Escape Into Film

12/27/2025

My favorite film of each year going back to 2006:

2006: United 93
2007: Once
2008: The Dark Knight
2009: The Hurt Locker
2010: Inception
2011: The Artist
2012: Silver Linings Playbook
2013: Her
2014: Birdman
2015: Ex Machina
2016: La La Land
2017: The Florida Project
2018: Paddington 2
2019: Parasite
2020: Nomadland
2021: Flee
2022: Everything Everywhere All at Once
2023: Past Lives
2024: Anora
2025: One Battle After Another

08/26/2025

no lies detected.

07/24/2025

The Invisible Woman is my favorite comic book character of all time - and 'First Steps' did my girl right!

'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' film review: Simply fantastic
https://www.escapeintofilm.com/home/the-fantastic-four-first-steps-film-review Seattle Film Critics Society

Marvel's first family makes their long-awaited debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

07/03/2025

'Jurassic World Rebirth' is now playing

https://www.escapeintofilm.com/home/jurassic-world-rebirth-film-review

Seattle Film Critics Society

Lacking the wonder of the original 'Jurassic Park' or even the focus of the maligned 'Jurassic Park III,' this latest walk in the park is a fetch quest filled with thin characters running from monsters.

07/30/2024

04/12/2024

'Civil War' film review: Prescient warning of chaos from sea to shining sea.

review: https://www.escapeintofilm.com/home/civil-war-film-review

'Civil War' is now playing in theaters. SSeattle Film Critics Society

03/01/2024

Dune Movie Part Two is now playing in theaters. Go see this in theaters. Don't wait to stream it. See it now. Right now. Seattle Film Critics Society

The rare sequel so good it actually improves upon its predecessor and makes good on every single promise set up in ‘Part One.’

01/08/2024

Congrats to 'Past Lives' on the Seattle Film Critics Society Best Picture win!

Here are my picks for best film each year (dating back to 2006 - when I started tracking such stuff) :)

2006: United 93
2007: Once
2008: The Dark Knight
2009: The Hurt Locker
2010: Inception
2011: The Artist
2012: Silver Linings Playbook
2013: Her
2014: Birdman
2015: Ex Machina
2016: La La Land
2017: The Florida Project
2018: Paddington 2
2019: Parasite
2020: Nomadland
2021: Drive My Car
2022: Everything Everywhere All at Once
2023: Past Lives

And that's a wrap, thanks so much for joining us for another year.
https://seattlefilmcritics.com/2024/01/08/sfcs-2023-awards/

11/22/2023

'Napoleon' film review: Underwhelming biopic paints fuzzy portrait of infamous emperor

review: https://www.escapeintofilm.com/home/napoleon-film-review Seattle Film Critics Society

Ridley Scott's take on the infamous French dictator is both grand in scale but disappointingly reductive.

10/31/2023

"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" is swinging to Netflix in time for Halloween.

10/11/2023

JLaw should have listened to Adele