<p>Another year has come to an end and as usual Hollywood has listed great and horrible movies. Here are DH picks on both sides of the spectrum:</p>.<p><strong>The greats:</strong></p>.<p><em><strong>Ford v Ferrari</strong></em></p>.<p>James Mangold's retelling of the legendary 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans, powered by a solid cast in Matt Damon and Christian Bale, was an experience to remember. Filled with both high-octane racing thrill and quiet character moments, it was a rare treat for racing and racing history fans.</p>.<p><em><strong>Knives Out</strong></em></p>.<p>Rian Johnson's whodunit had a great advantage in having no source material to adapt to or any fan backlash to worry about. The film went about its merry way, putting every character through a maze as the mystery of this death unravelled in quite the amusing manner.</p>.<p><strong><em>Doctor Sleep</em></strong></p>.<p>One of the greatest of rare feats in franchise properties is a sequel that lives up to its predecessor. Thankfully, Mike Flanagan more than delivered in this sequel to <em>The Shining</em>, giving fans of the books a slight twist on the tale with a side of some really twisty cinematography and a truly vicious villain.</p>.<p><em><strong>Joker</strong></em></p>.<p>Todd Phillips is a weird man. His interpretation of the Joker is probably the only thing weirder than him. He took the Clown Prince of Crime, a sadistic, savage, vicious, broken man and made him almost close to human, but never ever justified his actions - presenting them as the actions of a madman that they were.</p>.<p><em><strong>John Wick 3: Parabellum</strong></em></p>.<p>No-nonsense revenge films are a rare breed these days in a Disney-dominated Hollywood, but <em>John Wick 3</em> did what it could do best: Paint a pretty picture full of blood, violence and chopped fingers. It also happens to be one of the few franchises where the third film did not completely drop the ball.</p>.<p><strong>The worst</strong></p>.<p><em><strong>X-Men: Dark Phoneix</strong></em></p>.<p>"Why?" was the only question in many fans' minds when they walked out of this film. This "why" is likely to have been "Why did I even go through this?" rather than "Why would anyone pay to make this movie?", a question not helped by the fact that it went through several reshoots, had bland characters and once again failed on properly adapting the Dark Phoenix.</p>.<p><em><strong>Gemini Man</strong></em></p>.<p>Is Will Smith really out of the peak of his career or is he just getting bad scripts? The question remained unanswered as <em>Gemini Man</em> brought in a mix of both with a cheap plot way behind its time and left a ton of potential on the table through its mediocre acting.</p>.<p><em><strong>The Curse of the Weeping Woman</strong></em></p>.<p>The next time you smell a dead rat while watching a horror film, it's probably not a rat. <em>The Curse of the Weeping Woman</em> was a tedious exercise in how to bore its viewers with a recycled cliche plot, bland acting and characters flatter than the sprites of 80s 2D video games.</p>
<p>Another year has come to an end and as usual Hollywood has listed great and horrible movies. Here are DH picks on both sides of the spectrum:</p>.<p><strong>The greats:</strong></p>.<p><em><strong>Ford v Ferrari</strong></em></p>.<p>James Mangold's retelling of the legendary 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans, powered by a solid cast in Matt Damon and Christian Bale, was an experience to remember. Filled with both high-octane racing thrill and quiet character moments, it was a rare treat for racing and racing history fans.</p>.<p><em><strong>Knives Out</strong></em></p>.<p>Rian Johnson's whodunit had a great advantage in having no source material to adapt to or any fan backlash to worry about. The film went about its merry way, putting every character through a maze as the mystery of this death unravelled in quite the amusing manner.</p>.<p><strong><em>Doctor Sleep</em></strong></p>.<p>One of the greatest of rare feats in franchise properties is a sequel that lives up to its predecessor. Thankfully, Mike Flanagan more than delivered in this sequel to <em>The Shining</em>, giving fans of the books a slight twist on the tale with a side of some really twisty cinematography and a truly vicious villain.</p>.<p><em><strong>Joker</strong></em></p>.<p>Todd Phillips is a weird man. His interpretation of the Joker is probably the only thing weirder than him. He took the Clown Prince of Crime, a sadistic, savage, vicious, broken man and made him almost close to human, but never ever justified his actions - presenting them as the actions of a madman that they were.</p>.<p><em><strong>John Wick 3: Parabellum</strong></em></p>.<p>No-nonsense revenge films are a rare breed these days in a Disney-dominated Hollywood, but <em>John Wick 3</em> did what it could do best: Paint a pretty picture full of blood, violence and chopped fingers. It also happens to be one of the few franchises where the third film did not completely drop the ball.</p>.<p><strong>The worst</strong></p>.<p><em><strong>X-Men: Dark Phoneix</strong></em></p>.<p>"Why?" was the only question in many fans' minds when they walked out of this film. This "why" is likely to have been "Why did I even go through this?" rather than "Why would anyone pay to make this movie?", a question not helped by the fact that it went through several reshoots, had bland characters and once again failed on properly adapting the Dark Phoenix.</p>.<p><em><strong>Gemini Man</strong></em></p>.<p>Is Will Smith really out of the peak of his career or is he just getting bad scripts? The question remained unanswered as <em>Gemini Man</em> brought in a mix of both with a cheap plot way behind its time and left a ton of potential on the table through its mediocre acting.</p>.<p><em><strong>The Curse of the Weeping Woman</strong></em></p>.<p>The next time you smell a dead rat while watching a horror film, it's probably not a rat. <em>The Curse of the Weeping Woman</em> was a tedious exercise in how to bore its viewers with a recycled cliche plot, bland acting and characters flatter than the sprites of 80s 2D video games.</p>