This year’s1 list is shorter than the previous three, thanks to my two month break from the cinemas in June and July.23
Like the previous iterations (see: 2016 2015 2014), this is in reverse-chronological order.4
The tl;dr version?
“Molly’s Game” makes the top of my list5 with “Your Name.”6 and “Thor: Ragnarok” not far behind. “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” might make my top 50.78
THE FULL LIST
Molly’s Game9
Star Wars: The Last Jedi10
Lady Bird11
Justice League12
Murder on the Orient Express
Suburbicon13
Blade Runner 2049
Thor: Ragnarok14
Logan Lucky15
Kingsman: The Golden Circle16
The Hitman’s Bodyguard17
Baby Driver18
Wonder Woman19
The Dark Tower20
Dunkirk21
The Mummy22
Free Fire23
Alien: Covenant24
The Fate of the Furious25
Your Name.26
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
Life27
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 228
Logan29
Lego Batman
The Great Wall30
John Wick: Chapter 231
Moonlight
Kong: Skull Island32
A Cure for Wellness
Gold33
XXX: Return of Xander Cage34
Patriots Day35
Jackie36
- There are still a few days to go at the time of publishing, but this is going to be it. [↩]
- blame: Iceland. and Ireland. and… the PNW. If you’re into blaming Canada for everything, do so… [↩]
- along with my focusing on… other projects. [↩]
- IMO, 2017 > 2016. [↩]
- If sorted by reverse-chronology or by awesomeness [↩]
- Don’t trip out over my punctuation: The. period. is. part. of. the. movie. title. [↩]
- If you think that’s savage, buy me a drink and I’ll tell you what I really think… [↩]
- However this is especially savage when you consider that I barely saw 30 movies this year. I know, I’m slipping… [↩]
- This was very good, in a “so ridiculous that it’s almost inspiring” kind of way. No, I swear, I don’t plan on doing anything illegal o_0 [↩]
- If you’re heading to the movies and have a choice between this and “Molly’s Game”, please: watch “Molly’s Game”. [↩]
- This was good. [↩]
- I give props to DC for casting Khal Drogo as Aquaman – just not a cool, tough sounding superhero otherwise. [↩]
- Matt Damon’s finest moment, this is not. [↩]
- I kept seeing the phrase “Best Marvel movie ever” thrown around before I saw it. I scoffed. Turns out it wasn’t that wrong… [↩]
- Ocean’s Eleven with rednecks, and a NASCAR race in place of a casino [↩]
- Not quite as charming as the original. Either really bad or fairly entertaining – still not sure which… [↩]
- You need some decent Sam L. every now and then… [↩]
- Had to watch this on BluRay after my summer travels… [↩]
- Another one I had to watch on BluRay. Very unlike DC – meaning very good – though I thought it slipped in the final act. [↩]
- I’ve read absolutely ZERO of the books, but I thought it was pretty decent… until it apparently runs out of reel in the last 20 minutes or so. [↩]
- Like any Chris Nolan movie, I hope you saw this in genuine IMAX. I wonder what he’s working on next… [↩]
- Ugh. Tom Cruise’s finest moment, this is NOT. If you’re debating watching the home release: Do not. [↩]
- I had to Google this, as I totally forgot what it was about. Long story short: Brie Larson. [↩]
- Still mad that I had to sit next to a six-year old for this at the freaking ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE… [↩]
- a.k.a., Fast and Furious 8 [↩]
- Goodness this was good! [↩]
- That ending though… almost begs for a sequel, just for the post-apocalyptic entertainment value. [↩]
- I didn’t like it as much as the first, though I know others disagree [↩]
- Not to be confused with “Logan Lucky”. This one has nothing to do with rednecks heisting a NASCAR race… [↩]
- Matt Damon’s finest moment, this is definitively NOT. [↩]
- Not nearly as good as the first – which was greatness. But a pencil, you do see… [↩]
- They’re trying to tie this in with Godzilla to do some super-villian mashup, Avengers-style? … … … really?! [↩]
- You need some decent Matthew McConaughey every now and then… [↩]
- My propensity for cheesy Vin Diesel and all… [↩]
- Markie Mark in his typical heroic tear-jerker – this one about the Boston marathon bombing [↩]
- Mathilda has come a long way~ [↩]