2016 is without a doubt the strongest year for actresses this decade. This was the hardest list for me to make, as I hated not including some of these great performances. But, I believe that these five performances are the absolute best of 2016. Here are my picks for the best lead actress performances in 2016. 5 – MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD as MICHELLE in 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE As I’ve said in a few columns…
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Continuing to look at the best performances of 2016, I am now going to look the best supporting actor performances of 2016. This is always a loaded category and this year, it is no different. What I loved most this year, and you will see it in my choices, is the breakout performances. Whether it is from newcomer to the scene or a veteran waiting to for their big break, we got a slew of…
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Now we are getting down to the best of the best of 2016. For the next couple segments, I will be looking at the beat actors and actresses of 2016. I’m going to break down each category similar to the Oscars. So I am first going to start off with the Best Supporting Actress category. Here are my picks for the best supporting actress performances of 2016. 5 – PAULINA GARCIA as LEONOR CALVELLIIN…
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In 2016, I saw over 160 movies, and for the most part, I would say it was a great year for movies, with some really spectacular films. Howver, with the good comes the bad and boy, did we get some terrible, awful, horrible movies this year. We got awful movies from all genres and all directors, some I’d even consider great directors. So, without further ado, here are my ten worst movies of 2016. …
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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…
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In The Bye Bye Man, the way to keep said Bye Bye Man away is to, “Don’t think it. Don’t say it.” And going into this movie, I was anticipating telling you, “don’t see it, either.” But, much to my surprise, The Bye Bye Man is a pleasant, eerie surprise. It is a smart, well-made, edge of your seat thriller that had me intrigued the entire time. When three college friends (Douglas Smith, Cressida Bonas, Lucien Laviscount)…
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Peter Berg, you’ve done it again. Patriots Day is Berg’s third feature in his trilogy of American tragedy and triumph, following Lone Survivor (2013) and Deepwater Horizon (2016), and it is his most accomplished work of the three and of the director’s career. This is a harrowing look at the bombings at the Boston Marathon in 2013. It shows the horrific bombing and the intense manhunt that followed. The film also looks how the bombing affected the city…
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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…
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A movie like Monster Trucks is hard to review. How do I go about judging this movie? Do I judge it based on how I, as a 28 year old man, view the movie, even though the film is not for my demographic? Or, do I judge it as if I am a six year old boy, the film’s target demographic? I have this issue with kids movies all the time. I started watching the movie as…
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Jamie Foxx is one of the most talented people we have in Hollywood. He can sing, dance, and play piano. You can ask him to act in a drama, action movie, comedy, whatever, and he will crush it every time. This Friday, Foxx stars in the corrupt cop flick, Sleepless. So in honor of that, here are my five favorite Jamie Foxx movies. This list is based on Foxx’s performance and the movie’s quality. …
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