100 BEST SCI-FI FILMS
Vito Carli ranks and reviews his list of the 100 top sci-fi films
 

ACADEMY AWARDS PREDICTIONS-2018 EDITION
2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006
Three Critics, 22 nominations and fifty predictions for 2018

A QUIET PLACE
(***-JIM RUTKOWSKI)
"...an intimate tale of familial devotion and survival..."

ANNIHILATION
(***-JIM RUTKOWSKI)
"...a melding of the sumptuously scientific and the thrillingly cathartic..."

AQUAMAN
(*½-JIM RUTKOWSKI)
"...the timing and tone of this movie is consistently off"

ANT-MAN AND THE WASP
(***½-JIM RUTKOWSKI)
"...rich in imagination and a shrewd purveyor of monkey wrenches..."

AT ETERNITY'S GATE
(****-VITO CARLI)
"...benefits greatly from the artist’s sensibility Schnabel brings to the film..."

AVENGERS INFINITY WAR
(**½-JIM RUTKOWSKI)
"Marvel wrangle's a massive cast, but not a story that deserves their presence."

BATMAN: GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT
(**-JIM RUTKOWSKI)
"Worse than the dull animation is all the fan service the screenplay relishes in"

BLACK PANTHER
(***½-JIM RUTKOWSKI)
"..one of the few blockbusters that does not feel like it was made by committee..."

BLINDSPOTTING
(****-VITO CARLI)
"...remarkably well written-and anchored by the two superb lead performances"

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
(**-JIM RUTKOWSKI)
"...simple in design and abyssal in anguish..."

CHICAGO EUROPEAN UNION FILM FESTIVAL-2018
2017,  2016
March 9th to April 5th at the Siskel Film Center, Chicago Illinois

COMIC MOVIE REVIEW ROUND UP
Vito Carli ranks and reviews 28 comic based films form the last decade

CREED 2
(**½-JIM RUTKOWSKI)
"Creed II's tale-ultimately doesn't match the quality of the original."

DEADPOOL 2
(***-JIM RUTKOWSKI)
"Deadpool 2 is very pleased with itself, and not nearly so subversive as it imagines"

DEATH OF SUPERMAN
(***½-JIM RUTKOWSKI)
"...an engaging entertainment that can stand with the best of the DCAU."

EIGHTH GRADE
(***½-VITO CARLI)
"...manages to be much more compelling than most of its big name counterparts."

FANTASTIC BEASTS: CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD
(**-JIM RUTKOWSKI)
"...a must-see on the biggest screen possible."

FAHRENHEIT 11-9
(***-VITO CARLI)
"...enlightening but it does not feel quite as fresh as his previous works."

the FAVOURITE
(***1/2-VITO CARLI)
"...relationships between the three female protagonists is-fascinating..."

FIRST MAN
(***½-JIM RUTKOWSKI)
"...a must-see on the biggest screen possible."

FIRST REFORMED
(****-VITO CARLI)
"...the most powerful and extraordinary English language film I have seen this year"

HALLOWEEN
(**½-JIM RUTKOWSKI)
"...simple in design and abyssal in anguish..."

INCREDIBLES 2
(***-JIM RUTKOWSKI)
"...not certain the filmmaker knows what it is he actually wants to say this time out"

JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM
(**-JIM RUTKOWSKI)
"...an expertly manufactured hunk of corporate moviemaking...""

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE-FALLOUT
(***½-JIM RUTKOWSKI)
"... it's the must-see, big-screen event of the season"

PARALLEL PLANES
(***½-VITO CARLI)
"...infectious, inspirational film about creative people making innovative music..."

PERSONA
(****-VITO CARLI)
"It struggles to reach the unknowable, the abstract and the transcendent."

READY PLAYER ONE
(***-JIM RUTKOWSKI)
"... a diverting slice of entertainment..."

RED SPARROW
(*-VITO CARLI)
"...an unoriginal, overlong, demoralizing piece of cinematic sewage..."

the SHAPE OF WATER
(***½-JIM RUTKOWSKI)
"...a special movie with relevant themes and a strong emotional payoff."

SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY
(**½-JIM RUTKOWSKI)
"It's … fine"

SORRY TO BOTHER YOU
(***½-VITO CARLI)
"...extremely strong and original for at least two thirds of its duration."

SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE
(***½-JIM RUTKOWSKI)
"... it's arguably one of the greatest superhero films of all time."

A STAR IS BORN
(***½-JIM RUTKOWSKI)
"...passionate, authentic, altogether relevant saga..."

TAU
(***-VITO CARLI)
"...helped put me in another world and make me forget things that bothered me"

TULLY
(***½-VITO CARLI)
"...many scenes have a documentary like authenticity"

VENOM
(**-JIM RUTKOWSKI)
"...cheap, cheesy, and generally unsatisfying..."

CINEMA RETROSPECTIVE-2018
Vito weighs in with Summation of the Year in Film

CINEMA RETROSPECTIVE-2018 MIDTERM EDITION
Vito weighs in with his Look at the Year in Film at the Mid-Term

TOP 10 FILMS-2018 EDITION
JR Picks his TOP 10 Films for the Year

TOP 10 FILMS-2018 MIDTERM EDITION
JR Picks his TOP 10 Films of the Year for the First Half of the Year