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Top 100 Best Films Of 2021 (#49-#31)

Allow me to explain why I’m only going to 31 for this part! Back when I first started reviewing films I always had a Top 60 and I always consider the top 30 the major films, the ones that stuck with me throughout the year plus are my personal favorites! Plus that gives me more time to some final switching around so I’m satisfied with the rest of the list! So we will be doing that here, let’s continue on with the list!

49. No Time To Die directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga

No Time To Die was the perfect send off to Daniel Craig’s James Bond! It’s filled to the brim with classic James Bond elements, fantastic action scenes, some short but very sweet couple of scenes with Ana De Armas and some really well written characters who are a ton of fun. The film itself is massive and the cinematography makes sure to show that in a very detailed way, lastly there’s the Bond theme song of the film “No Time To Die” by Billie Eilish which is quite honestly one of my favorite Bond theme songs, the context of it is fantastic and the opening is absolutely top notch!

48. No Man Of God directed by Amber Sealey

I really wouldn’t blame someone if their first reaction hearing about another Ted Bundy movie being released was “another one?!?” Because quite frankly there has been a lot of them at this point, however Amber Sealey’s No Man Of God manages to be far different from the other films. For one thing the film isn’t only about Ted Bundy it’s also about FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier which is story I feel like completely goes unnoticed at times. The performances here are quite fantastic Luke Kirby does a fantastic job as Ted Bundy, he’s intimidating, acts like him and so on this is definitely one of the best if not the best portrayal of Ted Bundy in recent memory. Elijah Wood plays Hagmaier and he does an incredible job as well, the chemistry between Wood and Kirby is fantastic and feels very real. It’s disturbing but at the same time very fascinating as to what was going on between their discussions, which is where the writing comes in. Which I truly feel is the best part about this film, the writing really shares the thoughts and discussions they shared with one another.

47. Happier Than Ever A Love Letter to Los Angeles directed by Robert Rodriguez and Patrick Osborne

In 2020 we saw a huge number of concert movies due to the pandemic. I was interested to see if the trend would carry over to 2021 and while there definitely weren’t as many. There were still some, like this one which I feel was the most successful. It’s a beautifully put together film of Billie Eilish’s music from her “Happier Than Ever” album, the editing is top notch as well as filming. Both combined truly give it a beautifully hypnotic look to it. Both Robert Rodriguez and Patrick Osborne combine their styles to truly give something quite beautiful, the animated portions are quite gorgeous and give all types of emotions as well.

46. Cusp directed by Isabel Bethencourt and Parker Hill

Cusp isn’t your traditional documentary it’s more of taking a look at the daily lives of a group of teenage girls and intimate look of how they act and feel. Where the film does get into controversial territory is when the girls get harassed, some people are going to look at it as exploitation but I feel it’s quite effective. I feel like the film is pointing out despite what the media is wanting to tell you how feminism is everywhere and is stronger than ever as well as consent there are still some areas in America where feminism and consent haven’t spread which is unfortunate. As far as filmmaking goes it’s quite fantastic, it’s very raw and is focused on the girls and their lives. I’ve said this before but one of my favorite types of filmmaking is seeing the daily life or lives of a certain person or group of people and this is no exception here.

45. Censor directed by Prano Bailey-Bond

I’m honestly baffled of how little Censor was talked about in 2021! The premise for Censor is quite unique it involves the video nasties which are an actual group of films that were viewed as controversial for various different reasons in the UK in the early 1980s! The film then puts the main character on a quest that let’s just say get really bizarre as the film goes on. The beginning of Censor starts out pretty ordinary and does a fantastic job of setting up for what’s about to come next, the acting and writing here are fantastic both really add so much to the film and give it this haunting atmosphere as well. Prano Bailey-Bond did such a fantastic job with this film, she really knows how to create a beautiful but haunting scene that shows a lot of information as well.

44. Malcolm & Marie directed by Sam Levinson

Malcolm & Marie started out pretty high up on the list, this is mostly the result of 2021 being a very crowded year for fantastic films. However I still think it’s quite incredible, I’m keeping this short because I talked about this film quite a lot. But the performances from Zendaya and John David Washington are both fantastic, the film is brutally honest with raw and emotional dialogue. And Same Levinson’s direction is really really strong, I can completely understand not liking this film and how it doesn’t work for some people. But it absolutely works for me!

43. The Killing Of Two Lovers directed by Robert Machoian

The Killing Of Two Lovers right from the beginning captures you in this hypnotic atmosphere, there is truly something unsettling about the atmosphere that really works well for this movie. The plot is simple yet brings so much meaning behind it Clayne Crawford plays David a man who really tries to keep his family of six together during his separation from his wife. Throughout the film David completely loses it and can’t handle his wife’s new relationship, the film keeps things very grounded and makes the characters as realistic as possible. It’s almost like a character study of David we are given this POV of David on what he’s feeling and what he’s going to do. When the film reaches the final act that’s when everything goes down and the film manages to keep things grounded. It’s brutal and actually pretty terrifying due to how realistic and grounded it really gets. The direction from Robert Machoian is flawless and really does a good job of giving the film tons of strength!

42. Benedetta directed by Paul Verhoeven

I reviewed this film not too long ago and have nothing really new to say, so I’ll just post parts of my review here! Benedetta is an absolute fever dream and I truly love it for that. First off the acting is so strong to the point where it’s horrifying in several scenes, the filming is shot in this very raw style that makes it as if you are there in person watching what’s going on. The main theme in the film is sex which the movie does a pretty great job of showing and explaining the several different parts to it, Benedetta really reminds you of those weird B rated horror that were released back in the 80s despite not being a horror film itself. Which I feel like is one of the strongest parts about it and why it’s so successful as a film. Paul Verhoeven just throws whatever he can into this film and usually that backfires in a lot of other movies but not here, In this case it adds to each of the scenes and make them all the more interesting, disturbing and downright insane.

41. Violation directed by Dusty Mancinelli and Madeleine Sims-Fewer

Violation is actually quite disturbing, those of you who have known me for awhile know that I love disturbing cinema. So Violation really impressed me when it went full on disturbing, the acting all around was quite fantastic especially from the main lead Madeleine Sims-Fewer she did such a fantastic job in her role, the writing kept things very grounded and added to the atmosphere as well. In case you haven’t guessed from the summery of the film it’s a revenge film, it feels a lot like one of Shudder’s previous films “Revenge” combined with a very Lars Von Tier too it. Which ultimately makes the film that much stronger, the cinematography combined with the disturbing atmosphere also adds to it. It gives this film a very authentic feel to it which given the subject matter leads to some disturbing and haunting results. A common problem a lot of revenge movies have is going way too over the top, it takes out the sense of realism and instead comes off as trying way too hard to be disturbing. With Violation you do not get that here it keeps things balanced and never goes over the top, which is the type of disturbing everyone will remember. Violation is a very dark film that doesn’t hold back and also has a haunting score to go with it (the score will definitely get stuck in your head for a few days).

40. Spider-Man No Way Home directed by Jon Watts

Spider-Man No Way Home was the best MCU project of 2021, I’m keeping this short because this is already been hammered into your head plenty of times. But the use of characters is what really makes this movie, it’s a huge celebration of all the Spider-Man films and the character as a whole. We get continuations one some other characters, some really strong action scenes and some emotional ones as well! Plus the humor actually works here! Just an overall incredible ride from beginning to end!

39. Judas And The Black Messiah directed by Shaka King

Honestly I feel like I said it best in my review! Daniel Kaluuya captures the spirit of Fred Hampton. How he acts, how he felt, how he thought about certain situations, his relationships with other people. It’s all there and really makes the film that much more powerful, LaKeith Stanfield also does a fantastic job with playing William O’Neil in fact I feel this is one of Stanfield’s best performances so far in his career, like how Daniel Kaluuya captures the spirit of Fred Hampton. Stanfield captures the spirit of William O’Neil incredibly well it’s like you are being thrown back in the past and witnessing events take place all over again. Speaking of which I feel that’s what this film does an incredible job, it feels like a huge time capsule and a truly fantastic one. It captures the moments that will make you angry in the best way possible, mostly due to how incredibly well written this film is, given the events that happened and just how beautifully made this film is. Shaka King should really be proud of himself because this is so far one of the best directed films I’ve seen so far this year, he captures every important moment about Fred Hampton and what made him who he was. Shaka King also captures the relationships that Hampton had and why he is an important figure. The last 20 minutes of the film will make you angry and rightfully so, because of what happened to Fred Hampton. The last 20 minutes are powerful and horrifying they don’t sugarcoat anything at all, the film doesn’t hold back at all which is very important when you talk about films like Judas And The Black Messiah.

38. Euphoria: F*ck Anyone Who’s Not a Sea Blob directed by Sam Levinson

This is the last exception I made for the list and I definitely saved the best for last. From Hunter Schaeffer’s powerful performance and the character study of her character to the gut punching scene that use’s Lorde’s song “Liability” and of course the scene with Billie Eilish and Rosalia’s “Los Vas A Olvidar.” This special episode is a lot to take in and is truly heartbreaking in every single way possible!

37. Flee directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen

Flee is a true story about a refugee’s life with the threat of capture and death, the storytelling is just absolutely fantastic. It’s a fantastic blend of a documentary and animation that really created something very special, there’s very haunting imagery that is also at the same time very beautiful which shows how incredible the storytelling really is! Flee tells the story through the animation which actually makes Amin’s story more impactful and emotional, it’s truly a fantastic showcase of storytelling. It’s at the point where you feel you are with Amin as you are witnessing the trauma and pain he went through. Very powerful storytelling in all categories!

36. Malignant directed by James Wan

James Wan created a film that is just flat out insane and I absolutely respect him for it. What starts out as a film you would probably expect if you read the plot turns into a bizarre unpredictable experience that completely does it’s own thing. Malignant was one of the biggest surprises of 2021 and for very good reason!

35. The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain directed by Will Sharpe

Benedict Cumberbatch has been in quite a few films this year all of which he did a fantastic job in! The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain is another example of how he is currently one of the best actors working today, he captures Wain’s mannerisms really really well and just goes all in with his performance. The film itself is absolutely beautiful with a ton of colors that matches the overall tone of the film. There’s a ton of heartbreaking moments that I definitely cried at while watching, it’s a very interesting biopic that shows how something as simple of drawings and paintings of cats could turn into someone’s career and make a ton of people feel a tremendous amount of joy!

34. The Hand Of God directed by Paolo Sorrentino

The Hand Of God is one of the most meaningful and powerful films of 2021, it’s a film that explores what life is like after so many hurtful experiences. Such as losing loved ones who you deeply cared about, it’s enough to break a person, what gives this film even more power is the acting. The acting from each of the cast members is some of the best acting of the year, there’s tons of emotions, power and a lot of care put into these performances that truly make this film shine. The cinematography compliments all of that with gorgeous shots, engaging shots of the actors interacting with one another and matching the mood of the scene in question. The film shows the journey of someone who’s been through many hurtful experiences and gives us the question which is “how would you cope after being through this?” Each person has a different way of coping through experiences, which the film shows that perfectly it keeps things as realistic as possible. What completely steals the show is the use of the song “Napule é” a beautiful song used for a gorgeous film that really hits you in the gut, the direction from Pablo Sorrentino is fantastic here. He captures the journey of someone who’s been through a lot incredibly well and makes sure to put in as much detail as possible.

33. The Humans directed by Stephen Karam

The Humans is the definition of a film that hits you like a truck when you least expect it, what starts out as a film about just a family coming over Thanksgiving quickly turns into a very psychological nightmare that’s filled with sadness, eeriness and so much more. The characters are what make the film experience, not only is each character given a very realistic personality but they are given their own identity and truly feel like some family members you may have. The filming combined with the one location setting is another key factor to The Humans due to it’s small space you constantly see several characters on screen together at all times, what’s very interesting is each and every scene a character is given something to do. Even if a certain character isn’t the main focus of the scene they will still be interacting with the characters just from a distance or close enough angle. This has been done before in other films but I can’t help but feel that The Humans does this in the best way possible and really fits the story that’s being told. Finally there’s the writing which gives this film it’s own identity, as the film goes on it gets more and more relatable, then comes the final 15-20 minutes. A true gut punch that sums this whole film up, the film itself was already nightmarish enough but adding in the last scene gave the film that much more power.

32. Violet directed by Justine Bateman

Violet is a meaningful film about anxiety and the voice in your head that says “you aren’t good enough” or “nobody likes you” Violet uses this idea in a way that’s very unique and quite clever, it combines some very quick editing with some very striking shots that grab the attention of the viewer. The film itself is incredibly raw and emotional to the point where it punches you in the gut several times, which leads to Olivia Munn’s performance which is easily the best of her whole career. She displays so much talent here and how capable she is as an actress, her character is fully fleshed out and feels like an actual person with so much anxiety. The writing is absolutely perfect as well, once again it captures the natural feel and truly delivers when it comes to making the viewer feel and care for what’s taking place.

31. Saint Maud directed by Rose Glass

To finish off this part we have Saint Maud! The narrative of the film is incredibly powerful it ranges from tacking the idea of belief it shows how much it can damage a person when the people who love you the most don’t respect those beliefs. There’s also a fantasy element or escapism feel to it, showing how Maud attempts to escape the current situation she’s in but ultimately she can’t. There’s tons of grief and powerful scenes that blend so well together, the final act is where you are put in this perspective that Maud must go through what is about to happen. The performances are of course fantastic especially combined with Rose Glass’s direction! It all blends into a haunting nightmare!

That is for part 3! Next time we finish the list with the last 30 films!

Top 100 Best Films Of 2021 (#74-#50)

Hello again and welcome to part 2 of the best films of 2021 list! We are going to continue working our way up the list with even more fantastic films. This part I did switch around quite a few movies where is with last part I didn’t switch that much! But I hope you enjoy let’s get started!

74. Prisoners Of The Ghostland directed by Sion Sono

Obviously Prisoners Of The Ghostland is the weaker of the two Nicolas Cage movies that made the list (Willy’s Wonderland didn’t make the cut although I really liked it). However this film was absolutely bizarre that I couldn’t help but love it. Nicolas Cage gives tons of “Nicolas Cage moments” while also being genuinely really great as well. Sofia Boutella is also really fantastic as well, the film is such a nice blend of sci-fi, western, fantasy and action. The cinematography tells the story which is quite interesting and the costumes really standout, Prisoners Of The Ghostland is not for everyone but I couldn’t help but love this one!

73. Halloween Kills directed by David Gordon Green

Originally I had Halloween Kills in the Top 50, I still do think Halloween Kills is by far one of the best films of the franchise, but when compared to a lot of other films that came out in 2021 you see a difference. However I still absolutely loved it, Halloween Kills goes for something completely different with the franchise and focuses on the people of Haddonfield and how they are reacting to Michael Myers’s killing spree. It’s a much darker film with very brutal kills that end up being some of the best of the series, a lot of the choices the characters make while not smart make sense it’s a community in panic because of a unstoppable killer. It’s an overall really fun slasher film that gets a lot right! 

72. Plan B directed by Natalie Morales

While Plan B does feel a bit similar to Unpregnant it does things differently. As I said In my review Plan B is more on the comedic side but also balances that with some drama as well, it also does use some elements from Booksmart but manages to make it own’s thing. Kuhoo Verma and Victoria Moroles are what make this film, between their surprisingly raw performances and their chemistry you can’t help but get invested in. There’s a lot of touching moments as well that really do make this film. Natalie Morales does have another movie that’s on the list (that we will get to soon) that I do think was the better film. But Plan B is a fantastic showcase of Morales’s directing talent.

71. Nobody directed by Ilya Naishuller

Nobody was one of the biggest surprises of 2021, Naishuller who previously directed Hardcore Henry once again takes the action genre and does something completely different with it. Nobody is a hybrid of dark comedy with some very heavy action combined with brutal kills. Bob Odenkirk does such a fantastic job here combine that with some very well shot action scenes that you get so much detail and you have yourself such a badass film. It’s a type of film that knows how to entertain it’s audience and knows how to balance dark comedy with action, Nobody is truly a unique action film that is truly so much fun!

70. The Matrix Resurrections directed by Lana Wachowski

Although I’m not the biggest Matrix fanatic out there I can’t help but appreciate Resurrections. Seeing Keanu Reeves as Neo again is a beautiful sight, the visuals are some of the best of 2021, the writing is energetic and very well paced. The film itself reads as a film where Lana Wachowski just doesn’t care what anyone thinks and makes a film, which I actually found to be very inspiring. It’s a very bold blockbuster that truly hits with a lot of meta humor, excellent action and just an overall fantastic film.

69. Spiral: From The Book Of Saw directed by Darren Lynn Bousman

Look I completely understand why some people wouldn’t like Spiral, however it completely worked at least for me. The film trades a lot of the gore that was in some of the previous films of the series for more of a structure. Which works in this case, it’s a interesting mystery that does keep you invested. Spiral manages to do it’s own thing without heavily relying on the other films, while it does use some of the classic Saw elements it never goes beyond on that. Spiral is a genuinely fun and investing film that does a great job of bringing more to the series!

68. The Strings directed by Ryan Glover

The Strings is a prime example of a film that uses music as a hauntingly beautiful element. Tegan Johnston gives a haunting but at the same time gorgeous performance. There isn’t a whole lot of dialogue however it’s replaced for cold cinematography and Johnston’s acting which does a fantastic job of telling the viewer how she feels and what they she is thinking. The music is beautifully done it captures the atmosphere that the film is going for, which is something I haven’t seen in too many movies as of late and that is the sense of loneliness. The film takes place in a remote cottage during the winter while it’s snowing, which is the perfect opportunity to use such a haunting atmosphere that really brings you into the film. Tegan Johnston also has a beautiful singing voice, her voice also captures the sense of loneliness type feel to it as well. The Strings is a film that combines many different type of elements to create a haunting but beautiful experience!

67. All Too Well: The Short Film directed by Taylor Swift

This is another exception I made for the list, it’s a short film that could be pretty much called a music video. However that doesn’t take away from the incredibly raw dialogue which although it doesn’t have a lot of it when it does it’s quite incredible, it captures a huge sense of realism and power that is captured within the song and what’s being shown. Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brian (who gives his best performance in a very long time) are both fantastic and do a really great job of showing tons of emotions. I’ve said this before but I truly hope Taylor Swift considers a directing career!

66. The French Dispatch directed by Wes Anderson

The French Dispatch is a clever film that tackles the anthology film genre very very well. There’s a great variety that isn’t present in a lot of anthology films. The acting from the cast is quite fantastic, the direction from Wes Anderson is once again phenomenal and the writing is filled clever humor that’s genuinely hilarious. Some segments are definitely better than others however that doesn’t stop each of the segments from being very interesting and having a lot to say, the final wrap up of all the segments is very touching and I’m sure a lot of journalists could relate to!

65. The Harder They Fall directed by Jeymes Samuel

I’ve said before that westerns do not much for me, but films like The Harder They Fall take the genre and do a lot more with it. The cast are absolutely incredible they all work together really well, have great chemistry and play as a lot of badass characters. The editing is energetic and beautifully done which gives some very strong action scenes that truly deliver on every single level. I could also go on how absolutely insane the opening scene is, from the music, to the acting it’s truly incredible. Guns Go Bang is also a fantastic song!

64. The Guilty directed by Antione Fuqua

The Guilty is a rare instance where I actually don’t mind that it’s a shot for shot remake. Jake Gyllenhaal’s performance is absolutely incredible, the guy is a seriously talented actor and he displays that here quite well. His performance feels incredibly raw and his reactions to the situation at hand feels incredibly powerful and quite human, he is basically what sells this film and rightfully so. Second reason is the lighting, while in some films I feel like I don’t need to point that out because it doesn’t really impact the story in most cases, but here it definitely impacts the story and really gives the movie this haunting and thrilling look to it. It adds to the anxiety this film gives the viewer as well as making you wonder what’s about to happen next. Then there’s the thrilling atmosphere…which is just flat out incredible, it adds a lot of anxiety to the viewer and perfectly captures what it would be like to be in the situation that Joe Baylor (Gyllenhaal) is in. The film also does a wonderful of build up throughout its running time, it slowly but surely builds up until it releases a huge amount of thunderous scenes that leave an impact on the viewer.

63. Finch directed by Miguel Sapochnik

Finch is honestly something I did not expect to make this far on the list let alone be on the list in general. It was by far one of the most surprising films of 2021, it’s a story of three life forms a human, a dog and a robot, their interaction with each other, how they feel and so on. It’s a very heartwarming film that looks and is quite beautiful. One thing I did not expect going into Finch was to cry but it happened, which is mainly due to how raw the storytelling really is. A fantastic sci-fi film full of heart and soul!

62. The Amusement Park directed by George A. Romero

Here’s another example of a lost film that was recovered and released, The Amusement Park was produced back in 1972 but was lost for years. I’ve decided that this film qualifies for the list because it never got a release and plus I’ve been wanting to find an excuse to talk about lost films so there’s that! Anyway the film itself is quite disturbing, it feels like as if it’s one of those disturbing PSAs from the 90s and early 2000s except turned into a 53 minute feature. It deals with very heavy subject matter (elder abuse), the film is very experimental and just leaves you wondering “what on earth did I just witness?” It’s also one of those disturbing films that gets more and more disturbing as it goes on.

61. Luca directed by Enrico Casarosa

Luca is another film I originally had much higher up on the list, but I will admit I do think I overhyped it a little too much. However I still absolutely love it and it’s this high up for a reason. It uses the theme of “being who you are” or “hiding your true self” in such a beautiful and clever way that really makes the film. The animation is stunning, the characters are lovable and the story is just beautifully told in every single way possible.

60. Language Lessons directed by Natalie Morales

Language Lessons is how you do a film about the pandemic, Natalie Morales does such a beautiful job both acting in and directing this film, Mark Duplass and Natalie Morales have beautiful chemistry between one another, everything about this film feels natural. There’s no “#relatable!” garbage humor like there was in a few other pandemic movies, there’s no forced plotlines. It’s a simple straight forward film about two people, their emotions, how they feel about the pandemic and so on. Truly a fantastic film and I’m absolutely looking forward to seeing what Natalie Morales does next!

59. Zack Snyder’s Justice League directed by Zack Snyder

I’m going to keep this rather short because at this point you already know the drill about this one. Talk about a difference, Snyder’s Justice League vastly superior to the movie that was released in 2017 in every single way possible. From far more character moments and development, far better writing (as well as acting) and just an overall far more enjoyable film that’s much more in depth. The film gives a ton of more context that make a lot more sense than what was released in 2017, I said in my review that the 2017 movie feels like a bunch of scenes out of context. While this film makes much more sense and actually tells a story, It’s great seeing Cyborg and The Flash get the character moments they deserved since the beginning. Snyder did a fantastic job with this one!

58. Oxygen directed by Alexandre Aja

Oxygen is another huge surprise from 2021, what could have ended up being another terrible Netflix sci-fi film that would be quickly thrown away ended up being a claustrophobic nightmare that despite being a sci-fi film it is very raw. There’s a ton of great character bits for Mélanie Laurent’s character to grow and we learn quite a bit about her. The writing is overall really strong and ends up giving a very thrilling atmosphere that wraps the film quite nicely!

57. Loki directed by Kate Herron

The final MCU and Disney+ series on the list! To keep this short like the other MCU series on the list the performances here were phenomenal. Tom Hiddleston is at his best as Loki here, Owen Wilson gives a surprisingly charming and hilarious performance and then there’s Sophia Di Martino who steals the show whenever she’s on screen. The writing is overall very strong it balances the drama, action and humor very well. One doesn’t out match the others which is exactly what more MCU films need to do and I hope they do in the future.

56. Gaia directed by Jaco Bouwer

Gaia is a huge mix of The Last Of Us (the video game), The Blair Witch Project, In The Earth and parts of The Green Inferno all mixed into a very interesting movie! It’s use of body horror was really great and slowly gets under your skin as the film progresses. The acting from Monique Rockman was really great and the writing gives this creepy feel as well. Combine that with the atmosphere and you have yourself a genuinely haunting movie that is very effective, especially when the writing is cleverly written! The location and the filming is also another one of this film’s strong points, combing them both gives beautifully haunting results that end up being intimidating and creepy as well!

55. Coming Home In The Dark directed by James Ashcroft

Another pretty disturbing film that has some very brutal kills that definitely catch you by surprise, it doesn’t hold back at all really. The atmosphere is what makes this film, Ashcroft absolutely nails it with the haunting and suspenseful atmosphere that really gets under your skin!

54. The Sparks Brothers directed by Edgar Wright

The Sparks Brothers is truly something special, I went into this documentary back at Sundance 2021 knowing next to nothing about the rock band Sparks and I walk out knowing so much about them. That in my opinion is when a documentary is very successful, with that said that’s not all. Edgar Wright puts in his style in the documentary such as using a ton of beautifully creative animation, black and white interviews that really add a lot to the documentary and he brings so much energy and humor into it as well. Edgar Wright really makes this his own.

53. I Care A Lot directed by J Blakeson

I Care A Lot is a very wild film that’s seriously fantastic, Rosamund Pike gives such a fantastic performance and absolute nails everything the film is going for. The film isn’t afraid to show unfortunate situations that do happen to senior citizens, the film shows those moments and calls them out very well. A common discourse about this film was that the film “supports this because Pike is the protagonist” I said this in my review and I’ll say it again here. Being the protagonist does not mean the person is “good” or the audience has to like them. All protagonist means is said character is the main character nothing more and nothing less. The film itself makes it quite clear that these situations are gross and calls them out very well. I Care A Lot is a very wild experience that truly delivers!

52. Profile directed by Timur Bekmambetov

Profile is one of those screen life movies you know like Searching, the Unfriended movies, The Den and a few others. This one is definitely one of the more realistic movies of the genre, the performances here incredible especially Valene Kane and Shazad Latif both of which give raw performances that sound like actual people interacting over the internet, the film does a good job of showing how certain social media platforms such as Facebook can be used as a dangerous weapon when wanting to commit horrible horrible crimes. It actually gets quite disturbing as the film goes on which is the type of disturbing that is definitely effective! Timur Bekmambetov does an incredible job with Profile, he gives the film a haunting atmosphere that gives the viewer the feeling of anything could happen and makes them wonder what’s going to happen next. Profile is also based on a true story which is an incredible read that I do recommend reading!

51. Beans directed by Tracey Deer

Beans was most definitely a hard hitting film, it takes the coming of age genre and does something different with it…being set in the Oka crisis of 1990. Which builds the characters quite well and really establishes each of the characters thoughts. The film itself is semi-autobiographical meaning it’s showing historical events that the director Tracy Deer herself lived through as a child. Deer does a fantastic job of showing the viewer what she experienced, how her friends and family felt and acted through it and so much more. The film really hits you like a truck as it goes on, it starts out pretty normally but quickly evolves into a very sad but personal experience that I’m seriously glad Tracy Deer told, the writing feels incredibly raw and only adds to the film and how personal it really feels.

50. The Night House directed by David Bruckner

The Night House takes a simple concept and turns into a nightmare in the best way possible, Rebecca Hall is brilliant in the leading role, she gives one of the best performances from 2021 and truly shows how talented she is as an actress. The dialogue from Rebecca Hall is chilling there are scenes where dialogue actually makes the viewer quite uncomfortable, due to how strong her performance really is. The writing is quite fantastic, it’s effective of telling a interesting story and takes you into the film’s world with some very powerful and interesting dialogue! Combine that with what is one of the best things about this film…the atmosphere! The film relies on the atmosphere to scare the viewer which it works quite well, the atmosphere also leads to some jumpscares that are surprisingly effective! The Night House is one of those movies that gets jumpscares right, a lot of the time in other movies jumpscares are very predictable, lazy and aren’t effective at all. The Night House has the atmosphere, the build up and it’s strong camerawork to make the jumpscares work, all of those elements combined together create several genuinely terrifying scenes that scare the viewer. The Night House is also surprisingly sad and can be depressing at times, it’s mainly due to the plot and it really works here. The film balances the horror and the sadness it’s really interesting to see the two together

And that is for part 2 of my best list! Stay tuned for part 3!!

Top 100 Best Films Of 2021 introduction and #100-#75

Well here we are it’s time for the best list and I really have to say 2021 was a fantastic year for film. There was ton of variety between genres, tons of absolute standouts and a ton of newcomers actors and actresses wise. I would go far as to say that 2021 is up there with 2017, 2018 and 2019 it terms of fantastic years for film. I also like to think 2021 was the year of music, not only just for the large amount of musicals that were released but music was always a huge part of a lot of films in 2021. Tons of powerful moments that used a song, advanced the plot, told the story itself and so on. We will get to that as we work our to the top of the list. With all that said let’s begin!

100. Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain directed by Morgan Neville

Starting off we have a very powerful and emotional documentary that tells the story of Anthony Bourdain, his impact and how much he meant to his friend’s and family. It’s a documentary that isn’t afraid to go into dark territory plus you could feel the impact Bourdain left on his friends and family. The interviews from his friends and family are absolutely crushing to the point where you can feel the pain and loss from them. Morgan Neville previously did Won’t You Be My Neighbor and while I do think that was the better documentary (that’s probably due to me not knowing Anthony Bourdain that much prior to the film.) it’s still such a fantastic documentary that nails everything it’s supposed to.

99. Werewolves Within directed by Josh Ruben

A video game adaption movie that’s actually really good? That’s the rare case here, I haven’t played the video game the film is based on so I don’t know how accurate it is. However I do know that this was a genuinely fun film that has some clever humor, a very fun cast of characters and it ends up being a modern horror comedy that stands out among the crowd.

98. Everybody’s Talking About Jamie directed by Jonathan Butterell

As I said in the introduction 2021 had a ton of musicals, a lot of which made the list. The first being Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, a more underrated musical that released. While it does feel a bit familiar at times it does far more right. The cast being one of them Max Harwood and Lauren Patel are both fantastic as well as their singing voices, the songs are quite great all around. Not every single song is a winner but there are some fantastic songs such as “Wall In My Head” and “It Means Beautiful” there’s a lot of quiet moments for the characters to develop and there are plenty of moments that hit the viewer quite hard. It’s a musical that balances many type of emotions at once!

97. Shang-Chi directed by Destin Daniel Cretton

Shang-Chi was a surprise for me, the trailers made this film out to be another generic MCU origin story. Luckily that wasn’t the case here, instead it’s a genuinely fun film that has some very interesting stylistic choices with the action scenes. The cast all around gives great performances and the movie is actually pretty funny something rare with the MCU. I do wish the third act was a lot better as it does resort to CGI monsters that don’t look great at all, however that isn’t enough to bring this movie down.

96. The Card Counter directed by Paul Schrader

One of the most underrated films of 2021, between the character building, the performances from Oscar Isaac and Tiffany Haddish as well as Paul Schrader’s direction. It turns into a very meditative and hypnotic film that drags the viewer in. We get to see a very detailed look of the characters in a dreamlike film that feels very real. A very strong and solid film from Schrader.

95. King Richard directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green

King Richard is one of the biopics in 2021 I didn’t mind, mostly because it has a lot of positives backing it up. While the movie does have some beat by beat elements that we have seen in biopics. Will Smith’s performance as Richard Williams is fantastic, he captures everything about him from his actions, speech, mannerisms and so on. The rest of the cast does a fantastic job as well, there’s tons of powerful moments such as the kitchen scene that bring you inside the mind of Richard Williams. Oh yes and Be Alive is a very solid song as well!

94. Bergman Island directed by Mia Hansen-Love

Bergman Island is an incredibly beautiful film in almost every way possible, the story combined with the setting complement each other really well. The film itself is very meta due to the story which brings some pretty clever little moments that will make any film fan nerd out, the chemistry between Vicky Krieps and Tim Roth was incredible. It feels very raw and brings so many touching moments throughout the film that really work, the direction from Mia Hansen-Løve is raw, unique and brings so much care and love into the film, it puts you into the setting of the film and captures the atmosphere of it as well!

93. Candyman directed by Nia DaCosta

Nia DaCosta’s Candyman shows a lot of her directing talent on full display, taking certain shots such as a building and turn it into something haunting is not something every director can accomplish. The acting from Teyonah Parris, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Colman Domingo are fantastic especially when combined with DaCosta’s visual style that tells a story. The storytelling does fall a little during the third act, however the positives really outweigh the negatives!

92. The Blazing World directed by Carlson Young

The Blazing World is a very strange film that I can understand why people wouldn’t like it, however Carlson Young brings so many ideas that just work perfectly. It’s a very different type of horror film that has a lot of fantasy elements in it, plus being a weird hybrid of Pan’s Labyrinth, Alice in Wonderland, Labyrinth and parts of The Shining. The story is told mostly from the visuals which make up for the writing which isn’t one of the film’s strongest points. However the visual storytelling is enough to make you forget about the writing and take you into a unique world.

91. Army Of The Dead directed by Zack Snyder

Army Of The Dead works because it’s a blast of fun, sure the CGI might not be exactly incredible (example being the Tiger) however it works in this fun campy type of way that you just can’t help but have so much with. The songs were creatively used throughout the film, the atmosphere is actually thrilling in some areas and Snyder’s direction was genuinely great as well. Army Of The Dead shows that Snyder knows how to entertain his audience and I have to give my upmost respect to that. Army Of The Dead might be flawed but it’s such a fun and genuinely strong entree in the “Of The Dead” series.

90. Godzilla Vs Kong directed by Adam Wingard

Speaking of fun films! Godzilla Vs Kong is a crossover done right, it’s a far better film than it’s predecessor Godzilla King Of The Monsters both in the action department and the writing department (although the writing isn’t perfect here but that’s not the point.) there’s a huge amount of action scenes that are genuinely incredible and very well done, the human characters were far far better this time around. And of course the build up to Godzilla’s and Kong’s was quite great, the end result is a huge climatic battle that rewards the viewer for watching the buildup! Wingard absolutely improved here in terms of directing from his last few films.

89. Best Summer Ever directed by Lauren Smitelli and Michael Parks Randa

Best Summer Ever is the film Sia’s film “Music” wanted to be. Unlike Music, Best Summer Ever has actual representation of actors and actresses with and without disabilities who play their respective roles. The film itself is a lot of fun, between strong singing voices, nostalgic type feel cinematography and tons of strong performances. It’s a musical that puts a smile on your face the whole way through the film, I absolutely respect the amount of effort that was put into it as well, you can feel the effort as the viewer and that to me is very important.

88. Wandavision directed by Matt Shakman

Yes I know this isn’t a film, however I have made a few exceptions for the list. With that said Wandavision was a very strong start to the MCU Disney+ shows, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Benttany, Kathryn Hahn and Teyonah Parris all give great performances some even better than a huge amount of performances you see in the MCU films. The one thing that does unfortunately make the series the weakest of the three that made the list is the finale, I watched it again before making this list and I can definitely see why people found it weak as I did this time around. However that doesn’t take away from the rest of the series. It has some genuinely great jokes, some very strong character development and is very investing!

87. The Beta Test directed by Jim Cummings and PJ McCabe

Jim Cummings once again shows how much fun he has while directing and acting with his films. The Beta Test is a very interesting little movie that criticizes Hollywood agents and it definitely delivers quite well, first off Jim Cummings absolutely steals the show in the leading role. His performance is energetic and quite hilarious as well, the movie itself is a very interesting blend of humor, suspense and drama each of which compliment each other quite well and build every scene. What makes this movie stronger is Jim Cummings’s style, he takes his traditional style that’s in a lot of his films also with the help of PJ McCabe who’s also in the movie, they both create something different from what Cummings’s usually does and it 100% works.

86. Lamb directed by Valdimar Jóhannsson

Oh man what to say about Lamb? Well for one thing Lamb is a very different type of horror film. It doesn’t use as many horror elements as a lot of elevated horror films do, it mainly comes down to the subject matter and just how downright bizarre the film itself is. The cinematography is absolutely beautiful yet haunting at the same time, Ada the lamb is used for some very dark symbolism that’s played off as innocent which I do think adds to the eeriness of the film, Noomi Rapace also gives one of her best performances of her career arguably the best. Some parts of Lamb did not completely work with me, such as the ending as it did feel a little rushed. However most of it worked tremendously!

85. Passing directed by Rebecca Hall

Passing is a film I wish I liked a little bit more but I’m still satisfied with it’s outcome, the film tackles colorism and explores it as well. Which the film does a tremendously great job of doing that. Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga both give fantastic performances some of the best in a film from 2021, then there’s Rebecca Hall’s direction which is hypnotic and filled with powerful storytelling. Combine all of that with the black and white photography and you have yourself a very beautiful film!

84. Mark, Mary and Some Other People directed by Hannah Marks

What makes this film so great is Ben Rosenfield and Hayley Law’s performances plus Hannah Mark’s direction. I said in my review that a major problem with a lot of romantic comedy films is that the characters never feel like actual people. With this film you get something different you get a set of characters who actually feel like people and the writing comes off as pretty authentic. The ending is a very nice touch and feels a lot more realistic than the traditional romantic comedy movie.

83. Fear Street: 1994 directed by Leigh Janiak

This is one of the rare instances where a film that has a Scream type feel to it actually works very well. The performances are surprisingly really solid which is something you don’t see every day with Netflix Teen slasher films, the kills are actually very brutal as well and you have the music that’s a time capsule of the 90s and at times 80s as well both with music and slasher elements. Leigh Janiak did such a great job here and truly knows what the audience of Fear Street wanted!

82. Fear Street: 1978 directed by Leigh Janiak

The last Fear Street film to make the list (sorry Fear Street: 1666 didn’t make the cut) what I said about 1994 can be applied to 1978. Only this time 1978 does a fantastic job of being a tribute to the 70s and sometimes 80s slasher films. Sadie Sink gives a fantastic performance, the soundtrack is once again spot on and captures the time period, the characters are given more development and the kills are just as good as before. It’s a beautiful love letter to the slasher genre!

81. Little Fish directed by Chad Hartigan

Little Fish is how you do a pandemic film! Olivia Cooke and Jack O’Connell both do a fantastic job in their roles and give very authentic performances as well. The chemistry between the two are really strong and feel like an actual relationship, the writing is also quite great something with a bunch of character moments included. Luckily Little Fish remembers that and puts in character development and a ton of character building moments. We take a look at what the characters are feeling and what their thoughts are about the pandemic. They are both trying to find each other which gets more and more powerful as the film goes on, especially at the end which did hit me pretty hard. Little Fish is also beautifully made and has a beautiful atmosphere as well, it gives the type of atmosphere and care that other pandemic movies should really follow going forward.

80. Hawkeye directed by Rhys Thomas and Bertie & Bert

Hawkeye is the second MCU Disney+ series to make the list, to keep things short the performances are what make the series. Everyone involved gives really strong performances particularly Hailee Steinfeld, Florence Pugh, Alaqua Cox and Jeremy Renner. The series also does a fantastic job when it comes to character development which I feel is by far it’s strongest part, unlike some of the MCU films, the series spends just enough time giving the characters moments to develop and give the audience a reason to care about these characters. It’s a series that gets you very excited to see what it’s in store next for these characters!

79. Raya And The Last Dragon directed by Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada

A genuinely sweet film that tackles a culture pretty respectfully, Kelly Marie Tran and Awkwafina both have great chemistry between one another. The score is flawless it combines so many different types of incredible sounds and instruments together such as exotic strings, and hand drums with synths and a booming bass. Truly some beautiful music that completely fits this movie, the story is emotional, powerful and just overall a joy to listen to. There is a certain Disney animated film from 2021 that many people myself included found better than Raya And The Last Dragon. However that doesn’t take away from the film!

78. Summer Of Soul directed by Questlove

2021 was a very interesting year for Lost Media, some pretty huge searches happened and some types of media were found. The footage of Harlem Culture Festival from 1969 being one of those being found! Summer Of Soul is a fantastic and very wonderful experience, seeing a lot of footage that was thought to be lost be rediscovered and shown to the public. Especially when it’s about the topic of summer of 1969 where thousands of people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival. The documentary is exactly what the description says it’s about, it’s a huge celebration of Black history, culture, music and fashion and every minute of it is glorious. I have said before how I like lost media being found and then being released to the public, this is a prime example of that. The footage shown is absolutely beautiful, it feels like you are there at the festival with everyone just having a great time. It’s time capsule that’s truly beautiful and captures so much about a community coming together and just having fun while talking about important history and issues.

77. About Endlessness directed by Roy Andersson

About Endlessness is cinematic magic, the film gives off that feeling throughout the running time. From the incredibly beautiful acting and writing that feels as raw as possible, to the direction that is incredibly well done. The film holds several shots without movement in many different scenes that make the audience absorb what they are watching, in each of these shots you can find something incredibly meaningful. The scene of the two main characters flying through the air is one of the most beautiful scenes in a film from 2021!

76. Supernova directed by Harry Macqueen

Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci are absolutely incredible in their roles, they both give raw, emotional and flawless performances that really bring you to tears, they went all out in their roles and did quite a fantastic job. The chemistry between the two is fantastic, every single time they are on screen together (which is pretty much all the time) they truly shine. The writing here feels incredibly natural, the writers did quite a great job when it comes to wanting emotions such as sadness from the audience. It’s a beautiful film that really connects with it’s audience!

75. MLK/FBI directed by Sam Pollard

To finish off the first part we have MLK/FBI a documentary that I feel like not enough people talk about. MLK/FBI is very eye opening documentary about how the FBI wanted to humiliate Martin Luther King Jr and ruin his life. Learning more about King and how the FBI desperately wanted to take him down because they feared him was truly some very disturbing stuff. The film itself really shows how the FBI can attempt/actually destroy your life and all it takes for them is to not like you or fear you. Martin Luther King Jr was a brilliant speaker and this documentary shows you more of that, there’s tons of moments that truly blow you away. The bravery and absolute genius of King is and always will be remarkable, the documentary itself is extremely well crafted, between a lot of interesting interviews and footage used! It’s one hell of a eye opening documentary!

And that does it for part one! Stay tuned for part 2!!

Top 100 Worst Movies Of 2021! (#25-#2)

First things first I want to explain why I’ve decided to give number 1 it’s own post. Those of you who know me probably already know what number 1 is going to be. And as I said at the beginning of the list nothing on this list not even the last entrees were even close from beating what’s at number one. Usually it’s close in most other years but not 2021. The main reason I’m giving number one it’s own post is because of how terrible, how ignorant, and down right disgusting plus ableist the movie is (by that you should know what it is) and I don’t think a segment is enough to explain how bad it is. I would be completely slacking off and not addressing a huge issue that still goes on in the film industry if I just slapped it at the end of the list. Plus I want dissect the movie as much as possible to explain how and why it’s one of the worst and most disgusting movies ever made.

With that explained we are at the bottom of the barrel, the movies I consider to be the absolute worst to come out of 2021, I will say that this was the easiest worst list I’ve ever put together. I moved maybe one or two movies around but even then it was a slight change. With that said let’s do this.

25. American Refugee – The third and final Blumhouse and EPIX collaboration of 2021 on the list, I was debating if The Deep House was going to American Refugee spot but I decided against that for one major reason. With The Deep House at least there were some decent shots and idea that could have worked, American Refugee doesn’t even try with it’s own idea and instead plays a very bad horror thriller. Plus the script was quite honestly one of the worst I hard last year.

24. Locked Down – Hey remember when this released? This was the other Doug Liman movie that came out last year, Locked Down is a prime example of how NOT to do a movie about COVID-19. Outside of Chiwetel Ejiofor and Anne Hathaway the rest of the movie is complete and total garbage. The film itself for whatever reason is also really ugly, the style they went for just did not work here at all and the writing feels completely soulless. Halfway through the movie it completely switches genres and becomes a heist movie…it makes little to no sense at all.

23. Injustice – I’m honestly not sure how you mess up an animated adaption of Injustice but here we are I guess. Injustice feels like a clipshow of scenes taken out of context and put together as a movie, which will definitely confuse people who are unfamiliar with Injustice. The tone of the movie switching from being incredibly dark to a Saturday morning cartoon is very awkward and destroys a lot of what would be very tense moments or impactful scenes. It’s just such a huge disappointment, this is something that could have been absolutely incredible but instead ends up being one of the worst movies of 2021.

22. Shook – I love Internet based horror films, but this was just a complete a misfire. It has a very strange fascination with dead dogs which it uses for shock value. I still have no idea what the writers were going for here, I mean yes influencers do get stalked however this movie did a very piss poor job of showing or telling that. Spree did a far better job of showing and telling the problems with Social Media. Shook just felt like a movie that used internet themes but didn’t showcase anything interesting at all, plus it doesn’t help the acting is horrendous.

21. The End Of Us – Another movie about COVID-19 that was made by Buzzfeed Studios….that’s a recipe for disaster and sure it enough the movie is horrible. The humor is pretty much the same type of humor Buzzfeed puts into their videos, the same annoying “look at this It’s relatable” type humor. In fact that’s what the movie tries to push, for the viewer to somehow feel like this movie is relatable. Only that doesn’t work because this movie comes off as very fake, like it just came out of a bubble gum commercial. The writing is beyond awful it’s single handily some of the worst of 2021, I have nothing else on this one.

20. Space Jam: A New Legacy – You know what I’m just going to post my review here, because I said it best there and I really don’t have anything else new or interesting to say except this is one giant product placement. And that this is the type of filmmaking I absolutely despise. Enjoy my review of it I did back when it came out! Look I’m not going to act like the first movie is some sort of masterpiece, in fact I’m not even a fan of the first movie It was one of those movies where I liked it as a kid but now it’s really not good. However the first movie at least tried (Michael Jordan was horrendous however) the same can’t be said for Space Jam: A New Legacy. So to start off if you spent time on Twitter and saw the number of cameos in the movie…it’s just as painful as they look. Each and every single one of them feels forced, the cameos in question is pretty much anything that Warner Bros owns from Rick And Morty, Mad Max Fury Road, Superman, Austin Powers and several others heck during the basketball game you can see numerous characters like The Iron Giant, The Flintstones, Batman villains, the Clockwork Orange crew (yes Alex and his gang are for whatever reason there) and a ton of others. I feel like my friend said it best about this movie “this is the equivalent of a rich kid coming into show and tell and instead of showing one item he or she decides to show like 50 items.” This is the type of filmmaking that I consider not filmmaking, it’s nothing but a million dollar studio looking down at the audience and saying “look how much IPs we own!!” The worst part about it is none of these cameos do anything for the story at all, they are all just there without any rhyme or reason. The only thing I can say I liked in this huge mess was the animation, I thought it was actually well done and gave the characters the energy they usually have. There were one or two jokes that were okay but the rest of the jokes didn’t land at all, I know I say “this movie was not funny” quite often but trust me when I say that a majority of these jokes were horrendous. During the first act of the movie they already use a Big Chungus meme which completely comes out of nowhere, let’s get to the acting, writing and story. The acting is complete garbage LeBron James’s performance was quite awful, it feels like he’s not trying at all, with no energy or effort put into it at all. On the other hand Don Cheadle gives a “it’s so bad it’s hilarious” type performance he truly looks like he’s having a blast which is something refreshing to see, the writing and story are both terrible and a complete total mess. Random plots just happen for no other reason which brings me back to the cameos, you can feel the desperation in the writing when it comes to the cameos to the point where it’s embarrassing. Did I forget to mention that it’s 2 hours long? A huge giant commercial for HBO Max and the rest of Warner Bros IPs, with horrendous pacing that feels like you are sitting through a 4 hour commercial on loop.

19. Red Notice – One of the most soulless and manufactured action movies in recent memory, between the chemistry from Ryan Reynolds, The Rock and Gal Gadot plus the incredibly poor pacing it’s excruciating to sit through. It’s everything you have seen in a action movie done 20x worse. Not much else to say here.

18. Cinderella – The movie that united all sides of Twitter to absolutely destroy this movie and rightfully so. I was considering putting this in the top 10 but it managed to get beaten. The several problems with Cinderella include, James Corden, the CGI Mice looking like a very early PS2 game, the movie feeling very cheaply made, the writing being absolutely horrendous and worst of all the jokes. As I said in my review if I have to hear James Corden joke about how proud he is of his “front tail” ever again I’m going to quit reviewing movies

Finally we are at the movies I gave my lowest rating, the “disgrace to cinema” rating! Which in most other years I gave a lot more movies that rating in a year, in 2021 I only gave 17 movies that rating. Which is both kind of shocking yet amazing probably because 2021 was just a fantastic year for film but we will get to that later this month! Let’s dive in and finish this.

17. The Reckoning – Neil Marshall use to be a director I looked forward to when he was releasing films, unfortunately that all changed when Hellboy (2019) happened and then soon after The Reckoning. The Reckoning is a horrendous movie that often forgets what it’s set out to do, the “burn the witch” genre has been done to death numerous times and here it combines every last cliche in the book, what seals this movie’s fate is the garbage writing. A lot of the writing makes little to no sense and it keeps having to remind the audience about simple plot devices that we are already fully aware of, the acting is just as terrible with little to no direction and every single one of the actors and actresses failing to bring any sort of energy in their roles.

16. Safer At Home – Another movie about COVID-19, this time it tries to be Host (2020) but completely fails at doing that. It takes place on a Zoom call which worked for Host due to fantastic acting and writing, this is not the cast for Safer At Home. Poor acting, poor writing and all the characters feeling like the same really drags this movie down.

15. Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City – I did a review for this one a few weeks ago, so I really don’t have any new thoughts about this one so I’m just going to post my review and move on. Resident Evil and live action movies have never been good friends, the Paul W.S. Anderson Resident Evil movies were trying to go for something completely different rather than follow the video game franchise which I guess is okay except they weren’t good. Then the announcement of a more faithful adaptation to the franchise was said and I got my hopes up, the problem? It’s directed by Johannes Roberts director of the two 47 Meters Down movies, The Other Side Of The Door and The Strangers Prey At Night (which I actually thought was okay.) The movie itself feels like it was made for TV and someone saw a few cutscenes of the first games online and decided to make a movie. The biggest issue with this movie was that it tried to tackled both the first game and the second one, Resident Evil is not the type of franchise where you can just skim through it and hope for the best. There’s so much detail, character growth and important moments that are completely missing because of this. The acting is dreadful and the portrayals of each of the characters are incredibly awful, it’s definitely not the actors fault it’s mainly due to how incredibly lazy and just downright awful the script is. For a movie that’s 1 hour and 47 minutes long this feels like an eternity, it’s not fun, it’s not interesting, the atmosphere is all over the place and doesn’t feel like Resident Evil at the slightest. The movie does show a few big moments from the games, however they aren’t done well at all as I said before it feels like they just watched some cutscenes online and decided to make the movie. It doesn’t explore much context behind the moments or any development, it’s truly one of the laziest ways to go about making an adaption that’s claiming to be more faithful to the franchise.

14. The House Next Door: Meet The Blacks 2 – Yes because there was such a high demand for Meet The Blacks to get a sequel, I don’t even know what to say about this one. At least the first movie knew what it was a parody of, this one just throws anything at a wall while making little to no sense at all. I honestly couldn’t tell you what exactly happens in this movie because the story itself is just very poorly written.

13. The Kissing Booth 3 – The fact the Kissing Booth actually became a trilogy is just absolutely maddening, this movie somehow manages to be even worse than the last one. A lot of this movie comes down to being melodramatic about almost anything that happens in the movie, the writing is absolutely garbage with very little substance at all. The characters aren’t given any proper character development or don’t feel like actual people. The most positive thing I can say is that it’s the last of these movies.

12. Aileen Wuornos: American Boogywoman – Ah Daniel Farrands always making it at so far on these lists, while this movie isn’t as bad as the other movie Farrands came out with in 2021. It’s still horribly acted, written and directed. Peyton List is horribly miscast and the movie has this failed high school film project type feel to it.

11. Ted Bundy: American Boogyman – What I just said about Aileen Wuornos; American Boogywoman can be applied here. They are the exact same movie but the plots are about different serial killers, Farrands directing style is still ugly and continues to prove why he’s one of the worst directors working today.

10. Home Sweet Home Alone – This movie has some of the worst writing I heard in 2021, the movie is an embarrassing attempt to cash in on a popular name. The jokes feel dated as a handful of them are memes, the acting is horrendous and the movie itself feels like a giant waste of time.

9. Diana: The Musical – How is this even real?

8. Behind The Sightings – This is another case of the history of a movie being far more interesting than the movie itself. Making a found footage movie based on the Clown Sightings of 2016 is a really interesting idea that definitely had tons of potential. Unfortunately Behind The Sightings completely falls flat on every single level to deliver, right from the beginning the acting is already at a huge low point it feels like nobody tried. It doesn’t get any better at all either, the writing is a huge mess filled with annoying characters and tries way too hard to be scary by using endless amount of jumpscares that you can see coming miles away. What’s even worse is the pacing, it’s amazing that this is a 81 minute movie but feels like an eternity. It’s dreadfully put together so many scenes that feel unnecessary, the last act of the movie is nothing but screaming that tries way too hard.

7. Separation – Marriage Story if it were a garbage horror movie, William Grant Bell continues to prove how he’s one of the worst and most uninteresting horror directors working today. Separation is a disastrous mess, right from the beginning you feel the cheapness of this movie, it feels like something that should have went straight to DVD but this actually got a theater release. The acting, writing and the direction are all terrible, which is expected at this point from Bell but with this movie I would argue it’s even worse. Everyone involved either sounds bored as hell or isn’t even trying, there are some interesting ideas somewhere in this movie that I definitely thought this movie was going to do something with. But that doesn’t happen unfortunately.

6. Karen – Yeah I got nothing, I truly got nothing. The title of the movie and the plot really speaks for itself, the movie isn’t subtle at the slightest between the music and the garbage writing. It’s nothing more than horrible horrible exploitation of racial discrimination that’s seen on a daily basis.

5. Night Of The Animated Dead – it’s basically a poorly done animated version of Night Of The Living Dead, the only main difference is more blood but that really doesn’t matter here, this is nothing more than to cash in on a popular name. Hoping to sucker people into watching it.

4. He’s All That – I’m very tired of studios or companies trying to insert influencers into movies who clearly can’t act. It’s been proven time and time again that this doesn’t work, Even if you take Addison Rae out of the movie it would still feel like a soulless remake to She’s All That. There’s nothing in this movie that works at the slightest, having Rachel Leigh Cook and Matthew Lillard in the movie was nice but they weren’t anywhere near enough to save this movie.

3. After We Fell – Congratulations the After series this is the first time since the movie series even started that these movies haven’t been the worst film of the year (After being the worst of 2019) and (After We Collided being the worst of 2020) but make no mistake this one is still really bad. This one is basically a bunch of laughably bad sex scenes and arguments and it goes on and on till the movie ends. After We Fell also feels the most like a fanfiction of the 3 movies, oh yeah and the line “sexy popeye” is used…

2. Run Hide Fight – Ah yes the movie Dailywire picked up the rights to, I’m going to post my review here because I have nothing more to say. It’s a horrendous movie that pretty much says “school shootings aren’t that bad!” There are several huge flaws that are just flat out embarrassing, first off the editing is atrocious. It almost feels like it wasn’t made by a human, or you know someone didn’t bother to look over the editing and just called it a day. The editing also makes the pacing very awkward at times, you can go from one scene with two people talking to all of a sudden a shooting with no real build up. The movie portrays school shootings in a very distasteful way, not to mention almost of the scenes in this movie would never happen during a school shooting. It uses a very serious topic that is still going on today in America and tries to play it off as “see school shootings aren’t so bad if you defend yourself!” The acting and writing are both just horrible, I know Isabel May is trying to give it her all. But not even she can really save it, the writing feels like a first draft to a school play. It has absolutely no substance to it at all, it doesn’t try to bring up any other solution other then “throw guns at the problem” plus the characters just feel incredibly unrealistic. There’s this one scene where Isabel May is trying to warn one of the teachers who’s teaching a class through a window that there’s a school shooting. The teacher flat out doesn’t listen and close the blinds…I’m sorry but that would never happen, the fact they try to pass this scene off as realistic is really disgusting to me. If you take out all the clear “let’s make this to dunk on the other side” points it would still fall flat, what your left with is a horrendous Die Hard clone. I truly believe there is better ways of talking about school shootings film, this just isn’t it at all. In fact this is a prime example of what NOT to do.

And that’s all for now! Next time I talk about number one and why in my opinion is one of the worst movies ever made.

Top 100 Worst Movies Of 2021 (#49-#26)

Welcome to part 3 of the list, we are reaching near the end of the list and a lot of the movies you are thinking of that haven’t appeared quite yet are more than likely going to appear in this part and the last part! Reminder we are still in the movies I gave a 2/10 range, meaning there’s a few good things about the movie but are overall horrendous! Let’s get this started!

49. The Unholy – I wouldn’t blame you if you completely forgot this movie came out, it came out in April a month that was overall a very quiet month for movies. The only positives for this one is the cinematography and Jeffery Dean Morgan, outside of that it’s one of the most forgettable and cliched religion horror movies in recent memory. The writing choices are completely bizarre, the character development is nonexistent and the movie is filled to the brim with jumpscares.

48. The Little Things – I remember when this movie was actually talked about quite a lot before suddenly disappearing…..and for a good reason. The Little Things wants to be Se7en so badly, the first draft for this movie was actually written in 1993 with a lot of directors passing on the project. While Denzel Washington’s performance is actually not too bad, Jared Leto’s performance really sinks this movie. The movie is also missing of what made Se7en so great…character development, great characters, twists and so much more.

47. Dear Evan Hansen – I’m not going to go on and on about this one for too long, because so many people have already talked in great lengths about it. Outside of a few performances and some of the songs being genuinely great, the movie itself is destroyed by the writing issues coming off as very out of touch when it comes to mental health issues, it doesn’t help that the movie is ridiculously long and feels like a chore to sit through. I definitely respect that the story of Dear Evan Hansen actually has helped people it’s just not for me at all.

46. The Addams Family 2 – This movie somehow ends up being worse than it’s predecessor, it once again puts a lot of jokes that just don’t match the style of The Addams Family. Between “squad goals”, a Billie Eilish joke and “I’ve always practiced social distancing it becomes a complete and total mess. The plot is also your basic family road trip movie and does nothing different at all, outside of a surprisingly catchy cover of “I Will Survive” there is nothing to this movie.

We have finally reached the movies that just missed my lowest ranking we are entering the movies that received a 1/10!

Also Speed round incoming of movies I didn’t give full reviews! Skip to #41 if you want the longer segments again!

45. The Princess Switch 3: Romancing The Star – It’s almost the exact same thing as the last two movie, again why are these movies on Netflix instead of Hallmark?

44. Red Woods – A found footage movie that REALLY wants to be The Blair Witch Project, it’s filled with cliches such as the characters feeling like any other found footage movie characters. The acting isn’t great and the writing is a complete mess.

43. Inheritance – Another typical bad thriller with Lilly Collins and Simon Pegg being the only good parts about it.

42. Intrusion – Suffers from the exact same problems Netflix’s other terrible thrillers did such as Secret Obsession, terrible writing, acting and a very predictable ending. Oh yes and it feels like a LifeTime Channel movie…yep it’s one of those.

41. Sky Sharks – The history of this movie is more interesting than the movie itself, being delayed several times since 2017 then going into complete silence until a few weeks before it released! The concept of Nazi sharks could have been hilarious if they actually focused more on the sharks, I will give it credit when the sharks are on screen it’s hilarious due to how poor the special effects are. However you are better off watching Sharknado. 

40. The Resort – Look I love low budget movies but there comes a point when the writing and acting are so piss poor that it ruins the entire thing. The location is very nice but everything else is a mess.

39. Stay Out Of The Attic – A movie that tries to be Don’t Breathe but fails to understand what made Don’t Breathe so great, terrible acting and very stock characters.

38. Phobias – What a waste of potential, an anthology about different phobias? That’s a brilliant idea, sadly it’s poorly executed with bad acting and writing.

37. Infinite – Oh yeah this is the movie where Mark Wahlberg gives one of the most awkward voiceovers I’ve heard in a movie in recent memory, outside of Chiwetel Ejiofor this movie has nothing going for it at all. It’s a painfully horrible paced Sci-Fi movie that is no different than any other movie of the genre that came before it. It doesn’t help that Wahlberg gives one of the worst performances of his career, it’s a shame because Antoine Fuqua is a very solid director (Training Day, The Equalizer, it’s Sequel and Southpaw) this just feels like it’s done by someone complaining different.

36. Fear Of Rain – I really don’t have anything interesting to say about this one outside of the movie’s portrayal of Schizophrenia is very stereotypical. 

35. Rock Dog 2: Rock Around The Park – I asked this in my review but it needs to be asked once again “who asked for this?” Some crappy animated movie from 2017 got a sequel in 2021 and well nobody talks about it. As for the movie itself there really isn’t anything noteworthy to say, the animation looks like something you would see on of those YouTube Kids videos. The writing is terrible, the character models are even worse and it’s painful to sit through.

34. Bliss – I’m all for Owen Wilson trying something completely different but he feels so out of place here, Bliss can be written down as something I like to call release date fodder. Which means a studio putting something out they know is going to fail or is just a bad movie because they need something to release. Oh yeah and the fact this movie is a terrible version of The Matrix doesn’t help at all.

33. Paradise Cove – I’ll give the movie this the director definitely improved from his last movie which was that awful 9/11 movie with Charlie Sheen. Outside of that it’s another terrible thriller let’s move on.

32. Great White – A shark movie that for whatever reason wants to be serious and complete bonkers and utterly fails at it. It doesn’t help that the sharks aren’t even the main focus of the movie, instead it’s a bunch of melodrama that I can 100% say with certainty that the audience watching this movie did not come here for. There’s definitely some it’s so bad it’s hilarious moments but that’s not enough to save this one.

31. America: The Motion Picture – This movie ultimately boils down to someone’s bad fanfiction of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, it’s also equivalent to one of those early 2010s adult animated shows that were painfully unfunny and edgy for the sake of being edgy.

30. Cosmic Sin – It’s one of those Bruce Willis and Lionsgate movies, just by that you already know how bad this movie is. These movies are getting progressively worse and worse as they release, the only positive here is Frank Grillo. As for the rest of the movie? It’s the exact same thing as any of the other ones that Lionsgate released, except the plot is tweaked a bit, but the same cheap editing, horrible acting, writing and direction are still present.

29. Father Christmas Is Back – Kelsey Grammer shitpost.

28. Joe Bell – Honestly I feel like my review of this one sums this one up very well so I’m just going to post it here enjoy! Joe Bell is a movie where at first glance it seems like it’s trying to be meaningful and heartwarming but when you actually sit down and take a closer look at it that’s just not true at all. The only thing I can give this movie is Mark Wahlberg gives a fine enough performance and trust me when I say that isn’t enough to save this movie, my biggest issue with this movie is that it really tries to hammer in this idea that “at least I’m not AS homophobic as those guys” look I’m all for redemption stories, people can change it’s part of the human nature. However this feels like a very ignorant and a tasteless way of doing that. It doesn’t help that the writing is terrible and is a complete and total mess, the LGBT character is sidelined in favor of the father who’s homophobic. It feels like another inspiration porn but this case this movie was made for some straight people to pat themselves on the back. What makes this even more tasteless and honestly very uncomfortable is that this is based on an actual suicide, so not only is the movie just bad in general due to poor direction that has nothing to it at all. It completely fails at treating the true story with care, as for the rest of the movie it’s honestly shocking of how cheaply made despite a $33 million dollar budget (according to Deadline) I’ve seen films with a much lower budget that don’t feel anywhere near as cheaply made as this. As I said before the writing is a complete and total mess, it feels like nobody looked this over and just went with it.

27. Chaos Walking – Here we go, Chaos Walking is another one of those Young Adult Sci-Fi adaptions that completely failed. From its writing to its acting and it completely not taking advantage of it’s interesting ideas, Chaos Walking feels like a chore to sit through. Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland are clearly trying their best with what they are given, but Doug Liman’s direction here is just terrible, which pains me to say given how much I love some of his work especially Edge Of Tomorrow. 

26. The Deep House – This is another one of the Blumhouse and EPIX collaborations this movie is basically 47 Meters Down and it’s sequel except without sharks and instead has haunted house elements. What kills this movie is the characters constantly saying “oh my god we have to get out of here!” Over and over again, it drives you to the point of wanting hit your head against the nearest wall. Some of the filming is quite nice but good lord the acting is dreadful.

And that’s it for part 3 of the worst list! Next time we will cover #25-#2! I know what you are thinking and I’ll explain why I’m giving number one it’s own post next time!!

Most Anticipated Films Of January 2022!

This is going to be a very quick post mainly due to there not being that much this month! However there are some really great films that look great!

Now I have seen a good chunk of these films but they are most definitely worth it!

1. The Fallout – January 27th on HBO Max

2. The Tragedy Of MacBeth – January 14th Apple TV+

3. Scream – January 14th Theaters

4. See For Me – January 7th VOD

5. Belle – January 14th Theaters

6. Italian Studies – January 14th VOD

7. The Pink Cloud – January 14th Theaters

8. A Hero – January 7th Theaters and January 21st Amazon Prime Video

9. Alone Together – January 28th VOD

10. Cyrano – January 28th Theaters

11 Morbius – January 28th Theaters

Top 100 Worst Movies Of 2021 (#74-#50)!

Hello again and welcome to part 2 of the worst list. Last time was pretty straightforward, we haven’t gotten to the REALLY bad movies quite yet, we are still in the range of “a few positives but overall forgettable and not good”. Let’s continue on shall we?

74. Don’t Breathe 2 – Trust me I wanted to put this so much lower on the list, but there are a couple positives that are keeping this movie afloat. Stephen Lang does a decent job and the kills are actually pretty neat. Unfortunately Don’t Breathe 2 completely goes against everything that made the first film so great, it tries to turn Stephen Lang’s character into an anti-hero but completely fails at doing that. It’s also one of those horror sequels that feels completely empty, which is incredibly disappointing.

73. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid – As I said in my review this is basically the live action 2010 movie but In animated form and it’s somehow worse, I honestly couldn’t believe how bare bones this actually felt when I watched it, it doesn’t have the charm, humor or fun factor the 2010 did. Really don’t have much else to add on.

72. Voyagers – Remember when this came out? No? Well me neither, it was until I actually read my review for it that I start to remember it. There was a giant amount of potential here but the movie is basically Lord Of The Flies but in space and it’s nowhere near as interesting. The acting and writing both fall incredibly flat and the direction is all over the place, there’s some nice elements visually but that’s not nearly enough to recommend this.

71. Snake Eyes – I’ll give the movie this…it’s the best G.I.Joe movie!! Henry Golding is actually not too bad as Snake Eyes, however like some of the other action movies I’ve talked about so far on this list it suffers some of the same problems. The action scenes are horribly filmed due to the very shaky camera, it’s almost next to impossible to make out what’s going on. Lastly the movie just feels like another terrible summer action blockbuster, it does nothing to differentiate among others unfortunately.

70. Spirit Untamed – My main question after watching this movie was “why?” Plus I really don’t exactly know what to say here, it’s a bad animated movie that tries to please fans of the original movie and tries to please fans of the Netflix series. I really don’t know what else to say here.

69. Seance – Simon Barrett is very talented it’s just a shame his talent wasn’t shown in this movie.

68. Agnes – Outside of some decent performances from Molly C. Quinn and Hayley McFarland the movie ends up being a complete and total mess. It feels like two completely different movies the first half being a laughably bad horror movie and the second half feeling like a nothing special about it drama. Sean Gunn for whatever reason shows up.

67. Butchers – Discount Wrong Turn with some good gore…Next.

66. A Glitch In The Matrix – A interesting premise for a documentary that sadly feels uninformative, it uses no factual evidence instead it uses YouTube videos or videos from other sites that have been debunked numerous times. There’s a few cool bits in there such as some neat robot costumes that I’m sure had a lot of work put into them. You will more than likely get more out of a conspiracy theory post from Reddit than this movie.

65. Last Call – A terrible comedy that has some decent acting but unfortunately follows some exact same plot lines as other movies only it does them worse.

64. Thunder Force – This is another attempt by Netflix to try and capitalize off of the superhero genre…if you have seen any Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy comedy you have already seen this one, Octavia Spencer and Melissa McCarthy actually try their best with what they are given and the movie itself isn’t as bad as some of Falcone’s other movies. But it’s still a very unfunny mess that uses the same old jokes (McCarthy falling over) as the other movies do, the superhero elements are very surface level and don’t add anything to the movie.

Now we are getting into the next tier of movies which this one is “movies that have one or two positives but are ultimately really bad”

63. Falling – I can perfectly understand why someone may like this movie, however it completely falls flat for me. The only huge positive I can give this movie is the acting is quite great. The problem is the writing and messaging of the movie comes off as very awkward and quite uncomfortable (and not in the good way) lots of slurs, racism and so on is spewed and the problem is the movie tries to justify this by having a very half ass lesson about forgiveness. It isn’t explored not nearly enough to have a conversation about it, ultimately very forgettable.

62. Dreamcatcher – A very empty slasher film that presents very interesting ideas such as taking place at a music festival. But it doesn’t do anything with that concept and goes in the traditional bad slasher movie route.

The next batch of movies are ones I didn’t give a full review to for obvious reasons so excuse the very short segments. (skip to #56 if you want to see the longer segments again.)

61. The Last Mercenary – A terrible French comedy that has Jean-Claude Van Damme, very unintentionally hilarious but definitely not a good movie at all.

60. Held – Discount Saw movie, only positive to say is the acting. Otherwise it’s Saw but more stupid.

59. Paranormal Prison – A terrible found footage horror movie that for some reason gives the characters uninteresting and long backstories.

58. The Devil Below – Really not much to say here, The Devil Below is about as painfully nothing special as you can get, it starts out way too slow and never picks up until the tip end of the second act. But by then the movie has already lost your interest, the writing is horrible and predictable the acting ranges from bad to very below average.

57. Vanquish – This was a movie I felt like putting much lower on the list, but it does have it’s positives such as Ruby Rose, Morgan Freeman and the surprisingly decent cinematography. Like the last four entrees this is yet another movie I did not give a full review and rightfully so. It’s another terrible action thriller from Lionsgate that has big name stars to sucker you into watching it.

56. Tom and Jerry – I was heavily debating if I should keep where this movie is or put it lower on the list, but when compared to some of the other movies that will appear later on the list it seems like a masterpiece. Anyways Tom And Jerry is actually looked somewhat decent from the trailers but unfortunately falls into the early 2000s family movie hole and not in a good way, between the movie opening with a rapping bird, the unfunny jokes that are told every 0.2 seconds and the acting even from great performers such as Chloe Grace Moretz and Michael Peña feeling incredibly phoned in. The movie is a huge mess that completely misses the point of what made the original Tom And Jerry cartoon so loved, giving this project to Tim Story was a huge mistake.

55. Mainstream – is a movie that should have been really good, Nat Wolff and Andrew Garfield are both great here. But unfortunately this movie feels like if that one kid in computer class who always made their project filled with flash effects made a movie. The social media aspect is incredibly outdated and is very weak when compared to other films that have tackled the social media subject so much better.

54. Finding You – 119 minutes of a whole lot of nothing, the writing is the worst part about this movie. It feels like someone wrote a fanfiction and accidentally sent it to a film studio, way too many subplots happen with very little conclusion and you have uninteresting characters.

53. Outside The Wire – Anthony Mackie and Damson Idris have great chemistry and both gave genuinely decent performances, but like some of the other Netflix films I’ve talked about so far on this list it feels very bare bones. Between uneven pacing and very cliched characters, this is one that did have potentially but ultimately missed it’s mark.

52. Prey – A terrible survival movie that does nothing new for the genre (yet another one I didn’t give a full review)

51. The Ice Road – Liam Neeson has his good performances and his bad ones….this is one of the bad ones, an action thriller that feels almost identical to every single one of the movies Neeson has been in the last 7 years. The movie tries to ground itself as realistic but throws every ridiculous scene that comes right out of nowhere. The best way to describe The Ice Road is if The LifeTime Channel decided to make action films instead of whatever the hell they make.

50. Black As Night – Here is the other “Welcome To The Blumhouse” movie that made the list. Black As Night tries to be a clone of Vampires Vs The Bronx, from the jokes, to plot elements and so on. It feels like any other vampire movie you have seen before but only done far worse. The action scenes aren’t too bad but everything else is very disposable and just not at all worth looking in to.

And that is it for part 2, I wanted to make this part very straightforward as it was the middle of the list and as you can see a bunch of the entrees were short. Next time we will cover #49-#26!

Most Anticipated Films Of December 2021!

Well we are here! The final month of 2021, what a year it has been! We have seen fantastic films that I’m excited to talk about when I do my top 100 best films of the year and we have seen terrible movies that I’ll be talking about with my top 100 worst films of the year. But before all that let’s talk December 2021! It’s a month that is filled with very interesting releases that I’m quite excited to see, since the format I did last time was successful and a lot of people loved it I will be sticking with that. Name the movie and release date then move on to the next movie. There’s only so many times I can say “I’m super excited for this movie” or “I saw the trailer and I’m hyped” until it becomes redundant. So here’s the list folks!

20. Mother/Android – December 17th (Hulu)

19. Silent Night – December 3rd (VOD)

18. Swan Song – December 17th (Apple TV+)

17. Shaun The Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas – December 3rd (Netflix)

16. Being The Ricardos – December 10th (Theater) and December 21st (Amazon Prime Video)

15. The Unforgivable – December 10th (Netflix)

14. Spider-Man No Way Home – December 17th (Theater)

13. Bendetta – December 3rd (Theater) and December 21st (VOD)

12. Flee – December 3rd (Theaters)

11. The Hand Of God – December 3rd (Theater) and December 15th (Netflix)

10. The Novice – December 17th (VOD)

9. Red Rocket – December 10th (Theaters)

8. Matrix Resurrections – December 22nd (Theaters and HBO Max)

7. The Lost Daughter – December 17th (Theater) and December 31st (Netflix)

6. Don’t Look Up – December 10th (Theater) and December 24th (Netflix)

5. Memoria – December 26th (Theaters)

4. The Tragedy Of MacBeth – December 25th (Theater) and January 14th (Apple TV+)

3. The Power Of The Dog – December 1st (Netflix)

2. Nightmare Alley – December 17th (Theaters)

1. Licorice Pizza – December 25th (Theaters)

And there you have it! I will be making a list of films I need to watch and review before I finalize my best and worst list very soon! Some 2021 films are going to be releasing in 2022 as usual so it will be a wait. But I promise you the lists will be worth it as I’m going to make things more interesting!

Most Anticipated Films Of November 2021!

Hey everyone! I once again apologize for the lack of posts, last week I was a bit busy plus the week itself outside of Friday really didn’t give me anything to review. However I will be posting reviews tomorrow, Wednesday and I’ll squeeze in some more as well! November has a lot to offer, though I will admit November is mixed with a lot of great stuff with the bad. I’m sadly not going to count The Power Of The Dog, The Unforgivable or Licorice Pizza since none of which are getting released wide this month. I’m going to try and keep this short so it can be nice and digestible for everyone!

18. The Deep House – November 5th (EPIX and I believe VOD platforms)

17. Beans – November 5th (VOD)

16. 7 Prisoners – November 11th (Netflix)

15. Bruised – November 24th (Netflix)

14. Mark, Mary + Some Other People (Saw this at SXSW) – November 5th (VOD)

13. The Harder They Fall – November 3rd (Netflix)

12. The Beta Test – November 5th (VOD)

11. A Christmas Gift From Bob – November 5th (Theater) and November 9th (VOD)

10. Cusp (Saw this at Sundance) – November 26th (ShowTime)

9. The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain – November 5th (Amazon Prime Video)

8. Tick Tick Boom – November 12th (Theater) and November 19th (Netflix)

7. Belfast – November 12th (Theater)

6. Eternals November 5th (Theater)

5. The Humans November 24th (Theaters and ShowTime)

4. Violet (Saw this one back at SXSW) – November 9th (VOD)

3. House Of Gucci – November 24th (Theater)

2. C’mon C’mon – November 19th (Theater)

1. Spencer – November 5th (Theater)

Most Anticipated Films Of October 2021!

So we finally reached the month I have been looking forward to for the longest time, throughout the year October has been really building a fantastic roster of film releases (heck November and December are both fantastic as well). Which led to the most amount of movies on any of these lists. I’m not going to go in depth with all of these movies, since I’ve been busy moving (I’m still going to be in Long Island NY) but I’ll try to describe a huge amount of them. So let’s get started!

30. Muppets Haunted Mansion – I’m excited for this because we haven’t gotten Muppet content in quite sometime, it looks like what you would expect from The Muppets so I’m on board. It releases October 8th on Disney+

Let’s just get next four out of the way and combine them.

29. Bingo Hell, 28. Black As Night, 27. Madres and 26. Manor – if you remember the “Welcome To The Blumhouse” movies from last year this is a continuation of that, the movies from last year while not anything incredible were mostly decent (outside of The Lie that was horrendous) so I’m hoping this follows in the same footsteps. All of the movies have interesting premises that sound like a lot of fun or interesting, let’s hope these are great! Bingo Hell and Black As Night release October 1st on Amazon Prime Video, Madres and The Manor release on Amazon Prime Video October 8th!

25. Runt – worth noting that this is Cameron Boyce’s last performance. Runt releases October 19th on all VOD Platforms.

24. Women is Losers – Women is Losers releases October 18th on HBO Max!

23. Snakehead – I actually saw Snakehead at TIFF and it’s a very solid movie that I recommend (I will be getting my TIFF reviews up soon as I said I’ve been very busy) Snakehead releases October 29th on all VOD Platforms!

22. Night Teeth – This looks like a very fun movie, with Sydney Sweeney, Megan Fox and Debby Ryan in it, sign me up! It releases October 20th on Netflix!

21. V/H/S/94 – I was very surprised to see that this got a release date and is actually coming out soon, I’m a huge fan of the first two films, V/H/S Viral was massively disappointing and was quite bad as well, from what I’ve heard this one puts the series back to it’s roots and is quite great. So I’m pretty excited for this one! It releases October 6th on Shudder!

20. Knocking – I saw this one back at Sundance and I really liked it, I’m definitely excited to rewatch it as it was thrilling and pretty well done! Knocking releases October 8th in theaters and October 19th on all VOD Platforms.

19. Injustice: Gods Among Us – I’ve always wanted a Injustice film and we are finally getting one….and it looks really good! This is definitely something that has huge potential to become a series of movies, so I truly hope this is good! it releases October 19th on all VOD Platforms!

18. The Souvenir Act II – While I wasn’t that big on the first movie I have heard that the sequel fixes the problems that were in the first one and make it really good. So I’m definitely down to see this one. It releases October 29th in theaters!

17. Bergman Island – I’ve heard a lot of really great things about this one, a friend of mine actually told me about this one (they saw it at the TIFF) I checked out the information about the film and it definitely sounds like something I would really like. It releases October 15th on all VOD Platforms!

16. Army Of Thieves – Earlier this year Army Of The Dead came out and now this one is coming out which serves as a prequel to Army Of The Dead and is mostly about Matthias Schweighöfer’s character, which was one of my favorite parts of Army Of The Dead so I’m excited to see where this movie goes. It releases October 29th on Netflix!

15. Paranormal Activity: Next Of Kin – Hear me out on this one, I really like the first three movies, but didn’t like Paranormal 4, The Marked Ones or Ghost Dimensions. From what has been shown so far Next Of Kin seems like it could be great, it has a decent director William Eubank director of Signal and Underwater. I do have faith that this could end up being decent, we just have to wait and see. It releases October 29th on Paramount+

14. The Blazing World – This is yet another one I saw back at Sundance, I understand this isn’t going to be everyone’s cup of tea but it is definitely worth watching. Carlson Young does a fantastic job in the directors chair and really makes a Pan’s Labyrinth type movie that’s very effective. It releases October 15th on all VOD Platforms!

13. Venom Let There Be Carnage – I didn’t like the first Venom in fact I hated it. However I’ve heard this one is a huge improvement and everything that’s been shown about it looks and sounds far better, I’m very excited to see Carnage in a comic book movie something I’ve been wanting since I was a kid. It releases October 1st in theaters!

12. No Time To Die – While I’m not as big on James Bond movies as some other people, I do think No Time To Die looks really great. I’m very excited to see the opening scene with the song No Time To Die (Billie is about win her Oscar). Plus I’ve heard it’s pretty fantastic! It releases October 8th in Theaters!

11. Antlers – After being delayed numerous times Antlers is finally coming out, it looks fantastic and from the looks of it has this creepy folklore atmosphere to it which I really like! It releases October 29th in theaters!

10. The Guilty – Yes it’s a remake but it from what I’ve heard it’s a very solid one, Jake Gyllenhaal’s performance I’ve heard is really strong and that it’s an overall suspenseful ride! It releases October 1st on Netflix!

9. Coming Home In The Dark – Another film I saw back at Sundance and it’s truly an incredible one. This is definitely one of the ones I’ve been waiting to rewatch for awhile, it’s a very brutal and actually quite disturbing movie that I’m aware will not be for everyone. But for everyone who’s been wanting a disturbing film you will definitely get it here. It releases October 1st on all VOD Platforms!

8. The Last Duel – Here’s the first Ridley Scott film that’s releasing this year, from the trailers this looks pretty incredible. It’s one of those films that I’ve been waiting to see for awhile now between the cast and some of the reactions it gets me pumped! It releases October 15th in theaters!

7. Lamb – This is a strange one, they have done a pretty good job with giving as little information about it as possible. All that I know is that the film itself looks bizarre and given the premise sounds very bizarre. It releases October 8th in theaters!

6. The French Dispatch – This is a film I’ve been looking forward to since last year, Wes Anderson is one of my favorite directors and it definitely seems like he’s going to give something new and very interesting as well. The cast looks fantastic and this is definitely one to keep an eye on when it comes time for the award shows.

5. Halloween Kills – I actually saw Halloween Kills back in February 2020, it was a test screening (the film was pretty much finished outside of some of the gore and the sound) I haven’t reviewed the movie just to be safe, however I will say that any fan of the franchise is going to love this film. In my opinion it’s one of the best of the franchise and is a fantastic film as well. It’s brutal and much darker than some of the other films. Make sure to see this one! It releases October 15th in theaters!

4. Mass – I’m going to keep this short, but Mass is easily one of the best films of the year. I saw it back at Sundance is truly something I’m looking forward to rewatching, the cast is incredible, the writing is very raw and the film itself is very heavy. It hits really hard and I can easily see this film being discussed about among several people. It releases October 8th in theaters.

3. Dune – What can I say that already hasn’t been said? Dune is Denis Villeneuve’s next film someone I consider to be one of the best directors working today, I’ve heard Dune is absolutely incredible (some people comparing it to Lord Of The Rings) this is another film I’ve been waiting to see for the longest time! It releases October 22nd in theaters and on HBO Max!

2. Titane – Julia Ducournau who previously directed Raw (one of the best films of the 2010s) is back, Titane is one of those films where I have been excited for ever since it was announced, I’m so glad to see that as little as possible has been shown or talked about. All I know is that it’s a very bizarre film, its worth mentioning that I haven’t seen a single bad review for this one! It releases October 1st in theaters!

1. Last Night In Soho – Those of you who follow me are probably not surprised by this, I’ve said many times that Last Night In Soho is my most anticipated film of the year (Twitter is JeromeM94Movies if your interested in following). For years I’ve wanted Edgar Wright to do a full on horror film (not a horror comedy) and from what I’ve heard Wright does a fantastic job, I absolutely love Anya Taylor-Joy and I love the first trailer! It releases October 29th in theaters!

And that is my list! I hope you enjoyed and discovered new films that you didn’t know about, there’s a whole lot more coming out in October as well (seriously the release schedule is packed) what are your most anticipated films of October?