Best Movies

Continuing to look at the best movies of 2019, it is now time to look at the genres.  I like to see movies from all genres from all around the world and this is the opportunity to highlight the best from all genres.  There are some conventional categories, like Best Animated Film and Best Foreign Film, but also categories you won’t find at the Oscars.  Here are my picks.         BEST ANIMATED…

Every year when I begin to look back at the movies of 2019 and begin to make my lists, this is always my favorite list to make.  It is a tough list to make, but always an exciting and interesting list to make.  I get to look back and look at my favorite moments of the year in movies. Whether it was a scene or a moment that scared me, thrilled me, caused an emotional…

Another year, another slew of comic book movies.  We got nine theatrical comic book/superhero movies this year and compared to previous year, 2019 was kind of a lousy year for comic book/superhero movies.  Though there are some good ones on here, particularly the top few films, 2019 did produce some of the worst comic book movies ever created and offered up a number of disappointing ones as well.  Here’s my ranking of the 2019 comic…

Usually when making this list, a list I have been doing monthly for three years, I have a relatively easy time picking which movies should make the cut.  Sometimes I’m forced to snub one or two, but usually the five are pretty easy to pick.  This month was the opposite of that.  There are over fifteen films coming out in November that I am excited for, which is kind of insane.  We got horror movies,…

The 55th Chicago International Film Festival has officially come to a close.  Over the last twelve days, the festival showed numerous films from all different genres with various budgets from a number of different countries from all around the world.  This is an incredibly diverse film festival and every year I am honored to attend it.  I saw 26 films at this year’s festival and I would say it was a very good year at…

The 55th Chicago International Film Festival kicks off this week and it is a festival I love attending.  Not only was this the first festival that I attended back in 2008, but it is a festival that highlights so many unique movies from all around the world and showcasing some of the best filmmakers working today.  This year’s festival is no different, with a slew of movies from all genres from dozens of different countries. …

October might be my favorite movie month of the year.  It’s right in the middle of the fall festival circuit, Oscar season is in full motion, and the month is loaded with interesting titles, from family films to Oscar hopefuls.  This month is loaded with potentially great movies.  The directors and actors that are on display this month are some of the best.  We got satirical comedies, indie drams, a controversial comic book film, and…

September is one of the more interesting months of the cinematic year.  It is the month when the major fall film festivals, like Toronto, Telluride, and Venice, kick-off, officially ushering Oscar season, as well getting some fun genre films, like pre-Halloween horror flicks.  In terms of quality, however, the films can be great, awards-worthy films or can be complete disasters.  It’s never a boring month and this September looks quite interesting.  We got a few…

The 2019 Summer Movie Season is officially over!  Though there were a few movies I really loved that came out this summer, this was one of the more lackluster summers in recent years.  The biggest problem with this summer movie season was the blockbusters.  A lot of the big budget franchise films ended up being complete duds, which really killed the summer for me.  But the summer wasn’t a complete failure.  There were a number…