Dallas Movie Screenings Best of 2017

Dallas Movie Screenings staff reviewers and contributing writers offer a diverse and opinionated reflection on the slate of movies screened in 2017. We don't always agree on everything, but we see enough movies to have a broad view of what filmdom had to offer. Please comment on your lists.

Chase Lee
1. Logan

2. Call Me By Your Name

3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

4. The Disaster Artist

5. War for the Planet of the Apes

6. Brigsby Bear

7. Coco

8. I, Tonya

9. Lady Bird

10. Your Name


Joel Copling

1. Lady Bird

2. The Shape of Water

3. Call Me by Your Name

4. War for the Planet of the Apes

5. A Ghost Story

6. The Florida Project

7. Coco

8. The Lost City of Z

9. Dunkirk

10. Trophy

The Special Jury Prize (five films tied at #11): Baby Driver, Free Fire, Logan Lucky, Okja, Spider-Man: Homecoming

The Next Ten (honorable mentions): City of Ghosts, Get Out, The Girl with All the Gifts, Graduation, I Am Not Your Negro, Logan, My Life as a Zucchini, Nocturama, The Post, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Your Name


Cheryl Wurtz
1. The Shape of Water

2. Wonder Woman

3. Get Out

4. Three Billboards Outside Ebbings, Missouri

5. Dunkirk

6. Lady Bird

7. The Post

8. Beauty and the Beast

9. Blade Runner 2049

10. Killing of a Sacred Deer


Wyatt Head
1. The Founder

2. Stronger

3. Get Out

4. Before I Fall

5. Molly's Game

6. The Shack

7. Rebel in the Rye

8. The Promise

9. Hidden Figures

10. Whose Streets?


Reesa
1. The Shape of Water

2. Call Me By Your Name

3. The Post

4. Get Out

5. Lady Bird

6. Okja

7. Dunkirk

8. Coco

9. The Disaster Artist

10. The Florida Project

My honorable mentions: Logan, Wonder Woman, Three Billboards Outside Ebbings, Missouri, I, Tonya, The Taxi Driver, Baby Driver, Molly's Game, Blade Runner 2049, War of the Planet of the Apes, Stronger, The Big Sick.




Best of 2017 by Ricky Miller

“The Post” Grade: A+
“The Zookeeper’s Wife” A
“your name.” A
“Molly’s Game” A-
“The Shape of Water” A-
“Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2” A-
“Spider-Man: Homecoming” A-
“Blade Runner 2049” A-
“Baby Driver” A-
“Justice League” A-
“Coco” A-
“Logan Lucky” A-
“Darkest Hour” B+
“War For Planet of the Apes” B+
“Thor: Ragnarok” B+
“Ladybird” B+
“Wonder Woman” B+
“Okja” B+
“Bright” B+
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” B+
“It” B+
“Kong: Skull Island” B+
“Gifted” B+
“A Dog’s Purpose” B+
“John Wick Chapter Two” B+
“American Assassin” B
“American Made” B
“The Big Sick” B
“The LEGO Batman Movie” B
“Logan” B
“The Foreigner” B
“The Great Wall” B
“Downsizing” B
“The Mummy” B
“Roman J. Israel, Esquire” B
“Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri” B
“T2: Trainspotting” B
“Victoria and Abdul” B
“The Wall” B
“Alien: Covenant” B-
“Atomic Blonde” B-
“Beauty and the Beast” B-
“The Book of Henry” B-
“Colossal” B-
“Dunkirk” B-
“The Dark Tower” B-
“Fate of the Furious” B-
“Get Out” B-
“Girls Trip” B-
“Going in Style” B-
“Happy Death Day” B-
“The Hitman’s Bodyguard” B-
“I, Tonya” B-
“Justice League: Dark” B-
“The Meyerowitz Saries (new and selected”) B-
“An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” B-
“City of Ghosts” B-
“Murder on the Orient Express” B-
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell o Tales” B-
“Suburbicon” B-
“Table 19” B-
“Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” B-
“The Villainess” B-
“Wolf “Warrior 2” B-
“Bad Moms Christmas” C+
“Baywatch” C+
“The Ballad of Lefty Brown” C+
“Before I Fall” C+
“The Beguiled” C+
“Beyond Skyline” C+
“The Boss Baby” C+
“Cars 3” C+
“The Circle” C+
“Cop and a Half: New recruit” C+
“Despicable Me 3” C+
“The Emoji Movie” C+
“Free Fire” C+
“Gerald’s Game” C+
“Ghost in the Shell” C+
“Glow” C+
“The Hero” C+
“Jeepers Creepers 3” C+
“Killing Gunther” C+
“King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” C+
“Leap!” C+
“ Power Rangers” C+
“My Cousin Rachel” C+
“My Little Pony: The Movie” C+
“Sky Hunters” C+
“Wilson” C+
“xXx: Return of Xander Cage” C+
“47 Meters Down” C
“Rough Night” C
“C.H.i.P.S.” C
“Everything Everything” C
“Fifty Shades Darker” C
“Fist Fight” C
“The Glass Castle” C
“Good Time” C
“The House” C
“Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” C
“Kidnap” C
“Sleepless” C
“Annabelle: Creation” C-
“How to Be a Latin Lover” C-
“It Comes at Night” C-
“mother!” C-
“Diary of a wimpy Kid: The Long Haul” C-
“The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature” C-
“Open Water 3: Cage Dive” C-
“Sense of an Ending” C-
“Snatched! C-
“Unforgettable” C-
“The Square” C-
“Vengeance: A Love Story” C-
“Song to Song” D+
“The Belko Experiment” D+
“Song to Song” D+
“Oceans Rising” D-
“Cold Zone” D-



Henry Pham

My 10 Best Films of 2017!
Here are my top personal besties of 2017 with some interesting genres from science fiction, superhero, animated, comedy, and drama. Some of these films would have a great chance of being nominated for an Oscar or Golden Globes in 2018. Let me say this, 2017 is the best year for my rising role model as a film critic/movie reviewer. It brings me a great motivation and inspiration to oversee these films as well as working with other critics and writers. From 2016-2017 year, I been previously part of Richland College Student Media as a journalist and film critic and wrote some reviews online. Happy New Year to everyone and to 2018!

1. Coco

2. Thor: Ragnarok

3. Baby Driver

4. The Post

5. The LEGO Batman Movie

6. The Florida Project

7. Spiderman: Homecoming

8. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

9. Wonder Woman

10. Logan