Best of 2022: Jonathan Sim's Top 10 Movies of the Year
2022 has been another fantastic year for movies. From the over-the-top madness of Bullet Train to the grounded emotions of The Banshees of Inisherin, this year had something for every movie buff. However, these are my ten favorite movies of the year.
Honourable Mentions: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, The Fabelmans, Smile, Violent Night, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, DC League of Super-Pets, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On.
One of the most underrated movies of the year is The Adam Project, a Netflix sci-fi action-adventure starring Ryan Reynolds as a time-traveling, team-up fighter pilot with himself to save the future. This loving homage to Amblin Entertainment films is delightfully Spielbergian, pairing the high-octane action sequences with a healthy dose of emotional drama. Walker Scobell is a revelation as he nails his portrayal of a young Reynolds, and it's a shame this blockbuster from last year's Free Guy star and director flew so far under the radar.
>Perhaps the best romantic comedy of the decade, Bros is a delight from start to finish. It takes the rom-com genre tropes we know and portrays them with a beautifully unique sense of humor. Billy Eichner and Luke Macfarlane are a mismatch created in heaven as two commitment-phobic men awkwardly begin a relationship with each other. Universal Pictures distributed one of the first romantic comedies with an openly LGBTQ+ cast to disappointing box office results, but don't let that stop you from watching this movie that will have you laughing and kicking your butt.
>The chilling true story of a nurse who discovers that her colleague is responsible for many mysterious patient deaths comes to life in Netflix's The Good Nurse. Jessica Chastain plays Amy Loughren to perfection in a restrained, naturalistic performance where she disappears into the role. The friendship between her and Charles Cullen (Eddie Redmayne) is heartwarming, making the second half of the film so brutal that the tension mounts. Nevertheless, it is gripping from start to finish and doesn't waste a minute.
An Oscar-winning filmmaker brings a tale as old as time to life through stop-motion. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio is by far the best adaptation of the classic story to be released this year. He and co-director Mark Gustafson have assembled a world-class voice and animation team to tell the story of a wooden boy brought to life, with magnificent craftsmanship behind every frame of the picture. This film embraces the dark nature of this fairy tale and sets it in Fascist Italy. The script is superb, and the work that has been done to bring this story to the big screen is wonderful.
The biggest superhero movie of the year is The Batman, a dark and gritty crime thriller from Matt Reeves that tells an all-new story with decades-old comic book characters. It's a great 3-hour epic told to perfection, with Paul Dano and Colin Ferrell giving incredible performances and Robert Pattinson anchoring it all in his new take on the character of Bruce Wayne. With beautiful cinematography by Greig Fraser and hard-hitting music by Michael Giacchino, there is not a single weak link in this phenomenal DC film.
It took James Cameron 13 years to...
2022 has been another fantastic year for movies. From the over-the-top madness of Bullet Train to the grounded emotions of The Banshees of Inisherin, this year had something for every movie buff. However, these are my ten favorite movies of the year.
Honourable Mentions: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, The Fabelmans, Smile, Violent Night, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, DC League of Super-Pets, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On.
One of the most underrated movies of the year is The Adam Project, a Netflix sci-fi action-adventure starring Ryan Reynolds as a time-traveling, team-up fighter pilot with himself to save the future. This loving homage to Amblin Entertainment films is delightfully Spielbergian, pairing the high-octane action sequences with a healthy dose of emotional drama. Walker Scobell is a revelation as he nails his portrayal of a young Reynolds, and it's a shame this blockbuster from last year's Free Guy star and director flew so far under the radar.
>Perhaps the best romantic comedy of the decade, Bros is a delight from start to finish. It takes the rom-com genre tropes we know and portrays them with a beautifully unique sense of humor. Billy Eichner and Luke Macfarlane are a mismatch created in heaven as two commitment-phobic men awkwardly begin a relationship with each other. Universal Pictures distributed one of the first romantic comedies with an openly LGBTQ+ cast to disappointing box office results, but don't let that stop you from watching this movie that will have you laughing and kicking your butt.
>The chilling true story of a nurse who discovers that her colleague is responsible for many mysterious patient deaths comes to life in Netflix's The Good Nurse. Jessica Chastain plays Amy Loughren to perfection in a restrained, naturalistic performance where she disappears into the role. The friendship between her and Charles Cullen (Eddie Redmayne) is heartwarming, making the second half of the film so brutal that the tension mounts. Nevertheless, it is gripping from start to finish and doesn't waste a minute.
An Oscar-winning filmmaker brings a tale as old as time to life through stop-motion. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio is by far the best adaptation of the classic story to be released this year. He and co-director Mark Gustafson have assembled a world-class voice and animation team to tell the story of a wooden boy brought to life, with magnificent craftsmanship behind every frame of the picture. This film embraces the dark nature of this fairy tale and sets it in Fascist Italy. The script is superb, and the work that has been done to bring this story to the big screen is wonderful.
The biggest superhero movie of the year is The Batman, a dark and gritty crime thriller from Matt Reeves that tells an all-new story with decades-old comic book characters. It's a great 3-hour epic told to perfection, with Paul Dano and Colin Ferrell giving incredible performances and Robert Pattinson anchoring it all in his new take on the character of Bruce Wayne. With beautiful cinematography by Greig Fraser and hard-hitting music by Michael Giacchino, there is not a single weak link in this phenomenal DC film.
It took James Cameron 13 years to...
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