Best Movies

Who doesn’t love a good boxing movie?  It feels like we get a new one every year and, for the most part, they are usually really, really good movies.  In honor of Creed II, the second in the Creed franchise and the eighth in the Rocky franchise, coming out this weekend, let’s take a look at the best boxing movies of all-time.         5 – MILLION DOLLAR BABY (2004, Clint Eastwood) Clint Eastwood’s Oscar winner is one of…

With it being Halloween, let’s talk scary movies.  This list will look at specific scenes that scared the hell out of me. SPOILERS AHEAD, so be cautious if you haven’t seen any of these.  You can watch each clip by clicking on the title of the movie.         5- “One of the Big Boys” – Scream 2 (Wes Craven, 1998) Knowing the ins and outs of the horror game should be able to…

This week, the 55th Chicago International Film Festival kicks off and it is a festival near and dear to my heart.  I first attended the festival in 2008, where I got to see Darren Aronofsky’s masterpiece The Wrestler  I was also lucky enough to meet Mr. Aronofsky after the screening and talk to him about wrestling and filmmaking, which, for a 20 year old film student, was mind-blowing.  I have attended the festival every year…

With Scott Cooper’s Black Mass, starring Johnny Depp as infamous gangster Whitey Bulger as he runs the streets of Boston in the 1970’s, coming out this Friday, let’s look back at some of the best movies set in Boston.     5- Fever Pitch (The Farrelly Brothers, 2005) I could have gone with better overall films like the rousing The Fighter (2010), the extremely entertaining The Boondock Saints (1999) or one of the great Paul Newman…