Best Movies

It is the end of 2017!  Crazy to think that this year is just about over.  2017 has, once again, been a very good year for movies and looks to only get stronger in December.  The final month of the year goes out with a bang with some Oscar contenders, blockbusters, and my most anticipated movie of 2017.  Here are my picks for the most exciting movies coming out in December.        …

Another month, another batch of movies and shows on Netflix.  This month, however, is a little weaker than most.  Still some good titles coming out, including one of the most under appreciated masterpieces of the 21st century.  Here are my picks of the best movies coming to Netflix in November.   You can see the full list of everything coming to Netflix this month right here.       5 – THE DETAILS (Jacob Estes, 2011) My…

The 2017 year is almost, so you better believe there are a number of strong movies coming out this month, including some big studio films, indies, and some of the best movies of the year.  Here are my picks for the best movies coming out in November.       5 – COCO (Lee Unkrich, November 22) I mean, it’s Pixar.  This is one of the best studios in the world today and they have yet…

It’s the Halloween season, which means it is horror movie season.  This is the time of year where we want have our hearts racing, palms sweating, and get the crap scared out of us more than usual.  With the recent Hollywood trend of remakes, horror movies are probably the most popular genre to remake, as they are inexpensive to make and it’s relatively easy to garner up a few scares to two.  A lot of…

The 53rd Chicago International Film Festival has come to a close.  Throughout the two weeks of the festival, I saw 38 movies, 31 festival movies and seven regular release movies.  It was an exhausting two weeks and I saw a plethora of movies from all genres and all parts of the world.  In my ten years of attending this festival, this is easily the most movie I have seen but also the strongest year, including…

October is here and it is now officially the fall movie season.  This is the month where we start to get a clear picture of the Oscars and get some of the best movies of the year.  We also get in the Halloween spirit and get our fair share of horror movies.  Here are my picks for the best movies coming out in October.         5 – JIGSAW (Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig, October 27)…

This Friday, Blade Runner 2049 comes out, the sequel to the 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott.  A lot of people claim Blade Runner as one of the greatest and most influential movies of all-time.  I am not one of those people.  Now while I am excited for 2049, I would consider Blade Runner overrated.  This got me thinking of what other movies I would consider overrated.  So with that, here are my picks for the five most…

Netflix started streaming a number of masterpieces in September and although I wouldn’t consider this month to be filled with masterpieces, it does offer up some really good movie and some strong original programming.  Here are my picks for the best movies coming to Netflix in October.   You can see the full list of all movies and T.V. shows coming to Netflix this month right here.           5 – BEFORE MIDNIGHT (Richard…

I love Michael Keaton, simply love him.  I loved him when I first saw him in Batman (1989) and could not be happier for his recent career resurgence.  Every movie he is in, I get excited for, and his latest film, American Assassin, doesn’t have a lot going for it, but he is in it so I will see it.  Here are my picks for the best Michael Keaton movies, in honor of American Assassin.   These movies…