Disturbing the Peace is a small-time movie about a small-time town. This is the kind of town that has one bank, one diner, one gas station, and the same family owns all three. It’s the kind of town that would protest the building of McDonalds because it would hurt the business of the diner, yet the town fails to realize the kind of jobs it would offer for the town that might…
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It’s been seventeen years since the last time we saw Detective Mike Lowery (Will Smith) and Detective Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence). Seventeen years since we saw the two adrenalin-fueled detectives cause chaos and mayhem up and down South Beach in Miami, shooting up bad guys while cracking jokes back-and-forth at each other and getting yelled at by their quick-tempered Captain (Joe Pantoliano). Man, did I miss these guys. The Bad Boys series is a…
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We’re finally here. The 2010s are officially over (and have been for almost two weeks now) and what a decade it was. When the decade began, I was in my final semester of film school at DePaul University in Chicago. Now, ten years later, I run my own website as a movie critic. Did I see myself in this position when the decade started? Absolutely not. I still can’t believe this is something I get…
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I saw a lot of movies over the last decade and with that, I saw a lot of performances too. The amount of great performances I saw over the last ten years was ridiculous, so making this list was incredibly tough and took a number of rewatches and some deep thinking. What makes a great performance? The key factor for me when making this list was which performance had the biggest impact on me. Which…
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Every year since Kevflix has been alive, I’ve made a list of my favorite scenes/movie moments of that year. This is always my favorite list to make as it allows me to highlight some truly great moments in filmmaking, acting, and story-telling. I couldn’t count down the best movies of the decade without making a best scenes/moments of the decade, so here we are. When making my list for the best scenes or movie moments…
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The Oscar race is heating up and the race is getting tighter. With all the critics awards, along with the Golden Globes, there is a pretty solid picture of most of the movies that will be nominated and which ones are the frontrunners. But the Academy has been known for some wild nominations and snubs over the years, so who’s getting in and who’s going to miss? Will a heavyweight like The Irishman or 1917 under-perform? Will a…
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Continuing my look at the best movies of the 2010s, I will now be looking at the best of the technical aspects of film, which includes aspects like score, editing, and screenplay. I also included Best Director in this section. For each technical category I did a top five ranking. Doing only five for a decade was extremely tough, but doing five shows the elite of the elite of the decade. Here are my picks…
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The 2010’s have officially come to a close, which means it’s time to look back at the very best in movies of the last ten years. Having just broke down my favorite movies and performances from each year (which you can find here) it is now time to culminate everything into more specific lists highlighting the absolute best of the decade. To start, I am going to look back at the each movies from each genre,…
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As the 2010’s have officially come to an end, I will be looking back at each cinematic year to give a personal decade retrospective of the best movies and performances of each year. I will break down my Top 10 movies of each year, along with my favorite performances from that year. I will also be listing my favorite’s from each genre, like Best Animated Movie and Best Action Movie, as well as best of…
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As the 2010’s have officially come to an end, I will be looking back at each cinematic year to give a personal decade retrospective of the best movies and performances of each year. I will break down my Top 10 movies of each year, along with my favorite performances from that year. I will also be listing my favorite’s from each genre, like Best Animated Movie and Best Action Movie, as well as best of…
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