It was the year of ‘Barbenheimer’, superhero fatigue, new franchises, concluding chapters, and most importantly, some pretty damn good cinematic experiences all around. And if you need further proof as to how great the year of 2023 was in film, just take a look at the variety of picks from some of the Novastream writers as they give their favourite 5 movies of the year!
Alaisdair Leith, Novastream editor/writer
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 – dir. James Gunn
BARBIE – dir. Greta Gerwig
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 – dir. Chad Stahelski
YOU HURT MY FEELINGS – dir. Nicole Holefcener
ANATOMY OF A FALL – dir. Justine Triet
Nick L’Barrow, Novastream Interviewer and Movie reviewer
TALK TO ME – dir. Danny and Michael Philippou
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 – dir. Chad Stahelski
OPPENHEIMER – dir. Christopher Nolan
BIRDEATER – dir. Jack Clark and Jim Weir
AIR – dir. Ben Affleck
Pat Clifford, Novastream Games and Movie reviewer
M3GAN – dir. Gerard Johnston
GRAN TURISMO – dir. Neill Blomkamp
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES – dir. John Francis Daly and Jonathon Goldstein
THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE – dir. Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Pierre Leduc
THE NUN II – dir. Michael Chaves
Finally, from all the contributors at Novastream, we would like to extend a massive thank you to all of our readers and supporters for a fantastic 2023! We can’t wait to show you what we have in store for 2024!
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Nick is a Brisbane-based film/TV reviewer. He gained his following starting with his 60 second video reviews of all the latest releases on Instagram (@nicksflicksfix), before launching a monthly podcast with Peter Gray called Monthly Movie Marathon. Nick contributes to Novastream with interviews and reviews for the latest blockbusters.