Top 10 Films of 2018

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I wouldn't be able to judge if that was good

or bad. All I've heard her do is on that Pepsi

commercial. I about jumped out of my chair. That's

right in his face. Jesus. I think I've got to

wipe myself off here. I'm just kidding. Today

we are bringing you our finale episode, I guess,

or one of our finale episodes of the 2018 movie

season. We're going to bring you our top 10 films

of the previous year. So we're gonna do our best

to kind of encapsulate what we liked about the

year in film and Dan Hearing a lot about it on

film Twitter, but a pretty good year in film

overall wouldn't you say? I think so. Like I

still have a lot of movies. I've yet to catch

up with It's probably easier to not name them

because there's so many but only a few weeks

ago like everybody only watched like 20 movies

that came out in 2018, but I really caught up

and I was struggling to do a top 10, but now

I'm like, wow. It's really deep. I'm looking

at my top 30, and I still have a good 30 films

to watch that have been really well received.

I actually quite think even my top 40 is really

strong. So yeah, I think it's really a really

good year. I do think, though, with the amount

of movies that come out, it's almost impossible

to have a bad year. You may not always have a

five -star masterpiece each year, but I think

you're guaranteed to usually have, you know,

a steady stream of good movies. But I don't know,

like just going back, looking at some from the

past years this decade, I still think it's probably

one of the strongest so far. Yeah, definitely

add in a bunch of options for our best of decade

list here a strong year I think according to

a lot I'm with you Dan I'm looking at my top

30 even top 40 and I'm like those are still pretty

strong like usually I look at it and it starts

to dwindle you know in the 20s or you know something

like that and this year I didn't feel that way

at all so a lot of good stuff for a lot of a

lot of variety as Well, so I think that was that

was good Amanda how was putting your list together?

I actually feel like I wasn't as strong on as

many movies this year as I have in the past couple

years. I don't know if there was anything that

necessarily like wowed me or floored me this

year, like in a couple of the previous years,

like Manchester by the Sea or The Mountain Between

Us, like there, you know, things that really

Kind of moved me. I don't think there was as

many this year. So when you're making your list

Amanda Are you thinking more about like the stuff

that had an emotional impact with you or kind

of what? What do you use as a criteria for when

you're trying to pick out your films? It's something

that sticks with me. So There's a lot of movies.

I feel like if I would rewatch they might be

higher on my list, but I'm going off of My feelings

of my from my experience with them film thus

far did it stick with me? Is this something that

caught me off guard and I really liked it. It

was something to the other extreme that I was

totally bored with and expected to love. There's

always a couple creepers in there, and I feel

like I do have a sleeper cell that's gonna come

in. You know what I mean? Matt, you threw a wrench

into the mix because you were at one point going

to just rank us the 10 films that you saw from

2018, but you watched an 11th film. At the end,

like I guess you could say it was today. I watched

two movies. Oh, I watched three movies yesterday,

I guess. You know, one of them was in a twenty

eighteen. So that doesn't count. But like I ended

up watching movies till like six a .m. and it

has had a profound effect on my today. But I

did get to knock the Grinch off of my list, which

is kind of, you know, makes me feel good inside.

Alright, so we're going to get things underway.

Matt's going to lead us off. Then we're going

to go Dan, Amanda and myself and we're just going

to work our way 10 through one. So before we

go ahead, I didn't have a question for you. Yeah,

so we're all doing 10. We have a. We can. We're

basically have 40 movies we talked about. How

much crossover do you think will have? And you

think there will be any movies that are on every

list? I don't think we will have a movie that's

on. All four lists. I'm going to say. What about

Black Panther? At least at least one movie. I'm

going to say that I don't think we're going to

have one film that's on all four of our lists.

So Kevin is a poo -pooer. No. Well, no, I shouldn't

say that because I don't know what films Matt

watched in the last two days. So maybe there

is a chance for crossover. Up until that point,

I know all the films that he watched. You are

going to be a snoopy beehive. You think you know,

but maybe I have no idea. I think there's going

to be some films that definitely creep up on

multiple lists, though I can see. At least probably

three or four lists that I'm thinking might show

up on at least one other person's list that I

have ranked so I don't know it's always interesting

at this time of year because we do somewhat at

least a man and myself and I want to say Dan

as well like we don't do The way we've done our

podcast lately, we don't do a lot of talk about

current films. So it's hard to say what our take

is on a lot of the the films that are getting

a lot of buzz or a lot of attention on a lot

of other people's top 10 list and whatnot. And

Amanda and I really do not. I mean, we we react

to the films and we discuss the films afterwards

and kind of talk about what we liked and what

we didn't like. But. When you put it in the big

picture of all the films that you watch for an

entire year, I have no idea of any of the 10

films that are going to show up on Amanda's list

because we don't kind of go to that depth when

we're discussing them. So it's always kind of

a fun experience for me doing this because I

get to kind of learn to see what films did stick

with her throughout the year. Dan, what do you

think? Y 'all see what he's like in movie discussions

on Twitter. Why I avoid real life movie discussions.

With him because it will be like the Twitter

thing, but I'll be in my face You'll say that

same shit to me Sorry, okay, I think we'll have

maybe one movie that's on almost we'll see I'm

again when I think the over under is one and

a half and I'll say under And I think we'll name

up to 30 movies. That's going to be my guess,

because I think there'll be multiple ones, but

I think they'll be around 30 movies we'll talk

about. So the question is, who is going to be

keeping track of the total films that we're mentioning?

Oh, I'm actually going to do it. Oh, yeah. Awesome.

Awesome. Add a little more fun to it. I like

it. I like it. A twist here at the last second.

Matt, let's go to you for your number 10 film

that you saw last year. All right. My number

10. was the house, the clock at its walls. I

saw this one. It was better than the Grinch.

I could say those things about it. It wasn't

terrible. Like, I'm sure if I was 12, it would

have been like my favorite movie of the year

because, wow, no, because there was a Spider

-Man movie and Spider -Man's dope. But like,

like it was it was perfectly searchable. It was

fine. It won't last with me, you know, three

years from now. I probably won't remember it

at all. Maybe you saw that one. We saw them together,

actually. What was your thoughts on that one?

Um, it definitely had like a weird goosebumps.

Movie vibe to it and not having read the original

property. I had no attachment to it So I think

maybe if it's something that I had read when

I was younger and seen this or seen this also

when I was younger It would have resonated a

little bit more but it just I mean there were

some cool visuals and You know Jack Black is

is always funny, but it just wasn't anything

like Matt said that would stick with me It was

one of those that like I thought it was going

one direction for the first like 10 15 20 minutes

or whatever and then it went like Different not

necessarily a different direction, but it just

didn't do what I thought I was gonna do It kind

of threw me off a little bit, but I can see someone

having fun with it Dan you're up next. What's

your number ten? Yeah, I did not see that one

So yeah ten has always like the hardest people

saying I kind of agree with it because it's like

There's so many movies I can go within this 10

spot and honestly this my number ten, which is

private life by Tamara Jenkins it was like it

slowly crept up to my list more and more as I

did this. I had another film at number 10, but

as I was rethinking it, I ended up going with

Private Life. For those that know it, it stars

Katharine Holland. Paul Giamatti, they're a couple

trying to basically have a baby. And it's kind

of a hellish ride for them to go through it.

And it's one of those films you would fall in

the dramedy category. But I think it handles

it really well. And it's just very open and honest

and brutal at times. handles that tone quite

well. One of the scenes that to me sums it up

pretty perfectly is there's this argument between

Paul Giamatti and Catherine Hahn and it's a common

theme throughout, but they're just laying out

all this personal information. They're kind of

just showing how broken this whole situation

has made them. They kind of putting out out out

there and then what you think is a private conversation.

ends up not being one. And the way it is laid

out in that scene, it's just perfectly timed.

It never overstays its welcome. You have all

this drama, but there's always that comedy there

as well. And it always balances that so well.

And Catherine Honwoof, I've always enjoyed as

an actress, but I never knew that she was this

talented and she could have that level of drama.

Be this strong of a drama actress and you know,

Paul Gimani is great as always. So yeah, so that's

my number 10 is private life This film actually

was a really hard for me to watch because it's

like everything's scary for A woman who wants

to have kids like you're seeing like the worst

possible shit going on in this as far as you

know luck with you know fertility and it was

just it was Too real not that i've had that experience

But it just seemed too real like it freaked me

out like that could happen to me and like seeing

that like I don't know. It just was Really hard

to see I I believe that people should see that,

you know, and I see that what the struggle is

But it's definitely not an easy watch what was

no. Yeah, my wife wouldn't watch it actually

because of that She's like you have to watch

it by yourself. So Amanda that brings us to your

number 10 Now I gotta move, you put stuff on

my list here. Yeah, it was about to get destroyed.

Oh my lord. So my number 10 is something that

we saw I think pretty early on if I'm not mistaken

and that's Annihilation. I think the visuals

in this movie are one that definitely made it

something that I had interest in, interest in?

But once I got into the film it was I don't know.

It was confusing and not a lot was explained

and some of it was kind of slow, but just the

crazy shit that went on and the sheer batshit

insane visuals had to land us on my list. Alright,

fair enough. I will save thoughts on that one.

Number ten for me, I'm going to go with a film

that we actually just recently caught up with

and that is Can You Ever Forgive Me starring

Melissa McCarthy. I do and I'm happy that this

film exists because I think Melissa McCarthy

for too long has had a bad rap with some people

and they always Go, she's one of those actors

that they go to that they say like oh She just

does the same schtick every time and it's the

same jokes and it's blah blah blah I've never

really thought that about her and I'm glad that

she got the chance and took the chance to kind

of show Her some of the her other sides and some

of her talent because she is phenomenal in this

and not trying to be funny Even though there

are some funny moments. She's not trying to be

funny necessarily And I just think this is a

it's an interesting story obviously based on

a real -life person and events and I just think

that It was it kind of caught me off -surprise

like I had been wanting to watch it for a long

time because I was interested in it from when

we did our most anticipated list, and I just

couldn't find it, couldn't find it, couldn't

find it, and finally came across a way to watch

it, and was very happy that I did, because I

thoroughly enjoyed the nuances of Can You Ever

Forgive Me? That was in my top 10 for a while,

and I caught up with it not too long ago, either.

And yeah, it was quite good, and McCarthy is

fantastic in it, too. The way they're able to

utilize her more humor side like the but also

you so damaged in that film So it's quite good.

Yeah, absolutely Matt back to you then for your

number nine pick. All right number nine I've

got Isle of Dogs. This is you know, a Wes Anderson

movie like It's weird. Like, I guess I've never

seen any of the stop motion movies he's done.

Not that he's done that many, but, like, Wes

Anderson's one of my favorite directors. Isle

of Dogs was very different from what I expect

when I go into one of his movies. Not bad, like,

and I think if I were a dog lover, I think there

would be more to it, because, like, dog lovers

seem almost rabid for dogs and dog content, but,

like, ultimately it was an enjoyable movie that

I saw. This was one that was right around the

30 mark for me, but I think this is one of the

ones maybe most on my list that I just need to

be able to see again. We saw it in theater, but

it was quite some time ago, obviously, and it

didn't stick with me that much where I... felt

comfortable kind of raising it up too much. But

I think that's one that could gain ground as

time goes on and become more of a loved film.

But I do think that's very creative and very

interesting. But like Matt, I agree. It's a little

different than what you might think when you

think Wes Anderson. But I don't know. I enjoyed

it. I just want to see it again. Amanda, what

did you think of that one? I think it had a lot

of star power behind it and some pretty cool

light little storylines and the art styles kind

of changed a little bit here and there, which

I appreciated. I think it had some good points.

I think just the tone was so muted. I don't know,

it was very flat, you know what I mean? Even

though there was a lot going on, I feel like

everybody's reaction to it was just kind of flat,

which I think was intentional, but it just doesn't

always work for me. Dan, what do you got next?

Next on my list is another comedy, which I think

sometimes when it comes to end of year list,

comedies can sometimes be ignored because they're

not maybe as seen as weighty or anything like

that. It's also a comic book adaptation, but

a different type of comic book, and it's The

Death of Stalin is my number nine. And this actually,

I guess, came out in the UK and Europe last year.

last year, 2017, but just in the US, 2018. So

I don't know for some people may not count, but

I'm counting it. But this is from Nishi, who

is the director of In the Loop that came out

a few years ago, but probably most notably in

the US, VEEP, the HBO show. And this is this

kind of political and social takedown of what

happened after Stalin passed away and the insanity

that occurred and it is just remarkable how it's

able to navigate that scenario and there's like

legitimately like at times slapstick humor but

then really dark and disturbing imagery as well

and the new cheese able to i think Work well

in in making sure that everything works to its

fullest potential and nothing nothing under gonna

cuts itself It it supports itself it that humor

I think sometimes it gives you something a moment

to breathe as you're just watching some horrific

things happen especially as it develops later

on and and I'm actually a big fan of the comic

book that it was based off of it's actually a

I forget what the original language was, but

it was a European comic book that was just recently

translated last year. So I was anticipating this

because I love the book. And I knew he was one

of my favorite political satirists out there

right now, and he nailed it. So it's sometimes

getting ignored because it is a comic book. adaptation

or the fact that it's a comic adaptation is not

part of the conversation. I think it should be

because a lot of the best parts of it were actually

directly, including the opening, which is one

of my favorite openings of the year, was directly

taken from that book. But I think it's probably

a little bit more heavy on the comedy than the

source material. But I think it certainly balances

it really well. So that's why it's my number

nine. I haven't heard nothing but good things

about this one, but I have yet to catch up with

it. I don't have an excuse, but it's definitely

on my list of things to catch up later on in

the year that I missed. So, Amanda, you are up

next. What do you got at number nine? I might

get some heat for this one, but I had a lot of

fun with this movie and it's something that is

right up my alley and hit my nostalgia buttons

and that's Predator. Predator getting beat up

by Bigger Predator, and a bunch of lines pulled

from Predator 1 and 2. Loved it. So your nostalgia

pick for the list? One of them. One of them?

Oh, jeez. I still haven't seen it. I'm wildly

curious, but I've heard so many bad things. Oh

my god, it's worth it, bro. It's worth it. I

think when we came out of Predator, I don't remember

how many people, four of us, I think Amanda was

the only one that was like... Loving her experience

on that one. I'll leave it at that for my number

nine It's gonna be maybe a start of a trend of

a certain theme I guess it's gonna be popping

up a couple times during my top ten, but I'm

going with he's two for two so far for me Mr.

Jenkins's moonlight was phenomenal. And I thought

if Bill Street could talk was also phenomenal.

So Just Even though it's Period more of a you

know, period piece or you know back in the different

time period than what we're living right now

I think it's still very relevant to A lot of

issues that are going on in the country. I think

it's well done. I think the the script is good

The acting is good. There's not much you can

complain about with this film kind of a heart

-wrenching story and unfortunate that that people

have to go through things like They did in this

film, but I I've only seen it one time so I'd

like to be again be able to watch it again and

dissect it a little bit more but I think Barry

Jenkins is rising to the ranks of one of the

Best filmmakers we have going if not already

there. So that is my number nine if Beale Street

could talk That's one of like I mentioned one

of the many that have yet to catch up with which

I really want to Okay Alright, Matt, back to

you. What beat out Isle of Dogs for that number

8 spot? Oh boy, you know what I just noticed?

My number 8 is Ocean 8. That works out. Didn't

even plan it because, I mean, I don't have a

whole lot of room to work here with my 12 movies,

so I really couldn't, you know. get frisky with

it, but Oceans 8, I can always be sold on a good

heist movie, except for my number 11, which we'll

talk about if we get to that point. But like

a good heist movie always gets me in. I don't

need it to be a franchise movie, but I know that

that's about the only way to sell some movies

sometimes. I should have saw Widows, right? Because

that's another female -led heist movie that's

not attached to a franchise and isn't just like,

hey, what if we did that movie with ladies instead

of dudes? But I think that one was on my most

anticipated list higher than Ocean's 8, but I

never got to see that one. So Ocean's 8 is my

number 8 because of that. Amanda, what did you

think of Ocean's 8? Um, I think it was a good

time saying to be in a little bit different role

than we've seen her in the past and I had a lot

of fun with the collaboration of The cast there.

I think that the you know, the little twist is

kind of fun. I like that and It had a feel -good

vibe, which was great. I think widows is definitely

darker and has a darker twist So you should definitely

see that meant then did you have a chance to

see oceans eight this year? I did. I enjoyed

the Ocean's films. They just have a nice style

to them. And I thought they took on the concept

of what we saw before with the Soderbergh films

and put a nice little twist in it. And I thought

the cast was rather strong as well. But I enjoyed

it for what it was. All right, Dan, then we'll

go ahead with your next pick. So this is what

I think might show up. Again, it's actually when

I was just able to catch up with in theaters

not too long ago. So it's one that may actually

end up rising if I see it again, or the more

I think about it. And it's one that's, I don't

think there was a more hype movie oddly enough

by the time I went to go see it, and then Spider

-Man into the Spider -Verse, and it lived up

to that hype. Obviously, you know the animated

film and I just I'm amazed that this movie exists

for so many different reasons I don't think this

is movie that could exist if we aren't in the

comic book kind of phenomenon that we do We live

in currently with you know with the Marvel films

and everything of that nature That they would

take the risk that they would what including

having spider -man from different dimensions

and everything like that but I was just surprised

too, but how many strong character arcs they

were able to have considering that and Yeah,

some of the other characters aren't, you know,

some of them are more, they're just there for

comedic relief, but I thought like the three

major characters, Gwen Stacy, Miles Morales,

of course, and then Peter Parker, I thought all

had interesting arcs, especially their relationship.

And, you know, there's rumors that there's going

to be a spinoff with Gwen Stacy's character,

which I think would be fantastic because I thought

she was actually a pretty bright star within

it. And even their ability to craft a pretty

impressive villain with with Kingpin. They did

a lot with a little bit of screen time. It had

a lot of heart. The animation was just unique

and fantastic, how they combine all these different

styles. Like I said, I'm late to the party. I

think everyone saw it by the time I did and I

couldn't have been more hyped for considering

everything. That people are saying and I walked

away Extremely happy with it. So I think I think

one of the things that I heard somebody else

say It's not my original thought here But I heard

someone say on one of the other podcasts or countdowns

that I was listening to or maybe even during

a movie review of this film was the The neat

part of of having an animation style that doesn't

necessarily match up with everything we see like

there the technology is to a point where you

have so many different options to do different

types of animation and styles and things of that

nature where you know for the longest time we've

kind of had more cookie cutter, you know, like

All certain all Disney films looked like this

or all this films looks like this and it's nice

to see when you get more variety Which we were

getting more and more these days So I think that

was a definitely a highlight for me was just

the style and animation and some of the visuals

that they did on this one Very cool Amanda back

to you. Are we going nostalgia again? Or what

are we doing here with your next pick? Um, no,

just something that's uh was on my most anticipated

list that I kind of wanted a little bit more

out of so it's not higher up on my list, but

I was still entertained and I got the vibes that

I wanted to get out of this. And this is Hotel

Artemis. All right. What about Hotel Artemis?

Brought it up for you. I just liked the concept

and I liked the potential John Wick style action

that I expected to get out of this. I didn't

get as much of that as I wanted to, but I still

think that it was such a cool idea. That I was

into it. Yeah, I had a lot of fun with this one,

too I think like you said it could have been

even that much better, but I thought it was still

good It was still entertaining and creative a

lot like John Wick I guess in some respects but

different enough where it could stand on its

own. I had it in my top 20 still So I definitely

with you I like that film and I think I like

it even more again if I get to it's gonna just

keep saying this as a Broken record that I want

to see all these films again, which is usually

not a thing I say a lot, but yeah Agree, I enjoyed

that as well. And I do think it's one that is

getting not getting a lot of talk about like

I think a lot of people are talking like upgrade

and stuff this year, which I actually like this

a lot more than upgrade me to me to and like

Jodie Foster in particular her and her relationship

with Batista who's like is becoming more and

more of an oppressive actor, which I never thought

I would say like 10 years ago, but even Jeff

Goldblum is fantastic in that. Yeah, that was

a really fun movie I mean, I guess I know fun's

the right word, but I thought it It took its

concept and I thought it used it really effectively

compared to other films of a similar ilk. I agree

with that as well. For my number eight, again

just somewhat recently caught up with this one,

I had been searching this one out as well because

of the stuff that I had heard about it and I

usually like Dan Stevens and a lot of what he

does. But my number eight is Leave No Trace.

Didn't expect to like this one as much as I did

obviously it's a story of a father and his daughter

and them in their attempts to kind of live off

of the grid so to speak and he obviously he's

dealing with um some um stress and and almost

like ptsd um situation and then things of that

nature But I thought the and I I did not write

down the actress's name because i'm not super

familiar with her. Um, but i thomas thomas mckenzie

thomas mckenzie But she was phenomenal in this

and I just thought that there was a lot of emotion

here and it's in it's a tough situation because

you can kind of see what's causing His character

to kind of go through the things that he's going

through but then you're at the same time Wanting

you know, what's best for his daughter and things

of that nature I I just thought there's a lot

to kind of chew on with this film and Kind of

state stuck with me more than I thought it would

after I watched it. So leave no trace is my number

eight film Amanda, what did you think of that

one? I liked it. It was it was frustrating though

and I don't know it like like you said, it's

it's Some of the things you see that he's teaching

her you feel like are important and are pretty

much lost today but then there's also so much

that she Is doing without and then when she sees

how life can be on the other side and she wants

that and wants You know that kind of life. It's

it's hard to see the decisions made and Hard

to see two people that are so close be separated

I think one thing that kind of stuck with me

specifically it probably has one of the Singular

most emotional moments that I saw in a film at

one point with her and him kind of in the forest

towards the end and it that was like heartbreaking

and and Definitely kind of get you in the feels

a little bit. So Matt, what do you got next?

All right for my number seven I have the second

best rom -com of 2018 which is known as venom

It's a movie about like a dude who's fallen in

love with the slime But also he's got an ex -girlfriend

that he kind of likes But he likes to slime a

lot more and then they make out towards the end.

It's pretty dope No blood in the entire frickin

movie well, it's all kinds of slime like It's

two slime boys fighting in a slime fight like

yeah, but he like was supposed to bite people's

heads off and shit They're supposed to be rolling.

He heard he like ate him entirely like just straight

-up ate him His mouth is like a lightsaber. I

guess that it cauterizes the wound It's got as

much blood as any other romantic comedy you see

I don't know what you want Alright Venom at number

8 and Dan, you're up next. What do you got? I

gotta say Venom is on when I anticipated hearing.

There's a few movies I didn't anticipate. I was

talking about tonight, but hey, that's all the

fun of this. So so far we're on. I'm on what

number 7 and we've had no crossover so far, but

that's going to change. Cause my number 7 is

leave no trace as well, which was. Kevin's number

eight. Deborah Granick, who of course directed

really Jennifer Lawrence's breakout hit with

Winter's Bone. I've been waiting forever to see

her do another film. And I don't know what took

so long, but I'm glad she did. But yeah, as you

mentioned, Kevin, that the finale of the film

is truly heart wrenching and just brutal to watch.

You know, Ben Foster, who I think is rather underrated.

actor. Sometimes he can overcommit to a role,

but I think here he adds a little level of solitude

that sometimes is not in some of his performances

where he kind of overacts with this. I think

he's able to really ride that line really well

and the relationship with him. Thomas Mackenzie,

who is phenomenal as well. I don't know if she'll

have another career like Jennifer Lawrence has,

but you have to give a credit to Debra Granik

for being able to find actresses that have a

talent that no one else has been able to utilize,

at least to my knowledge. And just seeing this

man struggle in just the conflict that ensues,

he clearly has love for his daughter. And I kind

of thought maybe this way you would see more

of an abusive relationship. It's a different

type of abuse in the sense of, you know, it's

not intentional. It's kind of, you know, he's

doing what he thinks is best or what he has to

do. And even how it deals with things like PTSD,

but never really, you know, it doesn't hammer

that home with a huge amount. I think it's important

in that regard as well. This is just his need

to get away and in a way like him. search for

meaning that I don't think he'll ever be able

to find. So yeah, it was just phenomenally directed

all and it was really happy and I hopefully,

hopefully Debra Granik has another follow up

that doesn't take another seven years because

I'm really impressed with her ability to just

tell really small, intimate and powerful stories.

Obviously I agree. Amanda, what do you have at

number seven? This might be an obvious one, but

it's a quiet place. because super awesome, cool

concept. The tone was great. There's definitely

some moments where you find yourself holding

your breath and some super oh shit moments happening

in here. And the strength that this family had

is just insane and the self -sacrifice and just

a ton of emotions going on in this film and some

cool creatures. I wish we would have been able

to see the creatures a little bit more. But overall

super solid film definitely impressive from I

believe this is John Krasinski's first directorial

film Yeah, he's directed TV before but this is

the first time he's ever done a movie Yeah, so

that was definitely an impressive debut by him

and another one of those films that gets comes

out very early in the year and I think unfortunately

not enough people Talk about it later on and

there's a couple films like that that we might

talk about during the course of this list For

my number seven. I was not expecting to enjoy

this one either This is like this year's brings

me bear for me. Um, and I guess it's it has some

Connective tissue between that one in a way.

Um, i'm going with the please stand by For my

number seven. This is let me get the right name

here l l fanning l fanning the star trek Super

fan who also is autistic And I hit I maybe I'm

just ignorant with the subject matter, but I

don't remember a whole lot of films that feature,

you know adolescents or teenagers that are dealing

with autism and and kind of highlighting some

of their struggles and some of the things that

they're going through and I think it's got some

Dramatic moments. It's got some comedic moments

and I just thought it was an entertaining ride

throughout the whole thing and the kind of this

bizarre journey that she's going on to try to

you know, deliver this Idea for an episode so

that you know, she can fulfill her Star Trek

fandom dreams, etc But I don't know I thought

it was a really good film that kind of came out

of left field and really impressed me Amanda

you were rolling your eyes. I Should have known

That this is going to be on your list. Why do

you say that? It's just you. Actually, I've even

heard of that film until you brought it up. So

it's funny because I was checking stuff that

was in my like top 20. I was clicking on it on

letterbox. And one thing I like to do is like

to see because I don't follow a lot of people.

I follow like people that I value their opinions

and like I'm sometimes interested to see what

their movie takes are. So it's very few people.

But so I was clicking on each one of the films

and kind of clicking on the option that gives

the breakdown of what all of my friends or whatever

you call it on letterbox what they thought of

it and every film you know there was anywhere

from you know eight to twenty people that had

seen it and and either had written reviews or

rated it or stuff like that and i clicked on

this one and nobody i follow has seen this apparently

so i i don't know what anybody thinks about this

film i've obviously not heard anybody talking

about it so you know what i think i'm an oddball

you don't like it huh what you said i know what

you think about it yeah we've talked about this

we've seen this movie together oh i don't remember

what you said about it Okay. Well, okay. Um,

well, we'll move on apparently. Um, so Matt,

what do you got next? All right. I kind of tease

this with the last one. My number six is the

best rom -com of 2018. It's a little movie called

little Italy. It stars Hayden Christensen. It's

got Alyssa Milano. It's got Adam Ferrara. That's

poster of the year. Oh, amazing poster. I don't

I don't know if you know this, but apparently

Hayden Christensen is supposed to be Italian

in that movie. He's got a real bad black hair

dye job that slowly fades to brown over the course

of the movie because like like the kid that got

to play little him like because they have an

eight year old like they do. But, you know, it

starts off with the two the the protagonists

as eight year olds. And then and then it zooms

forward like 10 years or 15 or whatever. Like

the kid they got is way more. Italian looking

than he is. And it's real awkward because it's

like, okay, that kid's clearly got naturally

black hair and Hayden Christensen does it. But

I mean, other than that, it's real. It's charming.

It's cute. It's fun. It's adorable. I loved it.

I watched it last night at like three in the

morning. And so I've got some recency bias. Dan,

is this one of the ones that you had on your

list of films that would be mentioned today?

No, it was not I've not seen it or I saw the

poster which is amazing and I think I think it's

streaming on Amazon Prime Amazon Prime for free.

Yeah, I just saw that it finally was there I'm

like, there's no way man hasn't caught up with

us But he hadn't listed it as one of the films

that he'd seen this year. So so Hayden Christensen

to come back I do here's the thing Between this

and outcast, I have zero doubt that Aiden Christian

can act like he's you know what he's bad at getting

real strong emotions like like when he gets angry

in this movie, it's like it's so episode three.

And again, it's like, oh, oh, dial it back just

a little hate. But like other than that, like

he does, he does. He's got, you know, great comic

timing. He's got he does good physical work like

he could do it. Like honestly outcast where he's

like kind of like a middle -of -the -road sword

for hire situation where he doesn't like have

a You know, he doesn't have a I don't know a

horse in this race for most of the movie Like

that one's way better like he does a way better

job of that. But I mean, this is a better movie

It's better written better directed less ambitious

All right, Dan number six. What do you got? Number

six is my I usually separate documentaries are

used to documentaries and regular films just

because it allowed me to cheat put more movies

on but I haven't seen his money and I figured

it's probably better just to combine them and

there was actually a lot of great documentaries

that I saw this year mining the gap which is

of getting a lot of praise and deservingly so

but when I really love recovery boys, which was.

I debated having that on my top 10, but I think

it's better message than it is a film. It's about

people suffering from opioid addiction and them

trying to recover from it. But I think my favorite

of the year was, again, it's another one that's

getting a lot of hype at the time I watched it,

which is, well, you be my neighbor. And I wasn't

huge into Mr. Rogers growing up as a kid. I watched

it a little bit. So I wasn't sure how much of

an emotional impact this would have. Really my

biggest connection to Mr. Rogers right now is

fact my son watches Daniel Tiger and so you can

kind of see his legacy going but I just thought

that maybe the having that lack of Connection

that maybe even made it more impactful because

you get got to see kind of who Mr. Rogers was

and I know some people have complained that And

a filmmaking standpoint, it's pretty straightforward.

You're talking heads and some little bits here

and there, archival footage and kind of just

your classic documentary style. And I can understand

that complaint, but I don't think it's fair enough.

For one, I think it fits the subject matter really

well because Mr. Rogers was about finding the

beauty in the simple things and just having that

straightforward, honest conversation. And I think.

If it went too flashy or tried to do too much,

it would really be kind of. counterintuitive

to what it was trying to say. And I think it

does, though, look into Mr. Rogers and I think

show kind of where his pain, in a way, was coming

from or the way he was able to connect and just

his authenticity and how important it was, especially

in some of the chemo, which you see him talking

about some major issues from assassinations in

the 60s to September 11th and just the huge impact

he would have on people and why he was important.

Maybe some of the cracks as well. There's not

a lot of like skeletons in the closet or anything

like that. You can't really create something

that's not there. But even seeing some of the

relationships he grew with the people on the

show and some of the secrets they had to hide.

But I just thought it was ultimately really emotional

and its ability just to show the power of being

genuine and honest with one another. So that's

why it's my number six. I unfairly, I think,

wanted A little more from this and that's that

sounds like a negative statement. I guess but

it's it's it's not because Like I said, I think

it's unfair. I was a huge. Mr. Rogers fan. Like

I watched this show religiously when I was a

child like it was this and and maybe to a lesser

extent Sesame Street and then even a lesser extent

maybe Reading Rainbow but this was like my go

-to show as a very young child and I've also

seen some other programs that kind of highlighted

his life and biography type stuff. It wasn't

necessarily like a full -on documentary but some

kind of behind the scenes type stuff so unfortunately

for me this one didn't land as much as I was

hoping it for because most of the content that

I saw I had already Already knew and a lot of

the stuff that they were using I'd already seen

so I Don't know. I wanted to I guess I was hoping

for something more something that I didn't know

about him But that's not to say that this is

not a really good documentary and a really good

film to watch Especially for people that maybe

have more of a passing knowledge of mr. Rogers

or of the you know, the man the show or anything

like that I think that would be great And it's

gonna be interesting now that we have this to

then see what they do with the with the film

coming out next year I don't know. I mean, it

does have Tom Hanks in it, so maybe there's some

hope there, but I could see where, I don't know.

It could be disappointing as well, but I'm hoping

it's not. But yeah, I think this is a good documentary.

I just, for some reason, maybe I had too high

of expectations for it, which is why it didn't

quite get up this high for me. Amanda, what did

you think of that documentary? It was boring.

Oh, wow. Like I like mr. Rogers, but I was just

kind of like waiting for it to be over but it

just I mean some of the stuff I I didn't know

so it was cool seeing you know little peaks behind

the curtain here and there but I did watch a

lot of mr. Rogers and I was a little also so

Okay, what are you got then at your number six

that wasn't boring for you. Well kind of forever.

I Got Black Panther Black Panther. So a lot of

comic book films this year. Why Black Panther

one that rose to your top ten? super awesome

soundtrack and I feel like the villain here had

a reason to be a fucking villain and it made

sense and I felt for his story and I felt for

T 'Challa's struggle here and I thought the visuals

were super cool. Love the live -action Lion King

spirit world scene. Dug it. And I think like

the technology still worked. I think seeing Wakanda

was pretty cool. I think that definitely did

it justice with, you know, the traditional wear

and, you know, bringing some of the culture in.

I think some of it did look a little cartoony

at times when they are in Wakanda. But other

than that, I think it was. a super fun ride and

something that everybody had been anticipating

and super hyped up and I'm glad it's kind of

died down now but I was still able to enjoy it.

All right. Black Panther at your number six for

my number six, a film that I think hopefully

with time will become even more loved and maybe

have more of a cult following because I had a

lot of fun with it. I think some people might

unfairly knock it down because they think it's

a Tarantino ripoff or something of that nature.

But I really enjoyed Bad Times at the El Royale.

I thought it was a whole lot of fun. I thought

Chris Hemsworth. Right I have the right Chris.

Yeah, Chris Hemsworth was really interesting

in this role because I think it's a side of him

that I Hadn't really seen much. I mean, I'm it

might exist out there, but I haven't seen much

of it So I thought that was a lot of fun. I liked

the different I like movies like this where you

kind of get introduced into you know a very Small

group of characters whether it's no four or five

six characters or something like that And you

kind of get to see a little bit of each one I

would have liked to see more of one of the characters

Unfortunately, we didn't get that chance But

I just thought this was very entertaining. I

was definitely not bored at any point during

this film and I was very much anticipating what

else was gonna happen and eager to see how it

was all gonna play out. And again, another one

that I really wanna watch again because I think

there's a lot of stuff that you might pick up

on a second watching. So Bad Times at the El

Royale is my number six. Back to Matt. Top five

time, Matt, what do you got? Alright, so my top

five are all movies everyone knows I'm gonna

see in there. It's all pretty top -heavy, and

I don't know that I'm a hundred percent on the

order they go in, but this is the order that

I have them in this list right now, so let's

see what order you're gonna hear them in. So

at five, I have Solo, a Star Wars story. It does

a lot of the things I want, like Star Wars is

my favorite thing, and like I said earlier, I

like heisty stuff. And you know, you know it

has heist elements, but I would have much rather

had it been just one long heist movie But you

know didn't get that with rogue one either And

I also would have liked it to not have a lightsaber

because we've yet to really have that in a Star

Wars movie ever So like I don't know why old

robo legs needed to be like hey You should come

over and hang out with me and also I have a lightsaber

Don't quite get why they made that choice Just

to check a box But solo like it's good movie.

This is the first time we've done this and the

Star Wars movie has not been number one. Oh I

can't I don't know. I don't know. I'll go look

through my list and I'll let you know when it

comes back around But I I mean rogue one like

what else came in that year because that one's

a weaker one, too Dan, what do you think about

solo? I like solo and I I saw a real I didn't

see in theaters actually I own it because I am

part of this new movie club and I didn't say

no, so it I bought it without realizing it. But

I did end up really liking it. I liked it. I

guess I went into it because I heard a lot of

mixed things to it. And I don't love everything

about it, but I thought it functioned well as

a Star Wars movie. I don't necessarily, I know

people wanted to see Phil Lord, Lord and Miller's

take on it. And I thought there were... The guy

who played Hansel I can't think of his name right

now. I thought he he did a good enough job Like

he wasn't trying to be Harrison Ford and I did

really like what he harrison in that as well.

Okay, that's a character I think that uh, I'm

actually more interested in seeing if they ever

explore it I know he had a comic book earlier

this year but I think of all the star wars movies

that have come out since Since we've got the

new episode just probably Last on my list. I

don't know if I think I think I would put Rogue

One above it, but I still would give it a positive

review. It's like in my right now out of like

the 60 movies I've seen this year. It is currently.

I don't know where 4040 so you know yeah. I currently

have this in my top 30, but I don't know. It's

so hard for me to rank Star Wars films because

I feel like I would let too much bias in and

they should just automatically be in the top.

But so I. Handicap it big time. I guess but I

enjoyed this film. I didn't quite get some of

the hate that it got So again, though, I haven't

watched this I need to I need to like sit down

and watch all of them again I've watched it like

bits and pieces of it But I haven't watched it

all the way through again since I saw it in the

theater So I need to do that if I was trying

to like really break down between this and Rogue

One which one I liked more because I like a lot

of elements of both of them Amanda, what do you

think of solo? I think it was a good time. Um,

it doesn't feel all the way like a Star Wars

movie, but I think it had a lot of cool stuff

that I needed to see that I didn't know that

I wanted to see from Star Wars. Nice. All right,

Dan, that brings us to your first in your top

five. Yeah. And this is my first in the top five.

It's my third comic book movie in my top 10.

And I think this is where people say, when it

comes to top 10, is it your favorite or the best?

And this would probably be more. on my favorite,

because they're probably better made movies this

year. But being a huge comic book fan, and this

was probably the best year ever for comic book

movies, just incredible with the amount of great

stuff that came out. And I have yet to see Aquaman.

But my number five is Avengers Infinity War.

And there is this, and of course, Black Panther,

both of which I enjoyed a great deal. I think,

though, what really worked for me with Avengers

over Black Panther, which, spoiler alert, is

not my top 10, but is in my top 20, and was the

fact that this was actually able to be made and

be as good as it was, being able to combine all

these different worlds from Black Panther to

the Guardians of the Galaxy. to Thor and putting

them all together, but ultimately why it works

is because of Thanos. And I was so scared that

Thanos was not gonna work as a villain, because

every time we saw him, even in the first Guardians

movies, he was, you know, he was lifeless. It

really wasn't much to him. And I was like, okay,

how are you gonna make him into this threat that

he can be? He's one of the biggest threats in

the Marvel, you know, comic universe. How are

they gonna do that? And they were able to...

do it in a way that I wasn't expecting by making

him kind of more of a sympathetic character and

honestly making him a lot more layered of a character

compared to what he is in the comics. Giving

him this purpose usually, you know in the comics

this is a need and love of death But here it

wasn't necessarily that and I think it ended

up making for a stronger movie It had some great

action in it as well as he would expect there

and the ending it needed the ending of this Probably

was the moment of the year or close to it guarding

the shock that it kind of laid. And I know people

are going to talk about how these people are

coming back and all that stuff, but still having

the audacity to end this billion dollar movie

with just all of these characters just turning

to ash, which was kind of cool. I was kind of

not sure how they were going to handle it. And

I thought they did everything they could. And

now it's my most anticipated movie of the year.

It hit everything I could ask for and then some

so it's why it's my number five Yeah, I think

definitely one of the most talked about films

of the year as well some very emotional moments

towards that end as well that everybody cites,

you know, especially the the Spider -man and

Iron Man moment there and definitely let it left

everybody a Anticipating more with what we're

gonna get from this year I have five comic book

films in my top 30 to speak to you know You saying

it was a good great year for comic book films.

I definitely think that is a true statement I

want I kind of go back and forth for me as far

as which one's the best comic book of the year

Comic movie I'd whether it's Black Panther or

Avengers Infinity War But those are the two that

are kind of duking it out for me and then I have

three other ones that are real close to it. So

Amanda First of your top five. What do you got

is also? Avengers infinity war. Oh Goes the dynamite

comments. No need to say anything All right,

so for my number five Another film I didn't know

much about going into but was thoroughly impressed

Kind of like my number nine spot highlighting

some some injustices when it comes to race, but

also For me, I think what I like about this one,

especially and for those that don't know, this

is following the main character has three days

left in his parole or probation before he's kind

of free from that. It's kind of following his

last three days. I guess I didn't say the title

yet, but I'm talking about blind spotting. And

I think one thing that we don't know enough about

in our. society is how hard it is for people

who have a record or who have slipped up or who

are on probation or parole or different things

to actually succeed in anything. And it's just

kind of following just the fact that it's only

following a three day span and how how many times

he comes very close to. Having that jeopardy,

you know attached to to violating and going back

to jail or something of that nature I have to

stand out performances when it comes to acting

performances. I Really enjoyed the the rapping

I guess segments of this I thought that was really

entertaining and creative as well a lot of drama

a little bit of comedy in there but a story that

needs to be told and I think more people kind

of need to be aware of how sometimes the decks

can be stacked against these individuals. And

I thought blind spotting was amazing. My one

through five are interchangeable, so depending

on what month you ask me, this could be four,

three, two, one even, but right now it sits at

my number five. Matt, back to you, number four.

All right, number four. I haven't heard it yet.

That's Aunt Boy and his Wasp girlfriend. I really

enjoyed this. It was fun. It was great. I enjoy

that we could still get a smaller story in this

massive universe where in the same year a dude

can kill half of the universe and in that same

year another guy could be all like, hey, I just

want to get a building back real quick. Like

it's very, I mean, you know, you know, you can

make all the jokes you want about small story,

Ant -Man, haha. But like I enjoy that we could

still have a friendly neighborhood Ant -Boy story

when Thanos is existent. Dan, thoughts on Ant

-Man? Yeah, I agree. I think I know what people

are like, how can you do Ant -Man and the Wallace

Pasteur doing the Avengers Infinity War? But

I thought it was exactly what you need. It's

a nice little palette cleanser. Paul Rudd is

just, you know, an American treasure. Thought

you know, I don't know if I like it more or less

than the first Ant -Man But I do think it's you

know, it's a fun it feels very different compared

to other Marvel movies In its ability to kind

of just you know, it's not in New York It's in

its own on the West Coast the father -daughter

relationship and just the mechanics of the shrinking

and stuff like that and I was actually a little

bit I love I love the story of ghost and that

again it was one of a better year when it comes

to Marvel's always had that villain problem,

but I think this they actually had three movies

with at least three other better villains this

year. So yeah, I agree as well Amanda I Found

my 2016 list and Rogue One was number one on

it But that list is bunk because Ghostbusters

is above Civil War and that's wrong So 2016 me

is wrong and I think Civil War is probably better

than Rogue One if we're being honest That's that's

always a fun exercise to go back and look at

our list later on and be like, what was I thinking

type thing? So Amanda your number four this is

a movie I was definitely anticipating and Excuse

me The the opening scenes right out the gate.

I was like, okay, this is how it's gonna be and

It kind of toned down a little bit after that,

but I still enjoyed what I got from it and that's

Fantastic Beasts, Crimes of Grindelwald. I think

there was some cool moments here. I love all

the magic in this world that we're continuing

to get. And I love this new era that we're getting

a glimpse into and these relationships and how

complicated things got in this one. So I really

enjoyed it. I don't know which one you're going

to get more heat for, Predator or Crimes of Grindelwald.

There's a lot of hate out there for both of those

films. Motherfucker, this is my list. Mine Dan

As you say you skipped my number four I get it.

Oh, I switched the order Dan. Sorry. What's your

number? I understand I don't want to I don't

stand in the way I've not seen crime crime couldn't

couldn't wall so I can't comment I have not seen

the other one either the the first one whatever

would Fantastic Beasts was called so So what

my number four was Is sorry is first man? Which

I know is a movie that like it. I'm really kind

of surprised It's not getting any love when it

comes to awards, but surprised and not very surprised

And you know, I like Lala land. I wasn't really

in love It seems like that was a movie that was

very polarizing and I felt myself in the middle.

I'd love whiplash I don't know if I like what

Blasher first man more but you know, it's weird

when you think about it considering that you

know going to the moon is probably the greatest

achievement in mankind, the history of mankind.

And yet it's almost thought about as an afterthought.

I know even when this movie was coming out, people

were like, how can you make a story like that

compelling when you already know the answer?

And I thought what was phenomenal about this

is that it. It showcased just the amount of danger

and what was really going on at that time and

place. It really put you into the headspace of

those astronauts and legitimately into the cockpit

as you kind of looked around and saw that this

thing that's sending you to the moon, it looks

like a glorified children's fort. Using nuts

and bolts that you would find at your Home Depot

and knowing that's the difference between you

and the vacuum of space is kind of incredible.

And the opening sequence is a good example of

that. It's one of the, you know, it's heart pounding.

It's even, it's well executed and Chazelle's

direction is phenomenal. But of course, like

really that in a way, oddly enough, it is an

afterthought because this is really just about

a man and his attempt to grieve the loss of his

daughter. And I did not, ignorant going into

this, but I did not realize that, you know, game

and lost a child. And that was something that

he felt. But I just thought it was still moving

in that element. And I was not expecting it to

be that emotional. And I know it's really laid

back. It doesn't have a lot of maybe those big

moments people would expect. And even Ryan Gosling's

performance, it's measured, but when he needs

to be, I think it's really affecting, especially

the ending sequence, I think is one of the best

of the year as well. So I was, I don't know,

I just thought that was phenomenal, what it was

able to accomplish and its ability to kind of

humanize kind of this figure that is kind of

larger than humanity within itself and just showing

just the pain he was going through. you know

i thought it was phenomenal in that realm so

it was actually my number one for quite a while

until i got caught up with some more movies but

uh yeah and i really kind of disappointed that

we're not seeing this as nominated for best picture

because i think it it checks all those boxes

but it checks all the boxes and it's also really

good film as well so Yeah, I'm surprised too,

especially with 10 options and I'm only putting

the eight films in how this one didn't get a

ninth spot or something of that nature. This

one has an asterisk for me in my ranking. It's

right now sitting at number 12 on my list, but

that is only because I've only seen 85 % of it.

caught the end yet. So I don't have a complete

viewing to kind of rank this, I guess, accurately.

But yes, definitely some moments about Neil Armstrong

that I didn't know about and a lot of emotional

pull here. I'm looking forward to finishing it,

but until then I can't kind of rank this one

accurately. But I am also very surprised, given

Chazelle's pedigree and the content and stuff

like that, that not more people are talking about

First Man here towards the award season. and

swing for sure. Amanda, you've also only seen

part of it as well, but what did you think of

First Man? I think that it was something that

we should see. It was a side of things that we

definitely should have been able to view so we

can appreciate the event more. And I think that

Ryan Gosling's performance as Dan said was measured,

but sometimes He frustrated me as a person it

was like just not emoting enough and I don't

know how true that is to me Neil Armstrong Yeah,

and my dad's the same way. So I don't know. It's

fucking irritating but Yeah, I just needed a

little bit War from him. It was frustrating how

much of a brick wall he was even to his own family

at times So and then when he dropped the like

a little girl girls What was it bracelet bracelet?

Yeah? Like that no, why would you do that? I

Get it, but I don't it was frustrating. All right

But yeah, we definitely need to catch the ending

so we can get get that complete viewing in Matt

Top three. What do you got? I mean, oh wait,

I haven't gone yet. God. I am screwing up so

bad. I want Dan to go before Amanda No, okay

my number four real quick. It's already been

talked about maybe that's why I was bypassing

it It was already on Amanda's list again I think

one of the ones that came out early in the year

and then just kind of got forgotten and that

is a quiet place I loved a quiet place. It was

number two on my list for probably six to eight

months of the year dropped a little bit towards

the end down to number four, but I Really enjoyed

a quiet place. I think this is one that's going

to stand the test of time and people are going

to enjoy a lot of cool parts about it and the

alien section or monster section I guess what

was also cool I know some people had a problem

with how it ended I did not I enjoyed a quiet

place quite a bit now Matt you can go with number

three man that movie looks so scary it's pretty

frightful My number three has been talked about

It's this is gonna be it's it's on the most list

so far because it's infinity war like that's

three lists, right? We're doing pretty good.

I like that one. It was good. Like I you know

It's not perfect like I think I think Thanos

is a better villain than we usually get but there's

still some some weird qualities to it like Wiping

out half the population of the universe like

it's not a solution Because you're not creating

more resources. You're just taking longer to

depreciate through that. I don't know. But he

can make it dumb. He can make it dumb and then

he punches. That's Thanos. Thanos in a nutshell.

I like it. All right, Dan, right back to you.

I'm going to get the order right this time around.

Number three for you. Number three is actually

another Netflix movie. And I think in many years,

this would be a number one for me. And I think

on a sheer filmmaking standpoint, it probably

deserves to be, and that's Alfonso Caron's Roma,

which it was really, honestly, I started a few

times and stopped just because I just wasn't

in the mood for it. Because it is a very, talk

about measured, a very measured, quiet, and really

Deliberately paced movie, but I think if you

can settle in and I was actually hoping to see

this on the big screen because I knew it'd be

nominated for best picture and I go to this best

picture showcase but then emc decided to not

show it which is kind of that's a whole nother

story, but So unfortunately like I knew I wasn't

gonna see it on the big screen So I might as

well see it at home and I'm glad I did because

it I was just really honestly surprised by By

the end and obviously Anila would be you know

masterfully crafted that the cinematography Cinematography

is phenomenal. It's just some of the shots. He's

able to to do is just like we lose that You know,

how do you how do they do that type of thing?

When it comes to film today because obviously

we have computer animation and we can kind of

use that the answer that question but with that

with this film that wasn't the case the beach

scene at the end is in particular, but I was

actually just kind of surprised by how the slow

moving emotional drama really builds up to this

kind of crescendo in the sequence that is kind

of highlighted on the poster. And I was just

really surprised by how moved I was in that moment.

And it is touching film. I do wonder though,

like if it is, it's this story about his personal,

the caregiver they had when he was growing up.

I wonder if, you know, is it kind of congratulatory

type of thing where they're kind of looking back

at her life and also thinking about how they

bettered it and she bettered them. But I don't

necessarily think that's the case. And I did

wrestle with that a little bit. You know, is

this kind of giving that family more credit than

it deserves? But I think it really also shows

kind of their cracks in how they didn't treat

her like they should have. And, you know, coming

from a family that, you know, was probably blessed

more on Roma than it is on Crohn's. I did feel

like it was able to kind of show how sometimes

even people that are taking care of you can be

kind of just negated and not thought about, especially

in a sequence where she has to go to the hospital

and you see just how little they actually know

about her. But it ended up by the end kind of

celebrating her in the life and just seeing how

she's able to connect with that family. due to

the failings that's occurring there. So yeah,

it's probably not for everyone. Talking about

boring, it's probably going to be boring for

a lot of people because it's not in a hurry to

get anywhere anytime fast. It's a foreign language

film. But I just crown it one of our best filmmakers

in this ability to be versatile, but always we

can do something that's usually a huge spectacle

like Gravity, but something like this that is

a little bit much more low key and much more

just straightforward human drama. So that's why

it's my number three. I know exactly what you're

saying as far as having to be in the right headspace

because I've tried to start this twice and I

haven't got past like the 15 minute mark. So

I eventually would like to give it a shot. It's

something I had zero interest in as far as like

the the story and the subject matter. But he

he does do some impressive filmmaking. I'll give

him that and I need to give it a shot. But you

got to be in the right headspace, I guess. Or

I have to be in the right headspace to view it

because I can. Haven't got past 15 minutes so

far. But definitely getting a lot of praise as

it seemingly should. Amanda, now I got it in

the right order. You are up for your number three.

This is a recent watch and it was a hard one.

Definitely difficult to get through. A lot of

emotions that you are drug through in here. Not

a lot of them good. And definitely a very real

problem for a lot of families and affects way

too many people. And that's life itself. Steve

Carell. Or not life itself. What is the Steve

Carell one we just watched? I just wrote down

the wrong one. Beautiful Boy. Beautiful Boy.

Yes, that's correct. I read this wrong on the

list. Beautiful Boy. Beautiful boy. About the

opioid addiction? Yeah. Or just drugs in general.

Yeah, it was just so difficult to see this family

struggling, seeing this dad struggle, see this

situation tear this family apart and go through

that whole struggle with them. It's a hard...

Hard process. Yeah, I thought I was very impressed

by Steve Carell. I thought he was amazing in

this role. I thought Just kind of see you've

seen the struggle without him even needing to

say anything just through his actions through

the looks on his face the body language I thought

he did a very good job with that. Obviously Was

it Timothy Shalom Shalom is the other individual?

He's doing a great job as well And this is it's

a heartbreaking film to watch because you you

know when you're watching something like this

that the chances of it turning out well or getting

solved is so Miniscule when someone's dealing

with that type of demon and that that type of

disease and I I'm glad you had this on the other

side I haven't had a lot of chance to think about

it a lot since we just watched it sitting right

now at number 14 for me, but I thought it was

a very Very important movie a lot of important

subject matter and just like you said a very

hard watch The like text at the end definitely

picks you back up after this whole movie is like

beating the shit out of you It's definitely interesting

too because it's dealing with two different I

don't know if you want to call memoirs or two

different novel or autobiographical type of Writings

from from two different angles So it's kind of

interesting how they deal with that and put it

together into this one movie. So Yeah, I actually

just recently saw this too and I love the performances

like I think like you're right see if grow and

Timothée Chalamet are great I do feel like though

but the direction kept getting in the way at

times and like I understand the structure is

supposed to represent like kind of that the endless

cycle of You know we have trying to kick addiction,

but at times it just it felt so offsetting and

to the point of like confusion that it just it

hindered that for me because it was just I don't

know. I mean, I'm just wasn't strong. It's not

enough to follow up at a time. It was just I

kept getting lost and and where we were and kind

of where he was going. But I but the message

is obviously strong. It's I talked about that

documentary recovery. Boris, it's something similar.

And like I mentioned, the performances like you

are are great. Like Chalmine is just now he's

having quite a few quite the last few years.

He's you know with this and. Oh, call me by your

name. He's really kind of showing he's probably

one of the best actors out there right now And

only a few films. Yeah for sure. I agree with

that For I'm not gonna skip myself this time.

So my number three This is like the biggest movie

movie of the year for me like checking all the

boxes of like I guess I don't know if you want

to call it a blockbuster but just like that movie

that kind of captures the the nation's attention

so to speak and the reason why its Ranked so

high on my list all the way up at number three

is because I have not stopped thinking about

this film I don't think since I've since I saw

it and I'm talking about a star is born With

Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga Obviously, it's

getting a lot of attention a lot of buzz, but

this is not just I don't feel like it's one of

those movies That's just getting the buzz and

the attention and whatnot just because of a song.

It's it's much more than that There is some heart

-wrenching moments in this film. Sam Elliott

is incredible in this film I'm glad he got some

attention in the award season circuit And I didn't

know that it would have that lasting impact But

like I don't think there's been a week since

I've seen this film that at least at one point

I haven't thought about different scenes from

the film or or different things like that So

interesting that they were able to do that You

know given the fact that it's like what the fourth

or fifth time they tried to do this story over

the the decades or something of that nature so

Stars born as my number three Matt your number

two My number two is Black Panther. It's been

talked about. It's great. They did some things

with claw that I wasn't expecting, but otherwise

that was fine. I liked Black Panther. It was

good. I don't know, man. I can't really top you

guys. You guys are all talking about movies and

stuff. All I've got is jokes. It was weird the

way... What was it? Fortis Whittaker's character

died. That was weird. I love it. I like your

jokes, Matt. So keep them coming, please. That's

all I got. Dan, what do you got at your number

two? My number two. So I mentioned that Will

You Be My Neighbor is my highest rated documentary,

although number two is very docudrama -esque,

and it's The Rider, which is the story about

real life, actually real life. Cowboy who has

an accident is he unable to that right in being

the rodeo and any further he's dealing with that

You know this connection basically the thing

that's defined him as an individual is taken

away His value is no longer there and he's struggling

with that It's there's you know These are this

is a movie that's filled with non actors. I think

one of my favorite movie last year was The for

the project which you know i will in the phone

but that he was just mostly not actors this has

no answers what so you know whatsoever but you

never you never realize that and it's a key to

the director because you know it's it seems like

all these people just being themselves but getting

people to be themselves is quite the challenge

and i want to be on the movie and just it even

though this is obviously movie about you know

i've never i've written a horse a few times but

i'm clearly not a cowboy. But I just I thought

it's an ability to kind of to tell the story

and it's kind of especially You see this world

a world. It's not very talked about the world

that's fairly rarely focused on when it comes

to film and seeing kind of how the This is entirely

different type of lifestyle and just realizing

just how there wouldn't go in a situation where

there's no escape and how basically everyone

around you is telling you what you should do

or should be. The idea of what masculinity truly

means, but never really hammering that home or

never really feeling like it's being a message

film. But ultimately too, I think I know movies

working for me when small moments. can have a

huge emotional impact. It's one thing for a scene

that goes on forever or that's this over -the

-top scene to have an emotional impact. But when

it's a small moment, again, it can do that. It's

working. Last year, one of my favorite films

was only 1974, and it was just people eating

cereal. But it meant something to that character

and to that story. In this, it was just a head

nod. It was just a nice head nod. that just had

an emotional connection that wasn't there for

much of the film before. There's a lot of touching

moments in this. When you see, again, some other

people that have had, there's a scene with a

former rodeo rider who was Dealing with them

even more severe injury and you see his friend

just trying to live it letting him relive that

magic and it's again It's where the document

docudrama aspect comes in because that's that's

a real -life emotional moment You know, that's

not something that you could legitimately script

or when I come off as us as authentic as it does

So this who I really struggled hard with thinking

about putting this as my number one Really my

top three I think or even arguably my top four

You know could be different in a week, but for

right now. It's my number two. It's the writer

All right a lot of good things. I've heard about

that one, but it is a blind spot for me We have

not caught up with that one yet Amanda only two

picks left. What's your number two? Ah This is

one that I wasn't expecting to like as much as

I did, but it definitely had a lot of staying

power with me and something I want to catch back

up on, but was able to really pull those emotions

through the years is what I think we saw fairly

early on as well. That's the woman walks ahead.

I think that is a great story. Another story

that had a lot of truth to it based on true events

and real people. And I think that This is Jessica

Chastain, right? I think she did a great job

here in a movie akin to hostels, but had a slightly

more upbeat feel, but held true to telling the

story and to telling the struggle. Yeah, I think

this is one too that I enjoyed a lot. It happened

so early in the year that... It didn't quite

stay with me as much but I definitely enjoyed

it remember enjoying it when we watched it much

in the same vein Like you said as hostiles my

number two. Hey, this was a film that was number

one on my list for 11 months But doesn't end

up the year I guess at number one, but maybe

ask me next week and it'll jump back over But

it was number one since we saw it early on in

the year and that would be annihilation Amanda

You already talked about it. I love me some sci

-fi especially some I don't know complicated

thinking man sci -fi film and not just like a

blockbuster sci -fi film much like I liked with

her and ex Machina Annihilation was amazing if

you want to see a film that you're gonna be thinking

about For quite some time afterwards and trying

to dissect and figure out and and analyze and

stuff like that And this is the film for you.

I think it was freaking amazing I think it's

gonna have some staying power and be talked about

for decades to come and Jodie Foster was Jodie

Foster all the people involved in it were yeah,

Natalie Portman and The the cast which was Oscar

Isaac. Yep You're just going to name all the

cast for me. You're not naming anybody. I'm struggling.

But I like the entire cast, really. And it had

some interesting choices and people that you

wouldn't think, you know, put all these random

people together and it's going to work. But I

thought it worked very well. I think the ending

is very complicated and very interesting. And

that's what I want in a sci fi film. So Annihilation,

I want to watch it again. It was my favorite

film for almost the entire year. That's my number

two. Matt, what takes the number one spot for

you for 2018? Annihilation was so spooky looking.

I thought you didn't like the spooky. It's it's

like spooky in a way that I can handle. And I

had two spooky films, I guess, with A Quiet Place

and Annihilation on my list. Yeah, man. It's

too bad you didn't see Bird Box. I'm converting

him. Oh, no, I saw that. I didn't like that.

Oh, OK, good. Good. It's my number one spider

-man. This one has all of them in it. It's got

the one that's a pig It's got the one that's

a Nick Cage That's real weird because if you

read if you read the old comics that that that

the Nick Cage is from he's only like 16 and he's

like it's not good like it's a bad there's no

Nazis in it like it's real weird that they they

they were like we're gonna take this story and

then like Assume it. I don't jump it 15 years

forward and then and then we're gonna take that

character and he's just gonna be in this one

with the anime girl It's great. Like I don't

know. It's so much fun. Like they did so many

things They even did a they they added it was

the spider 20 -minute 2099 and spider -man 1960s

cartoon like jokes like what are they doing with

the spider -man on this one? It's great. You

should see it if you have it I agree with everything

Matt just said Yeah, what else can you say besides

what you just said? Damn time for your number

one pick. All right Well, I talked about how

you know, it's trying to count the movies as

of right now We've had a few crossovers, but

we've talked about 30 films, which is pretty

incredible as we're getting to our number one

So we have not had that many not have one yet

show up in all three or all four last one and

three and a couple and two. But my number one

film is one that actually has been talked about

already. Kevin, you mentioned it and it's Blindspotting

is my number one movie of the year. It was a

challenge naming my number one movie, as I mentioned,

like my top three, my top four are really, really

close to one another. And I ultimately went with

Blindspotting because for a few reasons, I always

appreciate it when a movie can make you like

feel just a cavalcade of different emotions,

and that is blind spotting. It is funny one moment,

it is humorous, it's tense, the next, it is just,

you know. devastating near the end. You mentioned

the rap sequence, which is kind of a combination

of all those different things. It also is a movie

with, I think, something to say, and it's very

much represents kind of this time and place in

an effective way, but also not in a way that

feels like it will age poorly, because I think

it's hitting on a lot of topics that are vital.

Obviously, we're talking about experience talking

about police brutality, gentrification, but never.

It clearly it has a point of view and it is.

expressing that point of view with a vigor and

with an emotional edge that makes it work. And

there's just really nothing else quite like it.

And like I said, the performances are all phenomenal

as well. And it's also entertaining and it can

do all that and not feel disjointed. It can do

all that and not feel like you're watching different

movies and it feels like everyone's in the same

movie. And some of the sequences, there's this

fight that breaks out in this bar, a handgun

sequence, which was just, it kind of comes out

of nowhere. And you could say it's a little bit

forceful, but in the moment, man, it just jaw

dropped and your stomach just is in knots as

you're just watching this thing come out. And

as you mentioned, Kevin is also just talking

about really just the justice system in general

and how you can kind of get stuck in a situation

and not have an ability to find your way out.

Um, so yeah, that's why I was my number one.

I think that's one thing it does very well with

the main character that it's following his show

like Clearly this guy is not trying to do anything

wrong Like he's he's trying to be a good individual

a good citizen He's trying to not screw up and

stuff like that and just to see the number of

times that he still even with all those good

intentions Almost does um end up messing up.

It's just like crazy but so real. And that's

again another reason why it works so well for

me. Amanda, it's time for the unveiling. What

do you have as your number one film of 2018?

You don't even know! I don't. Game Nights! Game

Nights! I had so much fucking fun with this movie.

It had me dying laughing. I loved all of these

characters. It was so ridiculous. Had me on the

edge of my seat 10s. The best forehead in all

of 2018. What the best forehead of 2018 what

do you mean Jesse Plemons? It's just like his

forehead and his face facial expressions the

blankness. Oh Yeah, and I had just seen the episode

of black mirror with that guy in it so it was

totally funny to see him in a different kind

of role and Jason Bateman is always hilarious

and I dug this like setup because we do game

nights and I feel like They're not this serious,

but I can see how it could go there. And I love

their relationships as friends and as couples.

And there was just so many twists and turns.

I loved it. For me, as far as a straight comedy

goes, best of the year for what I watched. So

I love that pick. Dan, do you see Game Night?

Yeah, it's a lot of fun. It's probably my wife's

favorite movie of the year. It's also I think

you probably the best date night movie and just

a great action comedy Yeah, that we don't get

nearly enough of so agreed For my number one

film has not been talked about yet, but I really

enjoyed my time with it I didn't know what to

expect going in Kind of has some connections

to a couple of other films that I've listed off

and apparently I have a new gotta have one of

my new favorite actors going in John David Washington.

I'm talking about Black Klansmen and I cannot

get over, first off just as an aside, I cannot

get over how much John David Washington and Denzel

Washington have the same voice. Almost distracting

to me to a point because if you're not watching

the screen, it's Denzel talking But it's actually

his son talking and they have the same tone the

same Intonation the same pacing. It's like literally

they're the same person when they speak but obviously

it's a different person but this film again in

our day and time with everything that's going

on with racial race relations and whatnot. I

think Spike Lee definitely is back on top of

his game. And I was very impressed by this whole

situation. It's such a such a bizarre and almost

comedic setup as you have an African -American

being inducted into the KKK and kind of how that

works. And Like a lot of movies that we've talked

about kind of a movie that has a lot of different

emotions all in one so you have some very comedic

moments You have some very tense moments. You

have some very, you know gut -wrenching dramatic

moments So I think it kind of takes you through

a journey where you're experiencing all kinds

of stuff I can see how some people might have

an issue with the the ending kind of montage

Being a maybe for some people out of place But

I think it just hits home because I it does such

a good job for me of taking a film that is obviously

set in Past decades that you're like, oh, you

know It's easy for people to say when we're talking

about racism or when we're talking about civil

rights and stuff like that that they always want

to Place that in the past and they always want

to be like, oh, yeah people were crazy back then

and this movie does a good job of kind of Bringing

it back full circle and being like no people

are still crazy today I mean, I know a lot of

us know that that kind of are intelligent and

keep up with things and whatnot But it's just

like hey, you know know this this same type of

mentality is still happening today And it's a

very important movie and at the end of the year

Just took over annihilation for my number one

spot. That is black Klansman Matt do you want

to real quick run down your ten through one in

case people forgot and then we'll Circle back

and get any honorable mentions of anybody wants

to throw out All right, going from 10 down, I

got the house with the clock in its walls, Isle

of Dogs, Oceans 8, Venom, Little Italy, Solo,

a Star Wars story, Ant -Man and the Wasp, Avengers,

Infinity War, Black Panther, and Spider -Man

into the Spider... Spider -Man into the Spider

-Verse. I accidentally wrote Spider -Man into

the Spider -Man on my... Dan, what do you got?

I have private life. The death of Stalin spider

-man into the spider -man verse Seven is leave

no trace. Won't you be my neighbor five is Avengers

infinity war? First man number three is Roma

the writer and in number one. I have blind spotting.

I made a I need to make a correction I was right

with life itself. That's the movie. We just watched

with Oscar Isaac, right? Yes, so I was correct

You looked at me funny and I thought I fucking

panicked and I'm like wait, that's the movie

that Dan was talking about I didn't mean to throw

you off. You did. So what's your 10 -1? I'll

just blame you anyways. So my 10 -1 is Annihilation,

Predator, Hotel Artemis, A Quiet Place, Black

Panther, Avengers Infinity War, Crimes of Grindelwald,

and it's life itself, which I liked because it

was very much like A Place Beyond the Pines,

which also is one of my faves, and... My number

two was Woman Walks Ahead. Number one is Game

Night. All right. My number 10 was Can You Ever

Forgive Me? If Beale Street Could Talk, Leave

No Trace, Please Stand By, Bad Times at the El

Royale, Blindspotting, A Quiet Place, A Star

Is Born, Annihilation, and my number one was

Black Clansman. Matt, dying to know what didn't

make your list. So there's two that did make

the list. One I've mentioned, I don't know, half

a dozen times. That's the Grinch. It was... It

was number 12 worthy on a list of 12. Let's say

that much. My number 11 was a movie I watched

last night at roughly midnight. Was on my most

anticipated list, if you can believe it, at number,

ooh, can't find it, whatever, like 20. It was

Robin Hood. What are they doing with that? I

mean, it's not bad. It's it's got some problematic

elements to it, to be sure. Ben Mendelsohn is

just playing Orson Krennic again, which is good

because he's good at that job. Like, I like him

in a suit. I don't know why he's wearing like

a three piece suit in like the 13th century.

Oh, also 13th century. I don't know. That's when

the Third Crusade was. But also, like, I mean,

the time they open up with like in a time that

we're not going to say the year of. And then

like it's all like, hey, we're during the Third

Crusade and it's like, oh, well, that's a very

Googleable thing and then like you Google that

and it's like that happened in like the 12th

century and then like they get they got like

Springs and shit. It's like those didn't happen.

Like I don't know man. It's it's weird. It's

not terrible It's better than the Grinch. I mean

I said that much I just like I don't know there

hasn't been a good Robin Hood movie in a while,

huh guys? Oh, that is a for sure thing. We watched

the other day and it was all over the place.

Like what was going on with that film? It was

better than Mortal Engines, though. I'll give

it that much. Oh man, I want to see that Amanda

Actually, actually actually actually actually

I like right before we started recording or you

mean right before like we were at well I was

I was doing grocery shopping at Walmart before

we started recording and while I was waiting

for my wife at one point I was reading the mortal

engines book and it wasn't that bad I'm not sure

if the books good or not is not so good So, Amanda,

honorable mentions. What didn't make your list?

Only the Brave, Bad Times at El Royale, Jurassic

World, Fallen Kingdom, Aquaman, Code of Chrome,

Deadpool 2, Fahrenheit 457. And I didn't know

if I could do this or not. I didn't really just

include, it was like, I don't know if it was

a movie or a show, it was The Haunting of Hill

House. Because there was episodes. I'm not familiar

with what that is. Yeah, it's a show on Netflix.

So it wasn't a movie. But if it was a movie,

it would have been my fucking number one. Your

number one? Mm -hmm. Oh, nice. I've heard great

things about it. Dan, what missed your list?

A bunch, actually. Yeah, yeah. Eighth grade was

really close to making my top 10. I mentioned

mining the gap already. Mission Impossible, Fallout,

which I think straight action films was... pretty

phenomenal. First Reformed was up there. Island

Dogs, Black Panther, the Korean film Burning.

Probably the best family film of the year, Paddington

2. Another really great coming -of -age film.

Actually, I think it's still streaming on Amazon

Prime. Lean on Pete, which is kind of devastating

to watch. And Omen in the Gun. Matt, if you like

heist films, I think that's a great one for Redford.

And also talking about heist American animals,

which is I think not getting much love. I think

I probably like that movie a lot more than most.

It's directed by the man, the guy who did The

Imposter, which is one of my favorite documentaries

of the decade. And it's kind of deconstructs.

the kind of the glorification of the heist movie

in a way, but does it in an entertaining way.

And then Black Plansman, as you mentioned, is

up there. Can you ever forgive me? El Royale.

Yeah. So I'm actually just going to post my everything.

Watch rank list on letterbox and people can see

it there. So nice. Nice. My list will be posted

there as well I think it's a got a hundred and

ten films or so and I got them all ranked up

there But my twenty through eleven just real

quick was operation finale Thoroughbred's woman

walks ahead like Amanda had Hotel Artemis was

also on Amanda's list minding the gap which I'm

gonna ask Amanda about real quick in a second

Kodachrome a beautiful boy game night first man

And I think I'm the only person that enjoyed

this film, but the legacy of a whitetail deer

hunter. I found pretty funny Amanda, Minding

the Gap, showing up on a lot of people's top

10 lists, a lot of people's best documentaries,

it's up for Oscars, etc. What did you think of

that? I know a couple people that I talked to

were interested in some of our takes since we

live in the town or next to the town or you lived

in the town where it was filmed. You know some

of the people involved in the film. What was

your take on Minding the Gap? It was not easy

to watch. It's a lot of the stuff is a lot of

the circles that I ran with when I was younger.

And I was never like a skateboarder kid, but

I always had skateboarder friends. They were

always filming. They're always out, you know,

trying to to to just be a skater. You know what

I mean? Like it was a total lifestyle. And it's

huge in this area, especially with it being sort

of prohibited in some areas. I feel like it tests

people to try to push this envelope and put themselves

out there and really make it a whole lifestyle

because you have to commit like that. And it

also shows in a lot of the generation that's

mine now in their work ethic and what jobs they're

in and um the mindset that they have and a lot

of this I had to really work to get away from

and it was it was weird seeing it from this point

of view seeing it depicted here this way instead

of just being watching my friends go through

this and Trying not to be some of those stereotypes

that we're seeing in this film and working really

hard to just get out of that culture and to to

You know move past it as an adult because so

many of them just get stuck in in that same you

know mindset which we do see in the film and

I think that it's very representative of Rockford

and Rockford youth, especially in that generation.

The few connections that I have to this film,

they're not feel -good things. A lot of the archival

footage was put together by a few people. I call

him a kid because he was a kid when I first met

him. and he recently passed away because he was

still into this lifestyle and decided to take

some LSD and then you know his parents find him

dead in his room in the morning this is just

uh not even a month ago and his dad like is a

chef at one of the restaurants here in town that's

kind of like a premier dining place. It's a jam

cane upon. And he even like cooked for me on

my birthday one time, like really happy, nice

people and just like stuff like this is happening

all over. And then to see, you know, also on

the other turn of the coin is is a kid that used

to just be a kid that hung around with my group.

And now he's made a huge documentary that's that's

getting all kinds of buzz. And I hardly even

said two words to the kid because he's so quiet

and reserved and just always filming and you

know kind of Dealing now that you see what he's

he was going through you see the reason why he

was the way he was because What he was dealing

with was it surreal for you to see a film that

took place in areas that you recognize streets

and buildings that you knew and grew up with

and That nature or was it just kind of like oh,

I know that place it's It's hard to say because

you see those things Every day you see these

same places all the time you you see these people

doing things that you yourself have done in these

places and it's it's kind of surreal because

you I don't know. Maybe if I was seen it in the

movie theater would have been different besides

seeing it at my house because you see that in

Commercials for the news, you know what I mean?

Like those same places now, so it's it's a little

I don't know. It's different. All right. Well,

thanks for sharing that. I know, like I said,

a couple of people were interested in our perspective,

but I don't have the same perspective as you

did because I didn't necessarily know the people

and I didn't grow up in that exact same area.

The closest I could be is, hey, one of our work

or my work meetings are always next to this one

skate park and I see people skating out there,

but I didn't. That's the most I had. Right. So

thanks for sharing with that, Matt. Oh man, I

did not know about that movie at all and I didn't

know that Bing did it. Did you know that I ran

with Bing for quite a while? No, I did not. Actually,

if you go on my old Vimeo account... There's

a there's a story I did a lot less story a video

that Nate and I did 11 years ago Where Bing was

the first commenter and he's like man, that's

good in this part like He commented on my acting

over a decade ago. It's nuts that he's out there

making an award -winning movie and stuff like

Yeah, we can you know do some more stuff here.

He's easy. He's always been good What you said

me before what hi? I don't remember what I was

saying you for So that is our our list for 2018

Dan's can put his list on letterbox. Mine will

be as well Amanda might put her list on there

too if she has time, but she's super busy. So

maybe not I don't know So that's our top films

of 2018 we're gonna have some some more content

with you as far as some movie awards as you kind

of go through the award season and Dan and I

might be throwing some extra content at you you

as well because we are getting close to wrapping

up an entire decade. So there's a lot of stuff

to think about when we're doing that type of

look back and retrospective. So everybody just

quickly give out your Twitter information. If

people have questions on any of the films in

your top 10 or questions for you in general,

Amanda, what's your Twitter? You can find me

at hard candy Mandy eyes. No eyes. Matt, I am

at Fridley sent Dan on that movie revolt. And

I am at Optima Solo, or you can tweet the show

at CinemaGeekCast. That's it for us for this

week. Tune in next time for another chance to

listen to the CinemaGeeks.