Beauty and the Beast

Stop the presses!

Table 19, The Sense of an Ending, Personal Shopper, Burning Sands, My Scientology Movie

Table 19

The Sense of an Ending

Personal Shopper

Burning Sands

My Scientology Movie

Quick capsules on a pentad of March movies:

The Films of January-February 2017

Sleepless

The Ardennes

Claire in Motion

xXx: Return of Xander Cage

The Salesman

They Call Us Monsters

Gold

The Daughter

Oklahoma City

War on Everyone

A United Kingdom

Fifty Shades Darker

Kedi

Kubo and the Two Strings

My Life as a Zucchini

Dying Laughing

The Red Turtle

The Last Word

Lovesong

Donald Cried

The Women's Balcony

A bout with bronchitis and a serious paucity of worthwhile titles mean the quickest of capsules on the first 21 films of 2017. Fuller and more regular reviews will resume forthwith.

PODCAST: If We Chose the OSCARS® 2016

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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"Americana" Kevin MacLeod
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PODCAST: Ten Worst Movies of 2016

Adrienne Green Joins me to review the ten worst movies of 2016

 Adrienne Green's Top Ten

1. Aferim!
2. The Invitation
3. Zootopia
4. The Lobster
5. The Hollars
6. Toni Erdmann
7. Hologram for the King
8. Light Between the Oceans
9. Jason Bourne
10. War Dogs

Jordan Chodorow's Top Ten

1. Hardcore Henry
2. The Invitation
3. Captain Fantastic
4. The BFG
5. Sausage Party
6. Bridget Jones's Baby
7. The Girl on the Train
8. London has Fallen
9. Mother's Day
10. The Birth of a Nation

In The West by Kevin MacLeod
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PODCAST: Ten Best Films of 2016

Adrienne Green joins me to review the 10 best films of 2016

Adrienne Green's Top Ten

1. La La Land
2. Hell or High Water
3. Hidden Figures
4. Manchester by the Sea
5. Fences
6. Eye in the Sky
7. Nocturnal Animals
8. Hacksaw Ridge
9. Elle
10. Hands of Stone

Jordan Chodorow's Top Ten

1. Joshy
2. Hell or High Water
3. Eye in the Sky
4. Too Late
5. The Measure of a Man
6. A War
7. The Infiltrator
8. American Honey
9. Free State of Jones
10. Blue Jay

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Noteworthy Performances of 2016

Here (in chronological order and either quoted verbatim or paraphrased) is what I wrote about some of the actors who created great movie moments in 2016: