Thursday Movie Picks: 2018 Releases

I feel like I say this every year, but 2018 has been a great year for movies. Some turned out to be a disappointment but some were very pleasant surprises. I'm going to pick some of the latter for this week's Thursday Movie Picks, the weekly series hosted by Wandering Through the Shelves, which consists in picking three to five movies to fit the week's theme. 

Without further ado, here are my picks

A Quiet Place

In order to survive, a family lives in solitude and in absolute silence as there is something that lucks in the shadows and waits for noises to attack. I have never heard about this movie before but everyone on Twitter was saying how good it was so I gave it a chance and I loved it. It has many flaws, but it's one of my favourites of the year. 

Searching

When his 16-year-old daughter (Michelle La) goes missing, widower David Kim (John Cho) joins forces with a detective (Debra Messing) in a desperate attempt to find his daughter before it's too late. I wouldn't even be aware of this film if it wasn't for Letterboxd, and it would be a shame because it is such a compelling thriller with social commentary.

Tully

Marlo (Charlize Theron) is a wife and mother of three who is going through post-partum depression and is exhausted of having to take care of the kids all the time, so when her brother (Mark Duplass) offers her a night nanny (Mackenzie Davis), she accepts and soon develops an unusual relationship with her. I wasn't expecting to like this as it was some sort of spiritual sequel to Young Adult, but it's really good especially Theron's performance.