My favourite films, books, TV, videogames, comics, and places to eat in 2018
Films and books
I’m currently enjoying science fiction, horror, and ghost stories (but you’ll find other genres too). 2018 wasn’t necessarily the year they were released or even then first time that I watched/read it - but it was enjoyed this year none the less. There are a lot of films below - the two that have probably stuck with me the most are Daphne & The Transfiguration.
Films
- Afflicted
- Arrival
- The Borderlands
- Coco
- The Conjuring 2
- Daphne
- A Dark Song
- Dead Ringers
- The Equaliser
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall
- Get Him to the Greek
- Hell House
- The Last Exorcism
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Martian
- Next Gen
- Pandorum
- The Sightseers
- The Skin I Live In
- Tau
- The Thing
- Thor: Ragnarok
- The Transfiguration
- The Witch
- Unforgiven
Books
- Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries #2) by Martha Wells
- Black Static (bi-monthly anthology of horror short stories)
- The Best Horror of the Year Volume Seven edited by Ellen Datlow
- I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
- The Quiet American by Graham Greene
Television
- Altered Carbon
- Ash vs Evil Dead (Season 1)
- Handmade
- Great Canal Journeys
- Hannibal (Seasons 1-3)
- The Haunting of Hill House
- Inside No. 9
- Iron Fist Season 2
- Luke Cage Season 2
- Parks & Recreation (all seasons)
- Rich Hall’s California Stars
- The Rules of Abstraction with Matthew Collings
- Silicon Valley Season 4
- Ugly Delicious
- What do artists do all day?
Videogames
I pretty much gave up on AAA games and online games in 2018, mainly playing single-player games I could complete in 4-8 hours.
Comics
- Promethea Volumes 1-5 by Alan Moore
- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Food
I live in Hackney and tend to like neighbourhood joints (mainly for weekend brunch or lunch):
- Allpress
- Cornerstone
- Dark Arts Coffee
- Hoxton Beach Falafel
- Patty & Bun
- Temple of Hackney
- Well St Kitchen
I also head into Central London every now andd again for fancier food, my three favourites from 2018 were: