2016

*****Originaly Posted on 12/22/2016*****

2016

Best of...

Near end of the year movie list (obviously, still very much in progress)

Favorite Feature Films of 2016 (that I have seen thus far):

1. MOONLIGHT – 9/10
2. GREEN ROOM – 8/10
3. HANDMAIDEN – 8/10
4. KRISHA – 8/10
5. ARRIVAL – 8/10
6. KUBO AND THE TWO-STRINGS – 8/10
7. SING STREET – 7/10
8. HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE – 7/10
9. EVERYBODY WANTS SOME – 7/10
10. THE WITCH – 7/10

Honorable Mentions:
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA – 8/10
ELLE – 7/10
THE FITS – 7/10
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL – 7/10

Favorite Documentaries of 2016:
(pseudo disallowed – is this even really a movie?) OJ: MADE IN AMERICA – 9/10
13TH – 8/10
WEINER – 8/10
TICKLED – 7/10
TOWER – 7/10
Witness – 7/10

Worst of the Year:
POINT BREAK – 2/10
INDEPENDENCE DAY – 2/10

Most Disappointing:
Batman v Superman – 3/10
Knight of Cups – 4/10

A sampling of ones I couldn’t/didn’t get to yet that might have what it takes (bold and rated [later] would definitely be in contention):
Personal Shopper, Lion, La La Land (8/10), Silence, Founder, 20th Century Women, Jackie, Light Between Oceans, It’s Only the End of the World, Patterson, Loving, Toni Erdmann (7+/8-/10), Raw, All This Panic, I, Daniel Blake (8-/10), American Honey, Fences, A Bigger Splash, Cameraperson, among many many others…