#top 10 best movies 2022

[agentnico]

Top 10 Best Movies of 2022

Happy New Year everyone! Another year, another day, another annual calendar change. Here’s hoping 2023 brings us many more fun movies and entertainment, however before that let’s look back on 2022, and these are the 10 movies that to me personally stood out the most. Doesn’t mean they are your favourite or anyone else’s. This is a full biased me-list. Therefore your lists might be completely different to this one, but at the end of the day that is the beauty of cinema - we all have our own personal opinions and takes. So without much further ado, these are my favourite films of 2022. At this point in writing I am still yet to see The Whale, so even though I feel that Brendan Fraser will absolutely kill in that role, that movie unfortunately won’t be on this list, as I cannot speak of that what I have not seen... duh. Anyway, here we go...

HONOURABLE MENTIONS: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent; Barbarian; Three Thousand Years of Longing; Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood; Studio 666; Jackass Forever; Babylon, The Sea Beast

SPECIAL HONOURABLE MENTION: ELVIS - This one just missed the Top 10, but I feel like it deserves recognition anyway, so here we are. There’s always something really special about seeing an actor completely lose himself in a biopic role, and Austin Butler achieves that by literally becoming Elvis Presley. Baz Luhrmann’s film is flashy and manic, but there’s a real style to it, and those last 30 minutes are truly heart wrenching. And look, I would be lying if I didn’t admit that I had the soundtrack playing on repeat for weeks after seeing this film! Full review: https://agentnico.tumblr.com/post/688752839453999104/elvis-2022-review

10) PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH - Look, I am as shocked as anyone at how good Puss in Boots: The Last Wish turned out to be. Easily better than its predecessor and in fact taking a run for the money at the better Shrek movies. With remarkable animation, great voice acting and featuring a spine-chilling personification of death in the form of the Big Bad Wolf, The Last Wish is a great sequel for the favourite fearless hero. Full review: https://agentnico.tumblr.com/post/705961629983162368/puss-in-boots-the-last-wish-2022-review

9) MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON - I am going to straight up say it - Marcel is fricking cute! This tiny little shell with very bright pink shoes and one singular googly eye has such an innocent yet overly positive outlook on anything and all. With slapstick humour and loads of heart, this is an adorable little indie film that exists sorely to remind us to appreciate the little things in life that we have. Full review: https://agentnico.tumblr.com/post/700915329295106048/marcel-the-shell-with-shoes-on-2022-review

8) GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY - Though nowhere as good as the original Knives Out, Rian Johnson nonetheless manages to conjure up another fun murder mystery whodunnit with a very game cast and a sharp witty script. And again, Daniel Craig’s detective Benoit Blanc with his Southern drawl is a character creation that is so damn good, that I cannot wait to see him again and again and again. Full review: https://agentnico.tumblr.com/post/701987284695875584/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-2022-review

7) ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT - This movie is a bleak experience from beginning to end. From the opening moments where the blood-soaked uniforms of the dead are washed and then handed nice and clean to the new recruits, with the latter having no idea where these clothes have been scavenged from, to the main character Paul stabbing a French soldier in No Man’s Land, only to then have to lie in horror by his side and listen to the victim choking on his own blood, this film is a grim reminder on the terrifying brutality of war, that is unfortunately very relevant to this day. A very powerful adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s original masterpiece. Full review: https://agentnico.tumblr.com/post/699530184482766848/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-2022-review

6)THE WHALE - There’s always that one movie a year where folks clamour on about featuring the best acting performance of the year, and how said performance is a shoehorn for an Academy Award. Nine times out of ten that performance ends up being alright, but very overrated. In the case of The Whale, Brendan Fraser deserves all the praise and then some. It’s a role you’ve never seen from him before, and he shows so much emotion just in his eyes... it’s truly incredible. Austin Butler is great in Elvis, don’t get me wrong, but Fraser here does something truly special. Film’s a hard watch, but so worth it for him. Full review: https://agentnico.tumblr.com/post/708405214578917376/the-whale-2022-review

5) X -  X is a shocking and provocative erotic slasher horror that benefits from taking itself seriously enough to be genuinely unsettling, however self aware enough to still have that element of cheese factor, especially when it comes to the sexual scenes and the genre misdirects. Featuring shocking and truly creepy and grotesque sequences, I am reminded of a quote from a character in this movie - “I say this is one goddamn f****d up horror picture”. Full review: https://agentnico.tumblr.com/post/679353856708198400/every-so-often-i-get-a-bright-idea-in-this-case

4) EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE - This one offered us the real multiverse of madness, unlike a certain other Marvel outing this year.  Part science fiction, part black comedy, part drama, part fantasy, part romance, part martial arts film, part family film, part absurdist surrealism, and even an animation at one point, it literally is a movie about everything everywhere all at once. Probably the most original film of the year, which makes sense as it comes from the director’s of that Daniel Radcliffe farting corpse movie. Full review: https://agentnico.tumblr.com/post/685330781899505664/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-2022-review

3) TOP GUN: MAVERICK -  Well pardon my pun, but Top Gun: Maverick is simply ace! This is such an adrenaline fuelled, riveting and exciting action film, and is exactly what perfect summer blockbusters should be like. With nail-biting aeronautics featuring cast members having to train and physically learn to fly the jets themselves, making it feel more real like you’re in the cockpit yourself. Miles Teller spends most of the movie sweating and red faced mid-air with his expression reading “damn, I may actually snuff it”. Truly thrilling stuff. Full review: https://agentnico.tumblr.com/post/686795061603794944/top-gun-maverick-2022-review

2) THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN - Having one of this year’s most simple premises - one friend decides to suddenly unfriend the other, and the other friend refuses to accept it. Result? The funniest bloody movie possible. Equally hilarious yet tragic, I honestly find it difficult to find a fault in this one. Even the ending that really dials up on the dark madness feels deserved and the only direction for these characters to go, especially with the Irish folklore and myths behind it. Also the cinematography is stunning. Like guys, who knew Ireland was so beautiful!? Full review: https://agentnico.tumblr.com/post/698895813551718400/the-banshees-of-inisherin-2022-review

1) RRR - Of course my No 1 movie of 2022 is RRR. It could only be RRR! No other film this year came even close to the absolute joy I had watching the 3 hours+ of nonstop thrilling action, crazy Bollywood dance sequences (Naatu Naatu is my new life jam!) and a wonderful timeless tale of brotherhood and friendship. And again the action! A dude tosses a motorbike at one point like its nothing!! RRR’s key success is its sincerity. Unlike typical modern day Hollywood blockbuster cash-grabs (no shade!), RRR never strives to be anything other than its supposed to be. It’s a Telugu movie through and through, and you can tell the director, actors and crew are so unified in their collective mission and passion for the material that it simply glistens on the screen. It’s insane, its romantic, its funny, its exhilarating, it’s everything you’d want from a movie and more! Bloody love RRR I do! Full review: https://agentnico.tumblr.com/post/693281002805690368/rrr-2022-review

[insanely-lovely-and-random]

My favourite part's of Baz Luhrman's Elvis 2022:

1. The trippy ass opening sequence that felt like it should be part of a 3d rollercoaster ride with the billboards and zooms round Las Vegas.

2. Just the way Tom Parker says "He's white" is fucking hilarious. And really says it all.

3. The buildup of the Elvis reveal with the fly fly away flashbacks before he goes on for the first time, that build up hella pays off.

4. The moment he transforms into Elvis like Clark Kent becoming Superman in his pink suit, the burst of electric guitar and the shots bouncing round on the beats is incredible.

5. Him dissapearing into the curtains with sheer disbelief on his face after the crowd went wild.

6. The radio presenter introducing Beale street, make's me laugh everytime.

7. The fairground scene where Parker being a creepy ass villain talks to Elvis in the Mirror Hall, him popping into frame is genuinely terrifying.

8. The way Elvis says and just the way the looks into the distance as he describes the Rock of Eternity.

9. The tension and sheer manipulation at play when Elvis parent's sign a deal with devil.. Parker I mean.. That zoom in on Elvis pressing his mom's hand down is magnifique.

10. Tutti. Fricken. Fruitti.

11. B.B. King telling some hard truths about how Elvis is safe cause he's a white boy people are making money off.

12. The cuts to the rally just before Elvis' preformance and the look he gets in his eye just as he thinks "fuck. that".

13. Wiggling. The. Finger.

14. Trouble. The whole song and scene.

15. Parkers utter bafflement in the line "He didn't listen to me." Truly not grasping how his puppet could possibly disobey.

16. The shot of him in the car looking up at fireworks, looking so so lost is haunting and beautiful.

17. The modern cover of Can't help falling in Love is perfecto.

18. The first shot of the Viva Las Vegas montage where during the freeze frame Butler genuinely looked the spit of Elvis.

19. The spinning shot of Elvis as we go into the trippy mess of Edge Of Reality and the look on his face with the water dripping as it all takes it's toll is so real.

20. The Hollywood sign scene. The way he sit's staring out, the shades, his boot propped up. Hell even the brief mention of the sign as a reflection of his career could easily be cheesey but he sounds so goddamn honest.

21. The way he laughs hearing his careers in the toilet completely self aware.

22. Rebellion uno 2, him not giving a damn what the Colonel thinks!!

23. Everytime Parker says Here Comes Goddamn Santy Clause. Tom Hanks has always been a comedic actor in leading man disguise.

24. The leather suit. The guitar he wears for no discernable reason as he doesn't play it at frist and then hands it off to somone but who cares!

25. The bloody look on Parkers face when the Whorehouse dancers and Kung Fu comes in.

26. The huh huh huh noise made as the song builds.

27. Bobby Kennedy getting shot and the frustration and pain as he says "It has everything to do with us."

28. When Parker threatens he'll have to leave him should he disobey and the absolutely glorious, "Hmm." .... "Um Hm." The man didn't even have to use actual works and spoke sooo much with those sounds and look alone.

29. Honestly the haunting way he plays "Here Comes Santa Clause" alone is hella beautiful.

30. That spin of the camera as we see the hugh red Elvis sign and his beautiful white suit.

31. The sheer emotion in the original song and Butler's preformance during "If I Can Dream" is a Goddamn masterpiece.

32. The headlines proclaiming his comeback!

33. Parker trying to claim credit as the special was his idea is just so narcissistic and sooo him I just can't even.

34. The score of the whole thing but during the hospital scene where Elvis tries to leave Parker a creepy slot machine type writer background song plays and just chills.

35. The utter horror I feel when told about the International Elvis says "The Snowman strikes again" and I scream internally every. Single. Time. NOOOOO

36. FUCK ME. My favourite scene in the entire film is him redoing That's Alright Mama Vegas style. The Ba ba Buuum "Raise the octave". BA BA BUUUUM. The silk shirt. The belt. The exhilaration in his eye's and acting. The drum part when he's just "Hah hah hah hah". Fuckkkkk.

37. The journey of song told as he preforms it and the three way cut shot of how it lead to this moment!

38. The punch in the gut of Suspicious minds, the lyrical metaphor and his entrapment plays out real time. The way the Colnel says "Now how are going to pay me." With a horrifying giggle. The fast cuts as the writing gets laid out. 5 Years.

39. The Vegas style I Will Always Love You. The best version of that song👌

40. Backstage as everyone rejoices completely oblivious to what has happened and the way the Colonely llaughs then cries as he witnesses Elvis joy. Is he actually a touch remorseful? Is it just relief his debts are cleared? A mix of both? Who knows but my God it's awful.

41. The montage of the tours, the icnoic outfits, Hunk a burning love one of my fave Elvis songs and those bloody capes, my God it was helluva look!

42. The callback to the beginning as Elvis collapses hearing from Jerry and the utter repulsion on his face as he stares at the Colonel as he's covered with water, says it all. His face acting is genuinely incredible in this movie.

43. The Apollo 11 style split screen and music as he gets injected just one of those touches that makes me think you creative guy you Baz!

44. The way he says and preforms the whole angry scene on stage, the way he says Colonel's an alien, the way his anger escalates, the screaming of fired and the quiet final "You're fired." Before LITERAL mic drop and walk away.

45. The heartbreak we feel as we see him about to leave the hotel only for Parker to be sat waiting for him sinking his fangs back into him again.

46. The insults Elvis throws at Parker is so raw and real and clearly he's so so tired and he is just trapped.

47. The way the Colonel says "The thing about the rock of Eternity my boy is that it's forever just beyond our reach." And that fucking hurts.

48. The face acting of Austin in that scene as he reacts to what the Colonel says is beyond words. The lighting is fabulous.

49. The chilling instrumental as Elvis gives in closing his blinds and telling his dad to send up Doctor Nick and the utter helplessness as he leans on the couch.

50. The way Elvis sits in the car in his jumpsuit with Priscilla the exhaustion in his body language and voice as he says he's out of dreams. How he never made anything lasting. How he thinks no one will remember him. And how horrifying it is the Elvis probably really didn't know how huge and lasting hims impact would actually be.

51. Him mouthing I will always love you.

52. The shot of him looking up as the plane flys and quiet subdued story of the bird that would die if it stopped flying.

53. Parker saying how it wasn't his heart or the pills or himself that killed Elvis but love. Because in a twisted way that's one of truest things he's said in the entire movie.

54. How Parker recalls he saw his last peformance, that he could barely walk but when he sang that song..

55. "Unchained melody from the album Unchained melody.. makes sense.." God Elvis could be funny.

56. The real Elvis during Unchained melody. That voice reverberates with so much feeling and strength despite him being weeks away from his death. He sang with his entire soul and he had a loootta soul.

57. The flatlining noise as Parker fades from the shot and we're left with the back of Elvis spreading his cape like wings reminded of how he couldn't fly away but left the only other way he could.

58. Elvis has left the building.

59. The plain white font for the lines about Parker and Elvis having his in glorious, glorious gold.

60. The credits starting with the utterly bedazzled BAZ LUHRMAN. And I say thank you to that man! Thank you so so much. I love. This. Movie.

I know it's pretty much the whole movie buuut what can I say 🤷���♀️

[horror-aesthete]

Hellraiser, 2022, dir. David Bruckner

[yourmovieslist]

35 BEST AESTHETIC SCHOOL MOVIES Of All Time

High school. When you're a teenager, it feels like a four-year jail term, but after you're free of its five-day-a-week grip, you miss it.

 It's a moment when you can mold yourself, test your limits, irritate your parents, and fall in love for the first time. Dramatically, it offers everything you want: conflict, comedy, and a clear ending.

It's no wonder that movies have used this setting to great advantage. It's an experience that practically everyone has, and it's been explored in a variety of ways during the last century of cinema. Which high school movies left the deepest impression?

👉 Here are Thiry-five films that have stayed with us and every adult or teenage boys or girls should watch.

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"Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982)

It’s impossible to hear The Go-Go’s’ “We Got the Beat” and not want to throw on Amy Heckerling’s classic about Southern California high schoolers in the early 1980s. Sean Penn’s perpetually stoned surf rat Jeff Spicoli remains one of the most quoted characters of the decade, but the film endures due to writer Cameron Crowe’s keen observations of the teenage social scene (which he gleaned by going undercover at a San Diego high school) – and, y’know, Phoebe Cates stepping out of a swimming pool in a red bikini to The Cars’ “Moving in Stereo”.

"Cooley High" (1975)

Michael Schultz’s coming-of-age drama was one of the first movies to capture the hopes and heartbreaks of high school from an African-American perspective. Glynn Turman and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs are unforgettable as Preach and Cochise, two best friends navigating the none-too-friendly streets of Chicago’s North Side as they near the end of their senior year. Without it, we wouldn’t have Boyz II Men’s cover of G.C. Cameron’s “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye” or the beloved sitcom “What’s Happening”.

"Sixteen Candles" (1984)

John Hughes shook up the film industry in 1984 with this PG-rated teen comedy about a young girl (Molly Ringwald) who’s miffed at her parents for forgetting her sixteenth birthday. Hughes doesn’t skimp on the kind of idiotic behavior expected from movies of this nature, but he evinces genuine empathy for his female protagonist, which was almost unheard of from a male director at the time. His absurdist comedic flourishes and unenlightened ethnic humor occasionally clash with the film’s kind-hearted nature, but, tone-wise (especially when you consider his National Lampoon writing), it’s a marvel it wasn’t more mean-spirited.

"Blackboard Jungle" (1955)

Richard Brooks’s stilted problem picture about juvenile delinquents running wild in an inner-city high school earned four Academy Award nominations and much critical acclaim, but it’s remembered today for the breakout performance from a young Sidney Poitier and the rousing opening credits scored to Bill Haley & His Comets’ “Rock Around the Clock”. Much to the chagrin of pearl-clutching parents all over America, rock and roll was here to stay.

"Rebel Without a Cause" (1955)

By far the superior juvenile delinquent drama of 1955, Nicholas Ray’s “Rebel Without a Cause” is culturally significant as the film that immortalized James Dean as a teen idol less than a month after he proved all too mortal by smashing his Porsche 550 Spyder into a Ford Tudor on California’s U.S. Route 466. Dean, Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo are sensational as troubled youngsters engaging in all manner of anti-social behavior. Knife fights, chicken races and the Griffith Park Observatory became all the rage in the years to come.

"The Breakfast Club" (1985)

Five high school students – a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal – spend a Saturday detention together, and learn that they’re as alike as they are different. John Hughes tapped into the aimless Gen X zeitgeist, and essentially launched the careers of his “brat pack” stars. Simple Minds’s “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” became an all-time teenage anthem, while the great Paul Gleason cemented his status as the go-to character actor for clueless authoritarian blowhards. 

"Porky's" (1981)

One year after he directed Jack Lemmon to a Best Actor nomination for his moving performance in “Tribute”, Bob Clark made the most notorious teen sex comedy of the 1980s. Loosely based on his own high school exploits, Clark simultaneously sends up and celebrates the behavior of hormonally addled young men – and to say these misadventures play rather problematically today is an understatement. The film’s raunchy pièce de résistance, a girls’ shower peep show that goes painfully awry for one of the lads, was so outrageous that Fox marketing executives teased it on the poster. Two sequels and countless imitators followed.

"Heathers" (1988)

Veronica (Winona Ryder) is part of the most popular clique at her high school, but she disapproves of the other girls' cruel behavior. When Veronica and her new boyfriend, J.D. (Christian Slater), confront clique leader Heather Chandler (Kim Walker) and accidentally poison her, they make it appear a suicide. Soon Veronica realizes that J.D. is intentionally killing students he does not like. She races to stop J.D. while also clashing with the clique's new leader, Heather Duke (Shannen Doherty).

"Say Anything" (1989)

Cameron Crowe returned to high school with his 1989 directorial debut, and knocked out one of the most beloved romantic comedies of all time. Granted, John Cusack’s tenacious courtship of Ione Skye might be frowned upon today (particularly his blaring of the song they first had sex to outside her bedroom window), but Crowe hits the perfect emotional pitch from the outset; first love is a life-or-death proposition when you’re a teenager.

"Mean Girls" (2004)

Tina Fey’s adaptation of Rosalind Wiseman’s “Queen Bees and Wannabes” painted a brutally accurate portrait of twenty-first century high school social drama, leaving most of us relieved our teenage years were long behind us. It’s as much a pop-cultural point of reference for millennials as “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” is for Gen X-ers, and made stars out of Rachel McAdams and Amanda Seyfried. Alas, it remains the career peak for the supremely talented Lindsey Lohan, whose career decision making over the last fifteen years has left much to be desired.

"Superbad" (2007)

Screenwriters Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg mined their longtime friendship for this explosively funny night-in-the-life romp of two horned-up teenagers tasked with buying booze for a high school rager. Christopher Mintz-Plasse became an overnight sensation as the fake ID-bearing McLovin, while Jonah Hill, Michael Cera and Emma Stone all received a massive career boost. Extra pop cultural cache: the three-letter lament “FML” was coined in this movie.

"Show Me Love" (1998)

Lukas Moodysson’s coming-of-age dramedy about two teenage girls falling messily in love with one another is plenty iconic in its native Sweden (where it has a much different title), and patiently waiting to catch on elsewhere twenty-one years after its theatrical release. Perhaps the titular association with Robyn’s classic single could compel viewers to give this deeply moving (and painfully funny) film the shot it richly deserves. The movie features the greatest Foreigner needle-drop cue in film history! What are you waiting for?

"Pretty in Pink" (1986)

John Hughes was hitting on all cylinders when he cast his muse Molly Ringwald as the nice girl from the wrong side of the tracks who falls for preppie Andrew McCarthy – much to the dismay of lovelorn outsider Jon Cryer. The film’s mid-‘80s fashions have gone from hot to horrid to retro-chic to retro-hideous over the last thirty-three years, but the music (probably the best soundtrack ever assembled for a Hughes movie) and the saccharine love-conquers-class theme still connect.

"Clueless" (1995)

Amy Heckerling’s good-hearted riff on Jane Austen’s “Emma” resides worlds away from the sex-crazed antics of “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”, and, given its surreally wealthy setting, doesn’t feel as much like a nostalgia piece. Alicia Silverstone is perfectly cast as the smarter-than-she-acts teenager Cher who wants only for other people’s happiness. Heckerling’s effervescent direction and wittily perceptive writing are nicely complemented by star-making supporting turns from Paul Rudd and the late Brittany Murphy.

"Dazed and Confused" (1993)

This last-day-of-school masterpiece from Richard Linklater did for 1976 what “American Graffiti” did for 1962. Even if you weren’t a glint in your parents’ eyes forty-three years ago, you’ll catch a Carter-era contact high from this ensemble romp that essentially introduced the likes of Matthew McConaughey, Parker Posey, Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich, Renée Zellweger and many others to moviegoers the world over. The soundtrack is jammed with ‘70s earworms, and the dialogue is Linklater at his amusingly digressive best.

"Election" (1999)

Mud-slinging campaign tactics get applied to a high school presidential election in Alexander Payne’s darkly funny adaptation of Tom Perrotta’s satiric novel. Between Reese Witherspoon’s nakedly ambitious Tracy Flick and Matthew Broderick’s vindictive Jim McAllister, it’s hard to find a rooting interest – which is, of course, the point. Even at this level, politics is a dehumanizing profession that brings out the worst in individuals, regardless of their intentions.

"Risky Business" (1983)

Paul Brickman’s Reagan-era satire about a suburban Chicago teenager who makes a short-term killing in “human fulfillment” (aka prostitution) while his parents are away on vacation was a massive pop culture phenomenon that turned a five-year-old Bob Seger song (“Old Time Rock and Roll”) into a Top-40 radio sensation, made Ray Ban sunglasses a must-own accessory and, oh yeah, launched Tom Cruise’s into superstardom. Unlike many ‘80s hits, “Risky Business” has aged remarkably well, particularly in the wake of the recent college admissions scandal. Princeton can always use a guy like Joel.

"Carrie" (1976)

Sissy Spacek wreaks bloody, fiery revenge on her cruel classmates in Brian De Palma’s ferociously cinematic take on Stephen King’s classic horror novel. The tormenting of poor Carrie White is so nightmarishly heightened (by a clique of troublemakers that includes John Travolta, Amy Irving and Nancy Allen), you can’t help but cheer as she condemns them to a hellish death at the senior prom. The most frightening individual in the film is Piper Laurie, who earned a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her gloriously over-the-top performance as Carrie’s evangelical mother.

"The Last Picture Show" (1971)

Peter Bogdanovich’s black-and-white triumph about a small, dying Texas town made stars out of Jeff Bridges and Cybill Shepherd, and presented a harshly unsentimental view of youthful yearning. Your dreams of becoming your best self, of leaving your go-nowhere friends behind to make it somewhere on the map that matters, are probably not going to be realized. The evidence for this discomfiting conclusion is all around you; once upon a time, the adults in your town dreamed of doing likewise.

"Splendor in the Grass" (1961)

Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty star in Elia Kazan’s controversial-for-1961 drama about a young girl’s sexual awakening in the harshly proscriptive time-and-place of 1928 Kansas. The film marked Beatty’s big-screen debut, and catapulted him to stardom – for this alone, it is iconic. But its Wood’s film, and while the timidity of the material shortchanges her, she’s nonetheless captivating as a teenager pressured to repress her libidinal urges.  

"Rushmore" (1998)

Max Fischer is a precocious nightmare of a boarding school student who puts on elaborately staged productions of ‘70s films like “Serpico” and brazenly courts his institution’s new first grade teacher (Olivia Williams). He’s not at all likable or relatable, and yet Wes Anderson’s sophomore feature makes him an utterly compelling protagonist. Anderson’s deft use of British Invasion cues (as well as an Ashby-esque preference for Cat Stevens) was unique at the time. His entire aesthetic came together in one film.

"The Outsiders" (1983)

Stay gold, Ponyboy. It doesn’t get more iconic than Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s YA classic, “The Outsiders”. The cast is comprised of soon-to-be stars (e.g. Matt Dillon, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Diane Lane and Tom Cruise), and the Greasers-vs-Socs rivalry dials into a class-consciousness that the target audience is beginning to understand, but has yet to articulate. It’s a formative, almost mythic work.

"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986)

Depending on your worldview, this is either an irresistible escapist fantasy or a Leni Reifenstahl-esque piece of privileged propaganda. Subtext aside, it’s possible and entirely reasonable to regard this John Hughes comedy as a carefree, anti-authority lark about a kid who simply doesn’t want to go to school. Dig deeper, and you might not like what you find. There’s an argument to be made that this is the most iconic film of the 1980s, what with its material obsessions (e.g. Cameron’s dad’s Ferrari), new technology fetishes (e.g Ferris’s computer and synthesizer) and inexplicable Charlie Sheen cameo.

"Valley Girl" (1983)

“Romeo and Juliet” by way of the San Fernando Valley. Martha Coolidge had to wait seven years after her feature debut to make this gem of a teen movie about a valley girl (Deborah Foreman) who falls for a nice-guy punk (Nicolas Cage). The film was made to capitalize on Moon Unit Zappa’s novelty hit, but Coolidge runs with her opportunity; this is a splashy, unabashedly goofy romantic comedy with a semi-serious undercurrent. It’s a deftly directed movie that shows off Coolidge at her humanistic best. 

"Eighth Grade" (2018)

American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Bo Burnham. It stars Elsie Fisher as Kayla, a middle school teenager who struggles with anxiety but strives to gain social acceptance from her peers during their final week of eighth grade. To cope, she publishes video blogs as a self-styled motivational advice-giver, though spends much of her time obsessing over social media. This frustrates Kayla's otherwise supportive father (Josh Hamilton), whom she alienates despite his wish to be present in her life as her sole parent.

Boyhood (2014)

is a 2014 American epic coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Richard Linklater, and starring Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater, and Ethan Hawke. Filmed from 2002 to 2013, Boyhood depicts the childhood and adolescence of Mason Evans Jr. (Coltrane) from ages six to eighteen as he grows up in Texas with divorced parents (Arquette and Hawke). Richard Linklater's daughter Lorelei plays Mason's sister, Samantha.

"The Edge Of Seventeen" (2016)

Everyone knows that growing up is hard, and life is no easier for high school junior Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld), who is already at peak awkwardness when her all-star older brother Darian (Blake Jenner) starts dating her best friend Krista (Haley Lu Richardson). All at once, Nadine feels more alone than ever, until an unexpected friendship with a thoughtful teen (Hayden Szeto) gives her a glimmer of hope that things just might not be so terrible after all.

"The Perks Of Being A Wallflower" (2012)

Socially awkward teen Charlie (Logan Lerman) is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two charismatic students become his mentors. Free-spirited Sam (Emma Watson) and her stepbrother Patrick (Ezra Miller) help Charlie discover the joys of friendship, first love, music and more, while a teacher sparks Charlie's dreams of becoming a writer. However, as his new friends prepare to leave for college, Charlie's inner sadness threatens to shatter his newfound confidence.

"The Myth Of The American Sleepover" (2011)

Four young people navigate through suburban Detroit, in search of love and adventure on the last weekend of summer vacation.

"Simon Werner A Disparu" (2010)

In October 1992, in a final C class at the Léon-Blum high school in the Yvelines, Simon Werner was missed. This absence marks the beginning of a series of mysterious disappearances that worries the students in his class. They begin to collectively imagine the possible scenarios that gradually take an agonizing turn following the discovery of new disturbing elements, and subject to interpretation, on the life of the high school and some of its students.

"Lady Bird" (2017)

A teenager (Saoirse Ronan) navigates a loving but turbulent relationship with her strong-willed mother (Laurie Metcalf) over the course of an eventful and poignant senior year of high school.

"Every Day" (2010)

Sixteen-year-old Rhiannon falls in love with A, a mysterious spirit who inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and A try to find each other on a daily basis, always unsure of what or who the next day will bring. Soon, the realities of loving someone who is a different person every 24 hours starts to take its toll, leaving Rhiannon and A to face the hardest decision either has ever had to make.

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Best of 2022 Movies #2: Top Gun: Maverick

Long awaited can be applied to almost anything at this point.

But a sequel to the last movie anybody ever expected actually being better than the original who can pull that off?

Unexpectedly that answer would come with Tom Cruise.

For 35 years Pete “Maverick” Mitchell has avoided drafts, promoting, and discharge all while continuing to push the limits of the need the need for speed.

But a stunt that nearly cost him his life would get him sent back to the place where he blossomed into the pilot he and Admiral iceman Kazinsky graduated from.

Top Gun Academy.

Only here he’s now the instructor as he leads a new generation of call signs with training programs for a military operation.

One of them happens to be the son of late best friend Goose Bradshaw, and certainly Rooster does not know how to properly handle the man responsible for his dad‘s death inadvertently.

This was fantastic. There’s something to be said about Tom Cruises longevity in the industry.

Even more so with all the jets in the movie and all the stuff that they managed to do on camera with them.

The support staff also plays a big part with notables being Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Miles Teller, and Val Kilmer returning in the most emotional scene of the movie.

The music is equally great, with two notable songs, standing out in particular, three if you count the nearly shot for shot remake of the opening sequence.

All in all a very perfect movie that came out just at the right time.

SUM 22: Maverick returns to the highway to the danger zone in the long awaited sequel that actually outdid the original.

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My Best of 2022: My Top 10 Films!

Finally! It’s time for My Top 10 Films of 2022! This year was not a necessarily good year for film. Sure, there were a handful that I really took to, but aside from them, there a whole lot more that I merely enjoyed, rather than loving or thinking were amazing pieces of cinema. Anyway, this Top 10 works because - and this goes as a quick reminder -  My Top 10 Films isn’t necessarily a list of the ‘best’, or ‘my favorite’, but rather a mix of the two that takes both sides of the A&E into as equal consideration as humanly possible. So definitely keep that in mind, especially the fact that how re-watchable each film is weighs in significantly, as well. (Which definitely explains the positions of at least a couple of these.)

Okay... before we dive into things, here are some Honorable Mentions (in no real order), most of which spent some time in the Top 10: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio; Jordan Peele’s Nope; Graham Moore’s The Outfit; Akiva Schaffer’s Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers; Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All. Ask me in a few months and any of these could’ve overtaken any of the bottom half of this list, really.

And one last thing, although they aren’t labeled as such below, and I don’t really do ties, my picks for 2 and 3 ARE indeed tied. Depending on my mood, I love each one every bit as much as the other.

Finally, without further ado…

My Top 10 Films of 2022!!

10. Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

It’s got a stellar cast, it’s a ton of fun, and it chooses an approach and sticks with it. If you’re underwhelmed with the ‘twists’, that’s kinda the point; that’s why it works so damn well as a whole piece.

9. Edward Berger’s All Quiet on the Western Front

This is one bleak, filthy, visceral, and brutal anti-war film. It’s focus on the people fighting makes even the bigger set-pieces feel intimate, yet no less exhausting. The direction and camera work is just stunning, patient and unforgiving and technically impressive. The makeup is so effectively grimy it had me wiping mud out of my eyes sitting warm and comfortable on my couch. And the performances were chock-full of a hope-tinged desperation that made each and every inevitable death all the more soul-shattering.

8. Tom Gormican’s The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Hilarious. Just magnificent. A batshit crazy and shockingly vulnerable view into the mind of a man who’s become lost in the industry. Cage and Pascal are downright brilliant together, working off of each other with natural ease and unpredictability. I missed this in cinemas and can’t stress enough how badly I regret that. So fun. So good... Just so, so good.

7. Todd Field’s Tár

It’s rare to see direction as patient as Todd Field’s is here never lose any tension or momentum throughout its film. No wonder this film so completely understands the role of a composer. Tár is a balanced, wholly effective powerhouse of a piece; an orchestra of power, control, and the struggle to maintain the former while losing the latter, and vice versa. And that’s all before we even get to Cate Blanchett. She is an absolute revelation, here. Her drive, her obsession, her control over even the most minuscule aspects of this character. It’s all so beautifully brought to life with cold detachment veiling unrestrained passion. What a performance. What a film.

6. Steven Soderbergh’s Kimi

Fantastic. Easily Soderbergh’s best directorial work since Contagion, or at the very least, Side Effects. David Koepp’s screenplay is incredibly taut, intriguing and paired with Soderbergh’s work, superbly paced. And Zoë Kravitz is just so damn good; her frustration and fear blend and transform throughout in a manner as riveting as it is authentic. This not only does its inspirations justice, but does so in a way that makes it stand up tall on its own.

5. Mark Mylod’s The Menu

Not at all what I was expecting, and I couldn’t be happier for it. Chock-full of pitch perfect pitch black humor that makes some amazingly shocking moments. Anya Taylor Joy is fantastic (as always), but this is Ralph Fiennes’ show. Just a wonderfully twisted, detached performance that’s a delight to experience. And bravo to Nicholas Hoult and John Leguizamo for their scene-stealing performances. The ending might (maybe, probably not, but definitely close) be my favorite of the year. Such a perfect final course to all exceedingly decadent dishes by which it’s preceded.

4. Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin

Significantly more depressing than I thought it would be, but not in a bad way. This is a film about the madness of the world, changing times and one’s reaction to those things being forced upon them, and in exploring the relationships on this island, McDonagh unveils poignant insight into not only the natural flow of change, but how the individual copes with it. It’s shocking and sad and so often hilarious, but mostly it’s a moving portrait of simple folk getting by in an exceedingly complex world, or not getting by at all.

3. Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All at Once

This is such an utterly insane, silly, wildly creative, genuinely heartfelt sci-fi film. Michelle Yeoh is a powerhouse, embodying our protagonist’s complacency and reluctance with a depth beautifully nuanced as it is hilariously bizarre. Daniels’ vision is as weird and messy as it gets, and nails every single note as it ambitiously tackles everything from family and fate to love and regret to taxes and beyond.

2. Joseph Kosinski’s Top Gun: Maverick

A perfect blockbuster sequel. Everything works. It’s equal parts over-the-top spectacle and a heartfelt reflection on aging out of the game. But best of all, all of its pieces work together to create an overwhelming adrenaline-rush of a cinematic experience. Sure, the writing can be paper thin and/or predictably hokey at times, but - if anything - even those aspects add to the straight-forward, crowd-pleasing, damn-near perfect action film this ultimately is.

And My Favorite/The Best Film of 2022 is…

1. Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans

Steven Spielberg is my all-time favorite director, and this is the film he’s been destined to deliver ever since he broke out in the ‘70s.

Sure, this is a celebration of cinema. But even more than that it’s a celebration of whatever it is that grabs hold of our imaginations and hearts and refuses to let go, and a love-letter to the people who encourage us to give in to that passion, for better and worse. It’s a personal, reflective piece of cinema by the all-time greatest cinematic storyteller... and it’s beautiful.

Thank you for reading…

Enjoy!

-Timothy Patrick Boyer.

More of My Best of 2022...  

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My Top 10 Films of 2022. Which has been a great year in films. Took me a bit longer to get this list out.

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Or my Tumblr @theconnoisseurreviews

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My top 10 horror films of the year so far!

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Top 10 Best South Movies in 2022 - इन मूवीज को एक बार जरुर देखना चाहिए

हैलो दोस्तों आपका बहुत बहुत स्वागत है हमारे ब्लॉग  RG CINEMA NEWS  में ,

तो आज के इस ब्लॉग में हम आप लोगों इस साल 2022 साउथ इंडस्ट्री में रिलीज हुई Top 10 Best South Movies in 2022 के बारे में बताएंगे जिनको लोगो द्वारा उनके कांसेप्ट और स्टोरी के लिए बहुत पसंद किया गया है। इन मूवी में से बहुत सी मूवी को मेने खुद भी देखा है तो में अपने अनुभव से इनको एक लिस्ट में आपके सामने प्रस्तुत कर रहा हु , मुझे यकीन हैं आपको ये वाला ब्लॉग बहुत पसंद आएगा ।

Top 10 Best South Movies in 2022

इन मूवीज की लिस्ट को मेने अपने मनोरंजन के हिसाब से रखा है तो आप इनकी लिस्ट की रैंक को देखकर इन्हें जज बिलकुल मत करियेगा , ये सभी मूवी 2022 में लोगो द्वारा बहुत पसंद की गयी है इसलिए इस लिस्ट में है | आप सभी को एक बार इन मूवी को जरुर देखना चाहिए , सभी मूवी लाजवाब है | इनकी स्टोरी सीधा दिल को छु जाती है | तो आप सभी हमारा ये ब्लॉग Top 10 Best South Movies in 2022 शुरू से अंत तक पूरा पढ़े

और पड़ने के लिए इस पर क्लिक करे

Top 10 Best South Movies in 2022

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Best Films Of 2022

My top 10 best films of 2022... and now I promise the end-of-year lists are over.

Last year, after I posted my Top 10 film list over on my other blog, many of you took the time to get in touch and let me know how much you appreciated being made aware of my non-perfume-related writing. So here’s a link to this year’s list of my favourite movies – Top 10 best films of 2022 on DariushAlavi.com – to which I will just add that if you see only one of the ten, please make it…

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Harri’s Picks for 2022

Top Gun: Maverick

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Batman

Turning Red

Bullet Train

Nope

Elvis

Ambulance

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Everything Everywhere All At Once

House of the Dragon - Season 01

Stranger Things - Season 04

Euphoria - Season 02

The White Lotus - Season 02

Pam & Tommy

Noah Kahan - Stick Season

Ghost - IMPERA

Arcade Fire - WE

YUNGBLUD - YUNGBLUD

The Weeknd - Dawn FM

Harry Styles - Harry’s House

Muse - Will Of The People

Dermot Kennedy - Sonder

Disturbed - Divisive

ONE OK ROCK - Luxury Disease

Harry Styles - Coachella 2022 (Day One)

Bono - Stories of Surrender

The Weeknd - After Hours Til Dawn Tour

Rage Against The Machine - Public Service Announcement Tour

Red Hot Chili Peppers & The Strokes - 2022 Global Stadium Tour

God of War Ragnarök

Horizon Forbidden West

FIFA 23

Return to Monkey Island

Need for Speed Unbound

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Top 10 Best Movies I Saw In 2022

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The Earth Station One Podcast - Rants & Raves: Top Ten Movies & TV of 2022

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The Earth Station One Podcast - Rants & Raves: Top Ten Movies & TV of 2022

The past year was chock full of quality content in theaters and at home. Mike, Mike, and Ashley reveal their favorite movies and shows of 2022. All this, along with Angela’s A Geek Girls Take and Shout Outs.

We want to hear from you! Feedback is always welcome. Please write to us at feedback@earthstationone.com and subscribe and rate the show on Apple Podcast, Stitcher Radio, Google Play, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, wherever fine podcasts are found, and now we can be found on our own YouTube Channel.

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Michael Gordon’s Top Fifteen Movies

Moonage Daydream

The Fabelmans

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Good Night Oppy

Prey

The Batman

MCU Three

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Glass Onion

The Sea Beast

Decision to Leave

Chip N’ Dale: Rescue Rangers

Elvis

Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection

Fire of Love

TV

The Sandman

Better Call Saul

Only Murders in the Building

Wednesday

George Carlin’s American Dream

Star Trek Strange New Worlds

Stranger Things

Interview with the Vampire

Andor

Doom Patrol

MCU shows

Rings of Power

House of Dragons

Our Flag Means Death

Tokyo Vice

Mike Faber’s Top Fifteen Movies

Elvis

The Fabelmens

Weird

Clerks 3

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Bullet Train

Glass Onion

The Batman

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Death on The Nile

Nope

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Strange World

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio

TV

Sandman (Season 1)

Strange New Worlds (Season 1)

Better Call Saul (Season 6)

For All Mankind (Season 3)

Wednesday (Season 1)

Only Murders In The Building (Season 2)

Interview with A Vampire (Season 1)

Stranger Things (Season 4)

The Righteous Gemstones (Season 2)

Rings of Power (Season 1)

Quantum Leap (Season 1)

Reservation Dogs (Season 2)

The Umbrella Academy (Season 3)

Star Wars Andor (Season 1)

The Peacemaker (Season 1) / George Carlin’s American Dream (Tie)

Ashley Pauls Top Fifteen Movies

Top Gun: Maverick

The Batman

Enola Holmes 2

Wakanda Forever

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

The Lost City

Nope

Glass Onion

Elvis

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Mr. Malcolm’s List

Death on the Nile

Uncharted

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

See How They Run

TV

Strange New Worlds

House of the Dragon

Wednesday

Ms. Marvel

Bridgerton: Season 2

Moon Knight

Werewolf by Night

Obi-Wan Kenobi

All Creatures Great and Small

Around the World in 80 Days

Sanditon: Season 2

Andor

The Gilded Age

Rings of Power

The Sandman

Promos Tifosi Optics Best Saturdays of Our Lives The ESO Network Patreon

If you would like to leave feedback or a comment on the show please feel free to email us at feedback@earthstationone.com

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