‘Phil’s Quick Capsule Review’ (a nod to legendary comedian Bill Hicks who coined the phrase when he reviewed ‘Piece Of Shit’ movie Basic Instinct)… where a perfect 10 is rarer than a rain free British summer!
Written by Phil Hobden – UK based podcaster, writer and former filmmaker. Part of the All Things Film network…
The votes are in. The Long List been reduced to just 13… and here they are, the Phil’s Quick Capsule Review & Guests list of the FILMS TO WATCH for previous decade (2010-2019). In no particular order:
#1: Avengers Assemble (2012) Earth’s mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are going to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity.
#2: Avengers: Endgame (2019)
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to reverse Thanos’ actions and restore balance to the universe.
#3: The Kings Of Summer (2013)
Three teenage friends, in the ultimate act of independence, decide to spend their summer building a house in the woods and living off the land.
#4: Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) A young boy named Kubo must locate a magical suit of armour worn by his late father in order to defeat a vengeful spirit from the past.
#5: Operation Red Sea (2018)
PLA Navy Marine Corps launch a hostage rescue operation in the fictional Republic of Ihwea and undergo a fierce battle with rebellions and terrorism.
#6: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Teen Miles Morales becomes Spider-Man of his reality, crossing his path with five counterparts from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities.
Next Time: The final 7 Films To Watch for the Decade.
So this is it: Phil’s Quick Capsule Review & Guests (including podcasters Mike Parkin & Josh Morris, Filmmaker Ross Boyask and Phil’s Quick Capsule Review writers Will Strong & Matt Duddy) LONG list of the 36 must see films of the Decade (2010-2019)
This list will also form the basis of our vote for the Essential Films of the Decade (2010-2019)
So how many have YOU seen?
Avengers Assemble Avengers Endgame Avengers Infinity War Cabin in the Woods Captain America: Winter Soilder Deadpool Ex Machina Green Room Happy Death Day How To Train Yoru Dragon Hunt for the Wilderpeople Inception John Wick Kings Of Summer Kubo and the Two Strings Mad Max Fury Road Mission Impossible Rogue Nation Misson Impossible: Fall Out Nightshooters Operation Red Sea Pitch Perfect Skyfall Social Network Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Star Wars: Rogue One Super 8 T2 Trainspotting The Greatest Showman The Signal The Way Way Back The Wolf Of Wall Street Toy Story 3 Warrior What We Do in the Shadows Whiplash Guardians of the Galaxy
Check back in the next few days for our final list or take the QUIZ HERE to see how many you have seen!
So this is my semi-regularly updated of the BEST and WORST of the films from 2019 (2019 Films), as well as the best films I missed from last year and, of course, the Phil’s Quick Capsule Review ‘Sharknado’ Award.
All in my very humble opinion…
BEST Films Of 2019…
Joker
Booksmart
Avengers: Endgame
The Irishman
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Honourable Mentions:
Rocketman, How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Knives Out, Rambo: Last Blood, Spider-Man: Far From Home, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Green Book, Tucked, Toy Story 4, Shazam, Missing Link, Fighting With My Family, Minding The Gap, Happy Death Day 2U, The Lion King, Long Shot, Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Pokemon Detective Pikachu
WORST Films Of 2019…
The Dead Don’t Die
Lucky Day
Alita: Battle Angel
Hellboy (2019)
The Fanatic
Dis-Honourable Mentions:
Godzilla: King of The Monsters, 3 From Hell, Into The Ashes, Close, Velvet Buzzsaw, Anna, Killer Sofa, Child’s Play (2019), Crawl, Pet Sematary (2019), X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Gemini Man, Triple Threat, The Banana Splits Movie, Trial By Fire, Stuber, Rabid (2019), Angel Has Fallen
The 2019 Films I just couldn’t Finish…
Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers, Mary Queen Of Scotts
Great Films Of 2018 That I saw In 2019:
The Domestics, After The Screaming Stops, They Shall Not Grow Old, Assassination Nation, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Free Solo, The Last Movie Star, Incredibles 2, Wonder (2017)
Worst film of 2018 that I thought was a 2019 release
Phil Hobden is the former Film Editor & Writer for renowned martial arts focused COMBAT MAGAZINE in the UK. He is also a filmmaker in his own right, having produced two cult Independent action films in LEFT FOR DEAD and TEN DEAD MEN. He was the host for the award nominated Filmsploitation podcast for 4 years, currently co-hosts Ross And Phil Talk Movies and is a writer/editor for his own blog Phil’s Quick Capsule Review…
And that’s it. Another year in the rear view mirror and another reason to take a look back at the BEST, WORST and, well, others of 2019. So here it is… my pick of the Best Films of 2019.
Film of The Year: Joker
In Brief: Any other year Booksmart would have smashed this but this wasn’t any other year and Joker, arriving on the back of a great trailer but with lots of questions, delivered time and time again. Edgy, dark, brutal, uplifting, odd… Joker was a rare beast that was critically and commercially loved.
2. Booksmart
In Brief: Smart, funny, charming – Booksmart was a special film that deserved to be a MUCH bigger hit than it was. Go on go watch it over Christmas. You won’t regret it.
3. Avengers: Endgame
In Brief: Better than Infinity war? For me yes. Yup it’s flawed with some pacing issues and yup it’s probably a bit long but man Endgame had a lot to go and for me it did it in spades. A worthy end to a decade of story.
4. The Irishman
In Brief: Scorsese gets the gang back together and this time add’s Netflix money. It’s bold, it’s cutting edge and it’s really bloody long. But The Irishman is an epic story shot how he wanted by a master director. This is cinema (even if ironically it ended up not being…)
5. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
In Brief: I’ve not LOVED a Tarantino film since Jackie Brown. Finally Once Upon A Time In Hollywood reminded us that Tarantino CAN be a master filmmaker, even if he still needs a better producer to reign in those excesses (feet shots anyone?)
And then there was 6-10 (*and a few near misses!)…
6. Rocketman – Freddie one year, Elton the next. In honesty Rocketman is a better film – it’s more creative approach far more at ease with it’s subject matter.
7. Spider-Man: Far From Home – A very different Marvel sequel that takes Spidey outside of New York and throws in one of Marvel’s more interesting villains. It all equals a lot of fun and a much needed lighter film after Endgame.
8. Knives Out – Funny, silly and with Daniel Craig actually looking like he’s enjoying himself there’s LOADS to love about Rian Johnson’s post Star Wars palette cleanser.
9. Happy Death Day 2U – A sequel that ends up almost topping the original with some lovely new ideas and a more sci-fi bent to the previous’ horror genre efforts.
10. The Peanut Butter Falcon – A total surprise, The Peanut Butter Falcon is an odd slice of coming of age fun that could easily have not worked as well as it did.
Bubbling Under: How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World , Rambo: Last Blood, Tucked, Toy Story 4, Shazam, Missing Link, The Lion King, Long Shot, Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Pokemon Detective Pikachu
Phil Hobden is the former Film Editor & Writer for renowned martial arts focused COMBAT MAGAZINE in the UK. He is also a filmmaker in his own right, having produced two cult Independent action films in LEFT FOR DEAD and TEN DEAD MEN. He was the host for the award nominated Filmsploitation podcast for 4 years, currently co-hosts Ross And Phil Talk Movies and is a writer/editor for his own blog Phil’s Quick Capsule Review…
As we approach the end of 2019 I have to say that on the whole it’s been a fairly good year for films. Stars Wars had a great send off with JJ Abrams’ The Rise of Skywalker, the Infinity Stones story arc which had been the backbone of the MCU since 2008 ended spectacularly with the outstanding Avengers Endgame, DC finally got their house in order and delivered an absolute humdinger with Joker – which is now the first and only R rated movie to pass the $1 Billion mark at the worldwide box office.
There was utter lunacy to be enjoyed in Hobbs and Shaw which was really great fun, John Wick Chapter 3 delivered some top notch action and proved to be the best entry in the franchise so far, a very funny and rather endearing love story played out in Long Shot and good old Sylvester Stallone returned for the fifth time as Rambo in a film so violent it may well have offended just about every single critic on the planet– not that he cared, it did big bucks at the box office and we film geeks lapped up every brilliant blood drenched minute of it – (the sound of Mexican drug gangs running for the hills in terror can still be heard).
We also witnessed the continued rise of streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime -it has to be said though that with the notable exception of Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, these still haven’t quite mastered their film output but series wise they can’t be touched – The likes of the Expanse, The Man In The High Castle, The Crown and Jack Ryan were all excellent.
Finally there were some top notch performances from the likes of Adam Driver (Marriage Story and Star Wars) Daniel Craig (Knives Out) Mahershala Ali (Green Book) Brad Pitt (Once Upon a time in Hollywood) Matt Damon (Le Mans 66) and of course Joaquin Phoenix who was astounding in Joker
Naturally and as per bloody usual there were also some serious let-downs and downright dogs, – Alita Battle Angel was staggeringly awful, Godzilla King Of The Monsters was beyond crap, X-Men Dark Phoenix proved to be even worse than we feared, Blinded By The Light was so appallingly bad and badly acted that I almost walked out of the screening, The Lion King remake didn’t work at all and was nothing more than a shot for shot remake of the original , then there was Dumbo which failed to recreate any of the magic that made Disney’s original such a classic, Neil Marshall’s pointless Hellboy reboot showed promise in its design work and story but ultimately turned out to be an utter turd of a film, and whilst it had its good points, the highly anticipated Terminator Dark Fate proved to be nothing more than a complete re-tread of everything we had already seen before in this franchise.
Anyway, enough ranting – here are my 2019 top ten best, top ten worst, top 15 honouree mentions, top 15 best performances and finally the films I’m most excited to see in 2020.
Top Ten Best films:
Avengers: Endgame
Green Book
The Irishman
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker
Joker
John Wick Chapter 3
Le Mans 66
Knives Out
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Rambo: The Last Blood (yes I know – I’m on my way to hell for including this one!)
Godzilla King Of The Monsters (definitely left a Michael Bay-alike stench in the nostrils – total crap and badly acted to boot)
Blinded By The Light (the mere thought of this film makes me angry)
The Lion King (cynical audience rip off)
X-Men Dark Phoenix (damp squib – how did they screw this one up?)
The Silence (terrible copy of a Quiet Place)
Shazam (despite everyone really liking this one I absolutely HATED IT!)
The Prodigy (forgettable rubbish)
Glass (garbage sequel to Unbreakable and Split – I’m now beginning to seriously dislike M. Night Shyalaman)
Top fifteen Honouree Mentions:
Long Shot
Hobbs and Shaw
Ad Astra
Hustlers
Angel Has Fallen
The Mule
It Chapter 2
The Man who killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
Zombieland 2
Last Christmas
Captain Marvel
Bumblebee
Fighting with My Family
Rocketman
Marriage Story
Top 15 best performances:
Joaquin Phoenix – Joker
Adam Driver – Marriage Story and Star Wars The Rise Of Skywalker
Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story
Joe Pesci – The Irishman
Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers
Seth Rogen – Long Shot
Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Viggo Mortensen – Green Book
Robert Downey Jr – Avengers Endgame
Matt Damon – Le Mans 66
Brad Pitt – Once Upon a time in Hollywood
Daisy Ridley – Star Wars The Rise Of Skywalker
Sam Elliott – The Man Who Killed Hitler and then the Bigfoot
Daniel Craig – Knives Out
Clint Eastwood -The Mule
Most Anticipated Films of 2020:
Tenet
1917
Top Gun: Maverick
Fast and Furious 9
Black Widow
The Eternals
Bill and Ted Face The Music
Ghostbusters : Afterlife
Army Of The Dead
No Time To Die
Wonder Woman 1984
JoJo Rabbit
Dune
The Gentlemen
Bloodshot
Finally will someone at Warner Bros. please please please please release the Snyder cut of Justice League! You know it exists, we know it exists, Snyder has given us proof it exists, Momoa, Affleck and Gal Gadot have seen it and said its great, you and sodding Joss Whedon short changed us with whatever the hell that version was you released last year – we are pissed off, motivated, and we demand to see it NOW!
Right that’s it for another year, many thanks to all the fans of Phil’s Quick Capsule Reviews for sticking with us (whoever you are) , also a big shout out to my dear friend Phil Hobden, without whom I would have no one to win arguments with about films and who does such a sterling job of keeping this great website going all year round.
I wish you all a very merry Christmas and a peaceful New Year
My name is Will Strong and I’ve Been Grosse Pointe Geek – may the Force be with you all.
The Austin Powers to Phil Hobden’s Dr Evil, it’s fair to say Will spends his life trying to convince Phil that Paul WS Anderson ISNT a bad filmmaker, that The Hobbit movies really are THAT good and, for the most part, Phil is wrong about most things. Which he is.
On this episode of the podcast we talk about the year that was as we wrap up 2019 into an hour (ish) of podcast. What were our highs and lows, our best and worst and who won what in the Annual Phil’s Quick Review Awards? Find out as we dive into the year that they called 2019…
Hosted by Award winning filmmaker Ross Boyask and blogger/writer/failed former filmmaker Phil Hobden.
Discussed: Joker, Booksmart, Avengers: Endgame, The Irishman, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Rocketman , How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Spider-Man: Far From Home ,Happy Death Day 2U, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Rambo: Last Blood, Tucked, Toy Story 4, Shazam, Missing Link, The Lion King, Long Shot, Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Pokemon Detective Pikachu, Holmes & Watson, The Dead Don’t Die, Lucky Day, Alita: Battle Angel ,Hellboy (2019),The Fanatic, Godzilla: King of The Monsters , 3 From Hell, Close , Anna, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Velvet Buzzsaw , Into The Ashes, Killer Sofa, Child’s Play (2019), Crawl, Pet Sematary (2019), Gemini Man, Triple Threat, The Banana Splits Movie, Trial By Fire, Stuber, Rabid (2019), Angel Has Fallen, Captain Marvel, Hobbs & Shaw, Fighting With My Family, Serenity, Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, Terminator: Dark Fate, Six Underground, Fyre Fraud, Isn’t It Romantic, Can You Ever Forgive Me, Deadwood: The Movie, Avengement, Dolemite Is My Name, Ready Or Not, Parasite
For more on Ross Boyask search @RossBoyask on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Also check out @EvoFilmsUK online.
For more on Phil Hobden check out www.philhobden.co.uk , Twitter (@PhilQuickReview) and Instagram (RossAndPhilTalkMovies
So 2018 is almost over and it’s that time a year again where everyone reflects back on their best and worst films of the year. So we’ve covered our best and our worst films of 2018, so before we look at the films coming up in 2019 here’s my ‘Alternative’ End of Year Awards for 2018…
The Most Entertainingly Bad Film Of The Year Award…
Oh god make them stop award! John Travolta. Nicolas Cage. Bruce Willis. And others tarnishing their reputation with direct to streaming/DVD drivel.
Surprise of The Year Award… Booksmart. The best Non-Joker film of 2019.
Performance Of The Year Award… Joe Pesci, making a comeback and smashing it out the park in The Irishman
Yup, I’m over them Award… Hobbs & Shaw. The Bromanace that just didn’t have legs.
Oh god HOW long… The Irishman, Rise Of SkyWalker, Endgame, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood…
Okay so he CAN still make a great film... Quentin Tarantino for Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.
Oh that came out THIS year? Award… Men in Black: International and Godzilla: King of the Monsters
We like you but maybe take a year off… Ryan Reynolds. We get it. But Maybe just a little less next year?
Come In Your time is Up Award… Will Smith. And Lee. Gemini Man was terrible.
Trailer Of The Year Award… Top Gun: Maverick (Teaser)
Let Down of The Year/How The Hell Did they Fuck THAT Up? Award Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. It SHOULD have been epic. It was okay.That film should NEVER have been okay.
Emperors new clothes Award… Ad Astra
Oh Bollocks! Turns out that was 2018 after all… Holmes & Watson
Cameo of The Year Award… John McClane in Lego Movie 2
The Oscars only like REALLY famous dead people award for missing out other stars who died Award… Dick Miller, Stanley Donen, Carol Channing, Gary Kurtz
The Poof That Award Shows DONT Suck Award… Spider-Man wins an Oscar!
The Proof That Award Shows Suck Award… Black Panther is the best Marvel film ever because it was nominated for Best Picture. Urm. Okay.
WHY GOD WHY? Award… Hellboy. Holmes & Watson. Dark Phoenix. Godzilla. Bad films we’re REALLY bad this year
Less Is, Er, Less Award… Disney. We know you own everything. But maybe occasionally let someone else have a film on at the cinema?
The Year of Good Sequels Goes To… 2019 for Happy Death Day 2U, Glass, Rambo: Last Blood, Avengers: Endgame, Spiderman: Far From home, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, John Wick: Chapter 3, Toy Story 4, Jumanji: The Next Level
Remakes Suck! Award Returns from retirement for… Child’s Play (2019), Pet Sematary (2019), Rabid (2019)
Films That SHOULD have been on my 2018 List’s but I Hadn’t Seen… The Domestics, After The Screaming Stops, They Shall Not Grow Old, Assassination Nation, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Free Solo, The Last Movie Star, Incredibles 2, Wonder (2017)
Next time: Phil’s Look at 2020 and a look back at my 2019 predictions…
Phil Hobden is the former Film Editor & Writer for renowned martial arts focused COMBAT MAGAZINE in the UK. He is also a filmmaker in his own right, having produced two cult Independent action films in LEFT FOR DEAD and TEN DEAD MEN. He was the host for the award nominated Filmsploitation podcast for 4 years, currently co-hosts Ross And Phil Talk Movies and is a writer/editor for his own blog Phil’s Quick Capsule Review…
On this episode of the podcast we talk about Joker (spoiler alert: we loved it) as well was breaking down our best and worst of the year so far. And surprisingly Ross has found a worse film than Holmes & Watson. Yes… really.
Hosted by Award winning filmmaker Ross Boyask and blogger/writer/failed former filmmaker Phil Hobden.
Discussed: Joker, Argo, Booksmart, Avengers: Endgame, How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Rocketman, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Rambo: Last Blood, Tucked, Shazam, Green Book, Fyre, Deadwood The Movie, Ready Or Not, Stan & Ollie, Happy Death Day 2U, Holmes & Watson, The Dead Don’t Die, Hellboy 2019, Alita: Battle Angel, Godzilla: King of The Monsters, Into The Ashes, Escape Plan 3, Close, Velvet Buzzsaw, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Pet Sematary (2019), Anna, Todd Philips, Luc Besson, The Irishman, Martin Scorsese, Gemini Man
For more on Ross Boyask search @RossBoyask on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Also check out @EvoFilmsUK online.
For more on Phil Hobden check out www.philhobden.co.uk , Twitter (@PhilQuickReview) and Instagram (RossAndPhilTalkMovies)
So this is my semi-regularly updated of the BEST and WORST of the films from 2019 (2019 Films), as well as the best films I missed from last year and, of course, the Phil’s Quick Capsule Review ‘Sharknado’ Award.
All in my very humble opinion…
BEST Films Of 2019… So Far:
Booksmart
Avengers: Endgame
How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Rocketman
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Honourable Mentions:
Rambo: Last Blood, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Green Book, Tucked, Toy Story 4, Shazam, Missing Link, Fighting With My Family, Minding The Gap, Vice, Happy Death Day 2U, The Lion King, Long Shot, Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, Escape Room, The Perfection, Pokemon Detective Pikachu, John Wick Chapter 3, Captain Marvel
WORST Films Of 2019… So Far
Holmes & Watson
The Dead Don’t Die
Hellboy 2019
Alita: Battle Angel
Godzilla: King of The Monsters
Dis-Honourable Mentions: Into The Ashes, Close, Velvet Buzzsaw, Child’s Play (2019), Crawl, Pet Sematary (2019), X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Triple Threat, The Banana Splits Movie, Trial By Fire
The 2019 Films I just couldn’t Finish…
Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers, Mary Queen Of Scotts
Great Films Of 2018 That I saw In 2019:
The Domestics, After The Screaming Stops, They Shall Not Grow Old, Assassination Nation, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Free Solo, The Last Movie Star, Incredibles 2, Wonder (2017)
Phil Hobden is the former Film Editor & Writer for renowned martial arts focused COMBAT MAGAZINE in the UK. He is also a filmmaker in his own right, having produced two cult Independent action films in LEFT FOR DEAD and TEN DEAD MEN. He was the host for the award nominated Filmsploitation podcast for 4 years, currently co-hosts Ross And Phil Talk Movies and is a writer/editor for his own blog Phil’s Quick Capsule Review…
On this episode of the podcast we talk about the best and worst films of 2019 so far. Spoiler: Ross still hates Hellboy and now Phil’s on the band wagon.
Hosted by Award winning filmmaker Ross Boyask and blogger/writer/failed filmmaker Phil Hobden.
Films Discussed: Green Book, Booksmart, Avengers: Endgame, How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Rocketman, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Tucked, Toy Story 4, Fighting With My Family, Captain Marvel, Vice, Minding The Gap, Happy Death Day 2U, Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, Leaving Neverland, Us, Escape Room, Instant Family, Behind The Curve, The Perfection, Pokemon Detective Pikachu, Alita: Battle Angel, Hellboy (2019), Close, Velvet Buzzsaw, Godzilla: King of The Monsters, Pet Sematary (2019), X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Triple Threat, Late Night, Can You Ever Forgive Me, Cold Pursuit, Serenity
For more on Ross Boyask search @RossBoyask on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Also check out @EvoFilmsUK online.
For more on Phil Hobden check out www.philhobden.co.uk , Twitter (@PhilQuickReview) and Instagram (RossAndPhilTalkMovies)
