My Best of... 2023

Hey, it’s been a tick, huh? Like a two year tick, specifically.

Anyway, in an effort to make use of this page again, I figured I’d sort launch with this formal presentation of my Best of lists in Film, TV, Books, Songs, Albums, and Comics. With my approval, please enjoy!”

Movies

 

1.      American Fiction

2.      The Holdovers

3.      Killers of the Flower Moon

4.      Oppenheimer

5.      Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

6.      Past Lives

7.      Sanctuary

8.      Barbie

9.      Eileen

10.   Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

11.   Asteroid City

12.   Theater Camp

13.   Poor Things

14.   Nimona

15.   Saltburn

16.   Anatomy of a Fall

17.   The Royal Hotel

18.   The Iron Claw

19.   Polite Society

20.   May December

 

Worst (in no particular order)

Silent Night

Fool’s Paradise

Freelance

 

Awaiting

Challengers

Civil War

Drive-Away Dolls

Nosferatu

 

TV

1.      Slip

2.      Beef

3.      The Bear

4.      Jury Duty

5.      Fargo

6.      The Fall of the House of Usher

7.      The Last of Us

8.      Poker Face

9.      For All Mankind

10.   The Righteous Gemstones

11.   Succession

12.   Cunk on Earth

13.   Minx

14.   Afterparty Season 2

15.   Wilderness

16.   Silo

17.   Big Door Prize

18.   Paul T. Goldman

19.   Welcome to Wrexham

20.   School Spirits

 

Worst

Obliterated

 

Awaiting

3 Body Problem

Evil Season 4

The Regime

 

 

Albums

 

1.      the record by boygenius

2.      GUTS by Olivia Rodrigo

3.      This is Why by Paramore

4.      i/o by Peter Gabriel

5.      Endless Summer Vacation by Miley Cyrus

6.      Good Witch by Maisie Peters

7.      Seven Psalms by Paul Simon

8.      The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We by Mitski

9.      The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess by Chappell Roan

10.   SOS by SZA

11.   Javelin by Sufjan Stevens

12.   Strays by Margo Price

13.   First Two Pages of Frankenstein by The National

14.   The Age of Pleasure by Janelle Monae

15.   Blondshell by Blondshell

16.   Time Ain’t Accidental by Jess Williamson

17.   Good Riddance by Gracie Abrams

18.   A R I Z O N A by Arizona

19.   Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd by Lana Del Rey

20.   My God! by Tessa Violet

 

 

 

Worst

How Do You Sleep At Night? By Teezo Touchdown

 

Awaiting

Saviors by Green Day

Bleachers by Bleachers

 

Songs

 

1.      Femininomenon by Chappell Roan

2.      Is It Over Now by Taylor Swift

3.      Kristine From The 7th Grade by Ben Folds

4.      Fuck Around Phase by Housewife

5.      get him back! by Olivia Rodrigo

6.      Almost Woke You Up by Counting Crows & Stephen Kellogg 

7.      I’m Just Ken by Ryan Gosling and Mark Ronson

8.      Yes Mom by Tessa Violet

9.      Lost The Breakup by Maisie Peters

10.   God is a Freak by Peach PRC

11.   Economies of Scale by Steve Wilson

12.   Honey by Samia

13.   Houdini by Dua Lipa

14.   Your Internet Sucks by Ber

15.   Hold Me Like A Grudge by Fall Out Boy

16.   Cute and On Duty by BAM!

17.   Paint the Town Red by Doja Cat

18.   Normal People Things by Lovejoy

19.   Pretty Girls by Reneé Rapp

20.   The Beginning by Shamir

 

Worst

The I Love America So Much It Makes Me Hate My Fellow Americans Duology of “Try That in a Small Town” and “Rich Men from Richmond”

Vultures by Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign featuring Bump J & Lil Durk

 

Comics

 

1.      Moon Knight

2.      The Talk

3.      Birds of Prey

4.      I Hate This Place

5.      World’s Finest

6.      Parasocial

7.      Daredevil

8.      Nightwing

9.      Haunted Hill

10.   Peacemaker Tries Hard!

11.   Fantastic Four

12.   The Alternates

13.   Scarlet Witch

14.   Avengers/Avengers Inc

15.   Local Man

 

Worst

Final unraveling of Krakoa X-Men

Lazarus Planet/Knight Terrors

 

Awaiting

Pine and Merrimack

Marvel’s Ultimate Universe Take 2

 

Books

 

1.      Tomorrow Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

2.      The Wager by David Grann

3.      Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway

4.      The Fraud by Zadie Smith

5.      Yellowface by RF Kuang

6.      Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

7.      Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley

8.      Age of Cage y Keith Phipps

9.      Vintage Contemporaries by Dan Kois

10.   Brooklyn Crime Novel by Jonathan Lethem

11.   Holly by Stephen King

12.   Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson

13.   I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai

14.   Alias Emma by Ava Glass

15.   One of Us is Back by Karen M. McManus

 

Worst

Death of an Author by Aidan Marchine

 

Awaiting

The Book of Love by Kelly Link

Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley