Written by: Kevin Berge

Lists have a certain purity to them that often articles lack as long as they are done right. It's easy to invest when you know there's something to look forward to along the way.

My Top 30 is a personal subjective run through a small portion of films. It does not come close to exploring the full scope of filmmaking out there.

However, I love going back through these movies and reminiscing about them all. I love challenging myself to rank so many movies that changed my life and made me fall in love with cinema.

Top 30: 30-26

Written by: Kevin Berge

The beauty of entertainment is its subjectivity. We all have different styles we enjoy. Some aspects of quality can be subjective, but even the issues with a movie can be largely ignored or brushed aside for greater enjoyment.

This is why there is not truly a greatest movie of all time. There is no singular film everyone agrees is truly greater than the rest. There is too much subjectivity. There is much variation.

I personally have a wide palate for films. My favorites span different genres and moods. My favorites have evolved with time or have been left comfortably in the past.

This list, the top 30 movies I have ever watched, is not absolute. It could change on a day or with experience with more films. It is merely an expression of how I am feeling at the moment. It is beautifully, comfortably right for me right now.

Written by: Kevin Berge

It's hard to imagine what the world was like at the start of 2020. We could go outside and talk to people. We could crowd public places. We could hug the ones we love. We could live like we always have.

A global catastrophe is not easy to adjust to. No one was ready for what life would be like after COVID-19 hit. Many failed to stem the tide of the outbreak, leading to 315,576 confirmed deaths to coronavirus as of May 17 (per worldometers.info).

There are many ways to look at how COVID-19 has affected the world that are extremely serious. The growing death toll and the required social isolation affects so many, but I want to focus on a topic that directly relates to what I write about: entertainment.

This is a time where people need a distraction more than anything. We need things that can entertain us. We need TV and movies and sports to make up for the intense isolation. That is why it has been so interesting to watch entertainment itself evolve during this pandemic.

Written by: Kevin Berge

Quick Take: Sonic the Hedgehog could have been a farce built on bad ideas, but it manages to hold some reverence for the source material alongside a surprisingly funny script. The story forces the audience to accept its idiocy at times, but you can really have fun once you do.

Written by: Kevin Berge

Quick Take: The Invitation is a slow-burn thriller that pays off the patient wait that it requires. It is boldly dark and maximizes its premise to deliver a clever complete story driven by the idea of how we all deal with the pain of the world.