As we continue to look at the best movies of 2016, I am going to countdown my favorite scenes of 2016.  This list was almost impossible to make, as there were a number of scenes I could have picked from the 160 plus movies I saw last year.  But, when thinking about, these were the scenes that truly blew me away in 2016.  So here we go, my ten favorite scenes of 2016. Also, SPOILERS…

With so many movies comes so many characters, and in 2016, we got a lot of great ones.  This was not an easy list to make, as I could have done a top ten or twenty per gender.  But, I like to challenge myself and decided to narrow it down to five male and five female.  Here are my picks for the best characters of the 2016 movie year.     MALE CHARACTERS   5…

As 2016 comes to a close, it is time to start counting down the best movies of 2016.  This will be a number of lists looking at the best movies and performances of the year, as well as looking at the best of specific genres. I am going to kick this off with looking at the comic book movies of 2016.  Once again, we got a number of comic book films this year.  Six to…

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…