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Re: The Year So Far (2016)
« Reply #60 on: December 30, 2016, 12:14:36 PM »
Great. Now go watch Don't Think Twice.

It's on the short list!

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Re: The Year So Far (2016)
« Reply #61 on: January 08, 2017, 11:51:42 AM »
My Top 20:

1. Hail, Caesar!
2. The Witch
3. Arrival
4. Midnight Special
5. Jafar Panahi’s Taxi
6. Allied
7. Love & Friendship
8. The Lobster
9. The Neon Demon
10. Doctor Strange
11. The Little Prince
12. The Handmaiden
13. 10 Cloverfield Lane
14. The Jungle Book
15. Cemetery of Splendor
16. Ouija: Origin of Evil
17. Moana
18. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
19. Sing Street
20. The Nice Guys

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Re: The Year So Far (2016)
« Reply #62 on: February 03, 2017, 01:55:20 PM »
Features
  • O.J.: Made in America
  • Sing Street
  • Manchester by the Sea
  • Arrival
  • Moonlight
  • Toni Erdmann
  • The Handmaiden
  • La La Land
  • Hell or High Water
  • Moana
  • Everybody Wants Some!!
  • The Lobster
  • Gleason
  • Elle
  • I Am Not Your Negro
  • Certain Women
  • Tower
  • Paterson
  • Lion
  • Miss Sharon Jones!
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  • Don't Think Twice
  • Captain America: Civil War
  • 13th
  • Hidden Figures
  • 10 Cloverfield Lane
  • The Witch
  • Kubo and the Two Strings
  • Born to Be Blue
  • Sunset Song
  • Fences
  • Jackie
  • The Edge of Seventeen
  • The Jungle Book
  • Fantastic Lies
  • Hunt for the Wilderpeople
  • 20th Century Women
  • Zootopia
  • Deepwater Horizon
  • Pete's Dragon
  • Love & Friendship
  • Hail, Caesar!
  • Finding Dory
  • Hacksaw Ridge
  • Loving
  • Queen of Katwe
  • The Nice Guys
  • The Birth of a Nation
  • The Fits
  • Things to Come
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  • Sausage Party
  • Trolls
  • The Conjuring 2
  • Cemetery of Splendour
  • Green Room
  • Weiner
  • Midnight Special
  • Sully
  • Off the Rails
  • The Phenom
  • Doctor Strange
  • The Magnificent Seven
  • Ghostbusters
  • Cameraperson
  • Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
  • Race
  • Jackie Robinson
  • I, Daniel Blake
  • Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
  • Keanu
  • Risen
  • Fastball
  • Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
  • The Little Prince
  • Fire at Sea
  • The BFG
  • The Accountant
  • The Light Between Oceans
  • Believeland
  • Hit It Hard
  • Eisenstein in Guanajuato
  • April and the Extraordinary World
  • Miss Sloane
  • Sing
  • Live By Night
  • Nocturnal Animals
  • This Magic Moment
  • The Choice
  • Catholics vs. Convicts
  • Passengers
  • Doc & Darryl
  • Gods of Egypt
  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
  • Phi Slama Jama
  • Allegiant
  • The '85 Bears
  • Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
  • How to Be Single
  • Me Before You
  • In a Valley of Violence
  • Criminal

Shorts
  • I Am Yup’ik (Daniele Anastasion & Nathan Golon)
  • Piper (Alan Barillaro)
  • The Shining Star of Losers Everywhere (Mickey Duzyj)
  • We Are (Jay Bulger & Joshua Shelov)
  • Inner Workings (Leo Matsuda)
  • When the King Held Court (Palmer Holton)
  • Gonzo @ the Derby (Michael D. Ratner)
  • The Bad Boy of Bowling (Bryan Storkel)
  • A.C. Green: Iron Virgin (Isaac Feder)
  • The Guerrilla Fighter (Gaspar Gonzalez)
  • No Kin to Me (Marc Kinderman)
  • What the Hell Happened to Jai Alai (Ryan Suffern)
  • Slick, Nancy, and the Telethon (Michael Husain)
  • Tiger Hood (Christopher Andre Marks)
  • Friedman’s Shoes (Danny Lee)

Near final list for me. Still have a handful of things I will see to catchup for Filmspots, but not many. Really solid year for movies. I would say my Top 50 are all really solid films, which is impressive. I'd say I'm easily really excited about even my Top 30.
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Re: The Year So Far (2016)
« Reply #63 on: February 26, 2017, 10:54:59 PM »
My top 16* of 2016:



  • Moonlight (dir. Barry Jenkins, USA)
  • Dheepan (dir. Jacques Audiard; France)
  • Embrace of the Serpent (dir. Ciro Guerra; Colombia)
  • Aquarius (dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho; Brazil)
  • American Honey (dir. Andrea Arnold; UK/USA)
  • Certain Women (dir. Kelly Reichardt; USA)
  • Aferim! (dir. Radu Jude; Romania)
  • A Bigger Splash (dir. Luca Guadagnino; Italy)
  • Hunt for the Wilderpeople (dir. Taika Waititi; New Zealand)
  • The Lobster (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos; Ireland/UK/Greece)
  • Fences (dir. Denzel Washington; USA)
  • Love and Friendship (dir. Whit Stillman; Ireland/France/Netherlands)
  • Toni Erdmann (dir. Maren Ade; Germany)
  • La La Land (dir. Damien Chazelle; USA)
  • Krisha (dir. Trey Edward Shults; USA)
  • Little Men (dir. Ira Sachs; USA)

Honorable mentions (in alphabetical order):

Arrival, Cemetery of Splendor, The Clan, The Club, Les Cowboys, Don't Think Twice, Francofonia, Green Room, The Handmaiden, Indignation, Jackie, Julieta, Loving, Mia Madre, Neruda, Other People, Paterson, The People vs. Fritz Bauer, The Salesman, Things to Come, 20th Century Women, Weiner-Dog, The Witch

(* excludes documentaries, to make it easier and because I'm way behind on them)
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Re: The Year So Far (2016)
« Reply #64 on: February 27, 2017, 05:25:47 AM »
Corndog watched 8 worse movies than Batman v Superman this year. And he hasn't even watched Suicide Squad yet. Poor Corndog...

Will you publish a top 17 next year don. s?
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Re: The Year So Far (2016)
« Reply #65 on: February 27, 2017, 07:40:49 AM »
Corndog watched 8 worse movies than Batman v Superman this year. And he hasn't even watched Suicide Squad yet. Poor Corndog...

I always say, the bad movies help put the good ones into perspective. I've watched three more, so up to 105 for the year. Can't remember what was added though.
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