This is always the toughest list to make, but also my favorite to make. Movies are comprised of many scenes and when you see as many movies as I do, that leads up to thousands of scenes I see in a year. But these scenes are the ones that stuck with me the most throughout 2018. Whether it was a scene that scared me, thrilled me, or one of just pure entertainment, these are the…
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My picks for the films with the best technical aspects in 2018.
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Every year, I take a look back at all the movies that I saw over the year, as well as think about major news headlines and stories that broke during the year, and I reflect. What did we learn? What did we see? Is there a new trend brewing? What shook cinema this year? Here are the things I learned and took away from the movie year that was 2018. …
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Another year, another plethora of superhero movies. 2018 brought us nine superhero movies, which is the most that we’ve ever had in a single year. From the Black Panther juggernaut to the Spiderverse and plenty in-between, the superhero movies in 2018 were pretty good. Of the nine movies that came out, there was only one that I wasn’t a fan of, and even then I didn’t hate it. We got some of the biggest, most unique…
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The 76th annual Golden Globes are happening tonight. The Globes are a very hit and miss show in terms of how they affect the Oscar race. On the one hand, it gives us a slight idea of how these voting branches are leaning for voting. On the other hand, Alice in Wonderland was nominated for Best Picture in 2010, so you get both sides of the coin. With this year’s Oscar race still relatively open, I hope…
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The festivals are over, almost all the major releases have come out, and we are getting a clearer picture of what this year’s Oscar race might look like. We are right in the thick of the battle, but it is still a wide-open season, with no true frontrunners as of yet and a few films that could surprise still. Here are my current Oscar predictions. NOTE – I only focused on the major categories and…
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Well, here we are, the final month of 2018. It’s insane to think about, as I feel 2018 has flown by. December promises to send 2018 off in style, with a number of exciting movies coming out to cap off the year. This list easily could have included ten titles, but I was forced to keep it to five, so my apologies to the ones I left off, particularly Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, which looks great. …
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After a sensational October at the movies, November is shaping up to be just as good. The diversity of this month is crazy, as we get everything from zombie Nazi’s to Rocky Balboa, plus two recent Oscar winners following up their Oscar wins. Here are my picks for the most exciting movies coming out in November. 5 – OVERLORD (Julius Avery, November 9) I saw Overlord at the 2018 Chicago International Film Festival and it…
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The 2018 Chicago International Film Festival has closed on another year. The 54th edition of the festival gave us a number of films from all over the world from all different genres and filmmakers. I saw 24 movies this festival, from big budget Oscar players to foreign indies you may never hear of. Here are my picks for the best of the festival. TOP 5 MOVIES 5 – IN SEARCH OF GREATNESS (Gabe Polsky)…
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The 54th Chicago International Film Festival kicks off this week and it is a festival I love attending. Not only was it 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. I plan on seeing over…
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