Month: December 2017

After all the celebrations of Christmas Day I decided to cross something off my bucket list and view a movie in the theater during the most popular holiday in America, and to my surprise it’s apparently a pretty common tradition. The film I saw…one of the most talked about movies of the fall and winter for all the wrong reasons “All the Money in the World”. Based on real life events, this film became known for its sudden recasting after Kevin Spacey’s scandals came to light less than a month before the movie’s release. Still, the film has managed to garner critical success. So I’m here to do what I do and discuss my opinions on this Frankenstein of a film. Here’s my review of “All the Money in the World”.

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First off a very Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all enjoy(ed) the holiday!

To continue my year end series it certainly wasn’t the most dominant genre of 2017, but science fiction still had its highlights. From space adventures to warring apes and shrinking people this genre captured our wildest imaginations all the same. Continuing my “Best of 2017” series I looked at films that fit within the science fiction genre and picked out the ones I thought were the best of this calendar year. These are my picks for the Top 10 Sci-Fi Films of 2017.

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Ever since the 74^th Venice Film Festival I’ve waited to see for myself what “Downsizing” was all about. A science fiction comedy that serves as a dramatic parody of sorts of dystopian concepts, “Downsizing” is ironically a much smaller movie than I expected, but that doesn’t make it unwatchable. Containing charm and focusing on a few pretty heavy themes “Downsizing” has a lot to say, but how well does it really say it? Here is my review.

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You know over the years I’ve found a new respect for cinematic musicals, specifically ones that are original properties. While it’s impressive to take an already established stage musical and turn it into a good film it’s even more impressive, and frankly more difficult in my opinion, to create something original that comes to life on screen. While it’s not perfect, “The Greatest Showman” is an example of how the musical elements of these films can make or break the project, even if the movie as a whole lacks that special something to make it truly amazing. So is “The Greatest Showman” a show worth watching? Here’s my review!

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I can’t believe it! It’s actually good. The new “Jumanji” movie is actually pretty good! Sorry I just had to get that off my chest. Following up the legendary 90s nostalgia film “Jumanji” from 1995 this standalone sequel had a lot of buzz, both positive and negative, around it for nearly two years leading up to its premier. To my delight and shock this adventurous fantasy film packs a punch and works as both an kid friendly tribute to video game culture and an adult friendly comedy. Let’s take a closer look at what I consider probably the biggest surprise quality film of 2017. Here is my review of “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle”.

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We saw plenty of animated offerings in 2017 with every major animation studio rolling out different features for the young and young at heart to appreciate in full. From animated takes on classic children’s books to franchise builders, sequels and original stories it was a good year for the genre. Not a great year, but a good one. Continuing my series of best films of 2017 I took a look at ten of the best animated features of the year. These are my picks for the “Top 10 Animated Films of 2017”.

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