Barbenheimer

Yeah, I'm doing it like this. What of it?

Barbie

If Barbie proves one thing is that you can have a toy based movie be not only fun but filled with great writing, superb direction, and an inventive and colorful production. Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling shine while Greta Gerwig manages to give a big budget studio film a sense of indie drama that had started her career. How it handles its messages of feminism, existentialism, and masculinity may not go through one hundred percent of the time but it still able to deliver them effectively. Incredibly fun music, inventive set pieces, and just an absolute bonkers look will certain keep Barbie from ever being forgotten. Over all: 100%

Oppenheimer

With Oppenheimer, Nolan shows us the events leading up to the creation of the atom bomb and how the director of the program dealt with the repercussions and political squabbles over a decade later. Being Nolan, he does it by going back and forth between different time periods in a way that feels perfectly him. Cillian Murphy is an absolute beast as he headlines this expansive all star cast. The unique cinematography by Hoyte van Hoytema helps establish not only when certain scenes are set but from whose viewpoint we're seeing them from. Oppenheimer is not just a beast of a film, but one of the best there's ever been. Over all: 100%

2023 top list so far:

1. Oppenheimer

2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

3. Asteroid City

4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

5. Barbie

6. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1

7. Elemental

8. Air

9. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

10. Creed III

11. John Wick: Chapter 4

12. Scream VI

13. M3GAN

14. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

15. Cocaine Bear

16. Knock at the Cabin

17. The Flash

18. The Super Mario Bros. Movie

19. Renfield

20. Fast X

21. The Little Mermaid 2023

22. Shazam! Fury of the Gods

23. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

24. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania