There are plenty of fun twists along the way (Collet-Serra knows modern audiences are always guessing ahead and introduces a handful of suspicious characters before the train ride even begins), and one of the best supporting casts you could dream up with Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Sam Neill, Florence Pugh and Jonathan Banks in the mix. "Liam Neeson, but on a plane." "Liam Neeson, but on a snow plow." (That's real by the way, coming to theaters next year.) The Commuter sees Neeson re-team with his frequent collaborator Juame Collet-Serra to bring us "Liam Neeson on a train." Collet-Serra is one of our B-movie maestros at the moment, with films like The Shallows and Non-Stop earning spots on previous installments of this list and he's right at home with Neeson, who is perfectly cast to type as an ex-cop lured into a deadly game of Simon Says with a mysterious organization on his last commute home on the train he rode for a decade. The actor has become the new Die Hard of easy-pitch filmmaking. I just love watching people learn you shouldn't fuck with Liam Neeson.
So with that out of the way, fix up a big bowl of popcorn, slurp down your favorite soda and settle in for some explosions, F-Bombs and insanity while I run down my favorite popcorn movies of 2018.
The Transformers franchise got a heartfelt makeover, Jurassic World traveled to the main land, and the R-rated comedy made a comeback in a big way. We got a Star Wars movie about Han Solo that everyone immediately forgot, Tom Cruise risked his life (and busted his ankle) for our entertainment in the biggest Mission: Impossiblemovie yet, and Aquaman finally made the transition from Entourage joke to reality.
We witnessed the culmination of a decade's worth of shared universe blockbusters with Avengers: Infinity War, In fact, it was the biggest year for theatrical superhero movies ever, with nine titles making their way to the box office. There will be more honorable mentions at the end, but these two deserved a special spotlight.Įven with those titles off the list, it's been one hell of a year for popcorn entertainment. That said, before we get started, I'm going to put a spotlight on two of the fabulous and entertaining movies of 2018 you won't see on this list, even though some folks would argue they qualify: Mandy, which is far too heartbreaking and invested in grief no matter how big the chainsaws and cocaine piles are and Black Panther, which is a very entertaining superhero movie, yes, but just as much a full-on Best Picture contender, not to mention meditation on slavery and colonialism.
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