My Top 10 Movies of 2023 — And Runners-Up

Posted on December 29, 2023 at 8:00 am

These were my favorite films of 2023. As usual, they’re in alphabetical order because it is too hard to try to rank such different films against each other and I love them all.

“Air”
“American Fiction”
“Barbie”
“Bottoms”
“The Holdovers”
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Oppenheimer”
“Polite Society”
“Rye Lane”
“They Cloned Tyrone”

Runners-Up: Carmen, The Color Purple, Dumb Money, Dungeons & Dragons, The Persian Version, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Theater Camp, Wish, Wonka

Best documentaries:

American Symphony, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

And the most disappointing:

Paint
Mafia Mamma
Strays
FOE and Creator both set in the year 2065, both about AI, both with outstanding actors, both very disappointing

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BBC’s Top 25 Funniest Movies

Posted on September 2, 2017 at 8:00 am

The BBC surveyed critics to come up with the top 25 funniest movies of all time. Of course there’s a lot of overlap with the AFI list. And some of the movies are just what you might guess: “Some Like it Hot,” “Airplane,” “Blazing Saddles.” If by any chance you’ve overlooked any of these, please try to find them. If you’ve seen them, watch them again!

Not Really “Rotten” — Movies Critics Overlook

Posted on August 14, 2017 at 3:48 pm

Digital Trends has a list of movies that received a “rotten” rating on the critic aggregator Rotten Tomatoes but deserve another look.

While I don’t agree with every choice (“Europtrip” is pretty bad) and some are uneven (“Troy”), I strongly endorse the inclusion of two great movies, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” with Ben Stiller and “Defiance,” with Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber. And if “A Knight’s Tale” is on cable, I usually find myself watching it.

London: Movie Locations

Posted on August 6, 2017 at 8:00 am

I love this interactive map of London movie locations! Sherlock Holmes, “My Fair Lady,” James Bond….this will make you want to watch and rewatch, so get your Netflix queue fired up!

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Indiewire: Best Comedies since 2000

Posted on July 7, 2017 at 8:00 am

Indiewire has put together a list of the best movie comedies of the 21st century — so far.

Of course, lists are just the way to start a conversation/argument, not definitive, and it’s debatable whether some of these even count as comedies, but it’s a good reminder as you look over the possibilities on streaming services.

The obligatory complaint about one left out:

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