Geek of Oz

2023 was a very special year for many reasons, most of all because it saw the arrival of my beautiful daughter. The other reason, from our site’s perspective, was that it happened to be one hell of a year for movies. I only caught 51 films this year. A solid mixture of cinema visits and streaming watches. Apparently having a child mercilessly eats into your movie watching time. Be that as it may, here are my favourite films of the year: 1. Oppenheimer - Christopher Nolan 2. Past Lives - Celine Song  3. Return to Seoul - Davy Chou  4. Roald Dahl Collection (Netflix) - Wes Anderson  5.  Fingernails -  Christos Nikou. 6. The Super Mario Bros Movie - Aaron Horvath Michael Jelenic Pierre Leduc  7.   Asteroid City - Wes Anderson 8.  Barbie - Greta Gerwig 9.  Killers of the Flower Moon - Martin Scorsese  10.  The Pigeon Tunnel - Errol Morris 11.  Dungeons and Dragons : Honor Among Thieves -  John Francis Daley & Jonathan...

  Now we all appreciate that Tom Cruise is a raving loon, but he’s OUR raving loon! He’s one of the few storytellers pushing the action genre forward on such a grand scale. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is one of our most anticipated films for 2023, not only because it looks bat-shit crazy fun, but because McQuarrie and Cruise have managed to up the stakes with every entry of late.    This stunt looks too wild to comprehend.   Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part On e is exclusive to cinemas July 13, 2023