The 2021 Sundance Film Festival kicks off this week and I am lucky enough to be a part of it. Sadly this year’s festival will be an at-home festival experience for the most part, I am still excited to be a part of the festival and see all the new and exciting movies Sundance has to offer. For this list, I am going to rank all the movies that won the Sundance U.S. Dramatic prize…
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There have been talks that this year hasn’t been as strong as other years for lead actors. To those people I ask, what movies did you watch this year? We got veterans in Johnny Depp (“Black Mass”) and Tom Hanks (“Bridge of Spies”) returning to form and debut performances from Shameik Moore (“Dope”) and Geza Rohrig (“Son of Saul”) that made them look like pros, and they didn’t crack the top five. So here are…
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In one of the best years for women acting in a long, long time, this list was loaded with great performances. So here are the five best lead actress performances of 2015. 5 – CAREY MULLIGAN in “SUFFRAGETTE” “Suffragette” was one of the most overlooked movies of the year, and undeservedly so, as it is a gripping and interesting look at the women’s rights movement in London. Leading the charge is Carey Mulligan, who gives…
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Continuing my look at the best performances of 2015, let’s look at the best performances by an actor in a supporting role. I could have made a list of almost fifteen actors who deserved a spot on this list. This year was loaded wth surprising and great performances. Let’s start the list of the top five performances by an actor in a supporting role. 5 – JACOB TREMBLAY in “ROOM” Jacob Tremblay gives an impressive…
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I wasn’t a big fan of the first Ride Along (2014). I thought it had a couple funny moments, but the plot was pointless and the movie was saved by the team of Ice Cube and Kevin Hart. Did we need a sequel? Of course not. But the first one made a ton of money, so of course we got one. And like most sequels, in “Ride Along 2” we get bigger locations, nicer cars,…
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It is really hard to get excited for a Michael Bay movie. For the last few years, Bay has badgered our senses and lowered our IQs with his Transformers sequels and the horrendous Pain & Gain (2013). So when it came to 13 Hours: The Secret Solders of Benghazi, I can’t say I was too excited, as it had the potential to have the typical Bayhem of his usual films, while also being offensive, since…
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My excitement for Oscar nomination day quickly diminished when I found out that the great Alan Rickman had passed away. Rickman was one of our finest actors and, sadly, overlooked by almost everyone. He was one of the most under-appreciated actors because he consistently did fantastic work in every movie and we always expected greatness. Let’s honor the man by looking back at him at his best. 5 – SHERIFF GEORGE OF NOTTINGHAM in…
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Michael Bay is the definition of all style, no substance. He badgers our senses until we can no longer hear, see, or smell. His movies are dumb, plotless, and mildly racist, but man does he make explosions and action a spectacle for the eyes. With Transformers: The Last Night coming out this week, let’s look back at the Bayest of the Bay and look at the director’s five best movies. Yes, there are five, amazingly. …
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I’ve taken care of the best movies for the most part, so let’s focus on the performances. In this piece, I am going to talk about the supporting women of 2015. Vets, newcomers, and breakouts alike shined in 2015 and it was tough to narrow it down to just five. But I had to, and here are the five best performances by an actress in a supporting role. 5 – JANE FONDA in “YOUTH”…
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The Academy will announce their nominations early on Thursday. The Golden Globes and the recent nominations from the Producers Guild and Directors Guild has slightly cleared up the extremely foggy Oscar race that we have in front of us. Here are my final predictions for the 2016 Oscar nominations. I’m still only going to pick the same nine categories that I have been and skip over the techs for now. You can watch all the…
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