The Top 10 Movies Of 2018, According To The /Film Writing Staff

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🗓️ 3 January 2019

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On the January 3, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by the /Film writing staff, including senior writer Ben Pearson, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista, to count down their top 10 movies of 2018. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). Opening Banter: What did you guys think of this year in movies? #10 Chris: is Ben’s #8 (make Blindspotting joke) HT: Minding the Gap Ben: A Quiet Place #9 Chris: is Ben’s #6 (make Hereditary joke) HT: is Ben’s #8 (make Blindspotting joke) Ben: is Chris’ #1 (make First Reformed joke) #8 HT: Burning Chris: is HT’s #3 (make The Favourite joke) Ben: Blindspotting(HT’s #9) (Chris’ #10) #7 Chris: Destroyer HT: is Ben’s #2 (make Spider-verse joke) Ben: Sorry to Bother You #6 Chris: Mandy HT: Eighth Grade Ben: Hereditary(Chris’ #9) #5 Chris: is Ben’s #1 (make Annihilation joke) Ben: Mission: Impossible – Fallout HT: is Chris’ #2 (make Roma joke) #4 Ben: Searching Chris: is Ben’s #3 (make Beale Street joke) HT: Paddington 2 #3 Ben: If Beale Street Could Talk(Chris’ #4) Chris: is HT’s #2 (make You Were Never Really Here joke) HT: The Favourite (Chris’ #8) #2 Chris: Roma(HT’s #5) Ben: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (HT’s #7) HT: You Were Never Really Here(Chris’ #3) #1 Chris: First Reformed(Ben’s #9) HT: Shoplifters Ben: Annihilation (Chris’s #5) Caveats: Are there any films you’ve yet to see that you think could be contenders? Honorable Mentions The lists presented separately: Ben Pearson's Top 10 Movies of 2018 A Quiet Place First Reformed Blindspotting Sorry to Bother You Hereditary Mission: Impossible – Fallout Searching If Beale Street Could Talk Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Annihilation Hoai-Tran Bui’s Top 10 Movies of 2018 Minding the Gap Blindspotting Burning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Eighth Grade Roma Paddington 2 The Favourite You Were Never Really Here Shoplifters Chris Evangelista’s Top 10 Movies of 2018 Blindspotting Hereditary The Favourite Destroyer Mandy Annihilation If Beale Street Could Talk You Were Never Really Here Roma First Reformed Other articles mentioned: ‘Annihilation’ Spoiler Review: A Strange, Haunting Masterpiece Hoai-Tran Bui's Top 10 Movies of 2018 So Far Ben Pearson's Top 10 Movies of 2018 So Far Chris Evangelista's Top 10 Movies of 2018 So Far All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Slash Film Daily for Thursday, January 3rd, 2019.
0:04.7	On today's episode, we're going to talk about the top 10 films of 2018, according to the
0:09.4	Slash Film Writing Staff. This is Slash Film Editor-in-chief Peter Sorretta and joining me out today's
0:14.2	podcast is slash film senior writer, Ben Pearson.
0:17.0	Hey, what's going on?
0:18.0	And writers, why trend buoy?
0:20.0	Hey everyone.
0:21.0	And Chris Evangelista.
0:23.0	Hello.
0:24.0	Before we get to the top 10 lists from you guys,
0:28.0	I wanted to first start off with,
0:30.0	what did you guys think of this year of movies? Do you think this was exceptional?
0:35.3	You know, good but not, you know, great or lower than usually what we get?
0:42.3	Let's start with Chris. You know I've heard several people tell me they
0:46.2	thought this was a bad year for movies and I'm generally surprised at that reaction because I think this was a very good year. I mean this
0:53.8	this year had some incredibly diverse movies and when I say diverse I
0:59.8	don't mean you know I mean like in a sense that they're you're not saying
1:02.4	movies with diversity you're saying yeah I'm saying they're so different I mean you know they're actually you know there were movies with diversity but I'm saying there's such an eclectic amount of films this year that I don't know I'm you know like I said
1:17.0	I've heard several people say oh this is a weak year and I really don't agree at all I
1:21.5	think this is a very strong year
1:23.9	Then do you have any thoughts? I strongly agree that this is a strong year. I loved this year in movies there are so many that and there are several movies that I haven't even seen yet that I'm really
1:33.2	looking forward to to check out but I'm happy with my top 10 as it stands right now.
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