Rankings

The 2017 movie year is officially over, so now begins the lists.  Over the next week or so, I will be counting down the best and worst movies and performances of 2017 over a number of lists. I am going to kick it off by talking about the comic book movies of 2017.  As usual, there were a number of comic book movies that were released this year and, as usual, we had our good,…

Netflix is closing out the 2017 year with a relatively weak month for streaming releases.  One of my favorite movies of all-time is on here, so that’s a plus, but other than a holiday trilogy and some Will Smith, the month is weak.  Here are my picks for the best movies coming to Netflix in December. You see the full list of all the movies and T.V. shows coming to Netflix in December right here….

It is the end of 2017!  Crazy to think that this year is just about over.  2017 has, once again, been a very good year for movies and looks to only get stronger in December.  The final month of the year goes out with a bang with some Oscar contenders, blockbusters, and my most anticipated movie of 2017.  Here are my picks for the most exciting movies coming out in December.        …

Another month, another batch of movies and shows on Netflix.  This month, however, is a little weaker than most.  Still some good titles coming out, including one of the most under appreciated masterpieces of the 21st century.  Here are my picks of the best movies coming to Netflix in November.   You can see the full list of everything coming to Netflix this month right here.       5 – THE DETAILS (Jacob Estes, 2011) My…

The 2017 year is almost, so you better believe there are a number of strong movies coming out this month, including some big studio films, indies, and some of the best movies of the year.  Here are my picks for the best movies coming out in November.       5 – COCO (Lee Unkrich, November 22) I mean, it’s Pixar.  This is one of the best studios in the world today and they have yet…

It’s the Halloween season, which means it is horror movie season.  This is the time of year where we want have our hearts racing, palms sweating, and get the crap scared out of us more than usual.  With the recent Hollywood trend of remakes, horror movies are probably the most popular genre to remake, as they are inexpensive to make and it’s relatively easy to garner up a few scares to two.  A lot of…

The 53rd Chicago International Film Festival has come to a close.  Throughout the two weeks of the festival, I saw 38 movies, 31 festival movies and seven regular release movies.  It was an exhausting two weeks and I saw a plethora of movies from all genres and all parts of the world.  In my ten years of attending this festival, this is easily the most movie I have seen but also the strongest year, including…