A collection of 17 posts
It's the day of the Oscars, and while I don't love the show like I used to, I do find it a good time to "call it" for the last year and make my list of favorite movies released in the previous year. It's a bit arbitrary, but I like
Yes and yes. The Data I used Box Office Mojo to look at the top 10 grossing movies in the U.S. from 1980 through today. I could have gone further back, but I'd consider the post-Jaws and Star Wars era to be the start of the modern era of
A thing I've seen crop up over the past few years has been people lamenting how film critics "just don't get it" when it comes to determining what actually is good. While I would contend that "good" and "popular" often get conflated, I wanted to look at the numbers to
I’ve spent the last 2 weekends watching The Lord of the Rings trilogy again (it’s been at least a decade since I saw them last), I’ve got the third one next weekend, and to say I’m enjoying them is a massive understatement. Not only are the
I watched Nomadland this weekend, and while it wasn’t my favorite movie of all time, it really drove home for me why I love film as an art form. TV is the new hotness, and even if it’s not on broadcast anymore, the television format lives on in
This article includes spoilers for all 3 films in the latest Star Wars trilogy. Also maybe Episodes 1-6, so just read this if you have seen all 9 mainline Star Wars movies. Cool? Cool.
As you get older, it’s harder for movies to have the same impact on you that they did when you were younger. That said, the past decade has had some of the best movies I have ever seen, and some of them have impacted me more than I ever
The Oscars are tonight, which means it’s time for me to put together my list of the best movies I saw in 2018. Below are my top 10, and at the bottom I have a lit of everything I saw this year and what I still want to see.
This list is slightly late, but considering how back-loaded the year tends to be when it comes film, it’s hard for normal people like myself to get out there and see everything by New Year’s Day. A full month into 2018, I think I have seen most of
I walked into Best Buy this Black Friday and I wanted to pick up some movies on deep discount. There were a few films that were marked down to less than $10 on Blu Ray that I really wanted to add to my collection, and figured enduring the mass of
Timothy Huneycutt nails it: In many ways, this movie feels like elaborate scene setting instead of a proper first installment to a new franchise. I really, really liked Fantastic Beasts, but the above line is right on point. It's a beautiful film with great character work, but the plot itself
Almost all of Pixar's films are about growing up in one way or another. Some films hit this more on the head than others, and those tend to be my favorites. Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc, and Toy Story each come to mind as standouts. Inside Out follows in these films'
[embed height="281" width="500"]http://vimeo.com/130781543[/embed] John Hess has an awesome video series going called FilmmakerIQ which covers all manner of things related to film. These videos are always fun and informative, and they’re a great way to geek out over movies for 15-20 minutes
What is startling about Inside Out's weekend is that it is the highest opening weekend ever for an original property (that is to say one that is not a sequel or a non-sourced work), passing Avatar, which made $77M on its December 18-20, 2009 bow. - via www.boxofficemojo.com
I know this is a truly excellent poster because I really want to watch Blade Runner right now. Via The Ninja Bot, but it's tragically sold through its limited run.