We are officially halfway through 2016! Crazy how time flies. Instead of making a long, long list of my favorite movies and performances from the first half of the year and explaining why, I am going to break it down like the Oscars. I’m going to list my five (or 10 in the Best Picture) nominees, which are my favorite performances thus far, and then name a winner, which is the equivalent to my number…
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The summer 2016 movie season has been a solid one, but the one thing it has been missing is a great comedy. The best one we got so far was The Nice Guys, but that movie had a body count as high as its laugh count. It needed one that was as fun as it was funny. With Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, we finally got the comedy that we needed this summer. It is a…
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The Secret Life of Pets just shows how brilliant Pixar is. No, Pixar did not make the film. Illumination Entertainment, the company behind the Despicable Me series, did, and you can tell they don’t have the same think tank Pixar has. This isn’t to say The Secret Life of Pets is a bad movie, because it’s not. But, after a great marketing campaign and a solid voice cast behind the film, the movie is cute and sometimes…
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Who doesn’t love a good pet? Whether it’s a fish, a dog, or some other animal that you can claim as a pet, we all have had some connection with an animal that we all love. So, in honor of The Secret Life of Pets, which hits theaters this weekend, here’s a look at the movie pets we all want to take home and make our own. 5 – CHANCE, SHADOW, and SASSY from HOMEWARD BOUND (Duwayne Dunham,…
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Here’s the great thing about Steven Spielberg: No matter what genre he does, it’s always a Spielberg movie. Whether he does a war movie, a science fiction movie, a kid friendly movie, or a holocaust movie, each film has the Spielberg touch. Other directors struggle with this, but Spielberg does not. His latest film, The BFG, is no different. After making two historical, methodical films in Lincoln (2012) and Bridge of Spies (2015), Spielberg went a little lighter and a…
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I absolutely hated The Purge (2013). It was a unique idea, but it failed miserably on all fronts. Never in my mind did I think it would get a sequel, let alone a trilogy, but here we are, because fuck it, why not? The Purge: Anarchy took the series into a totally different direction, making it more of an action-horror film. It was a better movie than the first, but that isn’t saying much. That’s essentially…
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We got a nice selection of movies coming to Netflix this month. Of all the great titles, there are the ones I personally love the most. Here are my five awesome movies coming to Netflix in July. You can see the full list of movies coming to Netflix in July by clicking right here. 5 – MEAN GIRLS (Mark Waters, 2004) Mean Girls is one of the great comedies of the early 2000’s. It is a…
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It could be argued that Steven Spielberg is the greatest director of all-time. His movies make a bunch of money and are just great movies. He makes movies with the audience in mind and they rarely disappoint. This Friday, his latest feature, Ready Player One, comes out, a film that looks a lot like the nostalgic Spielberg of old. So, in honor of the master’s latest film, here are my five favorite Steven Spielberg movies. …
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Halfway through the summer movie season! So far, so good as far as I can tell. Now, we’re on to July. Here are five movies coming out in July that you need to see. 5 – LIFE, ANIMATED (Roger Ross Williams, July 1) You guys probably haven’t heard of this movie, but everyone needs to see it. This documentary tells the story of Owen Suskind, a child with autism who learned how to talk and interact…
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Nothing screams summer movies quite like necrophilia and cannibalism, am I right? No? Well apparently it does to Nicolas Winding Refn. The Neon Demon is a Tinseltown horror film. It takes us deep into the underbelly of the modeling world and shows us a dark, twisted side that is filled with lies, deceit, blood, and glitter. When aspiring model Jesse (Elle Fanning) moves to Los Angeles searching for fame, her innocence and vitality disappears as she…
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