Tuesday, July 31, 2018

The First 100 Films of 2018: The Best and Worst


It's been a consistently good year so far, with an exceptionally high average star rating of 2.32.

Through the first 100 films of 2018, I've awarded four stars twice, three-and-a-half stars six times, and one star only twice. That's virtually unprecedented.


4 stars (in chronological order)
Lean on Pete
Won't You Be My Neighbor? (D)

3.5 stars (in chronological order)
Den of Thieves
Ready Player One
Outside In
Who We Are Now
Leave No Trace
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot



1 star (in chronological order)
All Summers End
The Year of Spectacular Men

Custody, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Don't Worry He Won't Get Far on Foot, Love Cecil, McQueen, Generation Wealth, The Equalizer 2, Dark Money, Mission Impossible: Fallout, Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood, Puzzle, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Killer Bees

Killer Bees



Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again



Puzzle



Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood



Mission Impossible: Fallout



Dark Money



The Equalizer 2



Generation Wealth



McQueen



Love, Cecil



Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot



A Midsummer Night's Dream




Custody




The Year of Spectacular Men, Half the Picture, Izzy Gets the F**k Across Town, The Cakemaker, Leave No Trace, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf, Three Identical Strangers, Whitney, Under the Tree, Eighth Grade, Skyscraper, Ideal Home

Ideal Home



Skyscraper



Eighth Grade



Under the Tree



Whitney



Three Identical Strangers



Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf



Sicario: Day of the Soldado



Leave No Trace



The Cakemaker



Izzy Gets the F**k Across Town



Half the Picture




The Year of Spectacular Men




All Summers End, Who We Are Now, American Animals, On Chesil Beach, Hearts Beat Loud, Won't You Be My Neighbor?, A Kid Like Jake, Nancy, Ocean's Eight, Bernard and Huey, Saving Brinton, Vivienne Westwood: Punk Icon Activist, Tag

Tag



Vivienne Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist



Saving Brinton



Bernard and Huey



Ocean's Eight



Nancy



A Kid Like Jake



Won't You Be My Neighbor?



Hearts Beat Loud



On Chesil Beach



American Animals



Who We Are Now




All Summers End




RBG, Let the Sunshine In, Tully, The Seagull, Life of the Party, Book Club, First Reformed, Always at the Carlyle, The Gospel According to Andre, Mountain, Beast, Summer 1993, Sollers Point

Sollers Point



Summer 1993



Beast



Mountain



The Gospel According to Andre



Always at the Carlyle



First Reformed



Book Club



Life of the Party



The Seagull



Tully



Let the Sunshine In




RBG