The John Wick series is one that I started watching just last year before the release of the second film. I had the first one saved on my DVR for the longest time but I just never got to watching it for whatever reason. The first film was one of the best pure action films that I’ve seen since the original Taken and the second was more of the same. The camera work and fight...
After a few bad films several years back, the last few have been a Shyamalanaissance of sorts with Split being the best of those. The main draw was James McAvoy playing a character with multiple personalities. While McAvoy’s performance was the best part of the film, the film could have gone further because the trailers may or may not have implied that there would be more personalities than were shown here. (original review)
If you would like to read more about the story in which it was based, click here. This was billed to be a big contender come awards season but in reality was just disappointing. The disjointed and badly paced story made it difficult to ever get invested in the story despite Matthew McConaughey’s performance. (original review)
Annette Bening got robbed of an Oscar nomination for this but it did rightfully get a nomination for Best Original Screenplay. It was just a great coming of age story from multiple perspectives, anchored by the amazing performance by Bening. (original review)
It’s a shame that this didn’t get as much recognition as it did. It was my most anticipated movie of 2016 but after having it’s release date shifted so many time, my excitement began to wain. Despite this, Michael Keaton elevated this movie, continuing his post-Birdman resurgence. (original review)
