Rankings

I’m a sucker for a good musical.  I don’t think I can say there is one that I truly dislike.  There are a couple I wasn’t a huge fan of, but I love most musicals.  I don’t know why, I just do.  This weekend, Hollywood’s latest musical, La La Land, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, gets a nation-wide release.  So in honor of that, here are my picks for the best modern musicals.  By modern musical, I…

I skipped this piece last month because other than Boyhood (2014) and the new Gilmore Girls season, November was a very light month.  But, December offers a number of great movies ranging from sports movies, comedy, gangster, and one of the best movies of 2016.  Here are my picks for the best movies coming to Netflix in December. You can see the full list of all movies and T.V. shows coming out this month right here.    …

Well, here we are, the final month of 2016.  It is amazing how fast the year has gone.  But, we’re here, and we are ending the year with a bang.  There are so many great movies coming out in December, narrowing it down to five was nearly impossible.  This month is so loaded, I had to leave off anticipated titles like Sing, Assassins Creed, Passengers, A Monster Calls, and Why Him?.  But, of all the movies coming out this month,…

I love Amy Adams.  From the first time I saw her as the innocent nurse in Catch Me If You Can (2002), she has grown into one of the finest actresses we have in Hollywood.  This weekend, she stars in the sci-fi thriller, Arrival, (my review right here).  So in honor of that, here are my five favorite Amy Adams movies. These movies are based on the performance of Adams and the quality of the movie. I…

Another year, another festival.  This will be my ninth time attending the Chicago International Film Festival and, like every year, this is going to a unique, diverse year for movies.  I have a loaded schedule of 19 movies, with the possibility of almost 25.  The films are all over the place in terms of genre, from indie, to war, to musicals, to horror.  My brain will probably be fried after the festival, and I am…