It seems inevitable that an actor will at some point end up behind the camera as a director. The results of this happening, however, are mixed. Some actors-turned-directors start off with a dud, others start with a bang. This list focuses on the latter. Here are my picks for the best directorial debuts from actors-turned-directors. 5 – A BRONX TALE (Robert De Niro, 1995) By the time 1995 rolled around, Robert De…
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Happy 420, kids! It’s that special holiday where people all over the world celebrate their love for marijuana. There are number of ways of celebrating this day, but the way I like to celebrate it is by watching stoner films. Whether they are films about stoners, which mostly include either a minimalist plot or one of extreme circumstance centered around a lovable, naive stoner, or films that would be a trip while getting high, a…
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For over fifteen years, Will Smith was the man. He was an actor who’s movies made tons of money and were well-received critically, along with getting some play from the Oscars. He also had a personality unlike anyone else in Hollywood and was always the coolest person in the room. But over the last decade, Smith has hit a rough patch, a very brutal rough patch at that. I don’t know what happened, but Smith’s choice in…
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It was reported yesterday that John Woo’s 1997 action classic Face/Off is getting a remake at Paramount Studios. Face/Off is truly a classic 90’s action flick in which John Travolta plays FBI agent Sean Archer who takes the face of criminal mastermind Castor Troy (one of the greatest character names in all of cinema), played by Nicolas Cage, in order to infiltrate his gang and foil Troy’s terrorist plot. But the plan goes awry when Troy assumes the…
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Cate Blanchett is one of the best actors on the planet. She is a chameleon, disappearing into every role she takes. Whether it’s an intense, awards-worthy performance or a fun blockbuster, Blanchett never phones it and exudes confidence and charisma, and adds a level of gravitas to every movie. This Friday, Blanchett stars in Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette, a movie I am really excited about due to Blanchett teaming up with Richard Linklater, a…
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It’s weird to think, but we might be in the golden age of dog movies right now. With films like A Dog’s Purpose, A Dog’s Way Home, and Isle of Dogs, it seems like every year for the past five years we have gotten a dog movie or two. This Friday, we get our third dog movie of 2019 with The Art of Racing in the Rain, a movie that is sure to make every theater patron ball their eyes…
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The Summer Movie Season is on the homestretch and it is going out with a bang. This summer has been loaded with some pretty great films and August looks no different. What I like most about the movies coming out in August is the diversity in genre and filmmaking. We are getting some really good original content, as well as films from almost every genre, like horror, action, comedy, crime, and some strong indie films. …
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Quentin Tarantino is one of the few event filmmakers working today. When a new Tarantino movie is coming out, a buzz immediately grows around it. This is thanks to a history of creating genre-bending, original, uniquely written movies for the last thirty years. Tarantino’s career has been full of accolades. His films have accounted for 34 Oscar nominations, including four of his films, Pulp Fiction, Inglorious Basterds, Django Unchained, and Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, being nominated for Best…
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Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the biggest movie stars on the planet. He has worked with some of the greatest directors to ever work behind the camera and has starred in some of the biggest and most rewarded movies of all time. He himself has garnered tons of praise over his career, including winning an Oscar in 2016 for his performance in The Revenant. DiCaprio is one of my favorite actors working today and I get…
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The first half of 2019 is officially done, so now it’s time to look forward. We still have another six months of movies ahead of us and there are plenty of exciting titles to look ahead. We have number of movies from some of the best filmmakers and biggest stars in the world, with some looking for Oscar glory. I couldn’t possibly name all the exciting movies coming out, so I am only going to…
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