2016 was my most cinematic year ever. I saw 165 movies in theaters over the year, which is far and away the most I’ve ever seen in a single year. I saw every kind of movie there is and overall, I think 2016 was a great year for film, definitely one of the best of the decade. Trying to make a year end top ten was tough, tough task. I hated leaving off titles of…
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Good ol’ best lead actor. Every single year, you cause me so much pain. So many great actors put out so many great performances, narrowing it down to five is always a struggle. This list could easily change within a week or so, but, as of now, these are the five best lead actor performances or 2016. 5 – LEWIS MACDOUGALL as CONOR in A MONSTER CALLS There were a number of great child performances…
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2016 is without a doubt the strongest year for actresses this decade. This was the hardest list for me to make, as I hated not including some of these great performances. But, I believe that these five performances are the absolute best of 2016. Here are my picks for the best lead actress performances in 2016. 5 – MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD as MICHELLE in 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE As I’ve said in a few columns…
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Continuing to look at the best performances of 2016, I am now going to look the best supporting actor performances of 2016. This is always a loaded category and this year, it is no different. What I loved most this year, and you will see it in my choices, is the breakout performances. Whether it is from newcomer to the scene or a veteran waiting to for their big break, we got a slew of…
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Now we are getting down to the best of the best of 2016. For the next couple segments, I will be looking at the beat actors and actresses of 2016. I’m going to break down each category similar to the Oscars. So I am first going to start off with the Best Supporting Actress category. Here are my picks for the best supporting actress performances of 2016. 5 – PAULINA GARCIA as LEONOR CALVELLIIN…
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In 2016, I saw over 160 movies, and for the most part, I would say it was a great year for movies, with some really spectacular films. Howver, with the good comes the bad and boy, did we get some terrible, awful, horrible movies this year. We got awful movies from all genres and all directors, some I’d even consider great directors. So, without further ado, here are my ten worst movies of 2016. …
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As we continue to look at the best movies of 2016, I am going to countdown my favorite scenes of 2016. This list was almost impossible to make, as there were a number of scenes I could have picked from the 160 plus movies I saw last year. But, when thinking about, these were the scenes that truly blew me away in 2016. So here we go, my ten favorite scenes of 2016. Also, SPOILERS…
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In The Bye Bye Man, the way to keep said Bye Bye Man away is to, “Don’t think it. Don’t say it.” And going into this movie, I was anticipating telling you, “don’t see it, either.” But, much to my surprise, The Bye Bye Man is a pleasant, eerie surprise. It is a smart, well-made, edge of your seat thriller that had me intrigued the entire time. When three college friends (Douglas Smith, Cressida Bonas, Lucien Laviscount)…
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Peter Berg, you’ve done it again. Patriots Day is Berg’s third feature in his trilogy of American tragedy and triumph, following Lone Survivor (2013) and Deepwater Horizon (2016), and it is his most accomplished work of the three and of the director’s career. This is a harrowing look at the bombings at the Boston Marathon in 2013. It shows the horrific bombing and the intense manhunt that followed. The film also looks how the bombing affected the city…
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With so many movies comes so many characters, and in 2016, we got a lot of great ones. This was not an easy list to make, as I could have done a top ten or twenty per gender. But, I like to challenge myself and decided to narrow it down to five male and five female. Here are my picks for the best characters of the 2016 movie year. MALE CHARACTERS 5…
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