The Current War

Originally meant to be released in 2017 but delayed until now due to the original distributor, The Weinstein Company, going bankrupt amid Harvey Weinstein's allegations, The Current War is a historical drama focusing on the professional rivalry between Thomas Edison, played by Benedict Cumberbatch, and George Westinghouse, played by Michael Shannon, as they competed over their different electric systems throughout the late 1800a. During the whole thing, Nicholas Hoult portrays Nikola Tesla as he starts out working for Edison, then forming his own company that is then taken away from him, and then teaming up with Westinghouse. While the writing is pretty basic and some scenes just occurring one after another without much relevance, it does have great dialogue and very accurate to the real history. The directing by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is superb at making the moments an invention we take for granted today seem epic. Besides the three actors playing the well known pioneers, the rest of the cast perfectly nail their roles. What truly makes this film standout and amazing is the combination of the cinematography and production design that helps The Current War not only really look like it's all set in the late 1800s with its right use of lighting and what was used and worn at the time but also so beautiful. What could have been just a run of the mill biopic is a lot more thanks to a new distributor and executive producer Martin Scorsese not only pushing for the film to be released, but for the director to also be given final cut privilege to improve it after its initial festival showing. Over all: 100%
2019 top list so far:

1. Judy

2. Avengers: Endgame

3. Ready or Not

4. Joker

5. Toy Story 4

6. Hustlers

7. Shazam!

8. Spider-Man: Far From Home

9. Villains

10. Zombieland: Double Tap

11. Rocketman

12. The Current War

13. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

14. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

15. Ad Astra

16. It Chapter 2

17. Godzilla: King of the Monsters

18. Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

19. Hobbs & Shaw

20. The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

21. Us

22. Aladdin 2019

23. Pokemon Detective Pikachu

24. Captain Marvel

25. The Lion King 2019

26. Yesterday

27. Pet Sematary 2019

28. The Upside

29. Dark Phoenix

30. Cold Pursuit

31. Glass