My Top 10 Movies of 2018

Helllo everyone and welcome to the ranking of my top 10 movies of 2018. With this said I want to point that this ranking was made according to my own list, independently of the reviews I made. So a 5 star movies does not automatically qualify for a high ranking. I made this list which includes the movies I remember most. But first some honorable mentions. In 2018 there were 416 movies, I watched 353 and these are the ones which are not included in my very own top 10. Widows was a brilliantly realized crime drama and feminist thriller with a spectacular lead performance by Viola Davis, but its ending didn’t resonate as it should have. Damien

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Aquaman (2018) - Film Review

Aquaman (2018) Cast Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry / Aquaman Amber Heard as Mera Willem Dafoe as Nuidis Vulko Patrick Wilson as Orm Marius / Ocean Master Dolph Lundgren as King Nereus Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as David Kane / Black Manta Nicole Kidman as Queen Atlanna Temuera Morrison as Thomas Curry Ludi Lin as Murk Graham McTavish as King Atlan Djimon Hounsou as The Fisherman King Natalia Safran as Fisherman Queen Michael Beach as Jesse Kane Randall Park as Dr. Stephen Shin Writer Will Beall David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick Will Beall Writer (Aquaman created by) Mort Weisinger Paul Norris Writer (story by) Geoff J

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Mary Poppins Returns (2018) - Film Review

Mary Poppins Returns (2018) Cast Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins Lin-Manuel Miranda as Jack Ben Whishaw as Michael Banks Emily Mortimer as Jane Banks Pixie Davies as Anabel Banks Nathanael Saleh as John Banks Joel Dawson as Georgie Banks Julie Walters as Ellen Meryl Streep as Topsy Colin Firth as William Weatherall Wilkins Dick Van Dyke as Mr. Dawes Jr. Angela Lansbury as Balloon Lady Director Rob Marshall Writer (based upon the "Mary Poppins" stories by) P.L. Travers Writer (screen story by) David Magee Rob Marshall John DeLuca Cinematographer Dion Beebe Editor Wyatt Smith Composer Marc Shaiman Family

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Mortal Engines (2018) - Film Review

Mortal Engines (2018) Cast Hera Hilmar as Hester Shaw Robert Sheehan as Tom Natsworthy Hugo Weaving as Thaddeus Valentine Jihae as Anna Fang Ronan Raftery as Bevis Pod Leila George as Katherine Valentine Patrick Malahide as Magnus Crome Stephen Lang as Shrike Director Christian Rivers Writer (based on the book by) Philip Reeve Writer Fran Walsh Writer Philippa Boyens Peter Jackson Cinematographer Simon Raby Editor Amy Hubbard Liz Mullane Composer Junkie XL Science Fiction Rated PG-13 for sequences of futuristic violence and action. 128 minutes How did this truly crummy movie get made? I have a theory. Co-p

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Once Upon a Deadpool (2018) - Film Review

Once Upon a Deadpool (2018) Cast Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson / Deadpool / Juggernaut (voice) / Himself Fred Savage as Fred Savage Josh Brolin as Nathan Summers / Cable Zazie Beetz as Neena Thurman / Domino Julian Dennison as Russell Collins / Firefist Morena Baccarin as Vanessa Stefan Kapičić as Colossus (voice) Brianna Hildebrand as Ellie Phimister / Negasonic Teenage Warhead Rob Delaney as Peter Director David Leitch Writer Rhett Reese Paul Wernick Ryan Reynolds Action, Comedy Rated PG-13 117 minutes       Once upon a time, the producers of a little film called “Saturday Night Fever” rea

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3D (2017) - Film Review

Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3D (2017) Cast Arnold Schwarzenegger as The TerminatorLinda Hamilton as Sarah ConnorEdward Furlong as John ConnorRobert Patrick as T-1000Earl Boen as Dr. SilbermanJoe Morton as Miles DysonS. Epatha Merkerson as Tarissa DysonCastulo Guerra as Enrique Salceda Director James Cameron Writer James CameronWilliam Wisher Cinematographer Adam Greenberg Editor Conrad BuffDody DornMark GoldblattRichard A. HarrisAction, Science FictionRated R for strong sci-fi action and violence, and for language. 137 minutes While "The Terminator" was a great horror film, "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" is a great action f

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Titanic [3D] (2012) - Film Review comparing the version of 1997 and 2012

Titanic [3D] (2012) Cast Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack DawsonKate Winslet as Rose Dewitt BuckaterBilly Zane as Cal HockleyKathy Bates as Molly BrownBill Paxton as Brock LovettBernard Hill as Captain Edward John SmithDavid Warner as Spicer Lovejoy Written and directed by James CameronRated PG-13 For shipwreck scenes, mild language and sexuality  The new 3D version of "Titanic," like the original 1997 version, is a magnificent motion picture. The hour or more after the ship hits the iceberg remains spellbinding. The material leading up to that point is a combination of documentary footage from the ocean floor, romantic melodrama

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SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993) - FILM REVIEW 2018

Schindler's List (1993) Cast Liam Neeson as Oskar SchindlerBen Kingsley as Itzhak Stern Directed by Steven Spielberg Based On The Novel by Thomas KeneallyDrama, HistoryRated R184 minutes   "Schindler's List" is described as a film about the Holocaust, but the Holocaust supplies the field for the story, rather than the subject. The film is really two parallel character studies--one of a con man, the other of a psychopath. Oskar Schindler, who swindles the Third Reich, and Amon Goeth, who represents its pure evil, are men created by the opportunities of war. Schindler had no success in business before or after the war, but

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