Each year Will and Phil compare notes on their favourite and least favourite films of 2018… here’s Will’s look at what’s been and what he’s most looking forward to in 2019.
Top Ten Best:
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri (just superb – loved it)
- First Man (brilliantly directed and the moon landing sequence was brilliant)
- The Darkest Hour (had me in tears)
- Mission Impossible Fallout (a genuine summer blockbuster, featuring a proper movie star doing his own stunts and the kind of balls to the wall action scenes we have haven’t seen in years)
- BlackKKKLansman (funny and brilliant – I usually don’t like Spike Lee but this was incredibly good)
- Bohemian Rhapsody (Rami Malik’s performance was incredible and the Live Aid concert re-enactment at the end was gobsmacking)
- Avengers Infinity War – (exciting, fast paced, funny, great action, a cracking villain and THAT ending – roll on Avengers Endgame)
- A Star Is Born (a trio of incredible performances – Lady Gaga was a revelation, Coopers acting and direction were brilliant plus Sam Elliott was astounding)
- Creed 2 (not as good as Creed or Rocky Balboa – but still great and had lots of heart)
- 12 Strong – balls to the wall action, great story, v well-acted
Top Ten Honouree mentions
- Deadpool 2 (v funny and extremely clever in parts)
- A Quiet Place – (tense and scary – a great directorial debut from John Krasinski)
- Hunter Killer (ridiculous but really great fun with a smashing performance from Gerard Butler)
- Ant Man and The Wasp (not Marvels best but I really liked it)
- The Meg (complete nonsense but a good laugh)
- Rampage (utterly insane but top drawer entertainment)
- Skyscraper (a Die Hard clone but who cares when its this much fun?)
- Mile 22 (I must be the only person on the planet who liked this one!)
- Mamma Mia 2 (a genuinely lovely film that had heart and soul and wanted nothing more than to entertain and have people leave the cinema with a big smile on their faces)
- Outlaw King (well made, top final battle and a great turn from Chris Pine)
Top Ten Worst
- Death Wish (terrible terrible terrible. Bruce – you obviously can’t be bothered anymore so either start putting in the effort or do us all a favour and give it up)
- Red Sparrow (what should have a been a balls to the wall action caper turned out to be nothing more than catastrophically over long and boring as all hell)
- Pacific Rim Uprising (not as bad as the first one but still rubbish)
- Equalizer 2 (utter pants, dull and completely pretentious to boot)
- Love Simon (I liked the message it was trying to give but hated the way it did it)
- Ladybird (yes I know it was loved by the critics but I HATED this film with a vengeance!)
- Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald (so boring I nearly fell asleep- this franchise needs a new director – fast)
- Ghost Stories (complete bilge and made no sense)
- 15:17 To Paris (now this was awful – Clint we love you but dear God mate what were you thinking?????)
- Mortal Engines (not the worst film I’ve ever seen and certainly gets an ‘A’ for effort but this just didn’t work at all)
Biggest Letdown:
The Predator – someone PLEASE tell Shane Black that he isn’t as good as he obviously thinks he is -also somebody please explain to me how in the hell they managed to blow this one????
2019 Most anticipated:
- Avengers: Endgame
- Star Wars Episode IX
- Rambo: The Last Blood (yeah I said it!)
- Angel Has Fallen (yeah Hobden you read it right -I said that too!)
- Captain Marvel
- Glass
- Godzilla King Of The Monsters
- Hellboy
- Spiderman: Far From Home
- Captive State
- Brightburn
- Hobbs and Shaw
- The New Mutants
- X-Men Dark Phoenix
- Fighting With My Family
See you next year!
Author: Will Strong
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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…
