Continuing to look at the 2016 summer movie season, it’s time to talk awards. Most Oscar movies come out in the fall, but there have been a few instances where nominees and winners have come out in the summer and has great success on the awards circuit, like Boyhood (2014) and Midnight in Paris (2011). So let’s take a look at movies coming out this summer that have awards potential. 5 – War Dogs (Todd Phillips, August 19) War…
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A quarter of the year is officially over. Amazing how time flies. We’ve officially passed through the garbage months of cinema and are heading full speed into the summer movie season. I’ve seen 43 movies this year and, surprisingly, we’ve gotten some really good movies these past couple months, a few that may even end up on my year end list. Let’s look at the best of 2016 so far and take a glimpse at to…
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I’ve been attending the Sundance Film Festival since 2011. Every year before the festival begins, I make a list of my most anticipated movies of the festival. This list is based on a combination of the who the director is, who the actors are, and the film’s synopsis, because none of the films have trailers. I usually end up seeing my top five choices because I make the time for those, but there are always…
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This Friday, director Ryan Coogler is releasing his latest film, Marvel’s Black Panther. Since his debut film Fruitvale Station in 2013, Coogler has quickly risen the ranks as one of the best, most exciting directors in Hollywood today, continuing to challenge himself and make great movies. So in honor Coogler an all the other great, young talent in Hollywood today, I am going to look at the best director’s with five or less features. Here are those…
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Oppenheimer is the most recent winner of Best Picture at the Academy Awards! Oppenheimer was my favorite movie of 2023 and my favorite of the Best Picture nominees. Christopher Nolan finally got his due and, along with Best Picture, the film won seven total Oscars, including Best Director for Nolan, Best Actor for Cillian Murphy, and Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr., as well as a few technical awards. It was a great night for…
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2012’s Magic Mike was one of the best surprises I have ever had going to the movies. A film that was advertised as Channing Tatum and a patsy of strippers getting hot, wild, and naked amongst a sea of women was actually a personal character study about a man looking to find himself and a career with very limited stripping. A lot of women were disappointed, I was not. Well now Tatum and the patsy are…
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A good comedy sequel is hard to come by. Most of them are terrible, like Caddyshack 2 (1988), Evan Almighty (2007), and The Hangover II (2011) . But sometimes, in a very rare occurrence, you get a Wayne’ World 2 (1993), a comedy sequel that may not be as great as the original, but is still great in its own right and worthy of its predecessor. I am happy to report that Ted 2 is an example…
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