Title |
Year |
Rating |
Rank |
Review |
Spotlight | 2015 | 93 | 1 | - For all the talking heads, half-truths, and sensationalism that dominates the so-called "news channels" these days, we needed this film. Not only to remind us what passionate people can still do, but what journalism, true journalism, can still be. |
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens | 2015 | 93 | 1 | - The truly brilliant thing that the film does is that it establishes an era of the canon that is squarely after Return of the Jedi. It doesn't start a new chapter so much as the next book, so to speak. And J.J. Abrams and the writers deserve all the credit in the world for that. |
The Hateful Eight | 2016 | 93 | 1 | - Just an absolute blast of a time at the theater! |
Sicario | 2015 | 90 | 4 | - A 'Traffic' for the 'Call of Duty' generation. |
Room | 2015 | 89 | 5 | - Both heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time for the duration. |
Trumbo | 2015 | 89 | 5 | - Given how much the themes of communism, the first amendment, and vitriol towards those we disagree with pops up in today's political rhetoric, this is an incredibly important film for our time. For those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. |
The Big Short | 2015 | 88 | 7 | - Adam McKay's first 'serious' film is a palpable entry. |
The Martian | 2015 | 88 | 7 | - It's rare that a cast of this level of notoriety is also so well used. 'The Martian', both in development and in execution, tells you it takes an army to truly save one man. |
Mad Max: Fury Road | 2015 | 86 | 9 | - Stylistically, it's unlike anything you've seen before. |
The Revenant | 2015 | 86 | 9 | - Tremendously well-acted. Beautiful and brutally unfiltered cinematography. If it was about a half-hour shorter and trimmed some of the fat it would be a darn near perfect movie. |
Bridge of Spies | 2015 | 84 | 11 | - At its core, 'Bridge of Spies' is not a thriller about a few prisoners. No, it is a dissection of what made the 'Cold War' a terrifying and tense time. |
Brooklyn | 2015 | 84 | 11 | - A pretty beautiful romantic drama. |
Creed | 2015 | 84 | 11 | - There are boxing sequences that have you dipping and diving with every punch, whether or not you are watching it in 3D. |
Ex Machina | 2015 | 84 | 11 | - It's fascinating how such a seemingly simple story can evoke such complex themes. |
Love & Mercy | 2015 | 81 | 15 | - A dark but appreciable biopic. |
Inside Out | 2015 | 76 | 16 | - It's a cute little film for the family. |
Steve Jobs | 2015 | 68 | 17 | - Unlike 'Jobs' where Kutcher played the Apple god, 'Steve Jobs' commits the vast majority of the story and its emotional pull to the personal life of the man. But a movie about Jobs' personal life is sort of like making a movie about the Kardashians' business acumen. |