The 2017 Academy Awards air in less than a week and this year’s pack of movies is as good as ever. Three nominees landed in my personal Top 10, and four more would have cracked my Top 25. This whole week I will be doing a lot of Oscar-themed lists and to kick it off I am going to do a list ranking the Oscar 2017 Best Picture nominees. I can say that every…
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The whole movie of Fist Fight revolves around a fight between funny guy Charlie Day and tough guy Ice Cube, two men who couldn’t be more opposite. We know that this brawl is going to occur at the end of the movie, so how does the movie survive until then? First, it needs compelling characters that we care about. It also needs a strong second act filled with actions and development that keep the movie afloat until the big…
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A Cure for Wellness is one of the most original horror movies I have see in a long, long time. This is an incredibly ambitious and ballsy film that really pushes the psychological thriller genre to another level, though not without its flaws. A Cure for Wellness is about an ambitious young executive named Lockhart (Dane DeHaan), who is sent to retrieve his company’s CEO from an idyllic but mysterious “wellness center” at a remote…
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Much like The LEGO Movie (2014), everything in The LEGO Batman Movie is awesome. This is easily the best Batman movie since The Dark Knight (2008), and this is a true Batman movie. It understands Batman lore, brings in classic characters, mocks or pays homage to past Batman films, and delivers in terms of story, comedy, and action. In The LEGO Batman Movie, The Joker (Zach Galifianakis) and all the legendary villains of Gotham, like The Riddler, Bane, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, and…
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“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” – Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part III (1990) John Wick: Chapter 2 picks up exactly where John Wick (2014) last ended. Our titular assassin (Keanu Reeves) is finishing the final touches on destroying the Russian family who killed his dog and stole his car. Wick got revenge on the men who killed his dog, and now, he needs his car, and boy does he get it. Dozens…
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I love Keanu Reeves. Say what you want about his acting ability, I think he’s perfect when he doesn’t reach too far. A staple 90’s action and the surfer-dude mentality, Reeves is now a cult figure of sorts, thanks to his un-Hollywood social life, recent cameos, and of course, his movies. This week, Reeves stars in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, the third chapter in the John Wick series. So with that, here are my picks…
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It has been announced that Ben Affleck will not be directing the upcoming DCCU film, The Batman, which most would say is a relatively huge shock. He is still slated to star as The Caped Crusader, though that may also be in question. The DCCU is a disaster right now. After 2016 brought them two critical bombs in Batman v. Superman and Suicide Squad, everyone thought that a Batman film directed by Ben Affleck, who has proven to…
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A new month, more movies. Netflix just keeps pushing them out and this is yet another impressive month. Here are my picks for the best movies coming to Netflix in February. You can check out the full list right here 5 – AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON (Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski, 2016) Every once in awhile, I’ll drop some T.V. on a list. I don’t watch a lot of T.V., since…
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After a not-so-terrible January, we now come to February, which, recently, has proven to be a decent month for film. Over the last few years we’ve gotten films like Deadpool (2016), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015), The LEGO Movie (2014), and Shutter Island (2010) coming out during this month. This trend of solid films looks to continue this month, as we are slated for a diverse collection of films. Here are my picks for the most exciting movies coming…
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Right from the opening scene I knew Rings was going to be bad. It is a scene filled with horrible acting, terrible exposition, and no scares. It was similar sipping on a terribly made drink. The first sip is awful, yet you continue to power through it until it was over, even though it never got better. Why this movie was made is beyond me. The original Ring, made back in 2002, was a pleasant surprise. It…
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