I think it's about time to Purge this franchise.

The Grand Budapest Hotel is quite possibly the most beautifully shot film I have seen in my entire life.

Unapologetically-bleak and as discordant as they come, Kinds of Kindness rides its own wavelength and doesn’t give a single care about whether you vibe with that or not.. for better or for worse.

Oldboy is not only one of the best foreign films that I’ve ever seen, but it is also one of the best revenge flicks out there, full of intense action and disturbing twists.

Evil Dead II is a redo of the original film and it ditches its clever scares and stomach-churning gore for even cheeper effects and slapstick violence and humor, which is not only a violent contrast from the original, but it is played so badly that it feels downright satirical.

An engrossing and gripping modern religious drama that had me hooked way more than anticipated. Everyone does a fantastic job in this and has some of the best cinematography I’ve seen the entire year. Well done!

As gut-busting as it was gut-wrenching, The Substance is easily one of (if not, my fav) surprises this year. Sharp pacing, a sledgehammer-blunt plot and gore for days. Long live weirdo cinema! Moore kills, Qualley crushes and Quaid is nasty. Rarely do films shock/gross me out as this accomplished.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is fun and all, but this franchise honestly needs Verbinski back at the helm.

Visually-striking but emotionally-inept, Mufasa returns to the world of hyper-realistic lions, and with an unnecessary tale and a script that makes bad fanfic look good, it is a misfire of the highest order.

With a runtime of nearly 2.5 hours and next-to-nothing to deliver but dull sequences and non-sequitur musical numbers (none of which adding anything worthwhile to the progression of the film), Folie à Deux is something you sadly can’t help but laugh at.

Went in knowing next-to-nothing and left absolutely hooked. Filled to the brim with creativity, magic and absolute unadulterated-imagination, Wicked is a powerful and cinematic marvel that, upon first watch, is not perfect, but man if it isn’t an absolutely blast. Erivo delivers one of the best vocal performances of the year.

Sean Baker blows it out of the water once again with not only one of the most entertaining, hilarious and chaotic films out there this year, but Eydelshteyn is wonderfully-enigmatic and Madison gives a performance of a lifetime that is as sharp, catty and electric as the role absolutely needed and she nails it. A few lulls and is a little longer than needed, but an achievement nonetheless.