best of the best — movie musings

2019 first half MOVIE report!

Catching up on my rankings of 2019 movies!

FIRST MAN, BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE, and THE HATE U GIVE musings

It’s starting to look a lot like Oscar season!

2018 third quarter MOVIE report!

A comprehensive list and rankings of all the movies I watched in theaters in Summer 2018!

Marzoña's Musings, Features, MoviesAlex MarzonaOctober 7, 20182018, movie quarterly report, second quarter, spring, avengers, avengers infinity war, first reformed, hearts beat loud, hereditary, incredibles, incredibles 2, sorry to bother you, you were never really here, best of the best, purchasing for my collection, ant man, ant-man, ant-man and the wasp, blockers, deadpool 2, game night, ocean's 8, a quiet place, won't you be my neighbor?, didn't waste my time, american animals, solo, solo a star wars story, uncle drew, upgrade, why did I watch this, hotel artemis, isle of dogs, jurassic world, jurassic world fallen kingdom, tully, I hate my life, rampage, blackkklansman, crazy rich asians, mission impossible fallout, mission impossible, a simple favor, searching, to all the boys i've loved before, assassination nation, blindspotting, eighth grade, fantastic beasts, fantastic beasts the crimes of grindelwald, leave no trace, vice, alpha, christopher robin, the goldfinch, the old man & the gun, operation finale, skyscraper, teen titans go! to the movies, three identical strangers, too many missed opportunities, the house with a clock in its walls, let the corpses tan, life itself, nico, nico 1988, the predator, fireworks, the happytime murders, the meg, the nun, sicario, sicario day of the soldado, being john malkovich, the dark knight, imax, eraserhead, muse: drones world tour, third quarterComment

THE PREDATOR, A SIMPLE FAVOR, THE NUN, and OPERATION FINALE musings

One of these movies makes my top 10 of 2018 (for now), but which one?

Marzoña's Musings, MoviesAlex MarzonaSeptember 19, 2018the predator, a simple favor, the nun, operation finale, boyd holbrook, didn't waste my time, anna kendrick, blake lively, best of the best, henry golding, I hate my life, oscar isaac, ben kingsley, nick krollComment

SEARCHING, TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE, and SUPPORT THE GIRLS musings

Two movies with dead mothers and the last one about a motherly figure.

Marzoña's Musings, MoviesAlex MarzonaSeptember 3, 20182018, searching, to all the boys i've loved before, support the girls, john cho, best of the best, screen, lana condor, regina hall, haley lu richardson, didn't waste my timeComment

CRAZY RICH ASIANS and ALPHA musings

One of the best movies of 2018, paired with one of the most beautifully shot movies of 2018.

Marzoña's Musings, MoviesAlex MarzonaAugust 20, 20182018, crazy rich asians, alpha, constance wu, henry golding, michelle yeoh, best of the best, kodi smit mcphee, didn't waste my money Comment

a BLACKkKLANSMAN musing

Based on the wild, true story of a black cop who posed as a KKK member.

Marzoña's Musings, MoviesAlex MarzonaAugust 14, 20182018, blackkklansman, black klansman, john david washington, adam driver, spike lee, best of the bestComment

EIGHTH GRADE, BLINDSPOTTING, SKYSCRAPER and THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS musings

It’s a skyscraper-sized review for some major (indie) power hitters of summer.

Marzoña's Musings, MoviesAlex MarzonaJuly 23, 20182018, eighth grade, blindspotting, skyscraper, three identical strangers, bo burnham, elsie fisher, best of the best, documentary, didn't waste my time, dwayne the rock johnson, neve campbell, daveed diggs, rafael casalComment

SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADO, ANT-MAN & THE WASP, SORRY TO BOTHER YOU and FIREWORKS musings

Two that I hated, one I was meh on, and one I absolutely loved. Which is which?

a 2018 second quarter MOVIE report!

A comprehensive list and rankings of all the movies I watched in theaters in Spring 2018!

UNCLE DREW, LEAVE NO TRACE and HEARTS BEAT LOUD musings

Two great father-daughter centric movies and a fun basketball movie. Guess which is which.

a SORRY TO BOTHER YOU musing

A trippy, wild and hilarious ride that goes down a rabbit hole - my perfect type of movie.

Marzoña's Musings, MoviesAlex MarzonaJune 26, 20182018, sorry to bother you, lakeith stanfield, boots riley, tessa thompson, best of the bestComment

an INCREDIBLES 2 musing

The long-awaited follow up is (wait for it…) pretty good!

Marzoña's Musings, MoviesAlex MarzonaJune 18, 20182018, incredibles 2, incredibles, elastigirl, best of the bestComment

a HEREDITARY musing

Extremely haunting and disturbingly beautiful. Marketing may have overhyped it for some, but not me.

Marzoña's Musings, MoviesAlex MarzonaJune 10, 20182018, hereditary, toni collette, alex wolff, best of the best, gabriel byrneComment

a FIRST REFORMED musing

An extremely powerful movie about the intersection of religion and science.

Marzoña's Musings, MoviesAlex MarzonaMay 28, 20182018, first reformed, ethan hawke, best of the best, paul schraderComment

a YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE musing

An dark, enthralling, slow-burn character examination.

Movies, Marzoña's MusingsAlex MarzonaApril 11, 20182018, you were never really here, joaquin phoenix, lynne ramsay, best of the bestComment

a 2018 first quarter MOVIE report!

A comprehensive list and rankings of all the movies I watched in theaters in Winter 2018!

a THOROUGHBREDS musing

Low-key and satirical, beautiful to look at, and one of my favorites.

Marzoña's Musings, MoviesAlex MarzonaMarch 11, 20182018, thoroughbreds, olivia cooke, anya taylor joy, anton yelchin, best of the bestComment