The staff at Filmic Magazine is proud to present its fifth annual Top 10 list! Filmic contributors were asked to vote on their favorite movies of the year and discuss the merits. These are the results. HONORABLE MENTIONS Avengers: Infinity War (Dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo) A Quiet Place (Dir. John Krasinski) THE TEN 10. … Continue reading
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi
by PJ Yerman (*SPOILERS AHEAD*) Star Wars: The Last Jedi is the eighth installment in the Skywalker saga, picking up right where 2015’s The Force Awakens left off and sees the return of Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) as well as General Leia (Carrie Fisher), Rey (Daisy Ridley), Finn (John Boyega), and Poe Dameron (Oscar Issac) … Continue reading
The Disaster Artist
by PJ Yerman Based on the shocking and hilarious book by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell, The Disaster Artist is the true story of Greg (Dave Franco), a young aspiring actor who befriends the wacky, enigmatic filmmaker Tommy Wiseau (James Franco) to make what is now considered the “greatest worst movie of all time,” The … Continue reading
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
by PJ Yerman E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, released in 1982 and directed by Steven Spielberg, is about a young boy named Elliott (Henry Thomas) who discovers a friendly alien who has been left behind on earth by its spaceship. Elliott, along with his older brother Michael (Robert MacNaughton) and little sister Gertie (Drew Barrymore), help E.T. … Continue reading
Spider-Man: Homecoming
by PJ Yerman Spider-Man: Homecoming, the first Spider-Man film to take place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is set shortly after the events of Captain America: Civil War with Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) dropping fifteen-year-old Peter Parker (Tom Holland) back into a world of homework, prom dates, and school bullies post-superhero smackdown of a … Continue reading
Wonder Woman
by PJ Yerman Well, it only took them four years, four movies, and one terrible performance by Jesse Eisenberg for DC to finally make a really good installment in their cinematic universe. Wonder Woman, based on the DC Comics character and masterfully directed by the first female to helm a mainstream superhero film, Patty Jenkins, … Continue reading
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
By: PJ Yerman Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 picks up just a few months after Vol 1. left off, with Peter Quill aka Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Gamora, (Zoe Saldana), Drax (Dave Bautista), Rocket (Bradley Cooper) and now Baby Groot (Vin Diesel), saving the galaxy once again. Ravager captain Yondu (Michael Rooker) and Gamora’s cybernetic … Continue reading
Top 10 Films of 2016
The staff at Filmic Magazine is excited to present its third annual Top 10 feature! Over a period of one week, Filmic members were asked to submit ranked lists reflecting the very best 2016 films they saw. 21 lists were ultimately received and 66 titles of considerable diversity were named. The following is the final … Continue reading
Worst Films of 2016
With our annual top 10 list coming soon, we couldn’t resist putting together our first “Worst of” list. For as much as we love to gush about our favorite movies here at Filmic, getting to vent the rage that a truly awful film inspires is sometimes just as satisfying. And so here we present 11 … Continue reading
La La Land
by PJ YermanPresented in stunning Cinemascope and written and directed by Damien Chazelle (Whiplash), La La Land beautifully sets in motion a love story between Mia (Emma Stone), an aspiring actress, and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a down-on-his-luck jazz pianist, as they sing and dance their way through the City of Stars in a quest to … Continue reading