Continuing to look at the best and worst movies of 2016, I am not going to look at the best of the genres.  I am going to break down my favorite movies per genre with a brief description as to why I chose that specific film.       BEST FOREIGN FILM – ELLE  RUNNER UP – PARADISE  Paradise was one of the most harrowing movies I saw in 2016, but Paul Verhoeven’s sexualized thriller is a throwback…

Continuing to look at the best movies of 2016, I am going to look at the best of the techs.  What I mean by techs is the more technical categories, like screenplays, costumes, editing, cinematography, etc.  So here we go.     BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY – THE NICE GUYS RUNNER UP – THE LOBSTER  I loved the originality and uniqueness of The Lobster.  But the way The Nice Guys merged neo-noir and buddy comedy with whip-smart dialog is just…

2016 was the year of animation.  So many animated movies came out and none of them, I’d consider, were bad.  In fact, I’d argue we got at least two or three that could be considered some of the best animated movies of this decade.  I didn’t get to see some of the foreign films that were released, nor some of the American releases (I happily skipped Norm of the North).  But with that, here is my…

We are officially halfway through 2016!  Crazy how time flies.  Instead of making a long, long list of my favorite movies and performances from the first half of the year and explaining why, I am going to break it down like the Oscars.  I’m going to list my five (or 10 in the Best Picture) nominees, which are my favorite performances thus far, and then name a winner, which is the equivalent to my number…

It’s that time of the year again. Time to look at the very best movies of 2022. I’ve broken down what I think are the best movies from each genre, the best technical achievements, and the best actors and directors of the year, and now it’s time to look at what I think were the best movies of 2022. Overall, 2022 was a strong year for movies and it also felt like a normal movie…

It’s the Halloween season, and with that comes Halloween movies. Though many love to watch horror movies during this time of year, there are plenty of subgenres of horror to choose from. Looking for a haunted house movie? A monster movie? Maybe something with a vampire or zombie? That’s what this list is here to help with. I have listed several horror subgenres as well as added categories like classics and kid-friendly films and listed…