The Best Films of 2022
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
This feature-length animated mockumentary improves the animation and photography from the web series and adds an emotional backstory.
Smile
The best and worst part about this movie was its advertising. Placing creepy grinners behind the home plate at an MLB stadium is an excellent advertising stunt. Including Kal Penn and Judd Apatow's doppelganger in the movie trailer was misleading and advertised the movie as anything but terrifying.
Andor
This prequel to a prequel maintains the style & quality of its predecessor while improving on the visual storytelling.
Tales of the Jedi
This spin-off of a spin-off maintains the style of its predecessor while improving the overall aesthetic & visual storytelling.
The Book of Boba Fett
This is another Star Wars spin-off of a spin-off that exemplifies simply the best of television.
Stranger Things Season 4
The latest Stranger Things season ups the suspense, horror, and visual storytelling.
F9.5: Dominion
In the last movie, they took a Pontiac Fiero into space; in this one, they had dinosaurs. It checks out.
Nope
While the latest Jurassic Park installment was a Fast and Furious movie and in no way pays homage to Spielberg's dino blockbuster, Jordan Peele's incredible new film pays homage to some of Spielberg's other work.
The Fablemans
Also, Stephen Spielberg released his autobiography last year. What a legend!
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Back in 2019, a renowned film director said, "I developed a sense of movies-of what they were and what they could be, and that was as far from Marvel movies as we on Earth are from Alpha Centauri," to which Film Director, Ryan Coogler responded by saying, "Hold my Beer. "…
Marvel's WHAT IF Spiderman took acid
The Russo brothers also succeeded at proving Scorsese wrong.
The Batman
DC even stepped up their game.
Top Gun Maverick
The only disappointment from this movie was going back and watching the first one.
Ice Merchants
This short animated film about a father and son rescued by a repetitive act of love relied on a level of visual storytelling unfamiliar to most animated projects.
Lucy and Desi
Amy Poehler’s vision for this documentary came to life vibrantly through the expert technical work involved (video editing, research, graphic design, and sound design).
