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Episode Synopsis
Despite it being March, it is finally here! The top ten films of 2018 Contra Zoom mega episode! This episode has everything including a great co-host in Stephanie, four terrific guest spots and more films mentioned than you could imagine.
On this episode, four friends of the show were asked to send in a voice mail of what their favourite film from 2018 was.
Sean Chin’s favourite film was the mountain climbing documentary Free Solo
Scott Murdoch’s favourite film was the Sony animated feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse
Curtis Sindrey’s favourite film was the darkly comedic Game Night
Sammy Feilchenfeld’s favourite film was beautiful black and white Mexican film Roma
It is humanly impossible to see every film in a given year and below is the list that Dakota and Stephanie weren’t able to catch up with that they thought might have had potential to crack their top ten… if they saw them.
Dakota- Burning, Zama, The Rider, Tea With the Dames and Blaze
Stephanie- Leave No Trace, Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse, Private Life and Widows
Here are the final ten films that made Stephanie’s list:
1. Capernaum
2. Minding the Gap
3. BlacKkKlansman
4. Shoplifters
5. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
6. Vice
7. The Favourite
8. Eighth Grade
9. Isle of Dogs
10. Outlaw King
Here are the final ten films that made Dakota’s list:
1. Roma
2. Capernaum
3. Cold War
4. The Death of Stalin
5. First Reformed
6. Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse
7. BlacKkKlansmn
8. Minding the Gap
9. Old Man & the Gun
10. Sorry To Bother You
If you want to see a full ranking of every movie Dakota saw last year, check out his Letterboxd list and give him a follow.
Follow the show @ContraZoomPod and Dakota @Dgapa on Twitter.
On this episode, four friends of the show were asked to send in a voice mail of what their favourite film from 2018 was.
Sean Chin’s favourite film was the mountain climbing documentary Free Solo
Scott Murdoch’s favourite film was the Sony animated feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse
Curtis Sindrey’s favourite film was the darkly comedic Game Night
Sammy Feilchenfeld’s favourite film was beautiful black and white Mexican film Roma
It is humanly impossible to see every film in a given year and below is the list that Dakota and Stephanie weren’t able to catch up with that they thought might have had potential to crack their top ten… if they saw them.
Dakota- Burning, Zama, The Rider, Tea With the Dames and Blaze
Stephanie- Leave No Trace, Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse, Private Life and Widows
Here are the final ten films that made Stephanie’s list:
1. Capernaum
2. Minding the Gap
3. BlacKkKlansman
4. Shoplifters
5. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
6. Vice
7. The Favourite
8. Eighth Grade
9. Isle of Dogs
10. Outlaw King
Here are the final ten films that made Dakota’s list:
1. Roma
2. Capernaum
3. Cold War
4. The Death of Stalin
5. First Reformed
6. Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse
7. BlacKkKlansmn
8. Minding the Gap
9. Old Man & the Gun
10. Sorry To Bother You
If you want to see a full ranking of every movie Dakota saw last year, check out his Letterboxd list and give him a follow.
Follow the show @ContraZoomPod and Dakota @Dgapa on Twitter.
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