The Final 25 Movies of the First 100 Movies of 2018, Graded

Still a little backlogged on reviews, MHT tallied movie #100 about a week ago which continues to match 2017’s pace despite all the Movie Pass hiccups and other things that managed to get in the way of sitting in a dark theater for about 2 hours. While Sorry to Bother You remains in the top spot, 9 movies led by Juliet, Naked, jumped into the top 20 for the year. With almost half of the top 20 being seen in the last 2 months, it’s safe to say summer closed out with a bang in 2018. Here’s the rest of 2018’s grades if you haven’t been keeping up:  

• The First 25 Movies of 2018, Graded (April 7, 2018)
• The Next 25 Movies of 2018, Graded (June 3, 2018)
• The Next Next 25 Movies of 2018, Graded (July 22, 2018)

Now that you’re up to speed, here’s the last 25 movies of the first 100 movies of 2018, graded:

The “Thumbs Up” Group

Juliet, Naked (5 / 5) REVIEW

The best movie of the last 2 months and only one to earn a 5 star rating. There’s now two Ethan Hawke films in the top 20 of 2018 (for now). 

BlacKkKlansman (4.5 / 5) REVIEW
Blindspotting (4.5 / 5) REVIEW
Eighth Grade (4.5 / 5) REVIEW
Crazy Rich Asians (4.5 / 5) REVIEW
Three Identical Strangers (4.5 / 5) REVIEW
Searching (4.5 / 5) REVIEW
Mission Impossible – Fallout (4.5 / 5) REVIEW
A Simple Favor (4.5 / 5) REVIEW
Christopher Robin (4.5 / 5) REVIEW

There’s enough 4-1/2 star films from the last 2 months to field a baseball team.

Destination Wedding (4 / 5) REVIEW
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot (4 / 5) REVIEW

Some familiar faces in some much smaller films that barely ticked the box office radar but both films were better than expected.

Papillon (3.5 / 5) REVIEW
Unfriended: Dark Web (3.5 / 5) REVIEW

This group of 25 has been short on remakes, reboots and sequels but here’s a remake and a sequel that both actually worked out pretty well.

The “Thumbs Eh” Group

The Happytime Murders (2.5 / 5) REVIEW
Alpha (2.5 / 5) REVIEW
The Meg (2.5 / 5) REVIEW

This trio includes two flicks that could land on the guilty pleasure list with foul mouthed puppets in one and a giant shark (and Jason Statham) in the other. 

The “Thumbs Down” Group

Teen Titans Go! To The Movies (2 / 5) REVIEW
Kin (2 / 5) REVIEW

Only 8 movies received a “Thumbs Down” in this group of 25 but neither one of these were strong enough to make it to mediocre.

Mile 22 (1.5 / 5) REVIEW
Peppermint (1.5 / 5) REVIEW

Mark Wahlberg fatigue and an odd Jennifer Garner vehicle grab a generous 1-1/2 stars.

The Predator (1 / 5) REVIEW

I’ll take Unnecessary Sequels for $1,000, Alex!

The Nun (0.5 / 5) REVIEW
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (0.5 / 5) REVIEW

Can we find a way for The Conjuring Universe to bleed over into the Abba Universe? Please???

Slender Man (0 / 5) REVIEW

The good news is I forgot this movie existed until I had to recap this last 25. The bad news is I wasted 2 hours in Vegas watching this dreck.