Good ol’ best lead actor.  Every single year, you cause me so much pain.  So many great actors put out so many great performances, narrowing it down to five is always a struggle.  This list could easily change within a week or so, but, as of now, these are the five best lead actor performances or 2016.     5 – LEWIS MACDOUGALL as CONOR in A MONSTER CALLS There were a number of great child performances…

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…

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…

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…