I was absolutely enthralled with the French movie The Five Devils especially the atmosphere as well as the karaoke scene.

Willem Defoe artfully losing his mind again, in INSIDE, is my favourite movie so far this year. Recommended.

@foaley77

11 ай бұрын

Have to check this movie out

@skeletonkey6

9 ай бұрын

My friends recommended me this movie… I’m intrigued by the concept

Surprisingly - AIR was my favorite film this year . I never thought I’d say that 😂😂

PAST LIVES will be hard pressed to not be my favorite film this year. It is a masterpiece.

Review Naked Lunch pweeeze, I need it. Thanks for all the great content. Your my fav movie reviewer and I always look forward to your vids.

Congratulations on the Indiana Jones review count. Hopefully it leads to more exposure to your channel.

@MsCwebb

Жыл бұрын

​@@timetheory84says the beta simp lol

@themadmattster9647

Жыл бұрын

That’s how I hopped on board, it’s a different take than a lot of film channels but it’s refreshing since half of them are humor based or “bashing woke”

@MsCwebb

Жыл бұрын

@@timetheory84 Perfect! You will love the new Indiana Jones. It's made for you beta simps and the women you lust after. That's cool.

@GentM2015

Жыл бұрын

@@MsCwebb Says the grown man who uses "beta simp" unironically lol. Go touch grass you cave-brained incel.

@GentM2015

Жыл бұрын

@@themadmattster9647 The reviewer here is very much a conservative woman who calls any movie with women as leads "political" and her Indiana Jones review was a little more mask-off than usual.

My eyes can't stop wondering to the back to front text on your books..

I'm from the UK, so my favourite movie of the year is "Tàr". Can't wait for Oppenheimer and Dead Reckoning

I really liked Past Lives, and very much hope to see your review of it, soon. I also thought Oppenheimer was extraordinary, and am really looking forward to seeing your review of that, as well.

My favourite so far is 'Are You There God...', not my usual jam, but it's an excellent example of that kinda movie.

Past Lives is a great film, Im looking forward for your review

I’d love to see you do a string of Wes Anderson reviews. I don’t recall seeing many here yet.

Sick of myself is great!review Sound of Freedom!

my favourite film of the year is this video.

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEM AND YOUR COMMENTARY

I am soooo waiting for you to review Smile! Especially with what you think of the ending. I find many horror movies of today build an insurmountable premise that they can't seem to conclude in a satisfying way. Smile in my opinion was different. It actually went for it. Though I had to think about it for a bit, I found the movie to be fearless in the reveal.

I would Like to hear your opinion on the Sound of Freedom film.

You should definitely see Beau is Afraid and Asteroid City again. Both work much better on second viewings, there’s a Tati quality to both in that there’s so much happening in the frame for a lot of the movie that it’s easy to miss things. I enjoyed Asteroid city so much the second time that it got me thinking that if it might very well be his best or at least my favorite. A third viewing would be required for me to assess that further but it’s interesting to see him take the idea of multiple framings to the story he’s telling one step further than he did in Budapest Hotel. The behind the scenes look at the play that we cut to throughout adds a lot more thematically than the cutaways to Jude Law do. I feel like you can really track his growth as a director with every new film, he learns from his experiments on the previous one and perfects those while incorporating something else that’s challenging to him. If you see Beau is Afraid again I think you should listen to some interviews with Aster about the structure. He talks about how the story is essentially 4 45 minute chapters and there’s something about just being prepared for that that helps the movie flow a little better or at least it did for me second time around. The first two chapters are so intense and anxiety inducing that upon initial viewing I think there’s just something off putting about how quiet and distant the third chunk feels from what we just saw; especially considering we’ve seen 90 minutes of movie already but it felt more welcome and enjoyable on second watch.

Hello, is there a chance of you taking a deep dive into South Korean movies ? I do not mean the mainstream known movies like "Parasite" (2019), "The Housemaid" (2010), "Oldboy" (2005), but movies like "My Sassy Girl" (2001), "Once Upon a Time in High School" (2004), "The Man from Nowhere" (2010), "Will You Be There" (2016), "Failan" (2001), etc. to name a few...

@tylerdurden2832

Жыл бұрын

beside the action what's there to watch in "The Man from Nowhere"

@starwarsroo2448

Жыл бұрын

Oldboy, the most disturbing movie I ever saw.. that is until I saw Brandon Cronenburg's Possessor recently. Oldboy is still pretty fkt

You briefly mention comparison between Ari Aster and David Lynch with regards to Beau is Afraid. I'm wondering if you would consider doing a deep dive on Lynch and his films. Apologies if this is already available on your channel. I love your reviews and your breakdowns. 🙏👍

No Hard Feelings, most original film of 2023, for me. Well written, well acted and good direction. Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning was too long, but was OK.

I've watched a few of your videos (and I like them) but only now I noticed that all your videos are flipped horizontally for some reason 😀

Movies covered, here: M3GAN Beau is Afraid Across The Spider-verse Astroid City

1. Guardians of the galaxy 3 2. John wick 4 3 . Across the spider verse 4 .extraction 2 5. Are you there god it’s me Margaret 6. Air 7. Dungeons and dragons 8. The flash 9. Creed 3 10. Scream 6

@ArthurAugustyn

Жыл бұрын

Lost commenters

Of your selection, ! really enjoyed the ones I've also seen, esp. Spiderverse. Looking forward to the ones I haven't, esp. Asteroid. Thanks for another interesting video.

I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on New Religion (2022), if you ever watch it. It's a psychological flick that just hit streaming recently.

Have you had a chance to see Sound of Freedom? will you review it?

Wow! You’re looking great today! 😉🎥

You’re truly an amazingly REAL and intelligent, experienced movie review talent 100

Can you make an updated list of your favorite musicals? Or has the one from the old video not change much?

1) The Covenant 2) Across the Spiderverse 3) M3gan 4) Dungeons & Dragons: Honor among thieves 5) Tetris

I hope you’re having a good day maggie ❤️❤️

What did you think of Ready or Not? It’s not a newer movie or anything like that, but I would love a review on it.

Looking forward to M3gan 2👧🏽. I am amazed that in 2023 we still have a human🧠 actor in a suit and not an actual android.🤖

So far there's nothing that I could say really blew me away. Bizarrely enough, "Transformers rise of the beast" was something that pleasantly surprised me. I think "Oppemheimer" will wipe the floor with everything else though

Past Lives I think you would LOVE! keep up the awesome content!

M3Gan was a wonderful piece of horror schlock - it was a great piece of social commentary and crowd pleasing pop-corn flick. The characters and the dynamic between the aunt and child was wonderfully explored. It was the first time a film has actually employed the "uncanny valley" to effect, rather than as unintended negative "Into the Spiderverse" was likewise a wonderful piece of media, making the tired multi-verse trope interesting and fresh again. Agree, a stunning piece of animation.

@helvete_ingres4717

Жыл бұрын

'It was the first time a film has actually employed the "uncanny valley" to effect; - nah, it can't be. Pretty sure Spielberg's AI was doing tat way back when. I didn't find Meg3n a very memorable movie

@mikeinmelbourne9491

Жыл бұрын

@@helvete_ingres4717 good point about AI, however I'd didn't enjoy that one as much. M3gan for me was a high quality B movie schlock piece.

@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL

Жыл бұрын

@@helvete_ingres4717Fffffffarrrrrrt

@helvete_ingres4717

Жыл бұрын

@@mikeinmelbourne9491 wow I definitely pasted the wrong quote there lmao, editing it

@aprox23

Жыл бұрын

M3gan was predictable all the way up to the ending, within the first 10 minutes I knew the whole film. It was also generic and unoriginal. Haven't seen the Spiderman movie yet.

Could you review Hedwig and the Angry Inch? It’s one of my favorite movies!

The Empire Strikes Back had a great ending without being a cliffhanger but we still knew the series would continue.

"The Boston Strangler" was really good for me. I think it was streamed through Prime or Apple. Not sure.. Now I'm anticipating the release of "Killers of the Flower moon" in October.

Have you had a chance to see Past Lives yet? Would love to hear your thoughts

I have seen Mission: Impossible 7 yesterday. It's absolutely amazing! I recommend.

The movie calendar is practically divided like this: -January-April: DUMP MONTHS (with a few gems here and there) -May-July: SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER SEASON (but it seems as of lately Some studios are trying to get to the season early by releasing certain movies already in blockbuster mode) -August-September: DUMP MONTHS PART 2! -OCTOBER-DECEMBER: Oscar Season.

Watching M3gan on a plane, for free, seems like the optimal way to see it ;)

i reaaaally enjoyed asteroid city i agree with you i love how it slowly builds cuz i thought i was too stupid to understand what was happening but the small hints and things add up and after everything falls into place towards the end of act one it’s just so nice sitting back and letting the movie take you away i have a lot of friends who hated it but they’re big wes anderson fans and ive only seen a couple so maybe i didn’t have as huge expectations but still i was just really impressed. where they might have found it boring and stifling, i was the opposite i was smiling the whole time and almost felt the breeze in all the outside scenes. i know it’s a shame for wes and everyone involved that it’s already being released on vod so quickly especially after it was one of his better openings at the box office, but i’m kinda happy because it means i can rewatch in the comfort of my own home without spending another penny lol, i suspect i will enjoy it even more this time as i’ll know what’s happening and won’t be wracking my brain trying to understand the beginning!

@playlistaccount

Жыл бұрын

Yup great movie. Hopefully he can bag himself an oscar for it. I think it would be truly deserved.

@Ray.500

Жыл бұрын

@@playlistaccount i just rewatched it the other day and i was entranced the whole time it’s a 5/5 for me like he did that!!

Are you going to review Sound of Freedom?

@DaveG777

Жыл бұрын

Great film!

Great video, I definitely wasn’t crazy about Beau, but I agree it’s interesting and has craft behind it if nothing else. My current top 10: 1. John Wick: Chapter 4 2. How to Blow Up a Pipeline 3. Master Gardener 4. The Covenant 5. Air 6. Polite Society 7. Sisu 8. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 9. Wrath of Becky 10. Scream 6 I definitely think the first half of the year was a bit weak, especially compared to last year. Though there’s Killers of the Flower Moon and Napoleon coming, so I can see this being a strong back half.

@davapod

Жыл бұрын

I've only watched a few on your list but I was blown away by Sisu.👍

I loved Across the Spider-verse so much! I don’t even want them to make a live action version.

good list, quite. ye, they naled it best yet with "ma3gan" and across spiderverse". are you watching-reviewing "sound of freedom"? (adddit.)..oh yes, forgot, and "mission impossible: dead reckoning pt.1"?

Hey, can you do a review on Boilint Point. It came out in 2021. The film is shot in one shot. The acting is superb.

0:42 🥶 first time hearing you "cursing" and I've been following your channel for a few years!

Its the incredibly articulate, intelligent, dynamic US gal again :-)

I've more or less given up on new content over the last few years so haven't really watched much. I did enjoy the biting satire of M3GAN and the fun of Sisu, these films are just cinema, nothing overly complicated just a good time, something that has been missing for so long when the lights go down. I'll check out some of the others you mention.

@LordMalice6d9

Жыл бұрын

I don't go to movie theaters anymore.

@notjustforhackers4252

Жыл бұрын

@@LordMalice6d9 I used to go every single week, at least once. In the last decade+ I've seen two on the big screen, Gravity and Fury Road. Says a lot doesn't it.

Best 20 films of the year so far for me (only 2023 releases according to IMDB/Letterboxd): 1. Anatomy of a Fall 2. How to have Sex 3. Spiderman: Across the Universe 4. 20.000 Species of Bees 5. Perfect Days 6. May December 7. Four Daughters 8. Sorry. This one is under embargo. 8. When it melts (aka Het smelt) 9. Riddle of Fire 10. Midwives (aka Sages-femmes) 11. Tótem 12. White Plastic Sky 13. The Animal Kingdom (aka Le régle animal) 14. Air 15. Fancy Dance 16. When Will It Be Like It Never Was Before (aka Wann wird es endlich wieder so, wie es nie war) 17. Let the River Flow 18. The Circle (aka Il Cerchio) 19. Rosalie 20. Jeanne du Barry

@jeffboxill1278

Жыл бұрын

I like this list. Idk all these movies, but some of them seem to be outside of “Hollywood” which I like. To say the best of year but to only include Hollywood films, doesn’t make much sense to me.

@JayKauffman

Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see Fancy Dance but it doesn't seem to be streaming anywhere. I've checked on it since i heard about it many months ago.

Couldn't catch Asteroid City in time. Guess I need to wait for it to rent, but I fully intend to see it. Just recently started to get into Wes Anderson's movies (I love Fantastic Mr. Fox), and I heard very interesting things about Asteroid City, so I'm looking forward to it. Haven't seen Beau Is Afraid or MEGAN, but it's on my list. Across the Spider-verse was excellent, flawed, but still top notch. Just wish it had a little more Peter Parker, but I suspect we'll get more with him in Beyond the Spider-verse next year. Spider-Gwen and Miles should stay as far away from each other and Peter's Gwem drama as possible in the comics, but the two are adorable together in the movies, so I'm rooting for them. Very likable characters, and that's coming from somebody who never really cared for Miles in a lot of his comics. I always enjoy Spidey 2099, so seeing Oscar Isaac play Miguel O'Hara was fantastic. I also always appreciate when storytellers are capable of taking nobody characters, in this case, Spot, and making them serious antagonists. The art styles going on in this movie are insanely gorgeous, and I'm here for it. The other movies from this year that I saw which I thought were very good are Creed 3, Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 (not perfect, but still genuinely very good imo), and John Wick Chapter 4. As far as action movies are concerned, it's probably one of my favorites and definitely competes with the original John Wick to be my favorite in the series.

The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (French language) and Rye Lane (British romcom) are definitely worth your time and both in my top 10.

John Wick: Chapter 4 is hands down one of the greatest american action films of all time. Levitated in the theatre while basking in the stunts and the absolutely gorgeous cinematography

@dx315

Жыл бұрын

Ahahahahahhaha

@tbrfb1837

Жыл бұрын

Without question, by far the best Wick for me

Sanctuary is probably my favorite this year as of now. Theatrically released this year.

Just watched Guardians of the galaxy 3 and it was a blast. As ridiculous as it sounds there is a scene between Rocket and an otter with robotic arms, a rabbit with metal spider legs and a walrus in a wheelchair that made me almost cry. I really enjoyed Megan, and fully agree with your assessment. I agree with @Anthonycheesman34 that John wick 4 was wonderfully entertaining, and a great way to finish the series. As a long term Wes Anderson fan I'm looking forward to watch Asteroid City. Again looking forward to Across the Spider Verse. And Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves was so much more than I expected. The family was totally entertained.

The beasts best film of the year so far! Don’t know if it’s been released in the us yet but keep an eye out! It’s a Spanish/French thriller

It's been a really weak year. My favourites so far are Mal Viver (which, without any doubt, will be the best film of the year), Club Zero, Tiger Stripes, and Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell.

@daniellavaladez7820

Жыл бұрын

Especially compared to last year. I mean, 2022 was such a fantastic year for movies.

@austincarlson9270

Жыл бұрын

John wick 4, GotG3 and Spiderverse are all three spectacular movies.

@sandorx4

Жыл бұрын

@@daniellavaladez7820 I prefer 2021, but maybe because so many films were on hold during the pandemic so, there were more great films to choose from. Annette, Drive My Car, Petrov's Flu, and others.

My top 5 1. Suzame 2. Missing 3. Super mario bros 4. M3gan 5. Polite society Only seen 19 of the new films but 2023 has been pretty lackluster so far granted I live in the UK so still waiting on a few films to come over. Still need to see infinity pool and beau is afraid. I'm not a huge cinephile so I judge movies based on how much i like them

M3gan was such a pleasant surprise. One of my favorites of the year as well. Asteroid City was a total let down for me. I got zero from the movie and was yawning like at the middle point of the movie hoping the movie would just end there. Like total two opposites.

Infinity Pool is the best film of 2023 imo

Guardians of the Galaxy, hands down, great Director and storytelling...... Otherwise I am stuck on Star Trek, and Jack Ryan right now.....

I have seen 3 movies that have come out this year, but have enjoyed all of them. Ranked: 1. Across the Spiderverse 2. Beau is Afraid 3. Inifinty Pool

John Wick: Chapter 4 but i also really liked m3gan.

Agree with Beau Is Afraid. It's a behemoth of surrealism, with astounding performances and filmmaking. But I stopped the film, early on, bc it nearly gave me a panic attack. And the end, while I understood it, left me cold. Yet I still haven't got it out of my head! Freakin' Ari Aster...

M3GAN is my favorite movie of the decade. (I'm partial to killer doll movies though)

Was trying hard to come up with some good films for 2023 and it is quite a hard task. "Air" is probably the only film I would watch again and made a lasting impression. Though Dungeon and Dragons:Honor Among Thieves is my pick for being the most surprisingly good film that you went in thinking it was going to be terrible trash.

@3TNT3

Жыл бұрын

Just curious, if you went into Dungeons & Dragons, thinking it was going to be terrible trash, whyyy did you go see it, in the first place??? Do you like terrible trash??? Personally, if I have a good hunch that a movie is terrible trash, I completely avoid it and don't waste my time and money on it. Also, I'd much rather spend my very limited time, and money, on films that I have good reason to believe that they are excellent.

@raymondsmith6870

Жыл бұрын

@@3TNT3 Several reasons. Sometimes you have nothing else to see and you want to go out so you have to pick something. Sometimes you take a chance on film not knowing if it will be good or bad. When I went to see Airplane in the theater I thought it would be bad but it was amazing. Though Honor Among Thieves did get better than we thought reviews. Plus when you're a DND and fantasy fan you go see movies of the genre you like. Red Sonja, Krull, Sword and the Sorcerer, Willow, Legend(love the canned ham villian) and Excalibur. So many good and bad in there but do love fantasy. I think Tarantino on his podcast(Video Archive Podcast- highly recommend) really loves his trash films from the 1970s,

hi!

😊🙏💯

damn that purple top looks really good on you

@fewwiggle

Жыл бұрын

thank you . . . .

You are surely one of the most passionate film critics in the world. 10 Years you have showed up to share your gift, truely amazing.

I disliked Asteroid City but really dug Beau is Afraid. Horray for differing viewpoints!

M3gan 1. The characters are flimsy. Don't expect subtlety. 2. Some background music audio are bubblegum music 3.The genius female robotic engineer is a young woman. (Tribute to feminism 2.0?)

🙏🙏🙏

Hey everybody

I love that my 3 favorite films of this year so far are all horror/thriller. M3GAN & Evil Dead Rise. And Smile from last year 😏 All great/fun films, IMO. Check them out if you haven't already!

@austincarlson9270

Жыл бұрын

Smile was last year lol

@PierreDennis

Жыл бұрын

@@austincarlson9270 Sh!t...you're right! Time is an abstract for me...living the same day over and over, thanks for that catch lol

Love your work. And, yes, what you do is work, hard work. THANK you. Churchillian in your brevity per film. It doesn't take 30 minutes to review a film. Thanks again.

@sandorx4

Жыл бұрын

Hard work? 😂

@starwarsroo2448

Жыл бұрын

​@@sandorx4yep that talkin about movies, like a day down the mines

@sandorx4

Жыл бұрын

@@starwarsroo2448 When you watch terrible films, like in Cannes, it sure feels that way.

What about Infinity Pool?

Air BlackBerry

Beau is Afraid was a nice but unsettling film.

Kembang Api / Fireworks (2023), a remake of 3 Feet Ball & Souls (2017)

Beau Is Afraid is Ari Aster's Southland Tales

M3GAN was excellent. Amie Donald gave a great Q&A panel at the Spookala horror convention a few weeks ago & I was able to get her to do the M3GAN dance for us.

Strange list indeed. Confused. Perplexed.

For the algorithm

I thought M3gan was fun but it had some bizarre editing where you can tell they'd shot some really cool gory bloody stuff but made the last minute decision to go for a PG rating. So to me it has this weird clipped tone when i would have preferred less restraint.

I haven't watched anyrhing from 2023 that i liked yet.

Asteroid City was great.

Blackberry!!!!!

You know how people say Lin Manuel Miranda’s songs all sound the same and that you can imagine Lin wrote them all for himself to sing? That’s how I feel about Wes Anderson’s writing ☹️

Shout out to Megan , evil dead rise , across the spider verse and john wick 4 and thought guardians 3 was pretty good .

i love you

You.. win. That's all I know (so far)..

totally agree re M3GAN

I’m struggling to find movies that I would consider the best of 2023 hello god it's me margaret is my favorite of the year so far .

Can you review my short film?

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