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1
Jan

Streaming Picks: January 2021

With so many new streaming services, I figured this year I’d expand the scope of this column again. I’m adding Disney+ and HBO MAX, so bear with me as a lot of new titles get added. I’ll still try to … Continue reading →

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6
Feb

My Dream Oscar Ballot 2020

Once again, I’m going off the Academy’s eligibility lists, so several movies I would have considered for some awards aren’t represented here. I’ve also seen too few animated, foreign language and documentary films to fill out those categories, so I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Best Of, Film, Oscars | Tagged 1917, avengers, bombshell, dark waters, dolemite is my name, farewell, ford v ferrari, give me liberty, harriet, hustlers, irishman, john wick, jojo rabbit, knives out, last black man in san francisco, lego movie 2, lighthouse, little women, marriage story, midsommar, motherless brooklyn, netflix, once upon a time in hollywood, pain and glory, parasite, portrait of a lady on fire, star wars, terminator, toy story 4, transit, uncut gems, us, waves, wild rose | Leave a comment

5
Feb

Oscar Guide 2020

A shortened season hasn’t brought many surprises, but that doesn’t mean you should take many of these picks to the bank. BEST PICTURE 1917 Ford v Ferrari The Irishman Jojo Rabbit Joker Little Women Marriage Story Once upon a Time… … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged 1917, ad astra, amazon, american factory, avengers, beautiful day in the neighborhood, bombshell, breakthrough, cave, corpus christi, edge of democracy, for sama, ford v ferrari, frozen, harriet, honeyland, how to train your dragon, i lost my body, irishman, jojo rabbit, joker, judy, klaus, knives out, les miserables, lighthouse, lion king, little women, maleficent, marriage story, missing link, netflix, once upon a time in hollywood, pain and glory, parasite, prime, richard jewell, rocketman, star wars, toy story 4, two popes | Leave a comment

10
Jan

Final Oscar Picks 2020

The hardest part of predicting this year, is that in just about every category, there are four locks or near-locks. But that fifth slot? There are anywhere from 3-10 likely candidates to take it. That means there are likely to … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged 1917, amazon, american factory, apollo 11, atlantics, avengers, beanpole, beautiful day in the neighborhood, bombshell, downton abbey, farewell, for sama, ford v ferrari, frozen, harriet, honeyland, how to train your dragon, hustlers, i lost my body, irishman, jojo rabbit, joker, judy, just mercy, knives out, les miserables, lighthouse, lion king, little women, maleficent, marriage story, missing link, netflix, once upon a time in hollywood, one child nation, pain and glory, parasite, prime, rocketman, star wars, toy story 4, us, wild rose | Leave a comment

3
Jan

2010s in Review: The Best Movie Moments

Of the hundreds of movies I watched this decade, these moments were the ones that I remember the most. 22 Jump Street – Slam poetry Annihilation – Bear attack Baby Driver – Opening chase The Big Sick – The 9/11 … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Film | Tagged 22 jump street, amazon, annihilation, baby driver, big sick, blindspotting, call me by your name, captain america, captain phillips, climax, crazy stupid love, deadpool 2, deepwater horizon, drive, flight, get out, gone girl, grand budapest hotel, hail caesar, harry potter, hateful eight, incredibles 2, inside llewyn davis, inside out, intouchables, iron man 3, la la land, manchester by the sea, martian, master, mission impossible, molly's game, netflix, nice guys, phoenix, pitch perfect, prime, roma, sicario, skeleton twins, social network, star is born, star wars, Suspiria, toy story 3, what we do in the shadows, wind river, wolf of wall street, wonder woman, x-men | Leave a comment

2
Jan

2010s in Review: The Best Movies, Part 3

This is Part 3 of a three-part series. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. Even with making a Top 50, there were still a lot of movies I loved but didn’t quite make the cut. And even though … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Film | Tagged 50/50, amazon, big sick, black panther, blue like jazz, burning, cabin in the woods, calvary, captain phillips, christine, dawn of the planet of the apes, death of Stalin, edge of tomorrow, eighth grade, exit through the gift shop, florida project, ghost story, holy motors, hunger games, it's kind of a funny story, jackass, jackie, killing them softly, lady bird, leave no trace, lego movie, life itself, logan, long day's journey into night, manchester by the sea, Mandy, melancholia, moneyball, mudbound, netflix, nice guys, once upon a time in hollywood, prime, revenant, room, seeking a friend for the end of the world, shape of water, short term 12, star wars, steve jobs, take shelter, terms and conditions may apply, touch of sin, true grit, under the skin, upstream color, what we do in the shadows, young adult | Leave a comment

1
Nov

Streaming Picks: November 2019, Part 2

With two new streaming services launching this month, I figured I’d break this preview out into two parts. The first covered the usual services (Netflix, Hulu, Prime) and this post will cover Disney+ and AppleTV+. December will be back to … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 101 dalmatian street, adventures of the gummi bears, amphibia, avengers, avengers assemble, big city greens, big hero 6, bizaardvark, bluey, bonkers, boy meets world, brain games, captain marvel, chip n dale, clone wars, crash and bernstein, darkwing duck, dickinson, dolphin reef, ducktales, dumbo, elena of avalor, elephant queen, emperor's new school, encore, even stevens, evermoor chronicles, family sundays, fantasia, fantasia 2000, fantastic four, for all mankind, forky asks a question, gargoyles, ghostwriter, girl meets world, good luck charlie, goof troop, gravity falls, guardians of the galaxy, hala, handy manny, hannah montana, helpsters, hercules, hero project, high school musical, hulk and the agents of smash, imagineering story, incredible hulk, inhumans, iron man, jake and the never land pirates, jeff goldblum, jessie, jonas, kim possible, lab rats, lady and the tramp, legend of the three caballeros, lego star wars, lilo and stitch, lion guard, little einsteins, little mermaid, lizzie mcguire, malcolm in the middle, mandalorian, marvel, mickey and the roadster racers, mickey mouse, mickey mouse clubhouse, mighty ducks, milo murphy's law, morning show, muppet babies, muppets, my friends tigger and pooh, new adventures of winnie the pooh, noelle, oprah, oprah's book club, phineas and ferb, pixar, pixar in real life, pj masks, puppy dog pals, quack pack, raven's home, recess, replacements, see, servant, silver surfer, simpsons, smart guy, snoopy in space, so weird, sparkshorts, spider-man, spider-man and his amazing friends, spider-man unlimited, spider-woman, spiderman, star wars, star wars rebels, star wars resistance, suite life of zack and cody, suite life on deck, sydney to the max, talespin, tangled, tarzan and jane, that's so raven, timon and pumbaa, tron uprising, ultimate spider-man, vampirina, winnie the pooh, wizards of waverly place, wolverine and the x-men, world according to jeff goldblum, x-men, x-men evolution, xmen | Leave a comment

23
Feb

My Dream Oscar Ballot 2019

This Oscar season has been crazy, and as I’ve covered before, there were a lot of egregious snubs this year. So here is how my nominations ballot would have looked. For the purposes of this, I’ve limited myself to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars | Tagged annihilation, at eternity's gate, avengers, ballad of buster scruggs, birds of passage, black panther, blindspotting, burning, can you ever forgive me, cold war, death of Stalin, eighth grade, favourite, first man, first reformed, free solo, game night, green book, hale county, hereditary, hulu, if beale street could talk, incredibles 2, infinity war, into the spider-verse, isle of dogs, leave no trace, mary queen of scots, minding the gap, mirai, mission impossible, netflix, prime, private war, quiet place, ralph breaks the internet, ready player one, roma, shoplifters, simple favor, solo, sorry to bother you, spider-man, star is born, star wars, Suspiria, three identical strangers, vice, widows, won't you be my neighbor, you were never really here | Leave a comment

22
Feb

Oscar Guide 2019

If I was confused last year, this year I’m completely and utterly lost. The only things I’m sure about are “Shallow” winning Best Original Song and Roma winning Best Foreign Language Film. Any of this year’s other frontrunners losing to another nominee wouldn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged at eternity's gate, avengers, ballad of buster scruggs, black klansman, black panther, bohemian rhapsody, border, can you ever forgive me, capernaum, christopher robin, cold war, favourite, first man, free solo, green book, hale county, hulu, if beale street could talk, incredibles 2, infinity war, into the spider-verse, isle of dogs, mary poppins returns, mary queen of scots, minding the gap, mirai, netflix, never look away, of fathers and sons, quiet place, ralph breaks the internet, rbg, ready player one, roma, shoplifters, solo, spider-man, star is born, star wars, vice, wife | Leave a comment

10
Jan

2018 in Review: Box Office Report

SURE-FIRE HITS – The Kings of the Box Office Black Panther ($700 million) Avengers: Infinity War ($678.8 million) Incredibles 2 ($608.5 million) Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ($416.7 million) SURPRISE SUCCESSES – They got there through word-of-mouth or succeeded where others … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Film | Tagged annihilation, avengers, black panther, book club, breaking in, crazy rich asians, death wish, detective chinatown 2, fantastic beasts, girl in the spider's web, halloween, i can only imagine, incredibles 2, infinity war, jurassic world, mortal engines, nutcracker, pacific rim uprising, paddington 2, predator, quiet place, ready player one, skyscraper, solo, star wars, tomb raider, truth or dare, won't you be my neighbor | Leave a comment