In the past, I would post a monthly piece highlighting the best movies coming to Netflix each month. I haven’t done that list in a while, and when I was thinking about bringing it back, a new idea came to mind: why not look beyond just Netflix? There are a number of streaming services out now, all of which get new content added every month. So, rather than just look at the movies coming to…
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I unfortunately forgot to post this list over the last couple of months, but it’s back now and it’s a strong month to come back in. Every year, March offers up a pretty mixed bag of movies. We’ve gotten big blockbusters, strong indies, and even some Oscar nominees. The last few years have given us some great movies like Us, Isle of Dogs, and 10 Cloverfield Lane, as well as some duds like Batman v. Superman, A Wrinkle…
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I haven’t necessarily done my research on this, but if I were to guess what film genre has the most remakes, it’s probably horror. It feels like every year we get a horror remake, whether it be a classic from the 30’s or 40’s or something newer from the 80’s or 90’s. Just over the last couple years we have seen remakes of It, Child’s Play, and Black Christmas, among others. It is a…
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Dwayne Wade is one of the greatest basketball players to ever play the game. Being a major basketball fan, I have followed Wade’s career since he was in college, starting during his legendary run of taking Marquette University on a Cinderella-run to the Final Four in 2003. But even following Wade’s legendary career and for him being one of the best players to ever step on the hardwood, Wade’s personal…
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Sonic the Hedgehog was originally supposed to be released in November of 2019. However, when the teaser trailer for the film dropped the internet went bananas over the look of Sonic (the human teeth are still unnerving). Paramount Studios then did the unthinkable and listened to the internet and delayed the movie so they could get the look of Sonic right, or as right as the internet wanted it to be. This…
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Unlike last year’s crop of Best Picture nominees, I am actually rather pleased with this year’s nominees. Of the nine nominees, four of the films made my top ten of 2019, seven of the nine nominees were in my top 25 of last year, and there is only one nominee that I genuinely do not like. With the field being this strong, I would only get mad if the movie I did not like won. …
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It’s Oscar time! The one night a year where we celebrate everything that is great in cinema! Regardless of how I feel about the nominees, I love Oscar night and I love everything that goes into the show. It’s big, glitzy, absurd, but it’s always a great time to watch and see the winners, especially ones that I like. With that being said, here are my predictions for the…
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The 2020 Sundance Film Festival is officially in the books. I saw 24 movies this festival and overall it was a pretty good year. There weren’t too many duds this year, but there were definitely a number of great movies from exciting new filmmakers and great performances from some of our best actors and actresses working today. What stood out the most at this year’s festival was the number of great female performances that were…
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Never Rarely Sometimes Always is a movie that will stick with you long after you see it. Eliza Hittman’s latest film is a quietly powerful film that beautifully captures friendship, desperation, and determination with painstaking authenticity that you won’t shake. Seventeen-year-old Autumn (Sidney Flanigan) is living a relatively boring life in rural Pennsylvania working as a cashier at the local grocery store with her cousin Skylar (Talia Ryder). When Autumn finds…
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Worth was one of my most anticipated movies of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Director Sara Colangelo returned to the festival following 2018’s The Kindergarten Teacher to tell the true story of Ken Feinberg (played by Michael Keaton), an attorney who battles against cynicism, bureaucracy and politics to help the victims of 9/11. This is a powerful, emotional, masterfully acted film and surely to be one of the best movies out…
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