TOP 15 WORST MOVIES OF 2018!

It's that time of the year again, the time when we take a look back at the films we've watched and present to you our "best of" and "worst of" lists. We like to get the negative out of the way first, you know, to cleanse our auras. In the last few years, the number of people who are not happy with the promotion of "worst of" lists has risen. Look, we know it sucks to rag on people who make movies, it's an extremely hard job to do, and there's no way we could ever do it. The fact of the matter is, we've already reviewed these films in full, we're merely cataloging them and linking back to them for your (dis)pleasure. If this is not your cup of tea, we apologize, our "best of" list will be out soon, so we'll see you then.

Without further ado, here it is, our list of THE TOP 15 WORST THEATRICALLY RELEASED FILMS OF 2018! Do you agree with this list? Let us know what your least favorite films of the year were!

Movie Review: "My Life as a Zucchini" (2017)

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Movie: "My Life as a Zucchini" / "Ma vie de Courgette"

Director: Claude Barras
Year: 2017
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes

A young orphaned boy who has suffered years of abuse moves into an orphanage where he and the other children, all with past traumas, learn what it means to be in a loving home for the first time.

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Don't be fooled by the bubbly, big-eyed characters, "My Life as a Zucchini" is not for kids. Alternately titled "Ma Vie de Courgette," this is a Swiss/French stop-motion animated film directed by Claude Barras and is his first feature-length film. The screenplay is written by Céline Sciamma along with numerous other contributing writers and is adapted from the novel "Autobiographie d'une Courgette" by Gilles Paris. The story is about a young boy called Zucchini (Eric Abbate), whose alcoholic abusive mother was killed in an accident that caused her to fall down a flight of stairs. Zucchini is taken to an orphanage by a police officer named Raymond (Nick Offerman), who feels sorry about Zucchini's situation and becomes his friend. Zucchini now has to adjust to living his life in an orphanage with other kids who have also lost their parents/guardians. He also sometimes has to contend with a bully named Simon (Romy Beckman), who lashes out at the other children due to his own insecure feelings. As time passes, Zucchini begins to acclimate to his surroundings, especially once Camille (Ness Krell) shows up. He immediately becomes infatuated with her, and as it turns out, she may need help from him and the other orphans to deal with her abusive relative.

"Sometimes I dream my mom is alive and I'm all grown up." (Image Source)

When "My Life as a Zucchini" begins, and we see a young kid in a household with a drunk mother throwing beer cans at the television, we initially wondered what we had gotten ourselves into, especially considering what happens next. This is a bittersweet story about abuse and broken homes. That being said, it is also about love and finding family in places you least expect. We are big fans of stop-motion animation, and we really like the character designs and overall look of this enjoyable film. It is simultaneously adorable and dark. Each of the kids has shadows and circles around their eyes, which makes it look like they haven't slept because they are being tormented from within. There are also many moments of fun and laughter, as well as times of love and tenderness. There are also many bits of sorrow and misery, all of which will make the viewer gush with emotion. We learn about Zucchini and all of the other kids at the orphanage. Each of them deals with real issues that are probably too much for younger kids to handle. As adults, we found ourselves really invested in the stories of each of the characters and many of their arcs. We see the growth of each character, especially of the bully Simon, who we start out hating but grow to love over the course of the story.

"I'm happy I was brought here. Otherwise, I wouldn't have met you." (Image Source)

We loved "My Life as a Zucchini." We can absolutely see why this film was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards. You should seek this movie out immediately.

My Rating: 8.5/10
BigJ's Rating: 8/10
IMDB's Rating: 7.8/10
RT Rating: 88%
Do we recommend this movie: Yes!

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Movie Review: "The Kid Who Would Be King" (2019)

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Movie: "The Kid Who Would Be King"

Director: Joe Cornish
Year: 2019
Rating: PG
Running Time: 2 hours, 0 minutes

One evening while fleeing his school bullies, a young boy named Alex discovers a sword embedded in stone at a construction site. He pulls the sword, which happens to be the legendary Excalibur, out of its encasement and takes it home. After being visited by Merlin, he learns he must unite his friends and his foes to face off against the danger that awaits them all: the evil sorceress Morgana.

Movie Review: "Don't Come Back from the Moon" (2019)

Movie: "Don't Come Back from the Moon"

Director: Bruce Thierry Cheung
Year: 2019
Rating: NR
Running Time: 1 hour, 22 minutes

The fathers of several teens have abandoned their families instead of staying in their rural California town with few prospects for work.

Movie Review: "Glass" (2019)

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Movie: "Glass"

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Year: 2019
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 2 hours, 9 minutes

When 'The Horde' and David Dunn are apprehended by authorities, they are placed in a mental hospital where Mr. Glass is also being held. While at the hospital, psychiatrist Dr. Ellie Staple tries to convince the three of them that they are suffering from delusions and that they don't really have powers. Mr. Glass may be concocting a plan to prove otherwise.

Movie Review: "Minding the Gap" (2018)

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Movie: "Minding the Gap"

Director: Bing Liu
Year: 2018
Rating: NR
Running Time: 1 hour, 33 minutes

A documentary filmmaker conducts interviews with his longtime friends/members of his skateboarding crew, learning about their lives as they face adulthood and reflect on the trauma in their pasts that brought them together.

Movie Review: "Vice" (2018)

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Movie: "Vice"

Director: Adam McKay
Year: 2018
Rating: R
Running Time: 2 hours, 12 minutes

The story of Vice President Dick Cheney's rise to and maneuvering for political power in Washington.

Movie Review: "A Dog's Way Home" (2019)

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Movie: "A Dog's Way Home"

Director: Charles Martin Smith
Year: 2019
Rating: PG
Running Time: 1 hour, 36 minutes

A dog must find her way home when she is sent to live with relatives in New Mexico after she is impounded by Denver animal control for being part Pit Bull.

Movie Review: "Free Solo" (2018)

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Movie: "Free Solo"

Director: Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Year: 2018
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 1 hour, 40 minutes

Free solo climber Alex Honnold prepares to become the first person to ever climb the El Capitan vertical rock formation at Yosemite without ropes or safety equipment where one false step could mean his death.

Movie Review: "If Beale Street Could Talk" (2018)

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Movie: "If Beale Street Could Talk"

Director: Barry Jenkins
Year: 2019
Rating: R
Running Time: 1 hour, 59 minutes

An African American artist is arrested and falsely accused of rape. Meanwhile, his pregnant fiance and her family do all they can to try and prove his innocence.

TOP 10 BEST JOHN CARPENTER MOVIES!

It's John Carpenter's birthday this week, so we thought we would take a closer look at the work of the director of the original "Halloween" himself! Carpenter has never been a huge box office draw with average box office earnings at just under $20 million ($53 million when adjusted for inflation), yet he has become an icon of the horror genre as most of his movies have reached cult status and have become loved long after their initial release. We have watched all of his theatrically released features, so here is our list of the TOP 10 BEST JOHN CARPENTER MOVIES! Do you agree with our list? Let us know!

Movie Review: "Second Act" (2018)

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Movie: "Second Act"

Director: Peter Segal
Year: 2018
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 1 hour, 43 minutes

An assistant manager at a big box store is passed over yet again for a promotion because she doesn't have a college degree. When her godson makes her a fake resume and posts it online, it lands her an interview at a high-end cosmetics company where she is hired and must now use her life experience to prove she can make it just as effectively as her college-educated co-workers.

Movie Review: "Welcome to Marwen" (2018)

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Movie: "Welcome to Marwen"

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Year: 2018
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 1 hour, 56 minutes

The survivor of a vicious assault that left him with a traumatic brain injury escapes into a fantasy world where he is a WWII hero surrounded by a support group of the women in his life.

Movie Review: "Green Book" (2018)

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Movie: "Green Book"

Director: Peter Farrelly
Year: 2018
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 2 hours, 10 minutes

A nightclub bouncer is hired to drive a black musician through the pre-Civil Rights southern United States.

Movie Review: "22 July" (2018)

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Movie: "22 July"

Director: Paul Greengrass
Year: 2018
Rating: R
Running Time: 2 hours, 23 minutes

The story of Norway's worst terrorist attack where 77 people were murdered by a far-right white nationalist.

Movie Review: "Escape Room (2019)

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Movie: "Escape Room"

Director: Adam Robitel
Year: 2019
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 1 hour, 40 minutes

A group of strangers, each with past traumas in their lives, get invited to an escape room where the winner will receive $10,000. They quickly discover that losing the game means death.

Movie Review: "On the Basis of Sex" (2018)

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Movie: "On the Basis of Sex"

Director: Mimi Leder
Year: 2018
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 2 hours, 0 minutes

The story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg from the time she spent attending Harvard Law School up to her work on the landmark civil rights case Moritz vs. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

Movie Review: "Shoplifters" (2018)

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Movie: "Shoplifters" / "Manbiki kazoku"

Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Year: 2018
Rating: R
Running Time: 2 hours, 1 minute

An unconventional family full of petty criminals finds an abused little girl and take her into their home.

Movie Review: "Holmes and Watson" (2018)

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Movie: "Holmes and Watson"

Director: Etan Cohen
Year: 2018
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Detective Sherlock Holmes embarks on a case where a killer claiming to be his arch-nemesis Moriarty has threatened to kill Queen Victoria.

Movie Review: "Aquaman" (2018)

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Movie: "Aquaman"

Director: James Wan
Year: 2018
Rating: R
Running Time: 2 hours, 4 minutes

Arthur Curry must go to Atlantis to challenge his half-brother King Orm for the throne to prevent a war between the surface world and the underwater kingdoms.

Movie Review: "The Land of Steady Habits" (2018)

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Movie: "The Land of Steady Habits"

Director: Nicole Holofcener
Year: 2018
Rating: TV-MA
Running Time: 1 hour, 38 minutes

A miserable man who is seemingly going through a midlife crisis quits his job and gets divorced so he can be happy, but finds out that he's still miserable.

Movie Review: "BlacKkKlansman" (2018)

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Movie: "BlacKkKlansman"

Director: Spike Lee
Year: 2018
Rating: R
Running Time: 2 hours, 15 minutes

A rookie black police detective goes undercover to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan to gather intelligence on any criminal activities with the help of a white police veteran.

Movie Review: "Bird Box" (2018)

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Movie: "Bird Box"

Director: Susanne Bier
Year: 2018
Rating: R
Running Time: 2 hours, 4 minutes

The world is invaded by creatures of an unknown origin that cause everyone that looks at them to go mad, compelling them to kill themselves. Now, a woman and two children must navigate a post-apocalyptic landscape blindfolded to find one of the few remaining human sanctuaries.