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Sunday, December 22, 2019

2018 Catch-Up

My blogging has obviously become infrequent, so I'm posting here mostly for history's sake.  The gap in time has also given me lots of time to reevaluate my choices!

Overall, tons of movies I really really liked, but few that will make my best of decade list.

My Top 10 of 2018

1. Leave No Trace
2. If Beale Street Could Talk
3. Roma
4. Private Life
5. Widows
6. First Reformed
7. Minding the Gap
8. The Favourite
9. Eighth Grade
10. Cold War

Runners-Up:  Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Hereditary, Jane in 5 Acts, Paddington 2, Sorry to Bother You, A Star is Born, Shoplifters, Support the Girls, Tully, Wildlife

Matches with Oscar: Just 2 in my top 10 (Roma and The Favourite) and 1 in runners-up (A Star is Born)

Actress
Toni Colette, Hereditary
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Kathryn Hahn, Private Life
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Charlize Theron, Tully

Winner: Colman
Runner-Up: Colette

Actor
Bradley Cooper, A Star is  Born
Ben Foster, Leave No Trace
Paul Giamatti, Private Life
Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
Stephen James, If Beale Street Could Talk

Winner: Foster
Runner-Up: Hawke

Supporting Actress
Kayli Carter, Private Life
Elizabeth Debicki, Widows
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Rachel  Weisz, The Favourite
Michelle Yeoh, Crazy Rich Asians

Winner: King
Runner-Up: Weisz

Supporting Actor
Hugh Grant, Paddington 2
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther
Alex Wolff, Hereditary
Steven Yuan, Burning

Winner: Richard E. Grant
Runner-Up: Hugh Grant