Now, here we are. The end of the road. Below you will find my picks for the five best movies of 2015. I promise not to cry if you won’t. If you need to catch up, then you better click here, here, here and here. And now, let’s get this over with. Continue reading
The Best Films of 2015
The Best Films of 2015 (#10-6)
Everything until now was just practice. Today, we crack my top 10 movies of 2015, with a look at numbers 10 through 6. We’ll wrap this up with a bow tomorrow. If you missed the first three installments, click here, here and here. Continue reading
The Best Films of 2015 (#15-11)
We now arrive at part three of this very special countdown, and this means we are now past the halfway point. Click on the following links for part one and part two. If you are caught up, then there’s no reason to delay this any further. Continue reading
The Best Films of 2015 (#20-16)
We now enter part two of our week-long quest through the very best films of last year, and my return to the lucrative world of movie blogging. You can read yesterday’s first installment right here. In this post, we get started on the top 20. Let’s begin. Continue reading
The Best Films of 2015 (#30-21) and Omissions
I’m back! For now, that is. I’m still attempting to figure out how much blogging I will be doing in the year to come, but for the most part I consider my official “hiatus” to be over. I will try to start blogging again in the coming months, but I’m not sure what kind of volume we’re talking about yet. In the meantime, I’ve elected to spend this week revealing my picks for the top 30 movies of 2015. This feels like a good way to kick off what I’m hoping to be a productive year of writing, both here and on other, personal projects. Continue reading
Robots, Strippers and the Best of 2015 (So Far)
The idea that Hollywood is reliant on sequels and franchises is nothing new. If anything has changed, it’s that the films no longer have any real interest in working on their own terms. Call it the Marvel Effect if you wish, but the first priority of so many blockbusters these days seems to be the life of the franchise rather than the story they are attempting to tell in the moment. This is certainly the case with Terminator Genisys, which refurbishes the universe of James Cameron’s creation for the modern cinematic age. Of all the ways to make a new Terminator film, the method chosen by the filmmakers is truly one of the weirdest—it is at once a slave to the franchise’s past and a clear attempt at creating something new. It does neither job well, and ultimately betrays the best aspects of the franchise it is trying so hard to revitalize. Continue reading
The Screen Addict 