Kevin Wozniak, Author at Kevflix

Best Performances from Oscar Nominees – Best Actress

Posted on February 26, 2016June 14, 2016 by Kevin Wozniak

2015 was a great year for actresses, and the nominees are a great mixture of newcomers and veterans. Let’s have a look at the best performances from this year’s Best Actress Oscar nominees. CATE BLANCHETT (Nominated for Carol) BEST PERFORMANCE – I’M NOT THERE (2007) It could be argued that Cate Blanchett is the best actress working today. Every performance she does is great. No role is a stretch for Ms. Blanchett, making her…

Review – Triple 9

Posted on February 26, 2016June 14, 2016 by Kevin Wozniak

Triple 9 is as dirty as dirty cop films get. This gritty, edge of your seat thriller features some great action scenes and as talented of a cast as there will be in 2016. However, the lack of character depth really hurts the emotional punch the movie was trying to go for, resulting in an overall empty movie-going experience. Triple 9 (the police code for “officer down”) follows a group of criminals (Chewitel Ejiofor, Aaron Paul, and…

Top 5 – Dirty Cop Movies

Posted on February 25, 2016July 19, 2016 by Kevin Wozniak

This weekend, John Hillcoat’s Triple 9 comes out. I am extremely excited for this movie, as it was one of my most anticipated movies of last year before it got pushed back. The cast is tremendous and I love gritty, corrupt cop movies. So in honor of that, here are the dirtiest of dirty cop movies. 5 – Premium Rush (David Koepp, 2012) “Premium Rush” is a criminally (pun?) underrated movie. I don’t…

Best Performances from Oscar Nominees – The Supporting Actress

Posted on February 24, 2016July 19, 2016 by Kevin Wozniak

Continuing our look at the best films from this year’s Oscar nominees, here are the best performances from this year’s Best Supporting Actress nominees. JENNIFER JASON LEIGH (Nominated for The Hateful Eight) BEST PERFORMANCE – THE HATEFUL EIGHT (2015) I am not really knowledgable with Jennifer Jason Leigh’s filmography. I remember her in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), The Machinist (2004), and her spectacular voice work in 2015’s Anomalisa, among some others. But her role…

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