This year has had some fantastic horror movies so far, Hereditary scared the bejeezus out of nearly everyone who saw it, Upgrade was a hilarious horror-comedy with a fantastic twist, and heck, my favorite film of the year so far Annihilation was a visually stunning masterpiece with heaps of immense thrills. Now, a new challenger has arisen for the title of “Best Horror Film of 2018” and that film is Overlord, which combines Nazis and… well, I’m not sure what to call them so I’ll just say zombies.
I was extremely excited for the film based on the first trailer, which in my opinion, made this movie look like the coolest movie of all time. Nazis, flamethrowers, syringes, zombies, and huge explosions had me pumped up, and when I saw it on Thursday night in IMAX… I was blown away by the film. Now, without further ado, let’s break down why Overlord is now in my top 5 of 2018. Continue reading
It’s November in the US which means it is time to start celebrating Christmas, and along with The Grinch, Disney is kicking things off with their new Christmas film Nutcracker and the Four Realms. Based off the hit ballet, Nutcracker is taking a generally story-less tale and turning it into fantasy war epic similar to the 2010 Alice in Wonderland. 
Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly, Riz Ahmed, and Jake Gyllenhaal all in a comedy-western, directed by Jacques Audiard which was given fantastic reviews and an amazing trailer sounds like it should combine to make one of the best movies of 2018, right?
2012, the year Drew Goddard made his directing debut with The Cabin in the Woods, which is one of my favorite horror movies and my favorite horror-comedy. It managed to combine humor and horror in a fun, creative romp. Six years later, Bad Times at the El Royale had its first trailer released and it was amazing! It had style, it had mystery, it had comedy, it even had an open-shirt Chris Hemsworth dancing menacingly toward the camera.
Directorial debuts are often a mixed bag, Quentin Tarantino, M. Night Shyamalan, and Alex Garland have all debuted with movies that are fantastic, while other directors such as Eli Roth, Corin Hardy, and Paul Feig all made less than average debuts. However, this is one of the best debuts I have ever seen from a director, this time being Cory Finley and the film being Thoroughbreds. I was not expecting a whole lot going into the movie, but my gosh, it is in my top 3 of the year. There’s so many marvelous things to discuss in the film, so I probably should just go into it.