With the recently released Mission: Impossible - Fallout generally being hailed as the best action movie since Mad Max: Fury Road (it is definitely one of the best) I figure this is as good a time as any to comb through the action films of this century and suss out what the best might be. This proved to be …
You may be wondering (probably derisively) why in the world I put out a list of the best movies of 2017 four months into 2018, a full month after the Academy Awards are done, and when the world has generally moved on to other seemingly more important things? The most obvious reason is that due …
My recent traverse through my Criterion Collection for crime movies got me well and truly into a crime movie watching mood. In years past I usually spend January almost exclusively watching old film noirs (in what I have dubbed "Ja-noir-y") but due to the extenuating circumstances (read: my lack of planning) I didn't get to …
This year I did something I have never done before. I plopped myself in front of a computer at 8:19 am sharp and streamed the Oscar announcements, finding myself completely engrossed as they announced the nominees. There are two reasons why I had never done this. The first is that for many years I lived …
Call Me By Your Name; Phantom Thread; A Fantastic Woman; Wonderstruck; The Shape of Water; The Post; The Florida Project; Faces/Places; The Disaster Artist; I, Tonya; Downsizing; Thelma; Professor Marston and the Wonder Women; Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; Darkest Hour; All The Money In The World; Molly's Game; Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool; …
Now I know what you may be thinking. Isn't it just a little bit late to be putting out a list like this? Well yes, most of these lists do come out in July or August but I just can't bring myself to put together a list then for a few reasons. First, I'm a …
It's no secret that ever since I've gotten a child my opportunities to watch movies has decreased significantly. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't trade parenthood for the world, but the fact is my childless days afforded me many chances to check out movies on the big screen. However a side-benefit of having a child …
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