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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
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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
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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
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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
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2010s in Review: The Best Movies, Part 2
This is Part 2 of a three-part series. Read Part 1 here. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015, George Miller) Still jaw-dropping years later, this is gold standard for action movies. And if you want to read more into it, there’s … Continue reading
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Tagged hulu, into the spider-verse, mad max, marriage story, martian, master, minding the gap, mission impossible, moonlight, most violent year, mother, netflix, parasite, phoenix, portrait of a lady on fire, roma, scott pilgrim, selma, separation, silence, silver linings playbook, sing street, social network, spider-man, tower, toy story 3, tree of life, wind river, zero dark thirty
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2010s in Review: The Best Movies, Part 1
It’s no exaggeration to say I watched more movies this decade than in the previous two combined, so settling on this list was pretty grueling. But I narrowed it down to 50 movies that meant a lot to me. That … Continue reading
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Tagged 1917, 20th century women, about time, amazon, annihilation, apollo 11, arrival, blindspotting, boyhood, call me by your name, carol, certified copy, cloud atlas, drive, dunkirk, favourite, first man, first reformed, get out, going clear, grand budapest hotel, handmaiden, hbo, her, inside out, intouchables, prime
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2010s in Review: The Funniest Movies
When it comes to comedy, I can appreciate any style with any level of depth. While there may have been better-crafted comedies this decade, these were the 10 (well, 11) that made me laugh the most and the hardest. 21 … Continue reading
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Tagged 21 jump street, 22 jump street, cedar rapids, crazy stupid love, death of Stalin, easy a, favourite, four lions, game night, inherent vice, nice guys, popstar, spy, top five, what we do in the shadows, wolf of wall street
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2010s in Review: The Best Film Performances, Part 2
This is Part 2 of a two-part series. Read Part 1 here. DUOS Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Melissa McCarthy & Richard E. Grant Gay and lesbian friendships are so rarely portrayed on-screen, but McCarthy and Grant gave career-best … Continue reading
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Tagged can you ever forgive me, certified copy, cloud atlas, easy a, game night, master, moonlight, nice guys, silver linings playbook, widows
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2010s in Review: The Best Film Performances, Part 1
This was a nearly impossible task, picking between lead and supporting turns, comedic and dramatic. But here are my top 5 male and female performances of the decade. MEN Moonlight – Mahershala Ali The platonic ideal of a supporting performance, … Continue reading
2010s in Review: The Worst Movies
Being a semi-professional film critic meant seeing a lot of garbage, in addition to the many fine films I got to see. Some of these I paid good money for though, and more than the cost of the ticket, I’d … Continue reading
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Tagged alice in wonderland, assholes, battleship, breaking dawn, brooklyn's finest, canyons, collateral beauty, crave, death wish, exodus, greenberg, hannah has a ho-phase, host, huntsman, killers, mojave, peppermint, project x, runner runner, savages, serena, suicide squad, twilight, vampires suck, white girl, winter's war, wonder wheel
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2010s in Review: The Best Film Music
Like cinematography, it seemed like there was more great film music than ever this decade. That made picking these Top 5’s harder than usual. I already wrote at length about how great Hans Zimmer’s Interstellar score was, so I’m setting … Continue reading
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Tagged baby driver, call me by your name, drive, guardians of the galaxy, hateful eight, hearts beat loud, if beale street could talk, phantom thread, popstar, shutter island, sing street, skyfall, social network, star is born, upstream color
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