I kept track. I watched 218 movies this year. Some old. Some new. Here are 21 of the best of 2021. With the obvious caveat that I still have more to see (Looking at you West Side Story).
~Casey
Jason & Brett’s Note: Movies are entirely Casey’s domain. We kind of just sit this one out. But look out for our Dune hot take!
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21. A Quiet Place Part II
Obligatory big budget movie mention.
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20. The Rescue
The story of the Thailand cave rescue, told with incredible actual footage.
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19. The Last Duel
Ridley Scott crushing it in his 80s
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18. Shiva Baby
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17. Nightmare Alley
I think Guillermo Del Toro and I would have a lot of common interests to talk about.
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16. The Velvet Underground
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15. Dune
I read the book after watching this trailer. The Movie was good too.
Brett & Jason’s Hot Take: Dune was bad.
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14. Luca
Call Me By Your Name Part 2
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13. The Hand Of God
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12. Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
“Let me start at the beginning… I was born in a hospital-“
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11. The Card Counter
Oscar Isaac playing poker is very much in my zone.
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10. Roadrunner
I’m a sucker for anything Bourdain, but this elevated far beyond the standard post-mortem doc.
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9. Don’t Look Up
But did you catch the very subtle hints that it was actually about climate change?….
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8. Zola
Come for Cousin Greg. Stay for Colman Domingo!
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7. Last Night In Soho
Was nearly an hour into this movie and thought I’d been misled that it was a horror flick.
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6. tick..tick…BOOM!
Jason’s Rating: Two emphatic Ticks and one emphatic Boom!
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5. Power of the Dog
Slow (rope) burn.
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4. The Green Knight
Fair warning, this movie is weird a.f.
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3. Licorice Pizza
While this movie had neither licorice, nor pizza, it did have the deep dive into 70s waterbed sales we’ve been dying for.
2. The French Dispatch
I don’t care if I’m being predictable. God damn, this film was near perfect.
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The Beatles – Get Back
Is being eight hours long a bit much to make this list? Could you maybe classify it as TV? Perhaps. Do I care? Not even a little bit.
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