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    Top 10 of 2022

    Half a year already past so it's time for this annual thread!
    Midnight Run (1988) - 9
    The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
    The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
    Sisters (1973) - 6.5
    Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5

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    1. In Front of Your Face
    2. Turning Red
    3. RRR
    4. Top Gun: Maverick
    5. Everything Everywhere All at Once
    6. Great Freedom
    7. Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
    8. Kimi
    9. Navalny
    10. Fire Island
    Midnight Run (1988) - 9
    The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
    The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
    Sisters (1973) - 6.5
    Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5

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    1. Crimes of the Future
    2. Kimi
    3. Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
    4. Top Gun: Maverick
    5. Jackass Forever

    Honorable mentions:
    Beavis & Butthead Do the Universe
    The Northman
    X


    Pretty weak year so far, but it always is around this time. I'd be ok with most of my top five getting in my year end top ten.
    Last edited by Pop Trash; 07-03-2022 at 04:55 PM.
    Ratings on a 1-10 scale for your pleasure:

    Top Gun: Maverick - 8
    Top Gun - 7
    McCabe & Mrs. Miller - 8
    Crimes of the Future - 8
    Videodrome - 9
    Valley Girl - 8
    Summer of '42 - 7
    In the Line of Fire - 8
    Passenger 57 - 7
    Everything Everywhere All at Once - 6



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    Premieres

    Warm
    Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg)

    Mild
    Avec amour et acharnement (Claire Denis)

    Cold
    The Tinder Swindler (Felicity Morris)


    US Commercial Releases

    Spicy
    Electra, My Love (Miklós Jancsó)

    Warm
    Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg)
    Introduction (Hong Sangsoo)


    Mild
    Avec amour et acharnement (Claire Denis)
    Lingui, les liens sacré (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)
    A Man of Integrity (Mohammad Rasoulof)


    Cold
    1982 (Oualid Mouaness)
    Just because...
    The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
    Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
    The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild

    The last book I read was...
    The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain


    The (New) World

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    1. Everything Everywhere All at Once (Theater Viewing)
    2. The Northman (Theater Viewing)
    3. X (Theater Viewing)
    4. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Theater Viewing)
    5. Top Gun: Maverick (Theater Viewing)
    6. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (Theater Viewing)
    7. Scream (Theater Viewing)
    8. The Gray Man (Theater Viewing)
    9. Death on the Nile (Theater Viewing)
    10. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Disney+)

    Up next: Thor 4, NOPE
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    And it's happened once again
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    And sees through the master plan
    But everybody's gone
    And I've been here for too long
    To face this on my own
    Well, I guess this is growing up

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    1. In Front of Your Face
    2. Turning Red
    3. RRR
    4. Top Gun: Maverick
    5. Everything Everywhere All at Once
    6. Great Freedom
    7. Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
    8. Kimi
    9. Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
    10. Crimes of the Future
    Midnight Run (1988) - 9
    The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
    The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
    Sisters (1973) - 6.5
    Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5

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    1. RRR (S.S. Rajamouli)
    2. Mad God (Phil Tippett)
    3. Marcel The Shell With Shoes On (Dean Fleischer-Camp)
    4. The Batman (Matt Reeves)
    5. Happening (Audrey Diwan)
    6. Nope (Jordan Peele)
    7. Beba (Rebeca Huntt)
    8. Ambulance (Michael Bay)
    9. After Yang (Kogonada)
    10. X (Ti West)
    Last Five Films I've Seen (Out of 5)

    The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse (Mackesy, 2022) 4.5
    Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Crawford, 2022) 4
    Confess, Fletch (Mottola, 2022) 3.5
    M3GAN (Johnstone, 2023) 3.5
    Turning Red (Shi, 2022) 4.5
    Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) 5

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    1. Everything Everywhere All at Once (Theater Viewing)
    2. Nope (Theater Viewing)
    3. The Northman (Theater Viewing)
    4. The Batman (Redbox Blu-ray)
    5. X (Theater Viewing)
    6. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Theater Viewing)
    7. Top Gun: Maverick (Theater Viewing)
    8. Three Thousand Years of Longing (Theater Viewing)
    9. Thor: Love and Thunder (Theater Viewing)
    10. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (Theater Viewing)

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    Up next: Barbarian, See How They Run, Bros, and whatever else looks good or comes to my area this month. Honestly I'm just waiting for Halloween Ends.
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    And it's happened once again
    I'll turn to a friend
    Someone that understands
    And sees through the master plan
    But everybody's gone
    And I've been here for too long
    To face this on my own
    Well, I guess this is growing up

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    5. Top Gun: Maverick
    6. Three Thousand Years of Longing
    7. Everything Everywhere All at Once
    8. Great Freedom
    9. Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
    10. Kimi
    Midnight Run (1988) - 9
    The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
    The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
    Sisters (1973) - 6.5
    Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5

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    Premieres (features)

    Spicy
    Unrest (Cyril Schäublin)

    Warm
    Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg)
    De Humani Corporis Fabrica (Lucien Castaing-Taylor/Véréna Paravel)
    No Bears (Jafar Panahi)
    Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot (William Kentridge)
    Tales from the Gimli Hospital Redux (Guy Maddin)


    Mild
    El agua (Elena López Riera)
    Avec amour et acharnement (Claire Denis)
    Concrete Valley (Antoine Bourges)
    Les Enfants des autres (Rebecca Zlotowski)
    Fogo-fátuo (João Pedro Rodrigues)
    Joyland (Saim Sadiq)
    Love Life (Fukada Koji)
    RMN (Cristian Mungiu)
    Shimoni (Angela Wamai)
    Subtraction (Mani Haghighi)
    Walk Up (Hong Sangsoo)


    Cold
    Pacifiction (Albert Serra)
    So Much Tenderness (Lina Rodriguez)
    Stellar (Darlene Naponse)
    The Tinder Swindler (Felicity Morris)



    US Commercial Releases

    Spicy
    Electra, My Love (Miklós Jancsó)

    Warm
    Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg)
    Introduction (Hong Sangsoo)


    Mild
    Avec amour et acharnement (Claire Denis)
    Lingui, les liens sacré (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)
    A Man of Integrity (Mohammad Rasoulof)


    Cold
    1982 (Oualid Mouaness)
    Last edited by baby doll; 10-03-2022 at 03:03 PM.
    Just because...
    The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
    Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
    The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild

    The last book I read was...
    The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain


    The (New) World

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    6. Jackass Forever
    7. Beavis & Butthead Do the Universe
    8. Moonage Daydream
    9. The Northman
    10. X
    Ratings on a 1-10 scale for your pleasure:

    Top Gun: Maverick - 8
    Top Gun - 7
    McCabe & Mrs. Miller - 8
    Crimes of the Future - 8
    Videodrome - 9
    Valley Girl - 8
    Summer of '42 - 7
    In the Line of Fire - 8
    Passenger 57 - 7
    Everything Everywhere All at Once - 6



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    COUNTDOWN TO MY TOPS --- There's really not that many, unfortunately.

    MUST SEE:
    Banshees of Inisherin
    Wakanda Forever
    The Fabelmans
    The Whale
    Avatar: The Way of Water
    Babylon


    MAY SEE:
    Decision to Leave
    The Menu
    Empire of Light
    Glass Onion
    The Wonder
    White Noise

    BIG CRITIC MOVIES I'LL PROBABLY NOT SEE:
    Armageddon Time
    She Said
    The Son
    Till
    Living
    Bardo

    IF IT GETS GREAT REVIEWS:
    Devotion
    The Eternal Daughter
    A Man Called Otto
    Emancipation

    Barbarian - ***
    Bones and All - ***
    Tar - **


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    Load of disappointing art/awards films this year so far...

    1. One Second
    2. Top Gun: Maverick
    3. Women Talking
    4. Tori and Lokita
    5. Happening
    6. The Woman King
    7. Kimi
    8. Ambulance
    9. The Northman
    10. Jackass Forever

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    1. Everything Everywhere All at Once (Theater Viewing)
    2. Nope (Theater Viewing)
    3. The Northman (Theater Viewing)
    4. The Batman (Redbox Blu-ray)
    5. Barbarian (Theater Viewing)
    6. X (Theater Viewing)
    7. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Theater Viewing)
    8. Werewolf by Night (Disney+)
    9. Pearl (Theater Viewing)
    10. Prey (Hulu)

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    Up next: Probably Black Adam or Wakanda Forever, maybe something on streaming. I've been playing catchup with older movies mostly.
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    Premieres (features)

    Spicy
    Unrest (Cyril Schäublin)

    Warm
    Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg)
    De Humani Corporis Fabrica (Lucien Castaing-Taylor/Véréna Paravel)
    No Bears (Jafar Panahi)
    Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot (William Kentridge)
    Tales from the Gimli Hospital Redux (Guy Maddin)
    Tár (Todd Field)


    Mild
    El agua (Elena López Riera)
    Avec amour et acharnement (Claire Denis)
    Concrete Valley (Antoine Bourges)
    Les Enfants des autres (Rebecca Zlotowski)
    Fogo-fátuo (João Pedro Rodrigues)
    Joyland (Saim Sadiq)
    Love Life (Fukada Koji)
    RMN (Cristian Mungiu)
    Shimoni (Angela Wamai)
    Subtraction (Mani Haghighi)
    Triangle of Sadness (Ruben Östlund)
    Walk Up (Hong Sangsoo)


    Cold
    Pacifiction (Albert Serra)
    So Much Tenderness (Lina Rodriguez)
    Stellar (Darlene Naponse)
    The Tinder Swindler (Felicity Morris)



    US Commercial Releases

    Spicy
    Electra, My Love (Miklós Jancsó)
    Rouge (Stanley Kwan)


    Warm
    Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg)
    Introduction (Hong Sangsoo)
    Tár (Todd Field)


    Mild
    Avec amour et acharnement (Claire Denis)
    The Heroic Trio (Johnnie To)
    Lingui, les liens sacré (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)
    A Man of Integrity (Mohammad Rasoulof)
    Triangle of Sadness (Ruben Östlund)


    Cold
    1982 (Oualid Mouaness)
    Just because...
    The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
    Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
    The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild

    The last book I read was...
    The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain


    The (New) World

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    Midnight Run (1988) - 9
    The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
    The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
    Sisters (1973) - 6.5
    Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5

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    Two to go

    Barbarian - ***
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    Tar - **


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    7. Jackass Forever
    8. KIMI
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    10. X
    Ratings on a 1-10 scale for your pleasure:

    Top Gun: Maverick - 8
    Top Gun - 7
    McCabe & Mrs. Miller - 8
    Crimes of the Future - 8
    Videodrome - 9
    Valley Girl - 8
    Summer of '42 - 7
    In the Line of Fire - 8
    Passenger 57 - 7
    Everything Everywhere All at Once - 6



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    Year-end snapshot.

    1. In Front of Your Face
    2. Decision to Leave
    3. Avatar: The Way of Water
    4. Aftersun
    5. The Banshees of Inisherin
    6. Turning Red
    7. The Fabelmans
    8. TÁR

    9. RRR
    10. Top Gun: Maverick
    Midnight Run (1988) - 9
    The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
    The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
    Sisters (1973) - 6.5
    Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5

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    Premieres (features)

    Spicy
    Unrest (Cyril Schäublin)

    Warm
    Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg)
    De Humani Corporis Fabrica (Lucien Castaing-Taylor/Véréna Paravel)
    EO (Jerzy Skolimowski)
    No Bears (Jafar Panahi)
    Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot (William Kentridge)
    Tales from the Gimli Hospital Redux (Guy Maddin)
    Tár (Todd Field)


    Mild
    El agua (Elena López Riera)
    Avec amour et acharnement (Claire Denis)
    The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh)
    Concrete Valley (Antoine Bourges)
    Les Enfants des autres (Rebecca Zlotowski)
    The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg)
    Fogo-fátuo (João Pedro Rodrigues)
    Joyland (Saim Sadiq)
    Love Life (Fukada Koji)
    RMN (Cristian Mungiu)
    Shimoni (Angela Wamai)
    Subtraction (Mani Haghighi)
    Triangle of Sadness (Ruben Östlund)
    Walk Up (Hong Sangsoo)


    Cold
    Pacifiction (Albert Serra)
    So Much Tenderness (Lina Rodriguez)
    Stellar (Darlene Naponse)
    The Tinder Swindler (Felicity Morris)


    Frozen
    The Sparring Partner (Ho Cheuk Tin)


    US Commercial Releases

    Spicy
    Electra, My Love (Miklós Jancsó)
    Rouge (Stanley Kwan)


    Warm
    Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg)
    EO (Jerzy Skolimowski)
    Introduction (Hong Sangsoo)
    No Bears (Jafar Panahi)
    Tár (Todd Field)


    Mild
    Avec amour et acharnement (Claire Denis)
    The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh)
    The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg)
    The Heroic Trio (Johnnie To)
    Lingui, les liens sacré (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)
    A Man of Integrity (Mohammad Rasoulof)
    Triangle of Sadness (Ruben Östlund)


    Cold
    1982 (Oualid Mouaness)

    Frozen
    The Sparring Partner (Ho Cheuk Tin)
    Just because...
    The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
    Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
    The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild

    The last book I read was...
    The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain


    The (New) World

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    1. Everything Everywhere All at Once (Theater Viewing)
    2. Nope (Theater Viewing)
    3. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix Instant Viewing)
    4. The Northman (Theater Viewing)
    5. The Batman (Redbox Blu-ray)
    6. Barbarian (Theater Viewing)
    7. X (Theater Viewing)
    8. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Roku Channel)
    9. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Theater Viewing)
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    Up next: I donno, I'm ready to move on to 2023.
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    And it's happened once again
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    But everybody's gone
    And I've been here for too long
    To face this on my own
    Well, I guess this is growing up

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    Here's where I stand after catching up a bit on 2022, with 10-20 left to see. Some are listed as 2021 on Letterboxd, but I'm going with any movie I did not have reasonable access to before 2022.

    1. Belle
    2. TAR
    3. Memoria
    4. RRR
    5. Petite Maman
    6. We're All Going to the World's Fair
    7. The Banshees of Inisherin
    8. Everything Everywhere All at Once
    9. Apollo 10 1/2
    10. Nope


    Ezee E-style road map to Oscar night/soft wrap on 2022:

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    Most probably finalized 2022 List:

    1. Aftersun
    2. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
    3. In Front of Your Face
    4. Decision to Leave
    5. Avatar: The Way of Water
    6. The Banshees of Inisherin
    7. Turning Red
    8. EO
    9. The Fabelmans
    10. TÁR

    11. RRR
    12. Top Gun: Maverick
    13. Three Thousand Years of Longing
    14. Everything Everywhere All at Once
    15. Mr. Bachmann and His Class
    16. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
    17. Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
    18. Argentina, 1985
    19. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
    20. Three Minutes: A Lengthening

    HM: Great Freedom, KIMI, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Official Competition, Fire of Love
    Midnight Run (1988) - 9
    The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
    The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
    Sisters (1973) - 6.5
    Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5

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