. It drags on like crazy at times (there is a scene with a pie and I counted, it’s literally one shot for 3 minutes straight and I admit that was weird in the beginning) but in the grand scheme of it all, the slowness, the sudden fastness, the silence, it all adds to the dreadful flavor this movie brings that I haven’t really felt from a movie before. Boy, is this an experience if you’re open to it. And I don’t think I’ll shake this feeling soon.
If you are into symbollic shit and want a movie where you can really lose track of time in, (I watched it while half awake and it was like a lucid dream) I recommend it. Think of the opposite of The Avengers and if that sounds horrible to you, don’t watch, you’ll hate it and think it’s some artsy-fartsy bullshit. Just being real here.
‘A Ghost Story’ with it’s thriller-like name is ironically one of the most romantic/saddest things I’ve ever seen.
+ Bonus point: the main character is a person in a sheet. C’mon.
++ Bonus point: This fucking epic soundtrack.
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- Gifted (2017) - Dir Marc Webb
Mary Adler: “He's a good person. He wanted me before I was smart.“
Genre: Drama, Family
Trailer (Safe to watch)
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A young girl is gifted/cursed by being way ahead of everyone her age in intellect, something that runs in the family, and her uncle tries to give her a normal life, a happy life, a life any kid deserves by making friends and whatnot, while others think she deserves and is created for ‘more’.
This one struck me harder than I thought because it started relatively sweet, but then adults got involved and made everything difficult. Near the end I had to burry my face in a blanket to stop my crying because it got a little too close to home (not that I’m a genius or know at all how horrible it would be like to be ‘gifted’ like that, but some scenes are things anybody can relate to, really.)
Anybody has felt like the ‘odd one out’ at some point, and the unfairness of how you are treated when you are slightly different and how people jump onto that opportunity like vultures just struck such a cord with me. The child actress is absolutely brilliant, the best I’ve seen in a while, I generally wanted to jump through the screen to hug her because for a second I thought she wasn’t acting, that’s how good she is.
+ Bonus point: A one eyed cat becomes a major plot point.
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- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - dir Martin McDonagh
Mildred Hayes: “This didn't put an end to shit, you fucking retard; this is just the fucking start. Why don't you put that on your ‘Good Morning Missouri fucking wake up’ broadcast, bitch?“
Genre: Drama, Black Comedy
Trailer (safe to watch)
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(If you don’t like cursing look away now. Personally, concidering the circumstances of this poor mother’s rage, I think it’s entirely justified.)
A mother who recently lost her daughter by a horrific murder tries to stirr up her small community and the insanely lazy police force to finally do something, and look for the perpetrator, who is still out there.
I love black humor, but this one was very, very... black. I don’t know how you can be so funny and yet deal with such horrific things at the same time, but they pulled it off so, so well.
In a matter of minutes you feel like you are part of this little town and you get just as frustrated as any and every character on the screen, they are all written so well, it’s as if you’ve known them for years. It was so easy to get into the whole story.
Just after five minutes it’s impossible to stop watching. The lead character ( Frances McDormand ) is just simply amazing, I think she was nominated last year too and I can see why. I’m not a mother, but I could feel her heartbreak every second.
+ Bonus Point: No unecessary stupid romantic bullshit, congrats Hollywood, slowly you’re learning and realise that when you see a man and a woman they can be friends.
++ Bonus Point: same director of ‘In Bruges’ and ‘Seven Psychopaths’ so I feel like a fish stuck on a bait already because I adore those movies, but heh... I am happy to be captured once again. I LOVE him.
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- Triangle (2009) - Dir Christopher Smith
????: - IF. THEY. BOARD. KILL. THEM. -
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Trailer (I really recommend you don’t watch this one)
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I can’t really explain short what this... this... thing is without spoiling anything. Some attractive people straight out of glamour magazines get shipwrecked on their out of a magazine yacht and they get onto another ship. If I say more I ruin all the fun.
I think this might actually be my favorite out of the ones I saw because I remember sitting for an hour straight with a hand covering my mouth with how insane it was. I didn’t know what to believe for a long, long time.
The beginning is such a false representation of what’s to come, and I remember trying to begin watching it years back but I fell for their trick and quit. Now I’ve seen all of it it’s actually up there with some of my favorite psychological thrillers, and I’ve seen ALOT.
But, like I said before, you honestly can’t talk about anything without spoiling it, so don’t even look up the ratings or trailer or synopsis. Just trust me, I went into this knowing nothing and I was never more grateful. (Though know you’ll need a strong stomach at times because there is unexpected blood and gore.)
+ Bonus point: UGH it kills me not being able to tell how brilliant the end is. But yes. The end. And all the crazy foreshadowing.
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The Void - Steven Kostanski and Jeremy Gillespie
Genre: Horror, mystery, something someth-
trailer
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HAHA I’m just kidding, this was excruciating. Please don’t see it. I’m sorry but they should be punished for this so I had to include. If you want to have a good laugh though, be my guest. So much potentional, so much promise of a different layer of fear, and it goes absolutely nowhere and it’s so sad. It’s not like I’m stupid and just ‘don’t get it’, there is nothing to get. I don’t think the writers even knew what they were getting at.
I sound so mean, but I am mean because I was robbed of my time.
Yes, yes... they did a good portrayal of Hell. But ironically Hell was sitting through this movie. After seeing ‘Triangle’, a movie that ACTUALLY portays Hell well in my opinion, this is just... amazingly bad. Good special effects can’t save this movie for the life of it.
(I wanted an interlude because making this is pretty draining.)
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- A Simple Plan (1998) - Sam Raimi
“Sometimes good people do evil things. Four million dollars and plenty of change. They've worked hard all their lives, but they still can't afford the American Dream. Stealing it is even better.”
“Do you ever feel evil?”
Genre: Crime, Suspense
Trailer (safe to watch)
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Three dudes find a bag of 4 million dollars. Sounds like a slam dunk to me, but it isn’t easy at all because a ton of problems come with it. Who did it actually belong to, is it morally right to keep it, what if the police is after it, does it mean you’re stealing...? What if money corrupts and friendships aren’t like they seem to be and how far will you go to keep it?
This one is straight out of the Coen’s brothers directory, but I’ve looked and I don’t think they have any affiliation with it. Anyway, it’s sooooo reminiscent of Fargo with the set and tone and everything, I honestly thought they had something to do with it. If you’re familliar with Fargo, you’ll absolutely adore this one.
It’s such a dreadful but such a true tale about how people can act ‘differently’ once given an opportunity. You might end up thinking ‘I would never do that’, but... wouldn’t you? You’ve never been in the place of these characters and it’s impossible to imagne, and seeing the true nature of how abhorent you truly can be, can be confrontational.
Everything you try to do leads to more complications, and it’s hard to imagne where you’d say ‘no, enough is enough’.
It’s not an easy watch because it’s way too true but I adore it.
+ Bonus point: Billy Bob Thornton. If you’re not familliar, get on it. He’s amazing, always.
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Isle of Dogs - Wes Anderson
Oracle: It may snow tonight.
Boss: Really? Thank you very much, wow.
Oracle: To whom it may concern.
Boss: She sees the future!
King: Ha! No. She understands TV.
Trailer (safe to watch)
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In a dystopian near-future Japan, dogs have become a menace because of some dog-flu virus, so they all get deported to a seperate island. But there are conspiracies flowing around, vaccinations being made, and the dogs do whatever they can to stay alive on this god forsaken island of trash.
I never liked dogs, sue me. But for some reason I KNEW this was going to be an experience so I bought a ticket, and holy crap was it worth it. Every single frame is a piece of art. Every. Single. One. (I want an artbook for this movie. Or a poster. Just... ANYTHING because it’s sugar to my eyes.)
I was so overwhelmed with how gorgeous it was, it was hard to concentrate sometimes, but I walked out with such a huge smile that lasted for days. The humor is on-point and yet so dry, just enough to pull you out of that overwhelmed trance. You end up caring for each and every one of the dogs because they are all perfectly rounded characters, better written characters than you see in humans sometimes. It’s mindblowing. The voice acting is perfectly cast and... Just. This movie is a dessert, something we don’t deserve but we got it anyway.
+ Bonus Point: Edward Norton voice acting. I am in love with his voice.
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WELL. I’ll make another one sooner than I thought because I have so many more to share, but honestly making these posts is a task (a lovely one though) but I have life duties. I didn’t even get to share my favorite ones yet, so stay tuned (nobody will read this but whatever)
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The trailers I saw were:
The Disaster Artist: which I wanna see but I wouldn’t see it in theaters because I’ll be laughing so hard at scenes that normal people in the theater probably won’t understand why it’s so funny and I’ll probably be yelling “HOLY SHIT!” way too much X’D Mostly because I love “The Room” and this movie NAILS so much of that film, and a lot of the events talked about in the book. (also I love the movie Ed Wood so I see no reason why I wouldn’t love this one, even if it omits some of the less pleasant events in the book)
https://youtu.be/cMKX2tE5Luk
The Post: This looks great and super tense and I wanna see it. I’ve realised I need to watch more newspaper focused movies because I am ALWAYS interested in them.
https://youtu.be/nrXlY6gzTTM
Darkest Hour: A WWII movie that’s not entirely focused on the battlefield and for once not focusing on the fricken American soldiers on the beaches but more about the machinations behind the scenes so I’m really liking this.
https://youtu.be/LtJ60u7SUSw
I, Tonya: this movie looks fucking insane and I REALLY wanna see it. Even if it’s not a 100% accurate to what really happened. And any movie set in the 80s where they got the hair and makeup right is already interesting to me. So many “80s” time period movies only focus on the fashion and forget how important the hair and makeup was to making the setting look authentic.
https://youtu.be/OXZQ5DfSAAc
3 Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri: This movie won a ton of Golden Globes and is probably gonna snag a few oscars. I thought it was a heavy drama, but despite it’s REALLY dark themes and subjects it actually looks hilarious in all the right ways. It looks visceral af and I like it’s “go fuck yourself” attitude. So I really wanna see this now.
https://youtu.be/Jit3YhGx5pU
Loving Vincent: You guys already know my feelings about this movie. I’m glad the lady sitting next to me had obviously never heard of it and was like “wow!” when the trailer was over.
https://youtu.be/CGzKnyhYDQI
(also yes I loves Shape of Water SO MUCH I’m gonna buy it like the second it hits Blu Ray and then I’m gonna cry for a whole month. Actually I might just start crying now, take a break, and then start again when after I buy it)
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List of movies / 2017 Movie Trailer Mashup
P A R T O N E
0:08 - War for the Planet of the Apes
“What are you waiting for?” - Lars Eidinger in PERSONAL SHOPPER
0:10 - Geostorm
0:12 - The Greatest Showman
“We made this oath. Whoever died first would send the other a sign.” - Kristen Stewart in PERSONAL SHOPPER
0:14 - Annabelle: Creation (double shot)
0:16 - A Ghost Story (double shot)
“A sign. Have you, communicated with spirits before?” - Lars Eidinger in PERSONAL SHOPPER
0:18 - The Blackcoat’s Daughter
0:19 - Wind River
0:20 - Ghost in the Shell
0:22 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
0:23 - War for the Planet of the Apes
“It was quiet, for all these years.” - Miranda Otto in ANNABELLE: CREATION
0:26 - It (double shot)
0:29 - Hangman
“We all knew, something was very wrong.” - Holly Earl in LOVING VINCENT
0:31 - King Arthur
0:32 - The Beguiled
“I saw something.” - Jaeden Lieberher in IT
0:34 - The Devil’s Candy
0:35 - Annabelle: Creation
0:36 - Get Out (triple shot)
“A clown. Yeah, I saw him too.” - Jack Dylan Grazer in IT
0:39 - Lavender
0:41 - A Cure For Wellness (triple shot)
0:44 - The Circle
“You know there’s a sickness. Stops them seeing the truth.” - Vanessa Redgrave in THE SECRET SCRIPTURE
0:46 - Thelma
0:48 - The Secret Scripture
0:49 - Jackals
0:50 - Professor Marsten and the Wonder Women
0:51 - A Cure for Wellness
“There’s something, calling them all here.” - Aaron Poole in THE VOID
0:52 - Annabelle: Creation
0:53 - Mother! (double shot)
0:55 - Flatliners
“Shhh. That’s not me.” - Shae Smolik in THE HATRED
0:56 - The Hatred
1:02 - Mother!
1:03 - It
1:05 - Annabelle: Creation
1:05 - Personal Shopper
1:06 - Polaroid (triple shot)
1:08 - The Bye Bye Man
1:09 - It Comes At Night
1:10 - Berlin Syndrome
1:10 - Wish Upon
“Mister Policeman. You could’ve saved her.” - Jonas Karlsson in THE SNOWMAN
1:11 - Jigsaw
1:11 - Rings (double shot)
1:13 - Happy Death Day (double shot)
1:14 - The Devil’s Candy
1:15 - Jigsaw (double shot)
1:16 - The Lego Ninjago Movie (double shot)
1:18 - The Snowman (triple shot)
1:20 - Flatliners (double shot)
1:21 - The Shape of Water (double shot)
1:22 - The Belko Experiment
1:23 - Breathe
1:23 - Brigsby Bear
“Make it a wonderful day!” - Edie Inksetter in IT
1:24 - Justice League
1:25 - Kidnap (double shot)
1:26 - Collide
“At the end of the day, people are out for themselves.” - Adria Arjona in THE BELKO EXPERIMENT
1:27 - Good Time
1:27 - Gerald’s Game
1:28 - Wind River (double shot)
1:30 - The Belko Experiment
1:31 - The Devil’s Candy (double shot)
1:33 - King Arthur
1:34 - Split
“Death always wins.” - Matthew McConaughey in THE DARK TOWER
1:35 - Ghost in the Shell
1:36 - The Void
1:37 - Paint it Black
1:40 - The Snowman
1:41 - The Mountain Between Us
1:43 - Blade Runner 2049
1:44 - The Shape of Water (double shot)
“We all float down here.” - Jackson Robert Scott in IT
1:50 - It
P A R T T W O
1:56 - Baby Driver
1:59 - The Boss Baby
1:59 - Despicable Me 3
2:00 - Baywatch
2:01 - Ingrid Goes West (double shot)
“Congratulations.” - Aubrey Plaza in INGRID GOES WEST
2:03 - Logan Lucky
2:04 - Going in Style (double shot)
2:06 - Catfight (double shot)
2:06 - Kong: Skull Island
2:07 - A Fantastic Woman
2:07 - The Square
2:08 - Brawl on Block 99
2:10 - The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature
2:11 - All Eyez On Me
2:11 - Detroit
2:12 - CHIPs
2:13 - How To Be a Latin Lover
“This doesn’t put an end to shit, you f*cking retard, this is just the f*cking start. Why don’t you put that on your ‘Good Morning Missouri’ f*cking wake-up broadcast b*tch .” - Frances McNormand in THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
2:14 - Pitch Perfect 3 (double shot)
2:16 - The Disaster Artist
2:18 - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2:22 - Fist Fight
2:23 - Suburbicon
2:23 - T2 Trainspotting
2:24 - Song to Song
2:25 - My Name is Emily
2:26 - Raw (double shot)
2:28 - Patti Cake$
2:29 - A Bad Mom’s Christmas
2:30 - Girls Trip
2:30 - Tragedy Girls
2:31 - T2 Trainspotting
2:32 - Rough Night
“Come on, man.” - Armie Hammer in FREE FIRE
2:32 - Free Fire (triple shot)
2:35 - First Kill
“I got you all wrong, didn’t I? You got me just right.” - Bel Powley and Tye Sheridan in DETOUR
2:36 - Kingsman: The Golden Circle (double shot)
2:37 - Wolf Warrior 2
2:38 - Detour
2:39 - Geostorm
2:40 - War for the Planet of the Apes
2:41 - Wonder Woman
2:42 - The Great Wall
2:43 - American Assassin
2:44 - Thor: Ragnarok
2:44 - Spider-man: Homecoming
2:45 - Monster Trucks (double shot)
2:47 - The Mummy
2:47 - Baby Driver (double shot)
2:49 - xXx: Return of Xander Cage
2:50 - Baby Driver (double shot)
2:52 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (triple shot)
2:57 - Ghost in the Shell
2:58 - John Wick: Chapter 2
2:58 - Transformers: The Last Knight
2:59 - The Dark Tower (double shot)
3:01 - Transformers: The Last Knight (double shot)
3:02 - Logan
3:02 - Alien: Covenant (double shot)
3:04 - Wonder Woman (double shot)
3:05 - The Fate of the Furious (quintuple shot)
3:08 - The Mummy (double shot)
3:10 - John Wick: Chapter 2
3:10 - Sleepless
3:11 - Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (double shot)
3:12 - Renegades
3:12 - Colossal
3:13 - Okja (double shot)
3:14 - Baby Driver
3:15 - Ghost in the Shell
3:16 - Outrage Coda
3:17 - Captain Underpants
3:17 - Okja
3:18 - Saban’s Power Rangers
3:18 - The LEGO Batman Movie
3:19 - The LEGO Ninjago Movie
3:20 - The Emoji Movie
3:21 - Atomic Blonde
3:22 - Spider-man: Homecoming (double shot)
3:23 - Blade of the Immortal
3:24 - Thor: Ragnarok (triple shot)
3:25 - Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
3:26 - Justice League
3:26 - Cars 3 (double shot)
3:28 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi
“Jesus Christ! What happened to the seatbelt rule?” - Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson in THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD
3:29 - The Hitman’s Bodyguard (quadruple shot)
P A R T T H R E E
3:38 - Golmaal Again
3:40 - A Dog’s Purpose
3:40 - Realive
3:42 - Kedi
3:43 - My Cousin Rachel
3:44 - Downsizing
3:45 - The Snowman
3:46 - Fifty Shades Darker
3:47 - Leap!
3:48 - The Greatest Showman (double shot)
3:49 - Tulip Fever
3:50 - Split
3:51 - Wonder Woman
“Whatever you do, do it carefully.” - Vicky Krieps in PHANTOM THREAD
3:52 - The Book of Henry
3:53 - The Devil’s Candy
3:55 - Hounds of Love
3:56 - Loving Vincent
3:57 - XX
3:58 - All The Money in the World
3:59 - The Bad Batch
4:00 - Lady Macbeth
4:01 - Victoria and Abdul
4:02 - Phantom Thread
4:03 - Polina
4:04 - Coco (double shot)
“I always told you, you were special.” - Ana de Armas in BLADE RUNNER 2049
4:08 - The Killing of a Sacred Deer (double shot)
4:09 - Jungle
4:11 - Leap! (double shot)
“Because you have something she can only dream of.” - Carly Rae Jepsen in LEAP!
4:13 - The Greatest Showman (triple shot)
4:16 - The Limehouse Golem
4:17 - Battle of the Sexes (double shot)
“Without our passion, it’s very hard for us to find our place in the world.” - Ken Stott in 100 STREETS
4:19 - I, Tonya (double shot)
4:21 - Molly’s Game (triple shot)
4:23 - Professor Marsten and the Wonder Women
4:24 - Worlds Apart
4:26 - First Kill
“If we may find a city, where one was considered impossible to exist, it may well write a whole new chapter in human history.” - Charlie Hunnam in LOST CITY OF Z
4:27 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi
4:28 - Alien: Covenant
4:29 - The Lost City of Z
4:30 - Dunkirk
4:33 - The Battleship Island
4:35 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
4:36 - War for the Planet of the Apes
4:39 - Kong: Skull Island
4:40 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
4:41 - Dunkirk
4:43 - Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
4:44 - Life (double shot)
4:46 - Only The Brave
4:48 - Menashe
4:49 - Before I Fall
“A man’s reach should exceed his grasp.” - Sienna Miller in LOST CITY OF Z
4:50 - American Made
4:51 - The Promise
4:52 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
4:53 - The Dark Tower
4:54 - Saban’s Power Rangers
4:55 - Blade Runner 2049 (double shot)
4:57 - Kong: Skull Island
4:59 - All the Money in the World
5:00 - Stronger (double shot)
5:03 - Spoor
5:06 - Your Name
5:07 - Smurfs: The Lost Village
5:08 - The Odyssey
5:09 - Ghost in the Shell
5:11 - A Ghost Story
“I know this is a sacrifice for all of us.” - Charlie Hunnam in LOST CITY OF Z
5:14 - The Lost City of Z
5:16 - My Cousin Rachel
5:18 - Goodbye Christopher Robin (triple shot)
“I’d really like if you wrote a book for me. Should we go for a walk? Aren’t you working?” - Domhnall Gleeson and Will Tilston in GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN
5:22 - The Zookeeper’s Wife
“Why’d you leave my mama? I got lost. But you found your way back, right?” - Abby Ryder Fortson and Alex Roe in FOREVER MY GIRL
5:23 - Worlds Apart
5:24 - Columbus
5:25 - Phantom Thread
5:26 - Darkest Hour
5:28 - Forever My Girl (double shot)
5:31 - Wonderstruck
5:32 - It (double shot)
5:33 - The Big Sick
5:34 - Darkest Hour (triple shot)
“If all of this stopped, even if I were dead, I’d miss it... And i’d miss you.” - Gemma Arterton in THEIR FINEST
5:36 - The Post
5:37 - Megan Leavey
5:38 - Murder on the Orient Express
5:39 - The Shape of Water
5:40 - The Man Who Invented Christmas
5:41 - Okja
5:43 - Table 19
5:44 - Their Finest
5:45 - A Kind of Murder
5:46 - Everything, Everything (double shot)
5:47 - The Florida Project (double shot)
“This is what life looks like. People who love each other. You still have time.” - Patrick Stewart in LOGAN
5:49 - The Children of Chance
5:50 - The Lost City of Z
5:51 - The Shack
5:52 - Goodbye Christopher Robin
5:53 - Call Me By Your Name
5:54 - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'
5:55 - Breathe
5:56 - Gifted (double shot)
5:58 - The Sense of an Ending
6:00 - Queen of the Desert
6:00 - Lady Bird (double shot)
6:02 - Beauty and the Beast (double shot)
6:04 - The Greatest Showman
6:05 - Wonder
6:06 - The Greatest Showman
6:06 - Coco
6:07 - Murder on the Orient Express
6:08 - The Shape of Water
6:09 - Darkest Hour
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Upcoming Flicks January 2018
Here are the upcoming films being released in Australia in January 2018, accompanied by my personal thoughts of them.
January 1
· Pitch Perfect 3
The girls have reteamed for one last hurrah and are on tour with the USO, singing for the troops overseas, along with some other musical groups.
Genre: Musical Comedy
Director: Trish Sie
Stars: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow, Hailee Steinfeld, Elizabeth Banks, Anna Camp, Alexis Knapp, Ruby Rose
Recommendation: I reckon it won’t be worth the price of admission. The first one was a great success. The oddball characters thrown together were comedy gold, but should not have been repeated. The sequel provided nothing new and now I think they are milking a cow that’s giving sour milk. It’ll be aca-crapa.
· Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
After the police fail to solver her daughter’s murder, Mildred Hayes buys advertising space on local billboards slamming the local police.
Genre: Comedy/Crime/Drama
Director: Martin McDonagh
Stars: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Abbie Cornish, Lucas Hedges, Caleb Landry Jones, John Hawkes, Peter Dinklage
Recommendation: Three Billboards won the People’s Choice award at the Toronto Film Festival, is being critically acclaimed. There is a fantastic cast with what looks to be a compelling story and characters. I think this is the perfect movie to start 2018.
January 4
· All the Money in the World
Inspired by true events, All the Money in the World is the story of the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III, whose rich oil giant grandfather doesn’t hand over the $17M the kidnappers are demanding.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Ridley Scott
Stars: Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Williams, Charlie Shotwell, Charlie Plummer
Recommendation: You may have heard about this movie after Ridley Scott recast and reshot the film with Christopher Plummer after the controversy around Kevin Spacey. Probably a better choice anyway as Plummer would be closer to the age of the tight-arse grandfather. The trailer looks good. It has an intense spy thriller vibe. See it.
January 11
· Darkest Hour
Darkest Hour is the war biopic of Winston Churchill as he is sworn in as Prime Minister of Great Britain just prior to the first World War.
Genre: War/Biopic
Director: Joe Wright
Stars: Gary Oldman, Lily James, Ben Mendelsohn, John Hurt
Recommendation: See it. It’s a great piece of history concerning an integral person who changed the course of the world. Plus, you cannot go wrong with Gary Oldman.
· The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
Some animals need to stop a greedy mayor from destroying their bit of nature for an amusement park.
Genre: Animation
Director: Cal Brunker
Stars: Will Arnett, Gabriel Iglesias, Jeff Dunham, Katherine Heigl, Jackie Chan, Maya Rudolph, Isabela Moner, Bobby Cannavale, Sebastian Maniscalco
Recommendation: To quote my wife “There was a Nut Job 1?” I’m surprised they made the second. Skip it.
· The Post
The U.S.’s first female newspaper publisher uncovers government secrets that have spanned four presidents, and seeks to make them public.
Genre: Biographical Drama
Director: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson
Recommendation: Spielberg, Streep and Hanks. The three biggest names in Hollywood comes together to make a hard hitting bio drama. Count me in. Spielberg is my favourite director and Hanks is, in my opinion, the greatest working actor today. You cannot miss this. Also, everything about it screams Academy Awards.
January 18
· Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Thomas and his mates must break into the Last City, the deadliest maze of all in the third and final instalment of the Maze Runner series.
Genre: Sci-Fi/ Adventure
Director: Wes Ball
Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki Hong Lee, Kaya Scodelario, Katherine McNamara, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosa Salazar, Barry Pepper, Aidan Gillen, Patricia Clarkson
Recommendation: At least the Pitch Perfect cow was giving sour milk. This is like milking a dead cow. Critics and audiences agree that the first was average at best, and the second was just plain terrible. May as well complete the trilogy, I suppose. Skip it.
· Swinging Safari
This Australian comedy shows us the sexual swinging 1970s in a small beach-side town. Fearless kids and carefree parenting by day, key party by night.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stephan Elliott
Stars: Guy Pearce, Kylie Minogue, Radha Mitchell, Julian McMahon, Asher Keddie, Jeremy Sims, Jack Thompson
Recommendation: Australian comedies set in the 70s and 80s are hilarious. I loved the trailer for this. Elliott directing Pearce again with Neighbours legend Minogue (I also think she sings) tops it off for me. Julian McMahon… I haven’t seen him since he shimmered out of Charmed. See it.
· The Commuter
Michael, an insurance salesman, is riding the train home when things go amiss. Michael gets caught up in a criminal conspiracy and races the clock to uncover a mystery passenger before it is too late for them all.
Genre: Action
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Stars: Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Sam Neill, Patrick Wilson
Recommendation: Collet-Serra sure likes to get himself a bit of Neeson. I suppose we are lucky he wasn’t cast in the Shallows or the shark would never have had a chance. It’s weird. The start of the trailer intrigues and surprises me. It mystery aspect has me yearning to see it but then the last half of the trailer makes it seem like a generic Liam Neeson actin flick on a train, which has me yawning, so I’ll give it a 50/50 chance of it being any good.
· The Shape of Water
During the Cold War, a mute cleaner of a top secret government laboratory forms a relationship with their experiment, a creature who looks like should have come from the Black Lagoon.
Genre: Fantasy/Romance/Thriller
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Stars: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, Lauren Lee Smith, Octavia Spencer, Richard Jenkins
Recommendation: This really looks fantastic. I have been looking forward to it for a long time. Coming from the mind of del Toro with this cast and Doug Jones (aka Suru from Star Trek Discovery) as the creature I have high hopes that I’ll be talking about this in my ‘Best of 2018’ list.
January 25
· Den of Thieves
Den of Thieves follows a group of bank robbers who have their eyes set on the Federal Bank, while the elite unit of cops with unconventional police morals chase them around every turn.
Genre: Action
Director: Christian Gudegast
Stars: Gerard Butler, 50 Cent, Pablo Schreiber, O'Shea Jackson Jr.,
Recommendation: Skip it. There is nothing new here.
· I, Tonya
If you were curious about the upbringing and what led to Tonya Hardings ice skating success and her attack of a fellow competitor, this is your chance to find out.
Genre: Biographical drama
Director: Craig Gillespie
Stars: Margot Robbie, Allison Janney, Sebastian Stan
Recommendation: Who knew ice skating could hold so much potential for a decent crime drama. Surprisingly, I am keen for it. See it.
· Sweet Country
Based on a true story, Sam, an aboriginal stockman, in the Northern Territory in 1929, kills the white station owner in self defence and goes on the run. Sam and his wife flee into the outback only to give themselves up due to the health of his pregnant wife.
Genre: Biographical Crime Drama
Director: Warwick Thornton
Stars: Bryan Brown, Sam Neill, Hamilton Morris
Recommendation: Sweet Country looks to be a great Australian western. There is such a rich story to be told here and the trailer has me wanting to see how it all unfolds. See it.
As usual, January in Australia is mostly biopics and Oscar bait films with a few shit ones thrown in for good measure. My picks for the month are The Post, The Shape of Water and for a good laugh, Swinging Safari. Let us know what you are planning on seeing.
-Terry
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Scattered thoughts on “The Shape of Water”:
1. I saw a trailer for this film before “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri,” and it revealed, no kidding, *every* key plot point in the movie. I knew or could easily guess what would happen at any key moment. And you know what? I still had a great time. While suspense can be important and fun, any good film will be enjoyable because of *how* things happen, not just because of *what* happens.
2. I love director Guillermo del Toro for his lush, carefully designed visuals, and this film does not disappoint! The 60s are evoked sensuously throughout the film, in dark apartments populated by wood-framed televisions; greenish, fluorescent-lit, linoleumed science labs; a classic diner with a smooth-talking counter boy; and a creaky theater with too much red velvet and not enough paying customers. The unnamed amphibian man is also beautifully crafted, of course, evoking wildness and menace, timidity and vivacity and humanity all balanced against one another. (I looked it up, just to be sure, and the effects on him are practical—it’s not a motion capture performance.)
3. Doug Jones (no, not that Doug Jones), the man in that carefully crafted monster makeup, really is the best. His physical presence is electric; he’s at once believably alien and authentically personal. I wish he got to do more mainstream film stuff; I’ve really only seen him in his collaborations with del Toro (he was Abe Sapien in the Hellboy movies and the Faun/Pale Man in “Pan’s Labyrinth”). Apparently he’s on Star Trek: Discovery, which, uh, yeah, I would love to be able to watch that sometime!
4. The main character is Eliza Esposito, played by Sally Hawkins, who cannot speak due to an injury to her vocal cords, and instead speaks American Sign Language. Though not a native signer, Hawkins does a fine job with ASL and delivers a terrific performance overall—engaging and lovable throughout. That makes this the second movie I’ve loved this year with a central ASL performance, the first being “Baby Driver”.
5. The movie presents Eliza as a whole person. She’s aware that other people mostly don’t see her that way—many characters ignore or even degrade her, while one fetishizes her silence—but is shown from the very start to be fulfilled and happy, with friends and a good life. I think it would be easy to present Eliza, a person with a rare but still challenging disability, as fundamentally alone and broken and in need of a fishman (or, you know, whoever) to rescue her and fix her, and I think the film avoids falling into that trap, presenting us instead with two characters who come to care for and even need each other.
6. I made the mistake of reading a review right before I wrote my own, something I try never to do (unless I’m on the fence about a film and need to be talked into/out of it), and the reviewer criticized the film for being too comfortable, a message movie about widely accepted liberal values (most notably, tolerance). Some time ago, I read a review of the movie “In the Heat of the Night,” maybe the quintessential liberal message movie (it’s about how racism…is bad!), which pointed out that such movies are generally condescending and annoying; the only thing that can redeem a liberal message movie is for it to be *really good*. (“In the Heat of the Night” is really good.) While “The Shape of Water” is unusually dark, sexual, and violent (though, note, not sexually violent) for a liberal message movie, I think you can still call it one. But the thing is, it’s redeemed by being really good: the performances are thrilling, not just Hawkins and Jones, but everyone, from Michael Shannon’s scenery-chewing villain, to Richard Jenkins’ humble put-upon roommate, to Michael Stuhlbarg’s empathetic scientist, and Octavia Spencer’s plucky and loyal friend and coworker. The plot is predictable but winning, well-paced and exciting throughout, with few if any missed opportunities or loose threads. Add del Toro’s exquisite visual sense from scattered thought #2, and you get a movie that is beautiful and good. If some frank sexuality and occasional but visceral violence won’t bother you…see it! It’s out in some US cities now, and will be in wide release this weekend.
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THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT: a *super* unoriginal ‘best films of 2017′ list
In life, we’re constantly asked what we learnt from things. It’s one way of measuring a completely immeasurable experience. Most films are built on this- ’character arcs’- how do they change and grow? What do they learn? (That’s not a negative thing, just the mechanics of this stick out when it’s done badly). With that in mind, I asked myself, from everything I watched this year, what did I learn?
THE BEST 12 ‘FILMS’ of 2017:
The first thing I learnt- films and TV series have become indistinguishable. It didn’t happen solely this year, but 2017 is definitely the ‘flag in the road’ point. Films are increasingly designed so they can be watched on a small screen with headphones, and most TV should really be watched on a big screen with proper speakers. And TV is sort of the wrong word. Netflix isn’t TV. I don’t know what it is. Just Long Form Storytelling perhaps? It’s certainly becoming less and less episodic. More and more feel like 10 hour films split into 10 parts so you can digest it better. So, this list is really the best 12 *things* of 2017.
The second thing I learnt- how you watch something is almost as important as what you’re watching. What headspace you were in, what time of day it was, if the room was totally dark, if someone a few rows in front of you was talking through the movie, if you’d seen the previous instalments in the series, hell- even if you’d seen the trailer. It all adds to how you think about the film. So, on the list, I’ve included where I saw it.
12. THE DISASTER ARTIST (directed by James Franco)
True story about the making of Tommy Wiseau’s The Room, the best worst film ever made.
I cried like I haven’t cried in years watching this. I don’t know what it was. Just something about the last act hit me so hard I couldn’t contain myself. And when you’re trying to contain yourself BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A SAD FILM AND YOU SHOULD NOT BE CRYING EVERYONE ELSE AROUND YOU IS LAUGHING PLEASE STOP CRYING it’s really hard to stop. It’s a story of ambition, heart and following your dreams no matter what.
Green screen! Lovely green screeeeen! Purely on an aesthetic level, whenever they’re shooting against that unmistakable, vibrant colour I just loved it.
You know when films do that thing and show pictures of the real people the film’s about before the credits so you can go ‘wow this film’s so accurate and got that detail right’?? This does a version of that, and it’s the only one that’s ever mattered/will ever matter.
The real Tommy Wiseau also has my favourite film related tweet of 2017:
Seen at BFI Southbank.
11. ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK SEASON 5 (created by Jenji Kohan)
The lives of the women at Litchfield Penitentiary, a minimum-security prison in upstate New York. (the annimalllsss the animalllls, TRAP TRAP TRAP till the cage is fulllll...)
This show is about everything the opening titles suggest- women, decisions and time. What’s striking about OITNB is the characters never serve the plot. Plot *is* character. It’s there to serve them. It gives us a framework to waste time with these characters, because ‘all they’ve got is time’.
Season 5 is brave in terms of content and form. There are thousands of people more qualified to speak about the content, so I’ll leave it to them. Form wise: Orange is the New Black is Netflix’s most watched show, and probably it’s major tentpole along with Stranger Things. It has a well-oiled structure. Each season takes place over a few weeks, each episode focusses us in on one character, complete with flashbacks that inform us how they ended up in prison. Season 5 tears that to shreds, setting it basically in real time over 3 days. When it works, it *really* works. There’s no looking away. You feel the grind of what they’re going through. It sometimes leaves them too much time to pad out and we get some boring side plots- but on ambition alone I loved it.
It’s the perfect continuation and accumulation of previous seasons in many ways. The characters you know and love are in extraordinary circumstances. It brings out sides to their personalities that you never knew were there, but fit perfectly. Where all the characters are situated within the prison after the inciting incident is the best use of character geography *as* character I’ve ever seen. Tonally the series has gradually been getting nastier and nastier for a while, but there’s a scene towards the end of this season which is so nasty and so long and REFUSES to cut away even though you desperately, desperately want them too. It’s raw. It hurts. It’s a scene the show has always been heading for tonally and building towards dramatically.
Season 5 slots in just under 4 for me in terms of ranking them all- but it’s still damn good. One things for certain, 5 changed everything for OITNB. The game is different.
Oh, and Nicky’s the MVP.
Netflix.
10. BAD GENIUS (directed by Nattawut Poonpiriya)
Thai Heist-Thriller. A genius high school student makes money after developing elaborate methods to help other students cheat.
WHAT A FUCKING RIDE!! The most fun I’ve had in a cinema all year. More stakes in this than most ‘end of the world’ superhero movies. Genuinely unpredictable.
The filmmaking is so good it makes you forget plausibility is sometimes being pushed. Amazing set-pieces. Expertly choreographed. Form and content perfectly married. This is the best way to tell this story, like a Michael Mann thriller, a Steven Soderbergh Oceans-style heist.
Every character is so rich and textured in their own way. So fully realised. You’ve met them all at some point in your life. It’s whimsical, but painful and genuinely emotional when it needs to be. Never pulls it’s punches.
2 years time, there will almost certainly be an American remake… and it’ll suck so hard. It’s rooted in Thailand, the socio-economic situation of people, the time zones, the pressure to succeed, and honestly- just hearing it in Thai.
SEE THIS FILM. SEE THIS FILM. SEE THIS FILM. SEE THIS FILM. If you take anything from reading any of this, SEE THIS FILM.
Seen at Vue Leicester Square.
9. NATHAN FOR YOU: FINDING FRANCES (directed by Nathan Fielder)
The feature-length finale of Nathan For You’s 4th season. It’s a show that’s difficult to describe without saying ‘trust me’.... but honestly, *trust me*. Nathan Fielder graduated from business school with ‘really good grades’. He offers outlandish solutions to solve problems for struggling small businesses. In Finding Frances, Fielder uses all the resources of his successful show to help an old Bill Gates impressionist track down his high school sweetheart. Trust me.
Nathan Fielder has accidentally and totally on purpose made one of the best documentaries of the last 10 years.
It’s funny how we remember things. Reality and fiction are blurred. Truth is irrelevant. What does real mean? Does it even matter if we remember it how we want to?
Laptop.
8. THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI (directed by Martin McDonagh)
A mother takes desperate steps to pressure local law enforcement to find her daughter’s killer.
Perfectly woven and layered characters. I fucking hate the phrase ‘the character arc’, but if I were teaching a class in it- I’d show this film.
A film about relationships, and every relationship between every character or creature or inanimate object is perfect.
McDonagh loves theatrical sensibilities. Nobody does grand, rich set-pieces quite like him… makes highly stylised situations feel real in the world he sets up.
I could have watched hours more of these characters interacting.
Seen at Embankment Garden Cinema.
7. BLADE RUNNER 2049 (directed by Denis Villeneuve)
Neo-noir, sci-fi sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1981 classic.
I’m not a fan of the original Blade Runner. I appreciate it! It’s beautiful! and groundbreaking! but I just find it so heartless and cold. I just can’t connect to it. The best sci-fis are amazing stories with really fun furniture (the gadgets, tech etc.) The original is too much furniture for me. In other words, I had no reason to like this one IP wise. 2049 takes everything that could have been interesting from the original and expands on that. The furniture is just that- furniture. An amazing setting that enriches and serves the story. Everything is there to tell the story. I left the cinema feeling I’d experienced something the way that everyone talks about experiencing the first one.
The most expensive art film ever made. I literally cannot believe this exists. I cannot believe they gave Villeneuve £185MILLION to make a 3-hour long, philosophical film that has no blockbuster tropes: no loveable rogue hero; no ‘off-beat’ quippy humour to keep you interested; no CGI extravaganza 3rd act; NO.FUCKING.SKYBEAM with floating garbage spinning around it that threatens to destroy the world and the heroes have to stop it before everyone in the world dies; no setting up 5 other already planned sequels in the franchise so nothing important happens in this one. It’s a rare type of blockbuster in 2017- one that trusts it’s audience is intelligent.
Denis Villeneuve really is the most exciting director working today. This is just further proof. Arrival (2016) still my favourite of his, but I’m almost more in awe of him for this. Taking such a well-loved franchise and doing something new with it in a way that still feels respectful of what’s come before. It’s his film.
The only use of Hollywood’s new trend of digitally recreating actors (ala Peter Cushing in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) that will ever matter. THIS is how you do it well.
Gender politics (we’re gunna’ go there, SPOILERS AHEAD and I know my opinion doesn’t really matter or count for anything on this just thought it’d be silly not to bring it up, feel free to disagree, v. interested to hear what everyone thinks about this!!) Lots has been written about the treatment of female characters in 2049. Most apt example I can think of to explain how I feel- Taxi Driver (1976), there’s a cafe scene in which the camera lingers on some black characters for uncomfortably long in a kind of parading manner, a ‘look at how terrible these guys are’ manner... it’s very understandable why one could interpret the film itself as racist. I’d argue the film is completely aware of what it’s doing- it’s putting us in Travis Bickle’s eyes, who is a racist character. I mean, we’re literally in his head the whole thing, hearing what he’s thinking and seeing what he’s seeing... I guess what I’m saying is- ‘it’s a decision.’ It’s not an offhand random shot where the filmmaker’s own gaze comes through, it’s a skilfully planned decision to make us question and think about something, in Taxi Driver’s case- what kind of man Bickle is. The treatment of women in 2049 *IS* a decision. It’s not Villeneuve lazily commodifying women, it’s him saying a world where women are only a commodity is a fucking bleak one. It’s a world where real women have been rendered obsolete because the height of success in our society (the CEO of a large corporation), an egoistical white guy with a god-complex manufactures life so women aren’t necessary for continuing the human race, and creates holographic partners for everyday men so they’re emotionally fulfilled without having to engage with actual women. And it’s so horrible. I mean, is anybody happy in this film? Is the picture of the future this film paints bright? It’s a film about how the arrogance of men will destroy everything. And on a base story level, it’s literally about guy who thinks everything is about him... but it turns out to be about a woman. Perhaps it’s lazy for the film to make the decision ‘it’s a patriarchal world so all the women are prostitutes and are treated badly so we’re just gunna’ do that’, but I dunno’... I think there’s more going on. I think Villeneuve is too good for that. I mean his last film was literally about a genius female linguist being the saviour of the world and how a mother’s love is the most precious thing. Would he really do such a U-turn and make a film where the female characters are just objects to be gazed at? I mean- maybe?? If any other aspect of the film felt like it was the studio meddling with Villenueve’s vision I’d buy that... but it’s just SO his film. And I think he’s clever enough to know who the primary audience of this film is- geeky 20 year-old guys. He draws them in with the surface (and all too familiar) images of the female characters, and then turns all of that on it’s head. Just my opinion. Obviously I can never be completely impartial- very happy to be converted the other way.
Seen at Picturehouse Central.
6. CALL ME BY YOUR NAME (directed by Luca Guadagnino)
Somewhere in Northern Italy, Summer 1983, Elio’s life changes.
Sun-drenched Europe, the smell of warmth and twirling cigarette smoke, deep blue sky- pure, breakfast with a glass of apricot juice and an espresso, the sound of bike spokes spinning lazily.
I wish I could live with these people.
‘Later.’
The rawest and best final shot in the last 10 years.
Seen at Odeon Leicester Square.
5. THE BIG SICK (directed by Michael Showalter)
A Pakistani-born standup comedian/Uber driver and a grad student strike up an unlikely relationship.
MAGIC. The perfect retort to use when someone says ‘all rom-coms suck’. A genuine slab of gold that’s as funny as it is heartfelt. And it’s just SO the kind of thing I like.
I’m unbelievably bored of films and just art in general that’s terrified of being sincere in fear of being labelled sappy or over-sentimental. The Big Sick says ‘fuck you’ to that school of thought and goes for it.
Comedy, romance and drama are effortlessly blended- sometimes all in the same scene. And it never feels off-kilter, mainly due to the amazing performances. Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Ray Romano, Holly Hunter and the rest of the cast always play the truth of the scene- not the humour, the romance or the drama, just the TRUTH of the moment.
The perfect antidote to the year 2017 in general.
Seen at Aldeburgh Cinema.
4. YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE (directed by Lynne Ramsay)
Gulf War veteran Joe rescues children from trafficking rings.
This is a horror. And more terrifying than any jump scare, this whole film is populated by ghosts.
Deeply troubled, deeply disturbed. Beautiful. Precise. Scatter-brained. Focused. A violin strung too tightly, then played by a madman. How can something so stripped down and raw feel so symphonic and wholesome?
There are things in this that will play on loop in my head for the rest of my life. Images and sounds so seared into my brain they find me at the strangest of moments in a day, and I’m always left thinking about them for the rest of that day. It’s clever like that. Joe can never escape what he’s seen.
Francis Ford Coppola famously told press at the 1979 Cannes premiere of Apocalypse Now - ‘My film is not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam.’
You Were Never Really Here is not about PTSD... it is PTSD.
Seen at Odeon Leicester Square.
3. LOGAN (directed by James Mangold)
Wolverine’s last outing.
I’m not a huge fan of superhero films. Most are fun. Most are also lazy. Few will survive the test of time. Those that will use all the tricks in their genre box and do something interesting with them, transcend- Rami’s Spiderman 2 (2004), Bird’s The Incredibles (2004), Nolan’s The Dark Knight (2008)... and Mangold’s Logan.
So aged. So weary. Everyone is tired. Tired of running, tired of fighting, tired of living. Like three sharp metal claws jaggedly tearing through flesh, nothing is polished about this. Bloodshot eyes, skin like leather. He feels so much regret. Like most real heroes, he mourns those he couldn’t save rather than celebrates those he did. And it’s eaten him up inside for the hundreds of years he’s lived.
Here I go talking about furniture again... but every piece of furniture (superpowers etc.) is there to serve the story (and here the characters are story). Like so many blockbusters and superhero movies fail to do, this film is about something other than the furniture... e.g. how do you tell a story about dementia that gives someone who hasn’t experienced a family member suffering from it *that* feeling of sadness, loss, embarrassment, empathy and frustration? You give it to Charles Xavier (played by Patrick Stewart), a character you’re use to seeing as the leader, who always has a clever plan up his sleeve and has the ability to control other’s minds. You give it to him, and you force everyone watch the person they respected the most have to be lifted into bed while screaming about fast-food. It’s heartbreaking. Complex. It’s actually about something other than how in superhero world teamwork saves the day. Every ‘plot point’ and moment tells us something about these characters, even to a fault sometimes. SUBTLE: Logan pulling them jammed claws the way an old boy down the pub with arthritis feels his fingers. UNSUBTLE BUT STILL INTERESTING: making Logan fight the only thing he’s truly scared of- literally the version of himself that blindly obeys orders.
Everyone is SO fucking real. Just *watch* the way Daphne Keen eats that bowl of cereal.
Would highly recommend watching the ‘Noir’ Black & White version.
mild spoilers: It also features the best single edit of the year, from Laura stabbing the shit out of some dude to a flurry of scattered drum beats in the score... then that piercing animalistic roar rips through and all is silent... she spins.... from this:
CUT to this:
An empty forest, the roar echoes out... a low bass note tolls like a funeral. Something is coming. Help is on the way, but it’s an untamed, ruthless, violent help. He’s near...
No one single cut has ever given me chills like that before.
Seen at Odeon Leicester Square & Picturehouse Central (Noir version)
2. TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN (directed by David Lynch)
Agent Cooper’s odyssey back to the small town of Twin Peaks. The original series of Twin Peaks that aired in the early 90s is often cited as creating ‘prestige’ television as we know it today- your Game of Thrones’, HBO high-quality, Netflix and so on... 25 years later, David Lynch and Mark Frost have returned to kill it.
Earth-shattering. Groundbreaking. An 18-hour film (split into 16 parts) so layered, so complex i’m not even sure where to begin... and most of what I have to say has probably been written by someone else much more eloquently.
For the first 9 hours, I found The Return mostly frustrating. I love the original series so, so much (and the prequel film Fire Walk With Me is one of my favourite films of all time). When I hit hour 10, it was like all the clouds in my head suddenly cleared. I ‘got’ it. What I thought I wanted was all my favourite characters back again talking about cherry pie and coffee with that soft romantic filter. Lynch and Frost (the creators) knew I wanted that. They also knew I didn’t *really* want that... because, the original series will always exist. They knew nothing would disappoint more than a soft reboot. The Return is it’s own thing- within the universe of Twin Peaks, and... within the actual universe. Seriously, how can you categorise this? It jumps from screwball slapstick comedy to silent black and white existentialist horror to 10 minute live band performances... what is the point of even trying to categorise it?
On some of the individual parts:
Part 3 is a low-fi, surrealist, near silent masterpiece.
Part 8 is... ‘Pure Heroin Lynch’ and has already changed TV forever.
Part 11 is the most satisfying instalment, fulfilling storylines from the original series in a measured and poignant way.
Part 17 is the conclusion we wanted, sort of...
Part 18 is the start of a new mystery, and one of the most haunting things I’ve ever seen.
Twin Peaks will change you life.
Seen on Laptop.
1. THE FLORIDA PROJECT (directed by Sean Baker)
In the shadow of Disney World, 6 year-old Moonee and her friends spend the summer playing around the Motels they live in, while her mother Halley struggles to find a new job.
Pastel bright colours. Every person has survived a storm. Explore the wasteland of failed corporate America. Become a child again. The endless spinning of helicopter blades, a constant reminder of what they can’t do- escape.
Doesn’t ask you to like the characters. Doesn’t need to. Moonee has seen too much. Halley’s anger at herself and her life bubbles underneath every word and action, but she just doesn’t know how to fix it.
It is *SO* achingly beautiful it hurts. I find it hard to even watch the trailer without crying.
For the problems that face Moonee, honorary queen of The Magic Castle Motel, and the impending darkness that’s sure to come, she has the most powerful gift of all- finding hope where there is none.
‘See, I took you on a safari.’
Seen at Odeon Leicester Square & ICA.
DISCLAIMER- things that are not out yet in the UK/I shamefully haven’t yet seen and would likely be on my list too:
Lady Bird (further DISCLAIMER i would actually kill somebody to see this)
A Ghost Story
Raw
Phantom Thread
War for the Planet of The Apes
Coco
American Vandal
Mindhunter
BEST SCENES:
The third thing I learnt this year- it’s impossible to talk about a specific scene in a film without spoiling it. So... SPOILERS.
The Stairway Fight - ATOMIC BLONDE (directed by David Leitch)
If someone could tell me what the fuck was going on in Atomic Blonde that’d be great but until then I’ll just marvel at how amazing the fight sequences are. Charlize Theron again puts herself at the centre of the progression of American action cinema following her iconic performance in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). From the first time we see her, lying in an expensive bath healing her wounds and soothing her bruises, we know at some point we’re going to see how she got them. CUE: The 15 minute stairway fight sequence, made to look like a single continuous shot. Leitch and Chad Stahelski (his frequent collaborator and director of the also brilliant John Wick: Chapter 2) are determined to show general audiences what good action scenes look like. This 15-min beauty harkens back to the almost dance like hospital shootout in Hard Boiled (1992), with the rawness and determination of a Children of Men (2006) tracking shot. Charlize Theron (as MI6 agent Lorraine Broughton) fights her way through swarms of henchmen over several floors of an abandoned block of flats, all the while trying to protect Eddie Marsan (who wouldn’t want to protect Eddie Marsan??) Every punch, kick and throw HURTS. By the end, she and the final henchman are so exhausted there’s a sense they might just call the whole thing off- but something pushes them on. Oh, and there’s a 5 minute car chase all part of the same shot to end. Also features the BEST LINE OF 2017. In retort to the final henchman strangling her desperately whispering ‘Take this, bitch!’, she turns the tables, stabs him up hard, then before delivering the final knockdown, pushes her nose to his and asks- ‘Am I your bitch now?’ She doesn’t wait for a reply.
The Eyeless Woman - TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN (directed by David Lynch)
Lynch’s best nightmare.
Train Hysterics - LAST FLAG FLYING (directed by Richard Linklater)
2003. A Vietnam veteran recruits his two oldest buddies, who he served with, to accompany him on a journey no one should ever have to take.
I liked this movie a lot- just missed out on the top 12 list. The standout scene happens little over half way through, the characters sitting in a storage carriage of a train talking about losing their virginities. It’s the best ‘characters uncontrollably laughing’ scene since The Intouchables (2011).
The Snowball epilogue - STRANGER THINGS 2 (directed by The Duffer Brothers)
Stranger Things season 2 was super mixed for me. I enjoyed it a lot. Kind of.
The first series is a perfect little story, with a perfect beginning, middle and end. I god damn *love* it’s characters so, so much. The plot was simple remixed 80s nostalgia beats, but really just a vehicle for you to get to know Mike and Eleven and Nancy etc. Think about how much each and every scene was practically designed to reveal more about who they were. It was so beautiful. Season 2 however had wayyyyy too much plot which was obsessed with itself and how cool it was and as a result left characters with nothing to do. In other words, in Season 1 all the characters had something to do because the plot came from them, in season 2 characters were given plot roles... like, explain to me what Mike did all season before he saw Eleven again at the v end of episode 8?? What did Jonathan’s storyline tell us about him we didn’t already know? Sure, they don’t have to set up who they are all over again, but the best sequels never take for granted we love the characters- they give us new reasons to love them.
It’s clear to see whose storylines had natural progressions from season 1 and they knew where they were going, and those they had to think of something because Netflix desperately wanted another season quickly. The only original characters season 2 really worked for were Steve and Will. ‘Steve The Babysitter’ was the perfect progression for his character- him voluntarily discarding his Alpha-Jock status, seeing it was all bullshit, now his caring side comes out. Fuck, think how much you disliked Steve all of Season 1 compared to how much you love and deeply want him to be ok at the end of season 2. THAT’s good writing. His storyline was perfect for his character, it kept giving us new reasons to love him. And Will. Holy shit. His descent into Reagan-level possession was the most engaging part of season 2. Basically all of the story came from him. And Noah Schnapp is so damn good. I think simplicity is the key. His story was unpredictable till the last moments, when you realise it was inevitable. It has a clear premise, unlike most of season 2.
In the first, there were very clear overarching premises from the start- Will Byers is missing, Eleven has escaped from the Lab, the Demogorgon is on the loose. Simple premises that allow our characters to manoeuvre around... Season 2 doesn’t really have one other than Will is clearly still connected to the Upside Down... the Mind Flayer doesn’t really start as a concept till the penultimate episode... Hopper and Eleven living together maybbe?? but we’re not really given enough time with them. Everyone else is left with nothing to do, or something that doesn’t really serve their character... UNTIL THE LAST 15 MINUTES.
The Snowball epilogue was like coming to the surface after swimming laps underwater- I sort of enjoyed the laps but I’d rather just be able to breath. All the self-indulgent 80s nostalgia *plot* is done, and all the characters have interesting things to do!! Steve giving Dustin tips dropping him off, and then that longing look he gives towards the hall. Dustin realising ‘I don’t look like Steve Harrington’ after being rejected by every girl at the ball and dejectedly crying... and in comes Nancy to save the day!! Genuinely one of the most beautiful moments in anything all year (notice how we learn more about Nancy’s true nature in this one moment that anything else she really did all season??) Jonathan nearby keeping an eye on Will and being his helpful self taking the Ball pictures. Lucas ignoring what the rest of the group think about Max and asking her to dance. Will actually going to the ball, acting as normal as he can and dancing with someone!! Joyce and Hopper nervously wait outside and reminiscently share a smoke as they did in their highschool days- contemplating on how they probably won’t ever feel like they aren’t worried about their kids... and finally Mike and Eleven just having a bit of happiness for once- actually going to the Snowball together, a beautiful conclusion after speaking about it at the end of Season 1.
As each moment passed in this glorious sequence, I loved the characters more and more. They aren’t doing anything supernatural or life threatening, but the stakes feel SO much higher than they had all season. It’s real. They aren’t shackled with ‘advancing the plot’, they can just be themselves. And I loved it.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Time’s Arrow, Episode 11, BoJack Horseman Season 4 (created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg)
BoJack Horseman has been the most visually beautiful cartoon for a while now, it’s breathtaking season 3 silent underwater adventure Fish out of Water helped to gain it much appreciated wide applause. Time’s Arrow is a different beast. Genuinely horrifying. A mind cracked into a thousand pieces and glued back together into something resembling crazy paving. The animation is disturbing. Really disturbing. The nightmarish images running through the failing mind of an old woman with dementia. Images of her regrets, the neglect and abuse at the hands of her parents. Memories burn and melt away like plastic in a fire. The faceless humans and constant scribble over Henrietta’s face haunts me. Beyond the obvious sinister imagery, it means something. A puzzle with too many missing pieces to really make out what the picture actually is. And we’ll never really know.
It’s not the first thing that pops into mind when you think of ‘cinematography’, but Time’s Arrow is the best visual storytelling since... the previous season of BoJack Horseman.
BEST PERFORMANCES:
Cate Blanchett as various in MANIFESTO (directed by Julian Rosefeldt)
Originally a critically acclaimed multi-screen video installation in which Cate Blanchett plays 13 different characters, ranging from a school teacher to a homeless man, performing artist’s manifestos in 13 different scenarios. Part of the financing deal was Rosefeldt had to cut a 90 minute, linear version of the piece for a cinematic setting.
NO one could have pulled this off like she did. She’s running on adrenaline and pure bravery. She makes interesting choices at every twist and turn. How does looking at her never get tiresome? Every jump from character to character feels genuine. She blew my mind- I knew I was looking at the same person over and over again, but I also *knew* I was looking at 13 different people.
A masterclass.
Kyle MacLachlan as various in TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN (directed by David Lynch)
2017 is the year of staggering ‘multi-character’ performances. Kyle MacLachlan’s involvement in the new season of Twin Peaks was basically the only thing anyone knew about it going in. And he is the heart of this season in so many ways. Returning to a character 25 years later must be a daunting prospect, but MacLachlan shows no fear. Not only does he play the pragmatic, joyful Agent Cooper we all know and love, he plays his steely, pure evil doppelganger Mr C, child-like amnesiac Dougie Jones and in the final episode... someone quite special. And he makes it look so damn easy. He is the fabric that holds together The Return.
THE ‘KIDS’ in EVERYTHING
2017 has been a bad year for Hollywood. Ultimately though, it will be looked back on as the turning point. THINGS CHANGE NOW. The old guard is running from their past scared. And they should be scared. Uma Thurman is coming to murder them all. There is no room left for the Harvey Weinstein’s, the rotting core of top-down abuse has been exposed. Brett Ratner can fuck off with his swaggering playboy image and terrible movies.
What is truly uplifting is who is going to replace them. A new generation of pure, true artists that this year has shone a spotlight on.
The future is Brooklynn Prince and Bria Vinaite, stars of The Florida Project.
The future is Timothée Chalamet, whose central performance in Call Me By Your Name is the realist, rawest thing ever.
The future is Saoirse Ronan, the next Meryl Streep.
The future is Daniel Kaluuya, who has finally gained world-wide recognition for his stunning leading performance in Get Out.
The future is Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown and all of the kids from Stranger Things, who masterfully manage the horrific pressures of being thrust into the tabloid spotlight at the same age most of us just want to cry in our rooms.
The future is Sophia Lillis and the rest of the Loser’s Club from IT (a film with the most oppressively terrible sound design ever yet they still manage to make it fun and watchable.)
The future is Daphne Keen, the best on-screen cereal-eater who almost steals the film from Hugh Jackman in Logan.
The future is Lucas Hedges, someone with rare human fingerprint over every word he speaks in Three Billboards and last year in Manchester By The Sea.
The future is Donald Glover, the most creative, multi-talented young artist alive.
The future is Caleb Landry Jones, who’s had maybe the most impressive year, with standout supporting roles in The Florida Project, Twin Peaks: The Return, Get Out and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
The future is Tessa Thompson, the best thing about Thor: Ragnarok.
The future is Michael B. Jordan, Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong'o, all the team behind the upcoming Black Panther film, helmed by Ryan Coogler.
The future is Barry Jenkins, director of best picture winner Moonlight.
The future is Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver and Kelly Marie Tran, the new faces of the most popular franchise ever.
The future is Alice Lowe, a force to be reckoned with. Writing, directing and starring in a feature film is difficult enough. She did all of that while heavily pregnant. Oh, and it was her debut feature. It’s called Prevenge and it rocks.
The future is Ava Duvernay, a beacon of hope- cannot wait for A Wrinkle in Time, which drops early next year.
The future is Sean Baker, the most empathetic filmmaker working today.
The future is Patty Jenkins and Gal Godot who have revolutionised the superhero film and inspired a generation of little girls with Wonder Woman.
The future is Kumail Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan, who I’ll follow in whatever they do after The Big Sick.
The Future is Jordan Peele, the most exciting new director.
The future is GRETA GERWIG, mumblecore queen turned saviour of cinema.
So, what did I learn this year? Well, Agent Dale Cooper is certainly one of the best characters of all time. But most of all: amongst the darkness of everything that’s happened within the film industry in 2017... there’s hope.
The future is bright.
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Fall Movie Preview 2019
Fall movie season is here! This is always my favorite time of the year to see movies. There’s such a wonderful variety of films available to see in theaters. Everything from awards season contenders, indie darlings, and exciting space adventures! Get ready to make your way to the theater because this looks like it’s going to be a great season at the movies. Let’s take a look at what’s coming soon.
SEPTEMBER
September 13th
The Goldfinch
Starring: Ansel Elgort, Oakes Fengley, Nicole Kidman, Finn Wolfhard
Bring the tissues and prepare yourself for a rollercoaster of emotions because this is gonna be a wild ride. The Goldfinch is based on the Pultizer Prize winning novel by Donna Tart. This is one of the best books I’ve read recently, but it’s quite an emotional journey. It follows 13-year-old Theo Decker after the traumatic death of his mother in an art museum bombing. It’s a haunting and powerful story about the human condition once grief becomes a prominent force in one’s life. The film is directed by John Crowley with Roger Deakins as director of photography. That’s what I call must-see cinema.
Hustlers
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Cardi B, Lili Reinhart
Based on a New York Times article, former strip club employees band together to hustle their Wall Street Clients during the late 2000’s financial crisis. This looks a bit like the heist of Oceans 8 meets the real world story of Molly’s Game. It has quite a star studded female cast of movie/TV/and music stars and is directed by Lorene Scafaria (Seeking a Friend at the End of the World, The Meddler.)
September 20th
Downton Abbey
Starring: Michelle Dockery, Maggie Smith, Hugh Boneville, Jim Carter
You love Downton Abbey, I love Downton Abbey. Everyone loves Downton Abbey. I can hear the theme song playing in my head just thinking of the movie being released. That’s right, the beloved TV series is coming to the big screen. Hopefully, it won’t be anything like the season 3 finale. (Real fans know the pain and struggle. We can’t go back to that time.) In the film, Downton Abbey will be visited by the royal family. I’m sure it will make for quite an impressive cinematic experience. As a fan of the show, I can’t wait to see it all on the big screen!
Ad Astra
Starring: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Liv Tyler
Just two months after showing the world that he doesn’t age in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Brad Pitt is back and he’s going to space. It makes sense, fall is the only logical time to release a film in the space genre. (The Martian, Interstellar, First Man, Arrival, Gravity were all released in the fall,.) Ad Astra is all about an astronaut who takes on a mission to uncover the truth about his missing father. The film is directed by James Gray (The Lost City of Z, The Immigrant). I just hope Brad Pitt gets to wear his iconic Hawaiian shirt. Audiences demand to see it again.
September 27th
Judy
Starring: Renée Zellweger, Finn Wittrock, Jessie Buckley, Rufus Sewell
There’s nothing like a good biographical drama. Throw in musical numbers and it’s a hit in my eyes. Renée Zellweger stars as the iconic Judy Garland in this biopic that explores her life in 1969 as she arrives in London to perform a series of sold out concerts. Word from the Telluride Film Festival is that Renée Zellweger gives a very strong performance as Judy. Could she have an awards season run on her hands for Best Actress? We’ll see very soon!
OCTOBER
October 4th
Joker
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert de Niro, Zazie Beets
Joaquin Phoenix stars as the Joker in this standalone film that focuses on the origins of the DC villain. The film received an 8 minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival, which seems pretty excessive for any movie. I’m just not a movie applauder. It’s unnatural to me. I’m also not much of a Joker enthusiast so I can’t get too excited about this or the way it seemingly wants me to feel sympathy for the Joker. I don’t. He’s a terrorist. However, this is going to be a huge cinematic event. There are striking similarities to 70’s hit films The King of Comedy and Taxi Driver in the first trailers of the film. Director Todd Phillips clearly wanted to make a unique comic book film and this one will have people talking.
Lucy in the Sky
Starring: Natalie Portman, Dan Stevens, Jon Hamm
Another space movie! Fall movie season demands it. After returning from space, astronaut Lucy Cola begins to feel withdrawn and disconnected from reality. The film is loosely based on Lisa Nowak, an astronaut who lost her grip on reality after returning to earth after space travel. One thing’s for sure, with a cast including Natalie Portman, Jon Hamm, and Dan Stevens, this one promises some impressive acting.
October 11
Gemini Man
Starring: Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen
An assassin becomes the target of a mysterious government operative who can predict his every move. Soon he finds out that the mysterious operative is a clone of himself. Can Gemini Man help director Ang Lee (Life of Pi, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) find critical acclaim again after 2016’s underwhelming Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.
The King
Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Robert Pattinson, Joel Edgerton
Based on Shakespeare’s Henriad, The King follows Henry V as he takes the throne after his father’s death and navigates a kingdom filled with war, chaos, and political strife. While all of that is very interesting, I think we need to discuss the hair in this movie. First of all, there’s Timothée Chalamet’s bowl cut, which is quite a situation. So very round and tragic. Why Timothée? You know you have great hair, but the bowl cut is not your look! Then, there’s Robert Pattinson’s wig. It’s kind of amazing. The hair in this movie alone is going to keep me entertained for 2 hours. The King will be in limited release theaters on October 11th and begin streaming on Netflix November 1st.
October 18th
Zombieland: Double Tap
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin
This sequel comes 10 years after the popular zombie comedy first made its way to theaters. A lot has changed for the cast since 2009. Emma Stone has won an Oscar for La La Land, Jesse Eisenberg received a nomination for The Social Network, and Woody Harrelson has appeared in several projects including the Oscar nominated Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri and the critically acclaimed series True Detective. That doesn’t stop this cast for returning for a sequel! This time around, the team is back in the American heartland to face off against evolved zombies.
The Lighthouse
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe
I was initially indifferent towards this movie, but after watching the trailer I have to see it just to solve the mystery of who spilled those beans! Willem Dafoe is going INSANE over it. “Why’d ya spill your beans?” Someone please answer him before he turns into the Green Goblin! This movie is about two lighthouse keepers who try to maintain their sanity while living in seclusion on a remote island in Maine. (It’s also about beans, I think). The cinematography for The Lighthouse has a unique old Hollywood feel that is very intriguing.
Jojo Rabbit
Starring: Taika Watiti, Scarlett Johannson, Roman Griffin, Sam Rockwell
Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, Hunt for the Wilderpeople) directs and stars in Jojo Rabbit, an “anti-hate satire” about a young German boy whose imaginary best friend is an idiotic version of Hitler. One day, he discovers that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home and Jojo’s world is turned upside down. There’s no doubt this will be controversial, but the key word here is satire. Taiki Waititi is Jewish himself and the film is obviously making fun of Nazis.
NOVEMBER
November 1st
The Irishman
Starring: Robert de Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci
Martin Scorsese’s long awaited gangster epic is finally premiering this November. The 3 1/2 hour crime drama (Scorsese loves a good 3-hour runtime!) focuses on the life of Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran a mob hitman who played a role in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. Netflix is distributing the film, but it will be available to see in select theaters on November 1st for cinematic purists. It will begin streaming on Netflix November 27th. (Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Go ahead and watch a 3-hour mafia epic with your family for the holiday! It’s Martin’s gift to you.)
Harriet
Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monet, Joe Alwyn
The true story of Harriet Tubman and her harrowing escape from slavery that eventually led to the Underground Railroad. Cynthia Ervio is going to be amazing in this role! She was such a breakout star in Widows and Bad Times at the El Royale. Can’t wait to see her portrayal of Harriet Tubman.
Terminator: Dark Fate
Starring: Mackenzie Davis, Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger
The Terminator is back. In yet another installment of the franchise that will last forever, Sarah Connor and a hybrid human must protect a young girl from a newly modified Terminator from the future.
November 8th
Doctor Sleep
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Jacob Tremblay
39 years after The Shining, it’s getting a sequel. Based on the novel by Steven King, Doctor Sleep focuses on an adult Danny Torrance as he meets a girl with similar “shining” powers and tries to protect her from a cult called The True Knot. There’s a lot of talent involved in this project, but The Shining is untouchable in terms of classic movies. There’s no need to make a sequel. Not to mention, this plot summary sounds kind of weak. Consider me very skeptical that this will be good.
Last Christmas
Starring: Emilia Clarke, Henry Goulding, Emma Thompson
A Christmas rom-com! Let’s jump for joy because a Christmas rom com is making its way to theaters! Last Christmas is all about Kate, a depressed woman working as Santa’s elf in a department store. She keeps bumping into the same man, Tom, who may help her find happiness in the holiday season. Henry Goulding/Emilia Clarke romance+Christmas? Sounds like a recipe for the perfect holiday movie!
Honey Boy
Starring: Shia Labeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe
It’s no secret that Shia LaBeouf has had a chaotic lifestyle in his post-Disney days. It looks like audiences are about to find out what has gone on behind-the-scenes in Honey Boy. The film is written by LaBeouf and follows his own experiences with fame and the strained relationship with his dysfunctional father. Noah Jupe and Lucas Hedges will be playing Shia LaBeouf as a child and teen actor, while Shia LaBeouf will play his own father for a meta twist. As someone who grew up watching Even Stevens and saw Shia LaBeouf’s career progress, this is one of my most anticipated films of the fall.
November 15th
Ford v. Ferrari
Starring: Christian Bale, Matt Damon, Catriona Balfe
American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles attempt to build a revolutionary race car for Ford to battle Ferrari at the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1966. The premise of this movie reminds me a little bit of Ron Howard’s Rush which is a very underrated movie that should be watched if you haven’t seen it.
The Report
Starring: Adam Driver, Jon Hamm, Tim Blake Nelson
The Report is a political drama about an FBI agent’s investigation into the CIA’s torture practice on suspected terrorists after 9/11. Adam Driver stars in the film and he’s about to have a major fall movie season. The Report and Marriage Story (more on that one a little later) could easily get him awards buzz. In fact, I predict he’ll be nominated for an Oscar for one of those roles. Plus, he’ll be in Star Wars in December. You’ll be seeing a lot of him in the next few months.
Charlie’s Angels
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska, Elizabeth Banks
Did we need another Charlie’s Angels reboot after the 2000’s movie trilogy and the ABC TV show? No. Yet there’s nothing Hollywood loves to more than to reboot a franchise we’ve just seen! This time around the angels are played by Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, and Ella Balinski. Elizabeth Banks is directing and co-starring in the project.
November 22nd
Frozen 2
Starring: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad
Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, and Olaf go on an adventure to an enchanted autumn forest to find the origin of Elsa’s powers and save their land. Just when everyone finally got Let it Go out of their heads, Disney is gonna hit us with another Frozen movie. I have to admit, I’m intrigued by the concept of the autumn forest. We need more movies that take place in the fall! It should be it’s own sub-genre.
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Starring: Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson
He’s already played Walt Disney, Captain Phillips, and Sully so it’s fitting that Tom Hanks would play Mr. Rogers on the list of “America’s favorite people” up next. The movie is all about the friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. I cannot wait to see this. If you haven’t watched the documentary about Fred Rogers called Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, do it before this is released! It’s going to add so much depth to the cinematic experience.
November 27th
Knives Out
Starring: Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette
When a famous crime novelist is found dead on his estate, a detective is enlisted to investigate the family. Knives Out is directed by Rian Johnson (Looper, The Last Jedi) and packed with stars. It looks a bit like Bad Times at the El Royale meets the style of a Wes Anderson movie. I’m very interested in the central mystery at play here, but I can’t lie, Chris Evans is the reason I’ll go to the theater for this.
December 6th
Marriage Story
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, Laura Dern
This one is gonna be majorly sad, so let’s all take some time to prepare ourselves. A stage director and his actress wife struggle as their marriage falls apart and they proceed with a difficult coast-to-coast divorce. Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, Frances Ha) directed the film which has already been receiving high praise from early festival screenings. This will definitely draw comparisons to Kramer vs. Kramer and Baumback’s The Squid and the Whale based on the trailer’s tone. The juxtaposition of the couple’s happy memories vs. the court scene at the end of the trailer is just heartbreaking. Marriage Story will be available to stream on Netflix December 6th.
December 13th
A Hidden Life
Starring: August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Matthias Schoenaerts
Few movies have affected me the way Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life have. It’s certainly not a movie for everyone, but it works for me. The unconventional narrative, epic cinematography, and orchestral score are unforgettable. Critics from festival screenings have said that A Hidden Life is his best work since The Tree of Life meaning I’ll need to see it ASAP. The film is based on a true story about an Austrian farmer named Franz Jaggerstatter who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. The trailer looks beautiful and poetic.
December 20th
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Starring: Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega
The latest Star Wars trilogy will complete with The Rise of Skywalker. Taking place after The Last Jedi, the members left in the Resistance will face the First Order once again. The conflict between the Jedi and the Sith reaches a breaking point bringing the Skywalker saga to an end. I have so many questions about this movie! Was Kylo Ren actually lying to Rey about her parents in The Last Jedi? Could they really be important people? Will she turn to the dark side like this preview suggests? (I hope not). Why is Palpatine (the villain who died in Return of the Jedi) talking in all of the trailers? Thankfully, J.J. Abrams is returning as director for The Rise of Skywalker to answer all of my questions and hopefully deliver a great Star Wars film.
Jumanji: The Next Level
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Karen Gillan
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle was one of the biggest surprise box office hits in recent years, appealing to people of all age groups. It’s no surprise that The Next Level is being released so quickly after the massive success of Welcome to the Jungle. This time around, the group goes back into the game, but a few of their grandfather’s are sucked in as well. That means Kevin Hart will be playing Danny Glover and Dwayne Johnson will be portraying Danny DeVito.
Cats
Starring: Francesca Hayward, Jason Derulo, Judi Dench, Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift
Forget Star Wars, forget A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, forget A Hidden Life. Disregard everything on this list. Cats is going to be the cinematic moment of 2019! That CGI? Legendary! The actors could have worn cat suits or make up like the stage play, but director Tom Hooper decided that this is the 21st century…time to try out a new technique called digital fur technology! So now this movie exists. It’s difficult to describe what this digital fur technology looks like, but it’s not cats. I will say the trailer was released with plenty of time before the movie gets to theaters so there’s hope that the finished product will look way better than the original trailer. If I’m being totally honest, I love anything musical, so I’m totally going to see this.
December 25th
Little Women
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Timothée Chalamet, Meryl Streep, Laura Dern
Greta Gerwig’s highly ancitipated second film is a remake of the beloved Louisa May Alcott novel, Little Women. You all know the story, but I’ll do a quick plot recap anyway. Little Women is told through the eyes of Jo March as she recounts her life growing up with her 3 sisters: Meg, Amy, and Beth. Each have their own distinct personalities, but have a very strong bond with each other. The film reunites Saoirse Ronan and Timothée Chalamet as Jo March and Laurie for a mini-Lady Bird reunion. It also contains a little Big Little Lies reunion with Meryl Streep and Laura Dern. What a great Christmas day release!
That concludes this Fall Movie Preview! As you can tell, there are tons of movies releasing this season in all genres. What are you most excited to see this fall?
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What's on TV: 'Atlanta,' 'Moss' and the Oscars
A bit of a late start to this week's listings, but still in time to catch the return of Donald Glover's show Atlanta on FX. While the Academy Awards will be the focus this weekend, you can check out some potential award winners ahead of time including Coco, The Shape of Water and Three Billboards on Blu-ray or video on-demand. Gamers have a DLC pack for Call of Duty WWII, Moss on PlayStation VR and some remastered Turok games to choose from, while Netflix just dropped a new show, The Push, where Derren Brown apparently tries to convince someone to commit a murder. Look after the break to check out each day's highlights, including trailers and let us know what you think (or what we missed).
Blu-ray & Games & Streaming
The Shape of Water (VOD)
Coco (4K)
Zero Dark Thirty (4K)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (4K)
Lady and the Tramp
Murder on the Orient Express (4K)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (4K)
H1Z1 (PC)
Chrono Trigger (PC)
Payday 2 (Switch)
de Blob 2 (PS4, Xbox One)
Shiny (PS4)
Timothy vs. the Aliens (PS4)
Moss (PS VR)
Bulb Boy (PS4)
Call of Duty WWII: The Resistance DLC (Xbox One, PC)
A Hole New World (Switch)
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (Xbox One)
Turok (Xbox One)
Mulaka (Xbox One, PS4)
Shoppe Keep (Xbox One)
Gravel (Xbox One, PS4)
Immortal Redneck (Xbox One, PS4)
Switch or Die Trying (Xbox One)
Blasters of the Universe (PS VR)
Bridge Constructor Portal (PS4)
Wednesday
The Path, Hulu, 3 AM
The Looming Tower (series premiere), Hulu, 3 AM
Derren Brown: The Push, Netflix, 3 AM
Marlon Wayans: Woke-ish, Netflix, 3 AM
The X-Files, Fox, 8 PM
Grown-ish, Freeform, 8 PM
The Goldbergs, ABC, 8 PM
Survivor (season premiere), CBS, 8 PM
The Blacklist, NBC, 8 PM
Speechless, ABC, 8:30 PM
Alone Together, Freeform, 8:30 PM
Law & Order: SVU, NBC, 9 PM
9-1-1, Fox, 9 PM
Modern Family, ABC, 9 PM
The Magicians, Syfy, 9 PM
American Housewife, ABC, 9:30 PM
Channel Zero, Syfy, 10 PM
Designated Survivor (winter premiere), ABC, 10 PM
American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace, 10 PM
Slutever, Viceland, 10 PM
Catfish, MTV, 10 PM
Corporate, Comedy Central, 10 PM
Match Game, ABC, 10 PM
Seal Team, CBS, 10 PM
Waco (season finale), Paramount, 10 PM
Trixie & Katya Show, Viceland, 10:30 PM
Desus & Mero, Viceland, 11 PM
Thursday
21 Thunder (S1)
Adel Karam: Live from Beirut, Netflix, 3 AM
Gotham: A Dark Knight (spring premiere), Fox, 8 PM
Big Brother, CBS, 8 PM
Superstore, NBC, 8 PM
Grey's Anatomy, ABC, 8 PM
Beyond, Freeform, 8 PM
Supernatural, CW, 8 PM
A.P. Bio (series premiere), NBC, 8:30 PM
American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja (series premiere), USA, 9 PM
Scandal, ABC, 9 PM
Arrow, CW, 9 PM
Van Helsing, Syfy, 9 PM
Will & Grace, NBC, 9 PM
Showtime at the Apollo, Fox, 9 PM
Atlanta (season premiere), FX, 10 PM
Black Card Revoked, BET, 10 PM
Lip Sync Battle, Paramount, 10 PM
Portlandia, IFC, 10 PM
Thursday Night Darts, BBC America, 10 PM
Desus & Mero, Viceland, 11 PM
The Rundown with Robin Thede, BET, 11 PM
Friday
The Grand Tour, Amazon Prime, 3 AM
Breathe (season finale), Amazon Prime, 3 AM
Flint Town (S1), Netflix, 3 AM
Voltron: Legendary Defender (S5), Netflix, 3 AM
B: The Beginning (S1), Amazon Prime, 3 AM
Natalia Valdebenito: El Especial, Netflix, 3 AM
Girls Incarcerated (S1), Netflix, 3 AM
Brad's Status, Amazon Prime, 3 AM
Fly Guys, Facebook, 12 PM
Macguyver, CBS, 8 PM
Once Upon A Time (spring premiere), ABC, 8 PM
Blindspot, NBC, 8 PM
Jane the Virgin, CW, 9 PM
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., ABC, 9 PM
The Trade (season finale), Showtime, 9 PM
Strike Back, Cinemax, 10 PM
High Maintenance, HBO, 11 PM
This Is Not Happening, Comedy Central, 12 AM
Saturday
Bad Tutor, Lifetime, 8 PM
Celtics/Rockets, ABC, 8:30 PM
Planet Earth: Blue Planet II (season finale), BBC America, 9 PM
Falling Water, USA, 10 PM
Top Gear (season premiere), BBC America, 10:30 PM
Saturday Night Live: Charles Barkley / Migos, NBC, 11:30 PM
Sunday
The Good Fight (season premiere), CBS All Access, 3 AM
The 90th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 8 PM
Our Cartoon President, Showtime, 8 PM
Top Gear, BBC America, 8 PM
Counterpart, Starz, 8 PM
The Walking Dead, AMC, 9 PM
Unsung: Trick Daddy, TV One, 9 PM
Here and Now, HBO, 9 PM
Homeland, Showtime, 9 PM
Ash vs. Evil Dead, Starz, 9 PM
The Radical Story of Patty Hearst, CNN, 9 PM
The Chi, Showtime, 10 PM
Divorce (season finale), HBO, 10 PM
Crashing (season finale), HBO, 10:30 PM
Sundays with Alec Baldwin, ABC, 11:30 PM
[All times listed are in ET]
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oh, 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri looks like it could be amazing, thanks for the heads up! XD
No worries! 8′D honestly I heard it was very good but I wasn’t interested until I saw the trailer. Now I really wanna see it!
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Hello, do you have any opinions on the Oscars? like who do you think should win best picture, actor, actress, director, etc.
i dooo!! they’re loaded because i’ve seen literally none of these movies jfkskc but based on gifs, friends opinions, and what i’ve gathered from trailers and stuff i think the winners should be:
best picture: lady bird (or get out or 3 billboards outside ebbing, missouri)best actress: the loml saoirse ronanbest actor: daniel kaluuya or daniel day lewisbest director: greta gerwig!! (if not then christopher nolan bc p much everything he does is great)best animation: anything but the boss baby (but coco would be v cool!! and loving vincent looks interesting)
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The Filmography 2017 - List Trailers Edition
The Filmography 2017
01- 00:00,00 - Jigsaw
02- 00:01,11 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
03- 00:03,13 - The LEGO Batman Movie
04- 00:05,09 - Darkest Hour
05- 00:06,08 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi
06- 00:08,29 - Alien: Covenant
07- 00:13,23 - Rememory
08- 00:14,24 - Flatliners
09- 00:17,19 - Kill Switch
10- 00:19,03 - Thor: Ragnarok
11- 00:19,29 - Ghost in the Shell
12- 00:21,05 - Smurfs The Lost Village
13- 00:22,14 - Kill Switch
14- 00:23,14 - Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
15- 00:24,14 - Power Rangers
16- 00:25,27 - 2:22
17- 00:27,10 - Ghost in the Shell
18- 00:28,28 - Justice League
19- 00:30,21 - Spider-Man: Homecoming
20- 00:32,04 - Blade Runner 2049
21- 00:33,10 - Atomic Blond
22- 00:35,00 - The Book of Henry
23- 00:35,28 - A Cure for Wellness
24- 00:37,03 - Birth of the Dragon
25- 00:38,18 - A Cure for Wellness
26- 00:39,21 - Fifty Shades Darker
27- 00:40,21 - Despicable Me 3
28- 00:41,09 - Baywatch
29- 00:43,26 - Dean
30- 00:45,18 - Fifty Shades Darker
31- 00:47,06 - Guardians
32- 00:48,25 - Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle
33- 00:50,04 - Pitch Perfect 3
34- 00:51,01 - Suburbicon
35- 00:52,09 - Snatched
36- 00:53,21 - It Came From The Desert
37- 00:54,25 - Lady Bloodfight
38- 00:56,05 - Thor: Ragnarok
39- 00:57,16 - Pirates of the Caribian - Dead Dont Tell
40- 00:58,10 - Atomic Blond
41- 00:59,19 - My Little Pony The Movie
42- 01:00,26 - Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle
43- 01:02,10 - xXx Return of Xander Cage
44- 01:03,19 - Power Rangers
45- 01:04,25 - Thor: Ragnarok
46- 01:06,02 - Logan Lucky
47- 01:07,17 - Sleepless
48- 01:08,15 - Bastards
49- 01:09,19 - Smurfs The Lost Village
50- 01:11,14 - Colossal
51- 01:12,16 - Cook Off!
52- 01:13,22 - Goon Last of the Enforcers
53- 01:14,29 - Girls Trip
54- 01:15,27 - Dean
55- 01:17,10 - Beauty and the Beast
56- 01:18,15 - Ferdinand
57- 01:20,00 - Chuck
59- 01:21,15 - The Square
60- 01:22,20 - Detroit
61- 01:23,21 - The Dark Tower
62- 01:28,29 - Leatherface
63- 01:30,03 - The Wall
64- 01:31,06 - Unlocked
65- 01:32,23 - Resident Evil The Final Chapter
66- 01:33,24 - Kong Skull Island
67- 01:34,28 - The Bad Batch
68- 01:36,13 - The Hitman´s Bodyguard
69- 01:38,00 - American Assassin
70- 01:39,05 - Downrange
71- 01:40,02 - Wind River
72- 01:41,24 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi
73- 01:43,01 - King Arthur Legend of Sword
74- 01:25,25 - Transformers: The Last Knight
75- 01:47,09 - Blade of the Immortal
76- 01:48,10 - Star Wars The Last Jedi
77- 01:49,05 - Logan
78- 01:49,29 - Kingsman: The Golden Circle
79- 01:51,10 - Fist Fight
80- 01:54,19 - The Mummy
81- 01:55,23 - The Great Wall
82- 01:57,09 - The Boss Baby
83- 01:58,27 - Despicable Me 3
84- 02:00,29 - The LEGO NINJAGO Movie
85- 02,02,12 - Kingsman: The Golden Circle
86- 02:04,10 - Wonder Woman
87- 02:06,27 - Get Out
88- 02:08,01 - xXx: Return of Xander Cage
89- 02,09,14 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
90- 02:11,10 - Kingsman: The Golden Circle
91- 02:13,04 - Fast & Furious 8
92- 02:14,13 - Wonder Woman
93- 02:16,14 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
94- 02:17,24 - Wonder Woman
95- 02:18,16 - Transformers: The Last Knight
96- 02:19,24 - Logan
97- 02:20,24 - John Wick Chapter 2
98- 02:22,07 - Underworld Blood Wars
99- 02:23,15 - War for the Planet of the Apes
100- 02:24,26 - The Dark Tower
101- 02:26,01 - First Kill
102- 02:27,02 - Free Fire
103- 02:28,17 - Killing Gunther
104- 02:30,10 - Baby Driver
105- 02:33,12 - Fast & Furious 8
106- 02:34,13 - Cars 3
107- 02:36,00 - Fast & Furious 8
108- 02:37,15 - Monster Trucks
109- 02:40,12 - Kidnap
110- 02:41,09 - Tragedy Girls
111- 02:42,21 - Collide
112- 02:43,15 - Logan
113- 02:44,21 - Inconceivable
114- 02:46,05 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
115- 02:47,02 - Justice League
116- 02:48,20 - It
117- 02:50,00 - Get Out
118- 02:52,05 - Fun Mom Dinner
119- 02:53,22 - Downsizing
120- 02:55,16 - Ghost in the Shell
121- 02:57,12 - Underworld Blood Wars
122- 02:58,19 - The Mummy
123- 03:00,06 - Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
124- 03:01,24 - Geostorm
125- 03:04,12 - Fast & Furious 8
126- 03:07,04 - Justice League
127- 03:08,28 - Power Rangers
128- 03:10,04 - Renegades
129- 03:11,25 - Leatherface
130- 03:13,06 - Breathe
131- 03:14,28 - Wish Upon
132- 03:16,12 - It
133- 03:17,13 - Ghost House
134- 03:19,06 - Dunkirk
135- 03:21,00 - Dealt
136- 03:22,11 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi
137- 03:23,16 - The Zookeeper´s Wife
138- 03:25,03 - Murder on the Orient Express
139- 03:26,17 - 47 Meters
140- 03:27,16 - Life
141- 03:28,29 - Cars 3
142- 03:30,16 - Dunkirk
143- 03:32,06 - Jeepers Creepers 3
144- 03:33,07 - American Made
145- 03:34,16 - Before I Fall
146- 03:35,25 - The Mummy
147- 03:36,27 - Jigsaw
148- 03:38,19 - Annabelle Creation
149- 03:44,21 - Cult of Chucky
150- 03:45,29 - Phoenix Forgotten
151- 03:47,08 - Jigsaw
152- 03:48,17 - It Comes At Night
153- 03:50,04 - Annabelle Creation
154- 03:51,13 - Amityville The Awakening
155- 03:52,17 - Armed Response
156- 03:53,24 - Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Long Haul
157- 03:55,02 - Alien: Covenant
158- 04:00,11 - Rings
159- 04:01,22 - The Nut Job 2
160- 04:03,04 - Spider-Man: Homecoming
161- 04:03,29 - Kong Skull Island
162- 04:05,25 - Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle
163- 04:06,20 - Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down The White House
164- 04:08,00 - Alien: Covenant
165- 04:09,01 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
166- 04:10,21 - The Shape of Water
167- 04:12,07 - The Snowman
168- 04:14,00 - Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
169- 04:15,12 - War for the Planet of the Apes
170- 04:16,22 - 13th Friday
171- 04:17,29 - The Vault
172- 04:20,12 - Only the Brave
173- 04:22,02 - John Wick Chapter 2
174- 04:23,25 - Power Rangers
175- 04:25,14 - Feed
176- 04:27,01 - Beauty and the Beast
177- 04:28,18 - LBJ
178- 04:30,02 - Beach Rats
179- 04:31,17 - Marjorie Prime
180- 04:33,01 - Blade Runner 2049
181- 04:34,05 - Borg-McEnroe
182- 04:35,09 - Detroit
183- 04:36,15 - All Eyes On Me
184- 04:38,03 - King Arthur Legend of Sword
185- 04:39,15 - Midnighters
186- 04:40,25 - Marshall
187- 04:42,11 - Maudie
188- 04:43,28 - Megan Leavey
189- 04:45,14 - Gifted
190- 04:46,24 - Good Time
191- 04:48,06 - Get Out
192- 04:49,02 - Sleepless
193- 04:50,09 - Rings
194- 04:51,18 - Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
195- 04:52,15 - Rebel in the Rye
196- 04:53,24 - Snatched
197- 04:54,26 - Split
198- 04:55,28 - Stratton
199- 04:57,00 - The Beguiled
200- 04:58,09 - Starship Troopers Traitor of Mars
201- 04:59,22 - Suprise Me!
202- 05:01,01 - Thank You For Your Service
203- 05:02,14 - The Belko Experiment
204- 05:04,00 - The Bye Bye Man
205- 05:04,29 - The Circle
206- 05:06,06 - The Exception
207- 05:07,13 - The Foreigner
208- 05:08,20 - The Glass Castle
209- 05:09,21 - All I See Is You
210- 05:10,00 - The Foreigner
211- 05:11,07 - Fallen
212- 05:12,18 - What the Waters Left Behind: Los Olvidados
213- 05:13,26 - The Snowman
214- 05:15,08 - War for Tthe Planet of the Apes
215- 05:16,29 - The Promise
216- 05:18,20 - Life
217- 05:20,09 - The LEGO Batman Movie
218- 05:21,18 - The Dinner
219- 05:22,24 - mother!
220- 05:24,03 - The Last Face
221- 05:25,10 - The Mountain Between Us
222- 05:26,25 - The Wall
223- 05:28,11 - BeyondSkyline
224- 05:29,23 - All The Money in World
225- 05:31,11 - Hidden Figures
226- 05:33,05 - Brawl in Cell Block 99
227- 05:34,00 - Downsizing
228- 05:35,12 - Happy Hunting
229- 05:36,26 - Hostiles
230- 05:38,22 - Split
231- 05:40,09 - Molly´s Game
232- 05:41,15 - The Killing of a Sacred Deer
233- 05:42,27 - Logan
234- 05:44,19 - Spider-Man: Homecoming
235- 05:45,29 - Woodshock
236- 05:47,13 - My Cousin Rachel
237- 05:49,01 - Logan
238- 05:50,02 - Same Kind of Different as Me
239- 05:51,16 - This is Your Death
240- 05:52,29 - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
241- 05:54,01 - My Friend Dahmer
242- 05:55,09 - Black Butterfly
243- 05:56,11 - The Lodgers
244- 05:57,25 - Thelma
245- 05:59,07 - A Dog´s Purpose
246- 06:02,19 - The Breadwinner
247- 06:04,16 - Born in China
248- 06:05,29 - The Star
249- 06:07,04 - The Shack
250- 06:08,23 - Smurfs The Lost Village
251- 06:09,20 - Wonderstruck
252- 06:11,06 - A Family Man
253- 06:12,28 - A Ghost Story
254- 06:14,11 - Beatriz at Dinner
255- 06:15,28 - Polaroid
256- 06:18,18 - You Were Never Really Here
257- 06:19,25 - Brad´s Status
258- 06:21,12 - Dementia 13
259- 06:22,17 - Hounds of Love
260- 06:24,10 - Aftermath
261- 06:25,14 - Once Upon a Time in Venice
262- 06:27,02 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
263- 06:28,18 - 68 Kill
264- 06:29,17 - Lady Bird
265- 06:30,20 - Blade Runner 2049
266- 06:31,27 - A Dog´s Purpose
267- 06:33,13 - Baywatch
268- 06:35,12 - Wonder Woman
269- 06:37,00 - Lady Bird
270- 06:38,08 - Justice League
271- 06:39,28 - T2 Trainspotting
272- 06:41,07 - the Current War
273- 06:44,12 - The Beguiled
274- 06:45,24 - Phantom Thread
275- 06:47,15 - Kingsman: The Golden Circle
276- 06:49,02 - Logan
277- 06:50,19 - The Man Who Invented Christmas
278- 06:52,01 - The Space Between Us
279- 06:53,19 - Rock Dog
280- 06:55,08 - Stronger
281- 06:56,21 - Unforgettable
282- 06:57,22 - Happy Death Day
283- 06:58,29 - Jungle
284- 07:00,06 - The Big Sick
285- 07:01,03 - Everything, Everything
286- 07:02,14 - The Blackcoat´s Daughter
287- 07:03,23 - Last Flag Flying
288- 07:05,14 - The Nut Job 2 Nutty By Nature
289- 07:06,11 - Breath
290- 07:07,08 - The Florida Project
291- 07:08,14 - My Cousin Rachel
292- 07:09,13 - Spider-Man: Homecoming
293- 07:10,23 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
294- 07:12,03 - Leap!
295- 07:13,10 - Life
296- 07:14,23 - The Resurrection of Gavin Stone
297- 07:15,24 - Lost in London
298- 07:18,21 - Lucky
299- 07:20,05 - The Guardian Brothers
300- 07:21,19 - Manifesto
301- 07:23,10 - Professor Marston & The Wonder Women
302- 07:24,27 - The Glass Castle
303- 07:26,05 - My Little Pony The Movie
304- 07:27,13 - Wonder
305- 07:28,25 - Menashe
306- 07:30,06 - Only Living Boy in New York
307- 07:31,18 - Paris Can Wait
308- 07:33,01 - Patti Cake$
309- 07:34,06 - November Criminals
310- 07:35,14 - Downsizing
311- 07:36,13 - Grace Jones Bloodlight And Bami
312- 07:37,08 - Table 19
313- 07:38,20 - Rough Night
314- 07:39,29 - Frined Request
315- 07:41,05 - Song to Song
316- 07:43,00 - The Lost City of Z
317- 07:44,16 - The Layover
318- 07:46,04 - Trespass Against Us
319- 07:47,00 - Tulip Fever
320- 07:48,15 - Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
321- 07:49,12 - The Greatest Showman
322- 07:52,08 - The House
323- 07:53,15 - The Hunter´s Prayer
324- 07:54,23 - The Case For Christ
325- 07:56,14 - The Shape of Water
326- 07:58,11 - The Disaster Artist
327- 07:59,16 - Ingrid Goes West
328- 08:00,24 - The Emoji Movie
329- 08:02,08 - Hidden Figures
330- 08:03:12 - Girls Trip
331- 08:04,13 - Guardians English
332- 08:05,17 - Home Again
333- 08:06,29 - Gifted
334- 08:08,04 - Going in Style
335- 08:09,08 - Goodbye Christopher Robin
336- 08:10,22 - A Bad Moms Christmas
337- 08:12,09 - How to be a Latin Lover
338- 08:13,16 - I Do.. until I Don´t
339- 08:15,02 - Born In China
340- 08:16,13 - Battle of the Sexes
341- 08:17,17 - All Saints
342- 08:19,00 - Daddy´s Home 2
343- 08:20,12 - Baby Driver
344- 08:22,01 - All Eyes On Me
345- 08:22,28 - Coco
346- 08:24,26 - Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie
347- 08:26,12 - Despicable Me 3
348- 08:27,21 - Chips
349- 08:29,06 - Boo 2! A Madea Halloween
350- 08:30,07 - Only the Brave
351- 08:31,15 - Phatn Thread
352- 08:32,18 - Colossal
353- 08:34,01 - Brigby Bear
354- 08:35,24 - Call Me By Your Name
355- 08:37,20 - Darkest Hour
356- 08:39,01 - Beauty and the Beast
357- 08:41,14 - Norman the Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of New York Fixer
358- 08:42,28 - Person to Person
359- 08:43,21 - Monster Trucks
360- 08:45,03 - Woodpeackeer
361- 08:46,11 - Pitch Perfect 3
362- 08:47,17 - Beauty and the Beast
363- 08:54,18 - Thor: Ragnarok
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2018 Best Movies
今年は色々あって4ヶ月ほど映画館行けなかったので、見た映画も去年の2/3くらいでした。特に邦画含むアジア映画が見れてないです。来年は時間作るようにしたいものです。
1.
You Were Never Really Here / ビューティフル・デイ
ホアキン x とんかち!という発明。原作のウェルメイド感が全く無くなっていてビックリしました。あと、エカテリーナ嬢の登場シーンは進むにつれて変わっていくのが凄すぎ。
2.
Wind River / ウインド・リバー
ワインステインが破産して公式トレイラー無くなっちゃったので... iMDB で
3のシカリオよりこっちの方が好き。あの乱撃シーンは凄すぎた。
3.
Sicario: Day of the Soldado / ボーダーライン: ソルジャーズ・デイ
前作の世は無常感は無いんですがその分濃いオヤジ成分。
4.
斬、
野火に続く今見なければならない塚本映画。
5.
I, Tonya / アイ,トーニャ 史上最大のスキャンダル
下種な人々の下種な物語。
6~10
A Prayer Before Dawn / 暁に祈れ Trailer
Lady Bird / レディ・バード Trailer
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri / スリー・ビルボード Trailer
Isle of Dogs / 犬ヶ島 Trailer
タクシー運転手 約束は海を越えて Trailer
11~21
Deadpool 2 / デッドプール2
Aus dem Nichts / 女は二度決断する
Paddington 2 / パディントン 2
Lucky / ラッキー
The Square / ザ・スクエア 思いやりの聖域
カメラを止めるな
Please Stand By / 500ページの夢の束
Brigsby Bear / ブリグズビー・ベア
The Florida Project / フロリダ・プロジェクト 真夏の魔法
The Shape of Water / シェイプ・オブ・ウォーター
Phantom Thread / ファントム・スレッド
* 追加
The 15:17 to Paris / 15時17分、パリ行き
羊の木
<Worst>
Manhunt / マンハント
Child of God / チャイルド・オブ・ゴッド
Death Wish / デス・ウィッシュ
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