Category: 5 Favorites
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5 Favorites Redux #24: Favorite Stage Adaptations
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. While novels have been adapted more frequently for film than stage plays, the latter…
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5 Favorites Redux #23: Favorite Sci-Fi Films
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. Hope for the future is a powerful concept and when looking into history to…
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5 Favorites Redux #22: Comfort Films
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. This being the second week of the movie theater shut down, I’d like to…
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5 Favorites Redux #21: Post-Apocalypse Films
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. With COVID-19 an ever-present threat, there are no new wide releases at theaters this…
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5 Favorites Redux #20: The Best of Guy Pearce
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. Guy Pearace arrived on the acting scene in 1990 and quickly rose to prominence…
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5 Favorites Redux #19: Favorite Pixar Films
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. Over time, doing duplicate lists will be a challenge, especially how frequently Pixar and…
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5 Favorites Redux #18: The Films of Bill Nighy
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. Last weekend, Emma opened in limited release. It expands wide this week and in…
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5 Favorites Redux #17: Favorite Harrison Ford Films
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. In honor of the impending release of The Call of the Wild, the latest…
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5 Favorites Redux #16: Best of the Decade, Part 5
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. We are finally at the end. The best films of the decade reach their…
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5 Favorites Redux: Postponed
This past week has required me to write far more than I normally would in a typical week and so I have been unable to put the finishing touches on the final post of the Best of Decade list. It will most definitely return next week.
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5 Favorites Redux #15: Best of the Decade, Part 4
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. With only one more list to announce next week, we’re getting close to the…
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5 Favorites Redux #14: Best of the Decade, Part 3
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. We’re half way there, but not livin’ on a prayer. As we approach the…
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5 Favorites Redux #13: Best of the Decade, Part 2
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. If you didn’t read last week’s article, you should start there as it explains…
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5 Favorites Redux #12: Best of the Decade, Part 1
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. While the title of this article is 5 favorites, there’s no way to do…
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5 Favorites Redux #11: Upcoming Films
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. 2020 is a new year (shocking, I know) and carries with it plenty of…
