Best & Worst 2018

This year we decided to cut back on the amount of time and money we spend at the theatre. After smashing our viewing records in 2017, we took a step back and only watched 116 films on the big screen in 2018. That’s 34 fewer movies for those of you keeping track at home. My reviews slowed down during the summer as various trips across North America cut into viewing and writing routines. At the time of this post, I owe you guys 18 reviews (the ones in orange) some already written, some need to be written.

Thanks for checking in on the blog even on days I never wrote anything. I have no clue where things will go in the future, but writing is something I’ve always enjoyed so I hope to return to it in the new year. Like always, I look forward to your comments on this year’s recap.

9 out 10 stars (7)

  • Sicario: Day of Soldado (2x)
  • Paddington 2
  • Skyscraper
  • Crazy Rich Asians (2x)
  • Bad Samaritan
  • Forever My Girl
  • Schindler’s List Special Film Presentation

8 out 10 stars (18)

  • Instant Family
  • Mortal Engines
  • The Mule
  • Mission Impossible: Fallout
  • Peppermint
  • Searching
  • Papillon
  • The Meg
  • Solo: A Star Wars Story
  • Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
  • Book Club
  • Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
  • Midnight Sun
  • Ready Player One
  • Love, Simon
  • Every Day
  • The Maze Runner: The Death Cure
  • I, Tonya

7 out 10 stars (17)

  • A Simple Favor
  • Creed II
  • VICE
  • Juliet, Naked
  • Planet of the Apes (1968) Classic Film Presentation
  • Little Italy
  • Alpha
  • Christopher Robin
  • Dog Days
  • Ocean’s Eight
  • Incredibles 2
  • Beirut
  • Truth or Dare
  • Rampage
  • A Quiet Place
  • The Hurricane Heist
  • Den of Thieves

6 out 10 stars (15)

  • Halloween
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • First Man
  • Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
  • The First Purge
  • Upgrade
  • Superfly
  • Deadpool 2
  • Breaking In
  • Isle of Dogs
  • Black Panther
  • Pacific Rim: Uprising
  • Game Night
  • Hostiles
  • 12 Strong

5 out 10 stars (15)

  • The Girl in the Spider’s Web
  • Widows
  • Dr. Seuss The Grinch
  • Avengers: Infinity War
  • BlacKkKlansman
  • Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
  • Ant-Man and the Wasp
  • Adrift
  • The Miracle Season
  • The Leisure Seeker
  • I Can Only Imagine
  • Tomb Raider
  • Death Wish
  • The Post
  • The Commuter

4 out 10 stars (8)

  • Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
  • Mile 22
  • Hotel Artemis
  • Tully
  • Blockers
  • 7 Days in Entebbe
  • Red Sparrow
  • Early Man

3 out 10 stars (9)

  • A Star is Born
  • Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald
  • Mary Poppins Returns
  • KIN
  • Uncle Drew
  • Hereditary
  • Indian Horse
  • Thoroughbreds
  • Gringo

2 out 10 stars (12)

  • The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
  • Ralph Breaks the Internet
  • The Nun
  • The Equalizer 2
  • Tag
  • Paul, Apostle of Christ
  • Unsane
  • Sherlock Gnomes
  • A Wrinkle in Time
  • The Strangers: Prey at Night
  • Peter Rabbit
  • Fifty Shades Freed

1 out 10 stars (15)

  • The Little Stranger
  • The Happytime Murders
  • The Spy Who Dumped Me
  • Slender Man
  • Unfriended: Dark Web
  • Life of the Party
  • The Death of Stalin
  • Super Troopers 2
  • I Feel Pretty
  • God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness
  • The 15:17 to Paris
  • Annihilation
  • Winchester
  • Proud Mary
  • Insidious: The Lost Key