Last post , I had a look at numbers twenty to eleven of my favourite films of 2018. Therefore, it stands to reason that in this post I shall take a look at numbers ten to one of my favourite films of 2018. So, let's do that. 10. Avengers: Infinity War The premise of Avengers: Infinity War is so inherently ambitious that you can forgive any of its flaws due to the fact that they pulled it off at all. Superhero films have a storied history of collapsing under the weight of an overstuffed cast; just look back at the infamous Spider-Man 3 and Amazing Spider-Man 2 or even the Avengers’ own Age of Ultron . Infinity War succeeds where those films have failed thanks to Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely’s remarkably efficient screenplay and the Russo brothers’ emotionally detailed direction. The character development is embedded ingeniously into the narrative, as the situations the heroes (and the villains) are placed in directly challenge them and flesh them out. All of...

If I were to continue the 'years as sequels’ conceit I began in 2017 (“the messier, uglier sequel to 2016”) then 2018 fits quite snugly into the mould of the 'terrible third instalment’. Like The Matrix Revolutions or Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey? 2018 took what you thought couldn't get any worse and somehow proved you resoundingly wrong. 2018 was just a miserably aimless year, as the distance from the dreadful decisions made in 2016 increased further and the reasons for making them became even less clear. Fortunately, whilst the real world repeatedly let us down, the film world did not. I mean, we even got a good Transformers film! Hopefully, much like Bumblebee , 2019 will be the much-needed reboot that reverses our seemingly perpetual descent into despair, but right now I can't think of anything better to do than to look back on some of the best films 2018 had to offer. According to me.  Honourable Mentions  Firstly, here are a handful of films I ...

The decision to forgo a Christmas special in favour of a New Year's Day special has been met with predictable controversy. I understand, especially for those whose Christmas routine has always involved Doctor Who , but at the same time, I think it's probably for the best. The Christmas Special was becoming increasingly restrictive and, whilst none of Capaldi's Christmas episodes were completely rubbish, not all of them were the most memorable. Plus, as much as I enjoyed Nick Frost's Santa, bringing in Father Christmas himself was a sign that perhaps they were struggling for ideas. So, moving the special to the New Year seems like a good idea to me. It opens up many new narrative and thematic possibilities. Plus, the iconography surrounding New Year's is a lot vaguer than Christmas, so they can probably justify most ideas as being somewhat related.  So, how does Resolution utilise the festival? Well, for a lot of the episode it's largely just set dressing. ...