What a year! 2023 saw new music from the Beatles and The Rolling Stone - it was 2023! And the movies, wow! Canada 🍁, well done. So many great films this year. I watched 290 movies to bring you this list (about half were from 2023) - and I still haven't seen everything I want to. Here are my favourite 15 films and everything else which made the blog. It's got to be an "A+" to an "A-" to make it. Followed by the honourable mentions/guilty pleasures. Then we have the best of last year I only watched this year, followed by the worst and biggest disappointments of 2023. You can click the links for the full reviews.
The Best 15 Films of 2023
2. The Creator
3. Mob Land
4. Talk to Me
7. Poor Things
8. Joyland
9. The Killer
10. Riceboy Sleeps 🍁
11. Brother 🍁
12. Air
13. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
14. Cat Person
15. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
And here is everything else and none of these films would be a waste of your time (in no real order)
16. Plane
17. Enter the Drag Dragon 🍁
19. Infinity Pool 🍁
20. I Like Movies 🍁
22. The Lost King
23. Evil Dead Rise
25. The Covenant
26. Blackberry 🍁
27. The Boogeyman
28. Reality
29. Bones of Crows 🍁
30. Without Precedent: The Supreme Life of Rosalie Abella 🍁
31. The Flash
32. Lynch/Oz
33. Oppenheimer
34. Barbie
36. Shortcomings
37. Lola
38. Jules
39. Passages
40. Birth/Rebirth
41. Fair Play
42. Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person 🍁
43. The Holdovers
44. She Came to Me
45. Dream Scenario
46. Dumb Money
48. Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of Fire
49. Squaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnosis
50. How to Have Sex
Honouralbe Mentions/Guilty Pleasures
Horror Films:
Megan - the best dancing killer doll movie every made
Renfield - Nic Cage is great in this one, would love to see him get a best supporting nomination
The Nun II - full confession, I thought it was great (almost blog worthy - definitely an honourable mention on the Marquee). This one gets my blessing.
Dark Nature - 🍁Canadian horror film. Reminiscent of "The Descent." You might need therapy after this one.
Influencer - Take a selfie in Thailand, this one is a boat ride of fun
Slotherhouse - a killer sloth in a sorority - the jokes move quickly
Appendage - reminded me of Malignant - a basket case of fun!
Totally Killer - Back to the Future meets Scream
The Exorcist: Believer - I loved the first 2/3 of this film. A somewhat disappointing third act caused it to just miss getting a full entry on the Marquee.
Action Films
The Equalizer 3 - I loved this series, better than the 2nd, almost as good as the first
Gran Turismo - the best underdog sports film about car racing this year
Dramas/Drama-Thriller:
Hunger - reminiscent of films like "Chef," "Burnt," and "The Menu," this Thai film looks amazing but left me hungry for a little more- catch it on Netflix
Dreamin' Wild - Casey Affleck stars as a man finding musical fame 30 years later (think "Sugar Man")
Punch - New Zealand boxing movie staring Tim Roth
Sanctuary - be submissive and let this fun drama dominate your time for 90 minutes - it's a love story
The Passenger (2023) - Kyle Gallner's performance was so outstanding for me. Similar to Sympathy for the Devil (also this year).
Priscilla - Almost got a full blog entry. I thought the performances of Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi were both fantastic. People said it was boring - I was glued to it.
Documentaries:
Still - Catch this on Apple+ documentary about Michael J. Fox.
Once Upon a Time in Uganda - This documentary is about Isaac Nabwana making action movies in the slums of Uganda. So great!
Sly - Catch the documentary on the life of Sylvester Stallone (writer, actor, director, painter) - amazing.
Satan Wants You 🍁 - This documentary on the Satanic Panic of the 1980s is as fascinating as it is bananas.
The Mission - the story of American missionary John Chau as he tried to bring Jesus to the people of Sentinel Island. It didn't go so well!
Great Films of 2022 I only watched in 2023
1. All Quiet on the Western Front - this would have made my top ten of last year. The soundtrack!
2. Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
3. To Leslie
4. REVIVAL69: The Concert that Rocked the World 🍁
Worst Films of 2023
1. Cocaine Bear - there was 10 minute of fun, the rest was rather dull, like cocaine itself.
2. Skinamarink - stare up at the corner of your ceiling for 90 minutes, that's the movie
3. Enys Men - throw this one down a well
4. The Black Demon - Bad, bad shark movie
5. Showing Up - Don't show up
6. Asteroid City - Wes Anderson, please stick to animated movies
7. Joy Ride - Looking for a funny Asian comedy, this isn't it. Watch Shortcomings instead.
8. Don't Look Away - Look away
9. The Adults - grow up and write something worth watching
Biggest Disappointments of 2023
1. Killers of the Flower Moon - It's not that bad but it's way, way too long. I wanted to love it and didn't. Hence it lands on this list for being one of the most disappointing films of the year
2. Napoleon - another film which I didn't hate but was hoping to love and didn't. Meh.
3. May December - didn't care for it at all. Not funny. Not interesting. I expect much more from Todd Haynes
4. John Wick 4 - endless gunfire ballet where you care about nothing and no one. More fun to watch your friend play video games.
5. Ferrari - Through the forensic analysis of the crash it was determined that a lack of dramatic tension, boring car races, and not a single character to care about were the factors responsible for the catastrophic accident, which is this film.
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