Category: Rankings

• The Best Movies of 2022 (and the Five Worst)

  By Christian DiMartino One thing I like about doing a year in review thingy is that it serves as a document of where my taste was at this point in time. I won’t lie though: often times I place a movie in my top spot, and some time down the road, my opinion changes. Not…

  christiandimartino

  March 4, 2023

  Rankings

  aftersun, ambulance, ana de armas, andrew dominik, austin butler, avatar the way of water, babylon, barbarian, baz luhrmann, black adam, blonde, bodies bodies bodies, cate blanchett, charlotte wells, christian dimartino, colin farrell, damien chazelle, daniel kaluuya, dwayne johnson, elvis, everything everywhere all at once, film, films, florian zeller, glass onion a knives out mystery, guillermo del toro, guillermo del toros pinocchio, hugh jackman, james cameron, jared leto, jaume collett serra, jordan peele, joseph kosinski, judd apatow, karen gillian, margot robbie, martin mcdonagh, michelle williams, moonage daydream, morbius, movie, movies, nope, paul mescal, pearl, sam worthington, steven spielberg, tar, the banshees of inisherin, the batman, the bubble, the fabelmans, the menu, the northman, the son, todd field, tom cruise, top gun maverick, wordpress, x

• The Best Julia Roberts and George Clooney Performances

  

  By Christian DiMartino It feels like it’s been a long, long time since we’ve had a major studio rom-com. They’re something of a dead breed because, well, the ones that we got in the later years were quite poor. Speaking of things we haven’t seen in a while, it feels like it’s been a hot…

  christiandimartino

  October 20, 2022

  Rankings

  albert finney, alexander payne, august osage county, ben is back, christian dimartino, erin brockovich, ethan coen, film, films, garry marshall, george clooney, jason reitman, joel coen, meryl streep, michael clayton, movie, movies, notting hill, o brother where art thou, oceans eleven, oscars, pretty woman, roger michell, steven soderbergh, the descendants, tony gilroy, up in the air, wordpress

• The Best Christian Bale Performances

  

  By Christian DiMartino Sometimes, I honestly, truly believe that Academy Award winner Christian Bale might be our best actor. Daniel Day Lewis, for similar reasons, is on that list, and of course Leonardo DiCaprio is right there with them. Those two might be the best, and their cinematic track records might be more impressive, but…

  christiandimartino

  October 6, 2022

  Rankings

  adam mckay, american hustle, american psycho, amsterdam, brad fuhrman, christian bale, christian dimartino, christopher nolan, david o. russell, empire of the sun, film, films, ford v ferrari, hostiles, hugh jackman, james mangold, mark wahlberg, mary harron, movie, movies, steven spielberg, the dark knight, the fighter, the machinist, the prestige, vice, wordpress

• Every Tim Burton Movie, Ranked

  

  By Christian DiMartino Tim Burton turned 64 on August 25, and with that and the upcoming release of his Netflix series, The Addams Family spinoff Wednesday, I thought it would be a good enough excuse to talk about his body of work. Of which, I am honestly a big fan of. Many think that Burton…

  christiandimartino

  August 26, 2022

  Rankings

  alan rickman, albert finney, alice in wonderland, amy adams, batman, batman returns, beetlejuice, big eyes, big fish, catherine o'hara, charlie and the chocolate factory, christian dimartino, christina ricci, colin farrell, corpse bride, danny devito, dark shadows, dumbo, ed wood, edward scissorhands, eva green, ewan mcgregor, film, films, frankenweenie, freddie highmore, glenn close, helena bonham carter, jack nicholson, johnny depp, mark wahlberg, mars attacks, martin landau, mia wasikowska, michael keaton, michelle pfeiffer, miss peregrine’s home for peculiar children, movie, movies, paul reubens, pee wee’s big adventure, planet of the apes, sleepy hollow, sweeney todd the demon barber of fleet street, tim burton, winona ryder, wordpress

• My Most Anticipated Movies for the Rest of the Year

  

  By Christian DiMartino The fall film festival schedules are starting to roll out, and… whew. This is a lot to take in. Paul Schrader just announced that his next movie, Master Gardener, will be at the New York Film Festival. I also just discovered that it will actually premiere at the Venice Film Festival the…

  christiandimartino

  August 17, 2022

  Rankings

  amsterdam, angela bassett, avatar the way of water, black panther wakanda forever, brendan fraser, cate blanchett, christian bale, christian dimartino, colin farrell, dont worry darling, empire of light, film, films, florence pugh, mia goth, michelle williams, movie, movies, olivia colman, pearl, sam worthington, tar, the banshees of inisherin, the fabelmans, the whale, wordpress

• The 24 Best A24 Movies

  By Christian DiMartino With the recent release of A24’s Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, I went through, did a deep dive, and I ranked every single A24 movie that I’d seen. Apparently there is a total of 117; I have seen 80. Not all of those movies are winners, but I decided to do…

  christiandimartino

  July 30, 2022

  Rankings

  a24, adam sandler, alex garland, alicia vikander, ari aster, awkwafina, barry jenkins, brie larson, christian dimartino, cmon cmon, colin farrell, david lowery, dev patel, ethan hawke, everything everywhere all at once, ex machina, film, films, first reformed, florence pugh, good time, greta gerwig, harmony korine, hereditary, james franco, janicza bravo, josh and benny safdie, kelvin harrison jr, lady bird, lee isaac chung, lenny abrahamson, lulu wang, marcel the shell with shoes on, mia goth, michelle yeoh, midsommar, minari, moonlight, morfydd clark, movie, movies, naomie harris, paul schrader, red rocket, robert eggers, robert pattinson, room, rose glass, saint maud, saoirse ronan, sean baker, simon rex, spring breakers, steven yeun, taylour paige, the daniels, the farewell, the florida project, the green knight, the killing of a sacred deer, the lighthouse, the safdies, the witch, ti west, toni collette, trey edward shults, uncut gems, waves, willem dafoe, wordpress, yorgos lanthimos, zola

• Review: Nope

  

  Jordan Peele, man. The guy’s got skills. Jordan Peele’s Nope further solidifies that the guy is one hell of a filmmaker. Peele has such a keen eye for detail, such a distinct vision for images. He really is a filmmaker of sights and sounds. His films really do have an aura around them that is…

  christiandimartino

  July 23, 2022

  Rankings, Uncategorized

  christian dimartino, daniel kaluuya, film, films, jordan peele, keith david, keke palmer, movie, movies, nope, steven yeun, wordpress

• Mid-Year Movie Midterm: 2022

  

  By Christian DiMartino I will be honest, I rarely ever release a “Best of the Year So Far” list because usually by around June there might be like one or two movies that really wows me, and the rest range from “pretty good” and on. In 2022, I’m not going to lie, I’ve been really…

  christiandimartino

  July 1, 2022

  Rankings

  adrian lyne, alexander skarsgaard, ambulance, ana de armas, austin butler, baz luhrmann, ben affleck, brittany snow, christian dimartino, daniel espinosa, deep water, elvis, everything everywhere all at once, film, films, jake gyllenhaal, jamie lee curtis, jared leto, joseph kosinski, ke huy quan, matt smith, mia goth, michael bay, michelle yeoh, miles teller, morbius, movie, movies, Nicole Kidman, robert eggers, the daniels, the northman, ti west, tom cruise, tom hanks, top gun maverick, wordpress

• The Best Movies of 2021 (a tad late, I know)

  By Christian DiMartino Typically when I make a 10 best list for movies, I like to wait until I’ve caught up with everything I deem necessary. In other words, I await the Oscar nominations, and if there is a major nomination that I have missed, I will wait until I’ve caught up with it. I…

  christiandimartino

  March 19, 2022

  Rankings

  alana haim, ariana debose, belfast, bradley cooper, caitriona balfe, christian dimartino, ciaran hinds, cmon cmon, cooper hoffman, daniel craig, film, films, james bond, jamie dornan, jessie buckley, joaquin phoenix, judi dench, kenneth branagh, kristen stewart, licorice pizza, maggie gyllenhaal, marvel, mike faist, mike mills, movie, movies, nicolas cage, no time to die, olivia colman, oscars, paul thomas anderson, pig, rachel zegler, riley keough, spencer, spiderman no way home, steven spielberg, taylour paige, the lost daughter, tom holland, west side story, woody norman, wordpress, zola

• I Watched 30 Seasons of Television from 2021, and, yeah, You’re Gonna Hear About it

  

  By Christian DiMartino Alright so you may or may not have noticed that I vanished for the last like 10 days. Both of my current segments- “Stallone Saturdays” and “THE Best Picture”- were put on hold. Movies such as Uncharted and Marry Me went un-reviewed. I also deliberately stayed off of the Youtube channel I…

  christiandimartino

  February 27, 2022

  Rankings, tv

  alan ruck, alexandra daddario, american horror stories, american horror story: double feature, anthony mackie, billy crudup, bobby cannavale, brian cox, christian dimartino, christina ricci, clive owen, connie britton, curb your enthusiasm, dane dehaan, david e kelley, david thewlis, disney, dopesick, elizabeth olsen, elle fanning, evan peters, ewan mcgregor, falcon and the winter soldier, florence pugh, gael garcia bernal, hacks, hailee steinfeld, halston, hamish linklater, hannah waddingham, hawkeye, himesh patel, invincible, it's a sin, jake lacy, jason sudeikis, jean smart, jennifer aniston, jennifer coolidge, jennifer jason lee, jeremy renner, jeremy strong, joan allen, julianne moore, julianne nicholson, juliette lewis, justin theroux, kaitlyn dever, kate winslet, kathryn hahn, kieran culkin, landscapers, larry david, liseys story, loki, mackenzie davis, mare of easttown, martin short, marvel, matthew macfadyen, melanie lynskey, melissa mccarthy, michael keaton, michael shannon, midnight mass, mike flanagan, mike white, murray bartlett, nicholas braun, nicholas hoult, Nicole Kidman, nine perfect strangers, olivia colman, only murders in the building, owen wilson, pablo larrain, paul bettany, penn badgley, reese witherspoon, ryan murphy, sarah snook, sebastian stan, selena gomez, sophia dimartino, squid game, star wars, station eleven, stephen king, Steve Martin, steve zahn, succession, Sydney Sweeney, tawny cypress, ted lasso, television, the book of boba fett, the great, the mandalorian, the morning show, the mosquito coast, the white lotus, tom hiddleston, tony macnamara, tv, victoria pedretti, wandavision, what if, wordpress, wyatt russell, yellowjackets, you