Bohemian Rhapsody

Named after Queen's signature song, Bohemian Rhapsody is a biopic dealing with the band's lead singer Freddie Mercury from when he first joined in 1970 to their performance during the Live Aid concert in 1985. While it does take certain liberties to the actual history and certain moments are focused more on others, you can still appreciate what everyone involved went through such as the title song not being released for being too long, the band member's relationship, and Mercury's party lifestyle leading to his AIDS diagnosis. Rhapsody tells its story rather well, even if it doesn't offer a unique and new way of telling it while also feeling like it just goes from one scene to the next. The direction throughout does not change in any way as Bryan Singer was dropped as director during filming and replaced by Dexter Fletcher. Whenever they show how the band came up with some of their best songs, the idea and preceding montage of making it are the most fun. The strongest aspect is definitely the performances by everyone involved, especially the chemistry between the Queen members. Rami Malek, especially, as Mercury is the defining aspect of why this film works as he captures everything that made the singer so interesting, tragic, and extraordinary. The fact that the ending has the entire Live Aid Queen performance playing just as long as the actual performance took is bold and makes you appreciate Mercury's work even more knowing this was after his diagnosis. Over all: 100%

2018 top list so far:
1. Halloween 2018

2. Won't You Be My Neighbor?/BlacKkKlansman (tie)

3. Incredibles 2

4. Avengers: Infinity War

5. Mission: Impossible - Fallout

6. Bohemian Rhapsody

7. Solo: A Star Wars Story

8. A Quiet Place
9. Deadpool 2

10. Black Panther

11. A Star Is Born 2018

12. Ant-Man and the Wasp

13. Ready Player One

14. Bad Times at the El Royale

15. Sicario: Day of the Soldado

16. Ocean's 8

17. Isle of Dogs

18. Game Night

19. Venom

20. Thoroughbreds

21. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

22. The Predator

23. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom