I love Keanu Reeves. Say what you want about his acting ability, I think he’s perfect when he doesn’t reach too far. A staple 90’s action and the surfer-dude mentality, Reeves is now a cult figure of sorts, thanks to his un-Hollywood social life, recent cameos, and of course, his movies. This week, Reeves stars in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, the third chapter in the John Wick series. So with that, here are my picks…
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It has been announced that Ben Affleck will not be directing the upcoming DCCU film, The Batman, which most would say is a relatively huge shock. He is still slated to star as The Caped Crusader, though that may also be in question. The DCCU is a disaster right now. After 2016 brought them two critical bombs in Batman v. Superman and Suicide Squad, everyone thought that a Batman film directed by Ben Affleck, who has proven to…
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A new month, more movies. Netflix just keeps pushing them out and this is yet another impressive month. Here are my picks for the best movies coming to Netflix in February. You can check out the full list right here 5 – AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON (Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski, 2016) Every once in awhile, I’ll drop some T.V. on a list. I don’t watch a lot of T.V., since…
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After a not-so-terrible January, we now come to February, which, recently, has proven to be a decent month for film. Over the last few years we’ve gotten films like Deadpool (2016), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015), The LEGO Movie (2014), and Shutter Island (2010) coming out during this month. This trend of solid films looks to continue this month, as we are slated for a diverse collection of films. Here are my picks for the most exciting movies coming…
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The 2017 Sundance Film Festival is officially over! It was a long, cold two weeks, but a good one. I saw 28 films over the two weeks (33 if you include each short film I saw in the Animated Shorts Program) which ties 2012 as the most I have ever seen at the festival. I probably could have seen more, but I decided to do other activities towards the end of the festival that hurt…
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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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