We miss it. So we gotta do it. And what better time to get the Cinecast brothers back together than for the end of the year recap? After some much needed catch-up and chit-chat, we talk about some of the themes and overall thoughts on what a great year 2018 has been for cinema… and what “cinema” even means in 2018. A top performances list is almost exclusively ruled by women this year and the boys find a lot of common ground in their final top ten films of the year. Apologies in advance for literally yelling at you for not liking Widows, but that’s your own fault.As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts about the year in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening!   TIME TRACKS:Opening chit-chat / catch-up: General thoughts and trends for 2018: Favorite Performances of 2018: Top Ten Films of 2018: CLosing/outro: Closing Music:  GENERAL THOUGHTS AND TRENDS FOR 2018:Trends on 2018: People of colorDisappointments:KURT-DestroyerIncredibles 2Beautiful BoyANDREW-First ManCreed IIMary Poppins ReturnsEarly Man BEST PERFORMANCES OF 2018:KURT5) Toni Collette – Hereditary4) Tessa Thompson – Sorry to Bother You3) Nicholas Hoult – The Favourite2) Nicole Kidman – Destroyer1) Kirin Kiki – Shoplifters ANDREW5) Regina Hall – Support the Girls4) Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade3) Stone/Colman/Weisz – – The Favourite2) Emily Blunt – – Mary Poppins Returns1) Toni Collette – HereditaryHM:Zoe Kazan – The Ballad of Buster ScruggsViola Davis (and whole cast) – WidowsRachel McAdams – Game Night  FAVORITE TEN FILMS OF 2018:KURT10) Luz9) Annihilation8) Shoplifters7) The Ballad of Buster Scrubbs6) Sorry to Bother You5) The Favourite4) Widows3) listen…2) listen…1) listen…HM:High Life, BlackKklansman, Hereditary, Non-fiction, Killing, The Sisters Brothers, Loveless, Bodied, Making Marakami, MI:6, Neomanilla, Tigers are not Afraid, Mandy, Summer of ’84 ANDREW10) Private Life9) BlackKklansman8) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse7) Sorry to Bother You6) The House that Jack Built5) Widows4) The Favourite3) listen…2) listen…1) listen…HM:Colette, Juliet Naked, You Were Never Really Here, Roma, Won’t You Be My Neighbor, First Reformed, Game Night, Upgrade, Jumanji,Andrew’s full ranking of 2018  OTHER THINGS: RSS AND CONTACT INFO:show contentR3 RSS Feeds:Cinecast (Andrew, Halfyard and Gamble show) After the Credits (Marina and Co.) Mamo! (Matt and Matt) ALL the RowThree Podcasts on one feed All posts and discussions from RowThreeCONTACT:Andrew: about.me | emailKurt: Twitter | G+ | Letterboxd | emailMatt: Twitter | LetterBoxd | Where the Long Tail EndsRowThree: Twitter | G+ | Letterboxd | Pinterest | email | voice mail: 612-367-ROW3