Slice But No Dice For Alita: Battle Angel

Rosa Salazar as Alita 

For years, James Cameron had wanted to make a movie based on Yukito Kishiro's manga series about a young female cyborg. Due to reasons ranging from not having the technology at the time and being busy with Avatar and its long-delayed sequels, Robert Rodriguez stepped in as director with Cameron serving as both producer and screenwriter as life is finally given to this long-awaited project.

The Lego Movie 2:The Second Part Falls Apart but is Able to Reassemble

The Lego Movie seemed to be poised for disaster given the reputation of movies based on toy brands but leave it to writing/directing duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller on proving us wrong by delivering one of the best animated movies of the decade. For The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, this would be a tough act to follow, with Lord and Miller staying as screenwriters but passing the director's mantle to Mike Mitchell. Can this sequel keep everything awesome or is it time to for these toys to be put away?

Top 10 Best Movies of 2018

I was able to watch around forty films back in 2017. For 2018, I manged to bump that number up to seventy. Not too shabby. Like the year before, there were a bunch of movies I missed out, so my  sincerest apologies to Creed II, The Favourite, Free Solo, Leave No Trace, 22 July, Shoplifters, Lean on Pete etc.

Glass May Shatter but Shyamalan Keeps it Sharp

At this rate, you either know the name M. Night Shyamalan or not. The same man who made a name for himself with the haunting but heartfelt ghost-story The Sixth Sense, took a spin at the comic book genre before it became popular in Unbreakable, and was proclaimed the next Spielberg with the sci-fi thriller Signs. This is also the same man whose career took a downturn starting with The Village, the well-intended but maligned Lady in the Water, the horrific but unintentionally hilarious The Happening, and the final nail in the coffin known as The Last Airbender. 

Top 10 Worst Movies of 2018

There were quite the few stinkers I mercifully skipped whether it was the bad vibes from the trailer or negative word of mouth. Horror delivered yearly trash that was Slenderman, The Nun, Winchester, Blumhouse's Truth or Dare, and Hellfest. Comedies I don't feel bad on missing were Book Club, Holmes & Watson, Nobody's Fool, Action Point, and Show Dogs. And yet, despite my best efforts of avoiding bad movies there were plenty that found their way in my viewing schedule. True, I'm obligated to watch a couple but the ones that made my list, I went in thinking maybe it won't be that bad or that the critics might be exaggerating. Goes to show I can't be right all the time.