Top 100 Board Games of All Time (4th Round) - 2024 Edition

1. Dune Imperium (1)
2. Brass: Birmingham (3)
3. Terraforming Mars (4)
4. Spirit Island (2)
5. Ark Nova (6)
6. Great Western Trail
7. A Feast for Odin (5)
8. Unmatched (56)
9. Castles of Burgundy
10. Wingspan (12)
11. Marvel United (54)
12. War of the Ring (37)
13. Lost Ruins of Arnak (20)
14. It's a Wonderful World (49)
15. Viticulture (24)
16. Nemesis (16)
17. Summoner Wars (46)
18. Cthulhu: Death May Die (13)
19. Star Wars: Rebellion (7)
20. Scythe (9)
21. Destinies (43)
22. Agricola
23. Marvel Champions (26)
24. Modern Art
25. Le Havre (17)
26. Cosmic Encounter (14)
27. Caverna
28. Paladins of the West Kingdom (21)
29. Twilight Struggle (18)
30. Gloomhaven (10)
31. Zoo Vadis
32. Final Girl
33. Heat
34. 7 Wonders Duel (25)
35. Earth
36. Blood on the Clocktower
37. Hegemony
38. Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 (63)
39. Dominion (19)
40. Twilight Imperium (47)
41. Just One
42. Keyflower
43. Frosthaven
44. Clans of Caledonia (29)
45. Mansions of Madness (28)
46. Dwellings of Eldervale (15)
47. Space Base (52)
48. Mage Knight
49. Obsession (38)
50. Ra
51. Mind MGMT (30)
52. Magic the Gathering
53. Raiders of the North Sea (81)
54. Caesar's Empire (97)
55. Abyss
56. Feed the Kraken (91)
57. Hadrian's Wall (35)
58. Thunder Road Vendetta
59. Broom Service
60. Age of Innovation
61. Moonrakers
62. Deception Murder in Hong Kong
63. Boonlake (71)
64. Santorini
65. Heroes of Land, Air and Sea (39)
66. Arkham Horror the Card Game
67. Race for the Galaxy
68. The Others (36)
69. Project Elite (41)
70. Oathsworn - Into the Deepwood
71. Gaia Project (42)
72. Distilled
73. Millennium Blades
74. This War of Mine
75. Root (45)
76. Through the Ages
77. Airlines: Europe
78. Gizmos (99)
79. Grand Austria Hotel (87)
80. Anachrony (78)
81. Eclipse: Second Dawn of the Galaxy (55)
82. Cascadia (23)
83. Blitzkrieg!
84. The Crew: Mission Deep Sea
85. Dune: War for Arrakis
86. The Prodigals Club (86)
87. Wayfarers of the South Tigris
88. The Pursuit of Happiness
89. Clank Legacy (32)
90. Ready Set Bet (74)
91. Here I Stand
92. Oranienburger Kanal
93. Aeon Trespass
94. Ecos: First Continent (34)
95. 51st State (58)
96. 18xx
97. Codenames (33)
98. Lorenzo Il Magnifico
99. Dune Uprising
100. Undaunted Normandy

Game Update

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Batman Arkham City (PC)

2020 Movie Ranking - Round 4

1. Tenet
2. The Trial of Chicago 7
3. Nomadland
4. Mank
5. The Man Standing Next
6. News of the World
7. Soul
8. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
9. Wonder Woman 1984
10. Extraction
11. Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train
12. The Invisible Man
13. Enola Holmes
14. Sonic the Hedgehog
15. Bad Boys for Life
16. Trolls World Tour
17. Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

To watch

The Father

Emma

One Night in Miami...

Board Game Update

 Currently Playing:

Dune Imperium (Android)

SjWound's Top 100 Movies of All Time (Round 6) - #200 to #151

 

200. The Hunt for Red October
199. The Last King of Scotland
198. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
197. Scent of a Woman
196. Selma
195. Zootopia
194. District 9
193. The Killing Fields
192. The Prestige
191. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
190. Glass Onion
189. Back to the Future Part III
188. The Aviator
187. Mank
186. CODA
185. Pride & Prejudice
184. Frozen
183. Edge of Tomorrow
182. Men in Black
181. Nomadland
180. Doctor Strange
179. King Richard
178. Frost/Nixon
177. The Post
176. Django Unchained
175. Toy Story 3
174. Infernal Affairs
173. Thor: Ragnarok
172. Sicario
171. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
170. Avengers: Age of Ultron
169. Green Book
168. Gangs of New York
167. Knives Out
166. Apocalypse Now
165. The Trial of Chicago 7
164. Hacksaw Ridge
163. Fight Club
162. Babe
161. Slumdog Millionaire
160. The Big Short
159. Superman
158. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
157. 12 Angry Men
156. Skyfall
155. Fargo
154. Titanic
153. Roma
152. Dune
151. La La Land

2025 Oscar Predictions - Round 3

Picture

1. Anora
2. Sing Sing
3. Emilia Perez
4. Conclave
5. Dune: Part Two
6. The Brutalist - New
7. Blitz
8. Nickel Boys
9. Gladiator II
10. A Complete Unknown - Promoted

2nd Tier
September 5 - New

Dropped
Joker: Folie à Deux
Wicked

Director

1. Sean Baker (Anora)
2. Jacques Audiard (Emilia Perez) - New
3. Denis Villeneuve (Dune: Part Two)
4. Edward Berger (Conclave)
5. Brady Corbet (The Brutalist) - New

2nd Tier
Steve McQueen (Blitz) - Demoted

Dropped
Ridley Scott (Gladiator II)
Todd Phillips (Joker: Folie à Deux)

Actress

1. Mikey Madison (Anora)
2. Angelina Jolie (Maria) - New
3. Karla Sofia Gascon (Emilia Perez)
4. Nicole Kidman (Babygirl) - New
5. Amy Adams (Nightbitch)

2nd Tier
Saoirse Ronan (The Outrun) - Demoted

Dropped
Lady Gaga (Joker: Folie à Deux)
Julianne Moore (The Room Next Door)

Actor

1. Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)
2. Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)
3. Adrien Brody (The Brutalist) - New
4. Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
5. Daniel Craig (Queer) - New

2nd Tier
Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice) - New

Dropped
Joaquin Phoenix (Joker: Folie à Deux)
Paul Mescal (Gladiator II)
Ethan Herisse (Nickel Boys)
John David Washington (The Piano Lesson)

Supporting Actress

1. Zoe Saldana (Emilia Perez)
2. Danielle Deadwyler (The Piano Lesson)
3. Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)
4. Selena Gomez (Emilia Perez)
5. Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)

2nd Tier
Saoirse Ronan (Blitz)

Supporting Actor

1. Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)
2. Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing)
3. Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
4. Denzel Washington (Gladiator II)
5. Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)

2nd Tier
Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown)
Stanley Tucci (Conclave)

Upcoming Movie

 

Captain America: Brave New World

February 14, 2025

130 days to go

SjWound's Ranking of 2021 Movies - Round 3

 

1. Spider-Man: No Way Home
2. Dune
3. King Richard
4. CODA
5. Encanto
6. Judas and the Black Messiah
7. Zack Snyder's Justice League
8. The Suicide Squad
9. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
10. Escape from Mogadishu
11. The Matrix Resurrections
12. Raging Fire
13. Being the Ricardos
14. Eternals
15. Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie
16. Raya and the Last Dragon
17. Tick, Tick… Boom!
18. West Side Story
19. The Rescue
20. Nobody
21. The Power of the Dog
22. Black Widow
23. Red Notice
24. Godzilla vs. Kong
25. The Mitchells vs. the Machines
26. No Time to Die
27. Free Guy
28. Don't Look Up
29. F9
30. The King's Man
31. Venom: Let There Be Carnage
32. Space Jam: A New Legacy

To Watch
Pig
Cruella
Jungle Cruise
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
The Mauritanian

Completed Reading - Non Fiction, Sep 2024

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars







View all my reviews Unacceptable: Privilege, Deceit & the Making of the College Admissions Scandal by Melissa Korn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Comics Review

Transformers, Vol. 1: Robots in Disguise by Daniel Warren Johnson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars








View all my reviews Ultimate Invasion by Jonathan Hickman
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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SjWound's Top 100 Movies of All Time (Round 5) - #1

 1.  The Dark Knight

Completed Reading - Non Fiction, Aug 2024

Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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Comics Review

Batman: One Bad Day - The Riddler #1 by Tom King
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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2025 Oscar Predictions - Round 2

Picture

1. Sing Sing
2. Dune: Part Two
3. Blitz
4. Conclave
5. Anora - New
6. Emilia Perez - New
7. Joker: Folie à Deux
8. Nickel Boys
9. Gladiator II - New
10. Wicked - New

2nd Tier
A Complete Unknown - New

Dropped
The Apprentice
The Piano Lesson
Megalopolis
A Real Pain

Director

1. Sean Baker (Anora)
2. Ridley Scott (Gladiator II)
3. Steve McQueen (Blitz)
4. Edward Berger (Conclave)
5. Denis Villeneuve (Dune: Part Two)

2nd Tier
Todd Phillips (Joker: Folie à Deux)

Actress

1. Mikey Madison (Anora)
2. Amy Adams (Nightbitch)
3. Karla Sofia Gascon (Emilia Perez)
4. Saoirse Ronan (The Outrun)
5. Lady Gaga (Joker: Folie à Deux)

2nd Tier
Julianne Moore (The Room Next Door)

Actor

1. Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
2. Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)
3. Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)
4. Joaquin Phoenix (Joker: Folie à Deux)
5. Paul Mescal (Gladiator II)

2nd Tier
Ethan Herisse (Nickel Boys)
John David Washington (The Piano Lesson)

SjWound's Ranking of 2022 Movies - Round 2

1. The Batman
2. Everything Everywhere All at Once
3. All Quiet on the Western Front
4. Top Gun: Maverick
5. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
6. Bullet Train
7. Glass Onion
8. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
9. Black Adam
10. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
11. Decision to Leave
12. Hustle
13. Jurassic World Dominion
14. RRR
15. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
16. Tar
17. The Night Owl
18. Thor: Love and Thunder
19. Ambulance
20. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
21. The Gray Man
22. Nope
23. Hunt
24. The Bad Guys
25. Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
26. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
27. The Roundup
28. Detective vs. Sleuths
29. The Sea Beast
30. One Piece Film: Red
31. Death on the Nile

To Watch
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Menu
The Fabelmans
Avatar: The Way of Water
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Elvis
Thirteen Lives
Enola Holmes 2
Living

SjWound's Top 100 Movies of All Time (Round 5) - #20 to #2

20. Spotlight
19. Lincoln
18. Unforgiven
17. Gladiator
16. Raiders of the Lost Ark
15. Star Wars
14. The Empire Strikes Back
13. Traffic
12. Lawrence of Arabia
11. Blade Runner
10. Jurassic Park
9. Citizen Kane
8. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
7. Saving Private Ryan
6. Schindler's List
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
4. The Usual Suspects
3. Pulp Fiction
2. Inception

2024 Movie Review

 

Monkey Man

60% (3 Stars), Ranking #732

Rottentomatoes: 89%

2023 Movie Ranking - Round 1

 

1. Oppenheimer
2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
3. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
4. Godzilla Minus One
5. John Wick: Chapter 4
6. Concrete Utopia
7. The Holdovers
8. BlackBerry
9. Guardians of the GalaxyVol. 3
10. Air
11. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
12. The Killer
13. Tetris
14. Barbie
15. Jawan
16. The Roundup: No Way Out
17. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
18. Extraction 2
19. The Childe
20. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
21. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
22. Full River Red
23. The Flash
24. Wonka
25. Shazam! Fury of the Gods
26. Sleep
27. The Marvels
28. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
29. Rebel Moon: A Child of Fire
30. They Cloned Tyrone
31. Five Nights at Freddy's

To Watch

Killers of the Flower Moon

Past Lives

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

The Boy and the Heron

May December

Elemental

The Covenant

Knock at the Cabin

The Equalizer 3

Cocaine Bear

Fast X

2024 Movie Review

 

Civil War

70% (3.5 Stars), Ranking #377

Rottentomatoes: 81%

SjWound's Top 100 Movies of All Time (Round 5) - #40 to #21

 

40. Arrival

39. Argo

38. The Godfather

37. Goodfellas

36. 1917

35. A Beautiful Mind

34. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

33. The Hurt Locker

32. Dunkirk

31. The King's Speech

30. The Shawshank Redemption

29. Back to the Future

28. Aliens

27. All the President's Men

26. Seven Samurai

25. Apollo 13

24. The Matrix

23. Gravity

22. The Silence of the Lambs

21. Platoon

Game Update

 Currently playing

Stardew Valley (Mobile)

Anime Review

 

Solo Leveling

Season 1

70% (3.5 Stars)

Champions League 2024 Results

 

Real Madrid - winner

2

Borussia Dortmund

0

2024 Movie Review

 

Exhuma

70% (3.5 Stars), Ranking #314

Rottentomatoes: 93%

Upcoming Movie

 

Deadpool & Wolverine

July 26, 2024

58 days to go

2018 Movie Ranking - Round 5

 

1. Black Panther
2. Avengers: Infinity War
3. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
4. Mission: Impossible - Fallout
5. Roma
6. Green Book
7. Ready Player One
8. BlacKkKlansman
9. Ant-Man and the Wasp
10. Bohemian Rhapsody
11. Vice
12. Aquaman
13. First Man
14. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
15. Solo: A Star Wars Story
16. The Spy Gone North
17. Creed II
18. Game Night
19. Deadpool 2
20. Incredibles 2
21. Burning
22. Unstoppable
23. Crazy Rich Asians
24. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
25. Pacific Rim: Uprising
26. Ralph Breaks the Internet
27. Sicario: Day of the Soldado
28. The Meg
29. Skyscraper
30. Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings 
31. Venom
32. A Star is Born
33. Searching

To watch

Widows

Bumblebee

Mary Poppins Return

2025 Oscar Predictions - Round 1 - Best Picture

Picture

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Blitz
3. Sing Sing
4. Joker: Folie à Deux
5. The Apprentice
6. Conclave
7. The Piano Lesson
8. Megalopolis
9. The Nickel Boys
10. A Real Pain

2nd Tier
Queer
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

SjWound's Top 100 Movies of All Time (Round 5) - #60 to #41

 

60. Tenet

59. The Incredibles

58. The Martian

57. The Fugitive

56. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

55. The Bourne Ultimatum

54. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

53. Memento

52. Beauty and the Beast (1991)

51. Chariots of Fire

50. The Sixth Sense

49. Rocky

48. The Last Emperor

47. Speed

46. Jaws

45. Avengers: Endgame

44. Mad Max: Fury Road

43. Life of Pi

42. Whiplash

41. Drunken Master 2

Game Update

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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Switch)

2019 Movie Ranking - Round 4

 

1. 1917
2. Avengers: Endgame
3. The Irishman
4. Once Upon A Time...in Hollywood
5. Joker
6. Ford v Ferrari
7. Parasite
8. Knives Out
9. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
10. Spider-Man: Far from Home
11. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
12. Us
13. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
14. Little Women (2019)
15. Ip Man 4: The Finale
16. The Wandering Earth
17. Captain Marvel
18. Extreme Job
19. Ready or Not
20. Godzilla: King of Monsters
21. Uncut Gems
22. Shazam!
23. Jumanji: The Next Level
24. 21 Bridges
25. Hobbs and Shaw
26. Doctor Sleep
27. Just Mercy
28. The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

To watch

Toy Story 4

The Farewell

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Frozen II

It: Chapter Two

Apollo 11

Bombshell

The Lion King (2019)

Completed Reading - Fiction, April 2024

Holly by Stephen King
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Top 20 Board Games of 2023

1. Earth
2. Ticket to Ride Legacy
3. Thunder Road Vendetta
4. Unmatched Adventures
5. Apiary
6. Evacuation
7. The White Castle
8. Expeditions
9. Barcelona
10. Distilled
11. Sky Team
12. Darwin's Journey
13. Nucleum
14. Voidfall
15. Vale of Eternity
16. Last Light
17. Age of Innovation
18. The Witcher Old World
19. Sagrada Artisans
20. Scholars of the South Tigris

Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2024 @ Putrajaya

 

2024 Movie Review

 

Dune Part Two

100% (5 Stars), Ranking #65

Rottentomatoes: 92%

Kung Fu Panda 4

60% (3 Stars), Ranking #772

Rottentomatoes: 71%

2024 Academy Awards

 Picture

Oppenheimer

Director

Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)

Actor

Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)

Actress

Emma Stone (Poor Things)

Supporting Actor

Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)

Supporting Actress

Da'Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)

Original Screenplay
Anatomy of a Fall

Adapted Screenplay
American Fiction

Animated Feature
The Boy and the Heron

Original Score
Oppenheimer

Original Song
"What Was I Made For?", Barbie

Sound
The Zone of Interest

Production Design
Poor Things

Cinematography
Oppenheimer

Makeup and Hairstyling
Poor Things

Costume Design
Poor Things

Editing
Oppenheimer

Visual Effects
Oppenheimer

SjWound's Top 100 Movies of All Time (Round 5) - #80 to #61

 

80. JFK
79. A Few Good Men
78. Good Will Hunting
77. The Revenant
76. All Quiet on the Western Front
75. Everything Everywhere All at Once
74. It's A Wonderful Life
73. John Wick
72. Michael Clayton
71. Interstellar
70. The Departed
69. The Lion King (1994)
68. Darkest Hour
67. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
66. Quiz Show
65. The Batman
64. Black Panther
63. The Queen
62. Black Hawk Down
61. 2001: A Space Odyssey

2020 Movie Ranking - Round 3

 

1. Tenet

2. The Trial of Chicago 7

3. Nomadland

4. Mank

5. News of the World

6. Soul

7. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

8. Wonder Woman 1984

9. Extraction

10. Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train

11. The Invisible Man

12. Enola Holmes

13. Sonic the Hedgehog

14. Bad Boys for Life

15. Trolls World Tour

16. Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

To watch

The Father

A Quiet Place Part II

Emma

One Night in Miami...