Eddie the Eagle, Triple 9, King Georges, The Last Man on the Moon

Eddie the Eagle

Triple 9



King Georges

The Last Man on the Moon

Capsules on a mixed week at the movies:

Race, Embrace of the Serpent, Rolling Papers

Race

Embrace of the Serpent

Rolling Papers

Quick capsules on another lousy February week at the movies:

PODCAST: If We Chose the OSCARS® 2015

Adrienne Green joins me to cast our votes in the major categories and reveal what would happen if we chose the OSCARS®.

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Zoolander No. 2, How to Be Single, A War, Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom, Boy and the World, Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong, The Club

Zoolander No. 2

How to Be Single

A War

Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

Boy and the World

Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong

The Club

A foreign language Oscar nominee to seek out caps an otherwise middling movie week. Here are the quick capsules:

PODCAST: The 10 Worst Films of 2015

Adrienne Green joins me to review the 10 worst films of 2015

Adrienne Green's Top Ten

1. The Stanford Prison Experiment
2. Glass Chin
3. Hot Tub Time Machine 2
4. Hot Pursuit
5. Queen of Earth
6. Scientology and the Prison of Belief
7. Kingsman: The Secret Service
8. The Loft
9. Furious 7
10. Mad Max: Fury Road

Jordan Chodorow's Top Ten

1. Goodbye to Language 3D
2. No Escape
3. Tomorrowland
4. Kingsman: The Secret Service
5. Love the Coopers
6. Mortdecai
7. Hot Pursuit
8. Hot Tub Time Machine 2
9. Anomalisa
10. Face of an Angel

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PODCAST: The 10 Best Films of 2015

Adrienne Green joins me to review the 10 best films of 2015

Adrienne Green's Top Ten

1. Room
2. Bridge of Spies
3. Straight Outta Compton
4. The Danish Girl
5. The Big Short
6. Creed
7. Carol
8. Trumbo
9. The Revenant
10. The Gift
11. McFarland

Jordan Chodorow's Top Ten

1. Spotlight
2. Clouds of Sils Maria
3. The Overnight
4. The Gift
5. By The Sea
6. Focus
7. Furious 7
8. The Hateful Eight
9. Sicario
10. Truth

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Hail Caesar!, Rams

Hail, Caesar!

Rams (Hrútar)





Capsules as we flip the calendar to February:

In the Shadow of Women, Fifty Shades of Black, The Finest Hours, The Oscar-Nominated Shorts 2015 (Animation, Documentary, Live Action)

In the Shadow of Women

Fifty Shades of Black



The Finest Hours

January closes out with three more discommendations and an unusually strong crop of Oscar-nominated short films: