REELWATCHABILITY : 2012

November 13, 2012

Getting into Oscar Bait Time...good can Lincoln beat Batman?

So Killing them Softly and Flight are probably the 2 best acted films thus far...but are they best? Many more movies to go as 2012 rounds out into a more balanced film year rather than a superhero film year.

July 2, 2012

I want to believe and like your new show Newsroom!!!

But alas Aaron Sorkin after two episodes it is peppered with issues...a few bright moments and a good cast mostly but I am hoping it gets better...please get better!

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The Best Movies of 2023...so far

1. The Holdovers (7.0)
2. Air (6.5)
3. Freemont (6.5)
4. Oppenheimer (6.5)
5. American Fiction (6.5)
6. Barbie (6.5)
7. The Flash (6.5)
8. Past Lives (6.5)
9. Poor Things (6.5)
10. Guardians of the Galaxy 3 (6.5)
Runners Up: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (6.5), Saltburn (6.0), Anatomy of A fall (6.0), Killers of Flower the Moon (6.0), The Iron Claw (6.0), Dungeons & Dragons (6.0), Asteroid City (6.0), The Marvels (6.0), Maestro (6.0), Sound of Freedom (6.0), Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning (6.0), Ferrari (6.0), Leave the World Behind (6.0), You People (5.5), Zone of Interest (5.5), Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (5.5)
Disappointments: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

The Best Movies of 2022...so far

1. Top Gun: Maverick (7.0)
2. The Whale (7.0)
3. Vengeance (6.5)
4. Everything Everywhere All At Once (6.5)
5. Elvis (6.0)
6. Nope (6.0)
7. The Banshees of Inisherin (6.0)
8. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (6.0)
9. Thor Love and Thunder (6.0)
10. The Good House (6.0)
Runners Up: Babylon (6.0), See How They Run (6.0), If These Walls Could Sing (6.0), Nolan (6.0), Bullet Train (6.0), Jurassic World Dominion (6.0), Prey (6.0), Doctor Strange: In the Multiverse of Madness (6.0), Confess, Fletch (6.0), Black Adam (6.0), Downfall: The Case Against Boeing (6.0), Spirited (6.0), Chernobyl The Lost Tapes (5.5), Scream (5.5), The Gray Man (5.5), Uncharted (5.5)
Disappointments: The Batman, Morbuis, Fantastic Beasts: Secrets of Dumbledore, Moonfall, Deep Water

The Best Movies of 2021...so far

1. Belfast (6.5)
2. CODA (6.5)
3. The Tender Bar (6.5)
4. Spiderman: No Way Home (6.5)
5. Ghostbusters: Afterlife (6.5)
6. King Richard (6.0)
7. Shang-Chi (6.0)
8. Coming 2 America (6.0)
9. Being the Ricardos (6.0)
10. Zack Snyder's Justice League (6.0)
Runners Up: Last Night in Soho (6.0), The Power of the Dog (6.0), Licorice Pizza (6.0), Drive My Car (6.0), The Lost Daughter (6.0), The Eyes of Tammy Faye (6.0), Black Widow (6.0), In The Heights (6.0), Encanto (6.0), West Side Story (6.0), Farha (6.0), The Matrix: Resurrections (6.0), Tick Tick Boom (6.0), Don't Look Up (6.0), Those Who Wish Me Dead (6.0), Dune (6.0), No Time to Die (6.0), Stillwater (6.0), Free Guy (5.5), The Eternals (5.5), The Little Things (5.5), Without Remorse (5.5), I Care a Lot (5.5), The Tomorrow War (5.0)
Disappointments: Nightmare Alley, Godzilla vs Kong

The Best Movies of 2020...so far

1. Mank (6.5)
2. Palm Springs (6.5)
3. Promising Young Woman (6.5)
4. One Night in Miami (6.5)
5. Nomadland (6.5)
6. The Father (6.5)
7. Bill & Ted Face the Music (6.5)
8. Minari (6.5)
9. The Sound of Metal (6.5)
10. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (6.5)
Runners Up: The Trial of the Chicago 7 (6.5), The Way Back (6.5), Wonder Woman 1984 (6.5), The Go-Go's (6.5), The Bee Gees How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (6.5), Tenet (6.5), Social Dilemma (6.5), Irresistible (6.0), Judas and the Black Messiah (6.0), The Apollo (6.0), The Gentlemen (6.0), Crazy, Not Insane (6.0), The Prom (6.0), Mulan (6.0), Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (5.5), Greyhound (5.5), The Invisible Man (5.5), Spaceship Earth (5.5), Birds of Prey (5.5)
Disappointments:

The Best Movies of 2019...so far

1. Ford v Ferrari (7.0)
2. Avengers: Endgame (7.0)
3. Jojo Rabbit (6.5)
4. 1917 (6.5)
5. Yesterday (6.5)
6. The Two Popes (6.5)
7. Parasite (6.5)
8. Marriage Story (6.5)
9. Bombshell (6.5)
10. Peanut Butter Falcon (6.5)
Runners Up: Blinded by the Light (6.5), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (6.5), Leaving Neverland (6.5), Little Woman (6.0), Best of Enemies (6.0), Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (6.0), Judy (6.0), Rise of Skywalker (6.0), Richard Jewell (6.0), Uncut Gems (6.0), Dolemite is My Name (6.0), Echo in the Canyon (6.0), Knives Out (6.0), The Irishman (6.0), Ad Astra (6.0), Rocketman (6.0), The King (6.0), Captain Marvel (6.0), John Wick 3 (6.0), I Love You, Now Die (6.0), IT: Chapter Two (6.0), Spiderman: Far From Home (6.0), The Great Hack (6.0), American Factory (6.0), The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (6.0), Detective Pikachu (6.0), Terminator: Dark Fate (5.5), Joker (5.5), US (5.5), Hellboy (5.5), Godzilla: King of Monsters (5.5), Batman: Hush (5.5), Gemini Man (5.5) Brightburn (5.0)
Dissapointments: Men in Black: International

The 20 Best Films of the Decade (2010-2019) (Subject To Change)

1. Philomena (2013)
2. Moneyball (2011)
3. The Social Network (2010)
4. The Fighter (2010)
5. 127 Hours (2010)
6. Spotlight (2015)
7. Steve Jobs (2015)
8. Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
9. The Martian (2015)
10. Argo (2012)
11. The Kings Speech (2010)
12. OJ Made in America (2016)
13. La La Land (2016)
14. The Big Short (2015)
15. Get Out (2017)
16. Life of Pi (2012)
17. Moonlight (2016)
18. Fruitvale Station (2013)
19. Manchester By the Sea (2016)
20. The Descendants (2011)
Just Missed It: The Artist (2011), Where to Invade Next (2015), Young Adult (2011), Ford V Ferrari (2019), I Tonya (2017), 3 Billboards (2017), Endgame (2019), The Force Awakens (2015), The Impossible (2012), Anonymous (2011), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Birdman (2014), Dallas Buyers Club (2013), Selma (2014)

The Best Movies of 2018...so far

1. Bohemian Rhapsody (6.5)
2. Creed II (6.5)
3. BlacKKKlansman (6.5)
4. Green Book (6.5)
5. Three Identical Strangers (6.5)
6. Wont you Be My Neighbor (6.5)
7. Avengers: Infinity War (6.5)
8. Tully (6.5)
9. The Front Runner (6.0)
10. Love Simon (6.0)
Runners Up: At Eternity's Gate (6.0), Roma (6.0), Mission Impossible: Fallout (6.0), Vice (6.0), A Star is Born (6.0), First Man (6.0), The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (6.0), Black Panther (6.0), Aquaman (6.0), The Favourite (6.0), Game Night (6.0), Ready Player One (6.0), Fahrenheit 11/9 (6.0), Active Measures (6.0), Outlaw King (6.0), First Reformed (6.0), Upgrade (5.5), Ocean's 8 (5.5), Ant Man and The Wasp (5.5), Tomb Raider (5.5), A Wrinkle In Time (5.5), Chappaquiddick (5.5), Book Club (5.0)
Dissapointments: Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald, Rampage, Jurrasic World: Fallen Kingdom, Solo (A Star War Story)

The Best Movies of 2017...so far

1. Get Out (7.0)
2. I, Tonya (7.0)
3. 3 Billboards (7.0)
4. Wonder Woman (7.0)
5. Lady Bird (6.5)
6. Trainspotting 2 (6.5)
7. The Big Sick (6.5)
8. Wind River (6.5)
9. Blade Runner 2049 (6.0)
10. The Post (6.0)
Runners Up: The Greatest Showman (6.0), The Shape of Water (6.0), The Disaster Artist (6.0), Gifted (6.0), Molly's Game (6.0), An Inconvenient Sequel (6.0), Jim & Andy (6.0), The Darkest Hour (6.0), Downsizing (6.0), Star Wars The Last Jedi (6.0), Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (6.0), Dunkirk (6.0), Spiderman: Homecoming (6.0), Logan (6.0), Thor Ragnorak (6.0), IT (6.0), Phantom Thread (6.0), Justice League (5.5), Win It All (5.5), Baby Driver (5.5), Pitch Perfect 3 (5.5), Murder On The Orient Express (5.5), War Machine (5.5), American Made (5.5), Alien: Covenent (5.5), Nobody Speak (5.5), Ghost in the Shell (5.5), Kong Skull Island (5.5), Fist Fight (5.5), The Wall (5.0)
Dissapointments: The Mummy, Tulip Fever, Transformers: The Last Knight

The Best Movies of 2016...so far

1. La La Land (7.5)
2. O.J.: Made in America (7.0)
3. Moonlight (7.0)
4. Manchester By the Sea (7.0)
5. Where to Invade Next (7.0))
6. Hell or High Water (6.5)
7. Arrival (6.5)
8. Lion (6.5)
9. Hidden Figures (6.5)
10. Hunt for the Wilderpeople (6.5)
Runners up: 20th Century Women (6.5), Star Trek Beyond (6.5), Patriots Day (6.5), Loving (6.5), The 13th (6.5), Nocturnal Animals (6.5), Batman V Superman Ultimate Cut (6.5), The Nice Guys (6.5), The Edge of Seventeen (6.5), The Hollars (6.5), Civil War (6.5), Rogue One A Star Wars Story (6.0), Oasis Supersonic (6.0), Collateral Beauty (6.0), The Lobster (6.0), Hacksaw Ridge (6.0), Whiskey Tango Fox Trot (6.0), Bridget Jones Baby (6.0), Jason Bourne (6.0), X-Men Apocalyspe (6.0), Sully (6.0), Fences (6.0), Now You See Me 2 (6.0), Suicide Squad (6.0), The Founder (6.0), 10 Cloverfield Lane (6.0), Eddie the Eagle (6.0), Magnificent Seven (6.0), Money Monster (6.0), Hologram for the King (6.0), The Finest Hours (6.0), The Fundamentals of Caring (6.0), Gold (6.0), Dr. Strange (6.0), Free State of Jones (6.0), Popstar (6.0), Inferno (6.0), 13 Hours (5.5), The Lady in the Van (5.5), The Girl on the Train (5.5), Florence Foster Jenkins (5.5), Deadpool (5.5), Independence Day 2 (5.5), Hail Caeser (5.5), The Accountant (5.5)
Dissapointments: Ghostbusters, Keanu, How to be single, Crouching Tiger 2

The Best Movies of 2015...so far

1. Spotlight (7.5)
2. Steve Jobs (7.5)
3. The Martian (7.5)
4. The Big Short (7.0)
5. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (7.0)
6. Creed (6.5)
7. Joy (6.5)
8. Sicario (6.5)
9. The Revenant (6.5)
10. Love & Mercy (6.5)
Runners up: Mission Impossible Rogue Nation (6.5), Bridge of Spies (6.5), He Named Me Malala (6.5), Concussion (6.0), Infinitely Polar Bear (6.0), People, Places, Things (6.0), Ex Machina (6.0), Me and Earl, and the Dying Girl (6.0), Black Mass (6.0), A Walk in the Woods (6.0), The Danish Girl (6.0), Trainwreck (6.0), Inside Out (6.0), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (6.0), Mad Max Fury Road (6.0), Room (6.0), Pitch Perfect 2 (6.0), Avengers Age of Ultron (6.0), South Paw (6.0), The Duff (6.0), Terminator Genisys (6.0), Macfarland U.S.A. (6.0), Pixels (6.0), The Heart of the Sea (5.5), The Hateful Eight (5.5), Ant-Man (5.5), Digging for Fire (5.5), Crimson Peak (5.5), Chappie (5.5), Tomorrowland (5.5), Spy (5.5), Woman in Gold (5.5), Black or White (5.5), Irrational Man (5.5)
Disappointments: Spectre, The Walk, Jurassic World, Aloha, Get Hard, It Follows

The Best Movies of 2014...so far

1. Birdman (7.0)
2. Selma (7.0)
3. Rosewater (6.5)
4. Whiplash (6.5)
5. Capt America: The Winter Soldier (6.5)
6. Grand Budapest Hotel (6.5)
7. Chef (6.5)
8. American Sniper (6.5)
9. Boyhood (6.5)
10. Edge of Tomorrow (6.5)
Runners up: The Theory of Everything (6.0), The Imitation Game (6.0), St. Vincent (6.0), Pride (6.0), Unbroken (6.0), Fury (6.0), The Zero Theorem (6.0), Big Eyes (6.0),The Lego Movie (6.0), Million Dollar Arm (6.0), Kill the Messenger (6.0), Hector and the search for Happiness (6.0), I Wish I Was There (6.0), Into the Woods (6.0), Begin Again (6.0), Laggies (6.0), Fading Gigalo (6.0),The 100 Foot Hundred Journey (6.0), This is Where I Leave You (6.0), X-Men: Days of Future Past (6.0), Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (6.0), Guardians of the Galaxy (6.0), Bad Words (6.0), Inequality For All (6.0), Under the Skin (6.0), Devil’s Knot (6.0), The Normal Heart (6.0), The Skeleton Twins (5.5), Inherent Vice (5.5), The Equlalizer (5.5), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (5.5), Cuban Fury (5.5), Foxcatcher (5.5), Last Days of Robin Hood (5.5), A Walk Among the Tombstones (5.5), Malificent (5.5), The Judge (5.5), John Wick (5.5), Jersey Boys (5.5), Draft Day (5.5), Long Way Down (5.5)
Disapointments (5.0 and below, had some moments but just not executed well enough overall):Gone Girl, Intersteller, Noah, Robocop, Spiderman 2, Monuments Men, Labor Day, Godzilla, TMNT, 3 Days to Kill, Transformers 4, Divergent, Get on up, Transcendence, Enemy

The Best Movies of 2013...so far

1. Philomena (8.0)
2. Fruitvale Station (7.0)
3. Dallas Buyers Club (7.0)
4. The Way Way Back (6.5)
5. 12 Years a Slave (6.5)
6. Lone Survivor (6.5)
7. Kings of Summer (6.5)
8. Secret Life of Walter Mitty (6.5)
9. Inside Llewyn Davis (6.5)
10. Warm Bodies (6.5)
Runners up: Drinking Buddies, Nebraska, Star Trek: Into Darkness, American Hustle, Mud, Killing Oswald, 42, Captain Phillips, Saving Mr. Banks, Don Jon, Out of the Furnace, All is Lost, 47 Ronin, Gravity, Man of Steel, The Great Gatsby, Prisoners, Blue Jasmine, Dom Hemingway, Oblivion, Rush, Pacific Rim, Anchorman 2, The World’s End, World War Z, Thor: The Dark World, Labor Day, and White House Down.
Disappointments (had some good moments but just not executed well enough overall): Iron Man 3, Elysium, The Butler, The Wolf of Wall Street, Oz The Great and Powerful, Olympus Has Fallen, and August Osage County.

The Best Movies of 2012...so far

1. Silver Linings Playbook (7.5)
2. Argo (7.5)
3. Life of Pi (7.0)
4. The Impossible (7.0)
5. The Dark Knight Rises (7.0)
6. Zero Dark Thirty (6.5)
7. Django Unchained (6.5)
8. Flight (6.5)
9. Pitch Perfect (6.5)
10. Beasts of the Southern Wild (6.5)
Hon Mentions: Moonrise Kingdom (6.5), People Like Us (6.0), Lincoln (6.0), Amour (6.0), Hitchcock (6.0), Killing Them Softly (6.0), Liberal Arts (6.0), Looper (6.0), The Avengers (6.0), The Giant Mechanical Man (6.0), Cloud Atlas (6.0), Skyfall (6.0), This is 40 (6.0), Jesus Henry Christ (6.0), Big Miracle (6.0), Men in Black III (6.0), The Bourne Legacy (6.0), Les Miserables (6.0), Haywire (6.0), Trouble with the Curve (6.0), Jack Reacher (6.0), The Amazing Spiderman (6.0), The Hunger Games (6.0), Sherlock Holmes 2 (6.0), The Campaign (6.0), Wanderlust (6.0),To Rome, with Love (6.0), The Grey (6.0), The Dictator (5.5), Prometheus (5.5), Battleship (5.5), The Expendables 2 (5.0), The Man with the Iron Fists (5.0)

The Best Movies of 2011...so far

1. Moneyball (8.0)
2. The Descendents (7.0)
3. The Artist (7.0)
4. Anonymous (7.0)
5. Young Adult (7.0)
6.The Whistleblower (6.5)
7. The Help (6.5)
8. Win Win (6.5)
9. 50/50 (6.5)
10. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (6.5)
Hon Mentions: Unguarded (6.5), A Better Life (6.5), The Beginners (6.5), We Bought A Zoo (6.5), A Dangerous Method (6.5), The Adjustment Bureau (6.5), Brides Maids (6.5), Mission Impossible 4 (6.5), Take Me Home Tonight (6.5), Machine Gun Preacher (6.5), Bad Teacher (6.5), Super 8 (6.5), Revenge of the Electric Car (6.5), The Ides of March (6.5), Water For Elephants (6.5), Crazy Stupid Love (6.5), Tree of Life (6.5), Drive (6.5), Cowboys & Aliens (6.5), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (6.5), Transformers Dark of the Moon (6.0), Henrys Crime (6.0), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (6.0), Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (6.0), Carnage (6.0), I Am Number 4 (6.0), The Hangover 2 (6.0),Midnight in Paris (6.0), Thor (6.0), Captain America (6.0), Unknown (6.0), X-Men First Class (6.0), Limitless (6.0), J. Edgar (6.0), The Lincoln Lawyer (6.0), The Conspirator (6.0), The Dilemma (6.0), Fast Five (5.5), The Source Code (5.5), Paul (5.5), Something Borrowed (5.5), The Green Lantern (5.5), Just Go With It (5.5), The Green Hornet (5.0), Scream 4 (5.0)

The Best Movies of 2010...so far

1. The Social Network (8.0)
2. The Fighter (8.0)
3. 127 hours (8.0)
4. The Kings Speech (7.5)
5. Company Men (7.0)
6. Inception (6.5)
7. Eat Pray Love (6.5)
8. True Grit (6.5)
9. Green Zone (6.5)
10. Waiting For Superman (6.5)
Hon Mention: Exit Through the Gift Shop (6.5), Inside Job (6.5), Nowhere Boy (6.5), It's Kind of a Funny Story (6.5), The Switch (6.5), The Town (6.5), She's Out of My League (6.0), Alice and Wonderland (6.0), Salt (6.0), Knight & Day (6.0), Brooklyn's Finest (6.0), Iron Man 2 (6.0), Shutter Island (6.0). Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (5.5)

The 20 Best Films of the Decade (2000-2009) (Subject To Change)

1. About a boy (2002)
2. Almost Famous (2000)
3. Zodiac (2007)
4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
5. Life as a House (2001)
6. Up in the Air (2009)
7. Bowling For Columbine (2002)
8. The Cooler (2003)
9. The Aviator (2001)
10. No Country For Old Men (2007)
11. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
12. Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
13. Lord Of War (2005)
14. Syriana (2005)
15. Star Wars (Revenge of the Sith) (2005)
16. Wonder Boys (2000)
17. Love Actually (2003)
18. (500) Days Of Summer (2009)
19. Anchorman (2004)
20. The Matador (2005)
Just Missed It: City of God (2003), Black Hawk Down (2001), Michael Clayton (2007), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Thank You For Smoking (2005), The Weather Man (2005), The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), Juno (2007), American Psycho (2000), Shall We Dance (2004), Moulin Rouge (2001), Adaptation (2002), The Constant Gardner (2005), Bottle Shock (2008), and The Hurt Locker (2009)

The Best Movies of 2009...so far

Nick's Top Ten Movies of All Time...subject to periodic change

1. Field Of Dreams 10
2. The Shawshank Redemption 10
3. A Few Good Men 9.5
4. Good Will Hunting 9.5
5. Jerry Maguire 9.5
6. The Insider 9.5
7. About A Boy 9.5
8. Quiz Show 9.5
9. Dave 9.5
10. Jaws 9.0
Honorable Mentions (on the fringe) in no order: Joe Vs. The Volcano, As Good As It Gets, JFK, Almost Famous, Zodiac, Batman, The Big Lebowski, Pretty Woman, Meet Joe Black, Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, The Silence of the Lambs, Life as a House, Up in the Air, Breakfast At Tiffany's, The Hustler, Rounders, Great Expectations, Beautiful Girls, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Major League, Weekend at Bernie's, Fight Club, The Matrix...