My Mid-2018 Movie Rankings

Here is the ranking of all the movies I have seen so far in 2018 in theaters:

1. Annihilation (5 Stars)
2. Phantom Thread (4 1/2 Stars)
3. Black Panther (4 1/2 Stars)
4. I, Tonya (4 1/2 Stars)
5. Ready Player One (4 1/2 Stars) * 2
6. Molly's Game (4 Stars)
7. The Shape of Water (4 Stars) * 2
8. Paddington 2 (4 Stars)
9. Hostiles (4 Stars)
10. You Were Never Really Here (4 Stars)
11. American Animals (4 Stars)
12. Lean on Pete (4 Stars)
13. Tully (4 Stars)
14. Won't You Be My Neighbor (4 Stars)
15. First Reformed (4 Stars)
16. The Post (4 Stars)
17. A Quiet Place (4 Stars)
18. Incredibles 2 (4 Stars) 
19. Game Night (3 1/2 Stars)
20. Tag (3 1/2 Stars)
21. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (3 1/2 Stars)
22. Solo: A Star Wars Story (3 1/2 Stars)
23. Deadpool 2 (3 1/2 Stars)
24. Hereditary (3 1/2 Stars)
25. Avengers: Infinity War (3 1/2 Stars) * 2
26. Isle of Dogs (3 1/2 Stars)
27. Tomb Raider (3 1/2 Stars)
28. Love, Simon (3 1/2 Stars)
29. Blockers (3 1/2 Stars)
30. Upgrade (3 1/2 Stars)
31. Adrift (3 1/2 Stars)
32. A Wrinkle in Time (3 1/2 Stars)
33. Chappaquiddick (3 Stars)
34. Unsane (3 Stars)
35. Ocean's 8 (3 Stars)
36. Rampage (3 Stars)
37. 12 Strong (3 Stars)
38. Early Man (3 Stars)
39. Thoroughbreds (2 1/2 Stars)
40. Beirut (2 1/2 Stars)
41. Red Sparrow (2 1/2 Stars)
42. Pacific Rim: Uprising (2 1/2 Stars)
43. The Death of Stalin (1 1/2 Stars)

Predictions for the 2018 Academy Awards

Here are my predictions for the 2018 Academy Awards that take place tonight:

Best Picture: The Shape of Water
Best Director: Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water)
Best Actor: Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)
Best Actress: Frances McDormand (Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Best Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Best Supporting Actress: Allison Janney (I, Tonya)
Best Original Screenplay: Get Out
Best Adapted Screenplay: Call Me By Your Name
Best Film Editing: Dunkirk
Best Cinematography: Blade Runner 2049
Best Original Score: Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water)
Best Original Song: This Is Me (The Greatest Showman)
Best Sound Editing: Dunkirk
Best Sound Mixing: Dunkirk
Best Visual Effects: War For The Planet Of The Apes
Best Production Design: The Shape of Water
Best Costume Design: Phantom Thread
Best Makeup & Hairstyling: Darkest Hour
Best Animated Feature: Coco
Best Documentary Feature: Faces Places
Best Foreign Language Film: A Fantastic Woman
Best Live Action Short: DeKalb Elementary
Best Animated Short: Dear Basketball
Best Documentary Short: Edith+Eddie

Film Independent Spirit Awards Ballot and Predictions

This year I decided to join Film Independent which allowed me to get screeners and vote in the Independent Spirit Awards. It was a lot of fun to get to watch the nominated films that I had yet to see at home and some before they were even released in theaters. Below you will find the nominees and who I voted for and who I think will win each category.

Best International Film
-BPM
-A Fantastic Woman
-I Am Not A Witch
-Lady Macbeth
-Loveless

My Vote: I didn’t vote in this category since I wasn’t able to watch I Am Not A Witch

My Predicition: BPM

Best Documentary
-The Departure
-Face Places
-Laste Men in Aleppo
-Motherland
-Quest

My Vote: I didn’t vote in this category since I wasn’t able to watch Faces Places

My Predicition: Faces Places

Best Supporting Male
-Nnamdi Asomugha (Crown Heights)
-Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name)
-Barry Keoghan (The Killing of a Sacred Deer)
-Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri)
-Benny Safdie (Good Time)

My Vote: Barry Keoghan (The Killing of a Sacred Deer)

My Prediction: Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri)

Best Supporting Female
-Holly Hunter (The Big Sick)
-Allison Janney (I, Tonya)
-Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)
-Lois Smith (Marjorie Prime)
-Taliah Lennice Webster (Good Time)

My Vote: Allison Janney (I,Tonya)

My Prediction: Allison Janney (I, Tonya)

Best Female Lead
-Salma Hayek (Beatriz at Dinner)
-Frances McDormand (Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri)
-Margot Robbie (I, Tonya)
-Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird)
-Shinobu Terajima (Oh Lucy!)
-Regina Williams (Life and nothing more)

My Vote: Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird)

My Prediction: Frances McDormand (Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri)

Best Male Lead
-Timothee Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name)
-Harris Dickinson (Beach Rats)
-James Franco (The Disaster Artist)
-Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out)
-Robert Pattinson (Good Time)

My Vote: Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out)

My Prediction: Timothee Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name)

Best Cinematography
-The Killing of a Sacred Deer
-Columbus
-Beach Rats
-Call Me By Your Name
-The Rider

My Vote: The Killing of a Sacred Deer

My Prediction: Call Me By Your Name

Best Editing
-Good Time
-Call Me By Your Name
-The Rider
-Get Out
-I, Tonya

My Vote: I, Tonya

My Prediction: Get Out

Best First Screenplay
-Ingrid Jungermann (Women Who Kill)
-Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon (The Big Sick)
-Matt Spicer, David Branson Smith (Ingrid Goes West)
-Kogonada (Columbus)
-Kris Avedisian, Kyle Espeleta, Jesse Wakeman (Donald Cried)

My Vote: Matt Spicer, David Branson Smith (Ingrid Goes West)

My Prediction: Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon (The Big Sick)

Best Screenplay
-Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird)
-Azazel Jacobs (The Lovers)
-Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri)
-Jordan Peele (Get Out)
-Mike White (Beatriz at Dinner)

My Vote: Jordan Peele (Get Out)

My Prediction: Jordan Peele (Get Out)

Best Director
-Sean Baker (The Florida Project)
-Jonas Carpignano (A Ciambra)
-Luca Guadagnano (Call Me By Your Name)
-Jordan Peele (Get Out)
-Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie (Good Time)
-Chloe Zhao (The Rider)

My Vote: Jordan Peele (Get Out)

My Prediction: Jordan Peele (Get Out)

Best First Feature
-Columbus
-Ingrid Goes West
-Menashe
-Oh Lucy!
- Patti Cake$

My Vote: Ingrid Goes West

My Prediction: Columbus

Best Feature
-Call Me By Your Name
-The Florida Project
-Get Out
-Lady Bird
-The Rider

My Vote: Lady Bird

My Prediction: Get Out

My 2017 Movie Rankings

Here is my ranking for all the movies I saw in theaters in 2017:

1. Dunkirk (5 Stars) * 2
2. Lady Bird (5 Stars)
3. It Comes At Night (4 1/2 Stars)
4. Your Name (4 1/2 Stars)
5. Brigsby Bear (4 1/2 Stars)
6. Baby Driver (4 1/2 Stars) * 2
7. The Big Sick (4 1/2 Stars) * 2
8. War for the Planet of the Apes (4 1/2 Stars) * 2
9. Land of Mine (4 1/2 Stars)
10. Blade Runner 2049 (4 Stars)
11. A Monster Calls (4 Stars)
12. The Lego Batman Movie (4 Stars)
13. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (4 Stars)
14. Thelma (4 Stars)
15. Logan (4 Stars)
16. Get Out (4 Stars)
17. Jackie (4 Stars)
18. Wonder Woman (4 Stars) * 2
19. Spider-man: Homecoming (4 Stars)
20. Battle of the Sexes (4 Stars)
21. Wind River (4 Stars)
22. Detroit (4 Stars)
23. Darkest Hour (4 Stars)
24. Patriots Day (4 Stars)
25. Silence (4 Stars)
26. The Beguiled (4 Stars)
27. Professor Marston and The Wonder Women (4 Stars)
28. Lady Macbeth (4 Stars)
29. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (4 Stars) * 2
30. IT (3 1/2 Stars)
31. Hidden Figures (3 1/2 Stars)
32. Split (3 1/2 Stars)
33. The Lost City of Z (3 1/2 Stars)
34. Wonder (3 1/2 Stars)
35. The Disaster Artist (3 1/2 Stars)
36. Coco (3 1/2 Stars)
37. Stronger (3 1/2 Stars)
38. mother! (3 1/2 Stars)
39. Novitiate (3 1/2 Stars)
40. Only the Brave (3 1/2 Stars)
41. The Florida Project (3 1/2 Stars)
42. Thor: Ragnorok (3 1/2 Stars)
43. All The Money in the World (3 1/2 Stars)
44. John Wick: Chapter 2 (3 1/2 Stars)
45. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (3 1/2 Stars)
46. Kong: Skull Islands (3 1/2 Stars)
47. Logan Lucky (3 1/2 Stars)
48. Ingrid Goes West (3 1/2 Stars)
49. Free Fire (3 1/2 Stars)
50. Life (3 1/2 Stars)
51. Colossal (3 1/2 Stars)
52. Marshall (3 1/2 Stars)
53. Beatriz at Dinner (3 1/2 Stars)
54. 20th Century Women (3 1/2 Stars)
55. A Ghost Story (3 1/2 Stars)
56. Three Billboards outside Ebbing Missouri (3 1/2 Stars)
57. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (3 1/2 Stars)
58. Thank You For Your Service (3 1/2 Stars)
59. Patti Cake$ (3 1/2 Stars)
60. The Fate of the Furious (3 1/2 Stars)
61. Their Finest (3 1/2 Stars)
62. A Quiet Passion (3 1/2 Stars)
63. The Greatest Showman (3 1/2 Stars)
64. The Zookeeper's Wife (3 1/2 Stars)
65. The Hero (3 1/2 Stars)
66. The Lovers (3 1/2 Stars)
67. Victoria & Abdul (3 1/2 Stars)
68. The Hitman's Bodyguard (3 1/2 Stars)
69. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (3 Stars)
70. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (3 Stars)
71. American Made (3 Stars)
72. Happy Death Day (3 Stars)
73. The Dark Tower (3 Stars)
74. Gifted (3 Stars)
75. Megan Leavey (3 Stars)
76. Goodbye Christopher Robin (3 Stars)
77. Justice League (3 Stars)
78. Pitch Perfect 3 (3 Stars)
79. A Bad Moms Christmas (3 Stars)
80. The Glass Castle (3 Stars)
81. Ghost in the Shell (3 Stars)
82. The Belko Experiment (3 Stars)
83. Rough Night (3 Stars)
84. Power Rangers (3 Stars)
85. Alien: Covenant (3 Stars)
86. Good Time (3 Stars)
87. xXx: Return of Xander Cage (3 Stars)
88. The Founder (3 Stars)
89. Roman J. Israel, ESQ (3 Stars)
90. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (3 Stars)
91. Elle (3 Stars)
92. Kingsman: The Golden Circle (3 Stars)
93. The Mountain Between Us (3 Stars)
94. The House (2 1/2 Stars)
95. Before I Fall (2 1/2 Stars)
96. Downsizing (2 1/2 Stars)
97. Beauty and the Beast (2 1/2 Stars)
98. American Assassin (2 1/2 Stars)
99. Atomic Blonde (2 1/2 Stars)
100. The Foreigner (2 1/2 Stars)
101. Despicable Me 3 (2 1/2 Stars)
102. The Mummy (2 1/2 Stars)
103. Live by Night (2 1/2 Stars)
104. 47 Meters Down (2 1/2 Stars)
105. Suburbicon (2 1/2 Stars)
106. The Wall (2 1/2 Stars)
107. Baywatch (2 1/2 Stars)
108. A Cure for Wellness (2 Stars)
109. Brad's Status (2 Stars)
110. Murder on the Orient Express (2 Stars)
111. Tulip Fever (2 Stars)
112. The Book of Henry (2 Stars)
113. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2 Stars)
114. Cars 3 (2 Stars)
115. Table 19 (1 1/2 Stars)
116. Transformers: The Last Knight (1 1/2 Stars)
117. The Great Wall (1 1/2 Stars)
118. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (1 1/2 Stars)
119. Daddy's Home Two (1 1/2 Stars)
120. The Snowman (1 1/2 Stars)
121. The Circle (1 Star)
122. Toni Erdmann (1 Star)