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Continuing my list of my most anticipated movies of 2018, these ten right here have me really excited.  It’s a nice combination of directors, franchises, and actors that I love and a lot of Oscar contenders.  Here are my ten most anticipated movies of 2018.           10 – THE BEACH BUM (Harmony Korine, TBA) Harmony Korine made one of my favorite movies this decade with Spring Breakers.  He is a wild director who’s film’s have…

Now that the 2018 movie year is in full swing, let’s look at the movies coming out this year.  As always, there are a lot of intriguing movies from a lot of great filmmakers.  We have a slew of sequels, franchises, and comic book movies, as well as original content and some that will sneak up out of nowhere.  Here is part one of my most anticipated movies of 2018.         20…

Today, February 9, 2018, I officially depart from my twenties and enter my thirties.  It has been a wild decade, as I started it in college studying film and have finished as an accredited film critic.  Crazy how the world works.  In honor of this momentous occasion, here are my picks for the best movies that came out over the last decade (2008 – 2017).           10 – GRAVITY (Alfonso Cuaron, 2013) Sandra…

The 2018 Sundance Film Festival has come to a close.  Overall, this wasn’t really the strongest year for Sundance.  It was a great year for documentaries and Midnight movies, but the Dramatic competition films and Premiere films were somewhat lackluster.  I saw 25 movies this festival (it would have been more, but I got sick and didn’t see movies for two days).  However, out of the 25 movies that I did see (I would have…

Over the last couple years, February has been one of the stronger months for movies.  Studios have been taking the opportunity to capitalize on what was largely considered one of the slowest months and released big blockbusters and even some Oscar contenders.  This year is no different, as we get one of the biggest blockbusters of the year and a Clint Eastwood flick, among others.  Here are my picks the best movies coming out in…

2017 was an interesting year for movies, but a great year for movies.  The first half of the year was very hit and miss, with a couple great films thrown in the middle of some overrated hits and complete disasters.  However, the second half proved to be one of the strongest I have ever seen, with consistent greatness coming all the way until the end of the year.  The year had its up, its downs,…

Along with making a finalized Best Movies list, narrowing down the performances is always hard.  There were so many great performances in 2017 from actors new and old.  It hurt to leave some people off this list, but at the end of the day, these were the very best.  Here are my picks for the best performances of 2017. I will be breaking it down similar to the Oscars, with five nominees, which are essentially…