Category: 5 Favorites
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5 Favorites Redux #10: Favorite Christmas Movies
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. A day late and a dollar short, I’m giving you my ultimate list of…
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5 Favorites Redux #9: Favorite Star Wars Properties
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. Friday, or really Thursday evening these days, is the beginning of the end of…
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5 Favorites Redux #8: Favorite Films Starring the Cast of Jumanji 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. With a cast like this, you have to look at what they’ve done and…
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5 Favorites Redux #7: Films Starring Scarlett Johnasson
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 week, Noah Baumbach’s critically acclaimed Marriage Story releases to cinemas with Scarlett Johansson…
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5 Favorites Redux #6: Favorite Films Starring the Cast of Knives Out
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 Knives Out, director Rian Johnson tries to go small after the blockbuster Star…
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5 Favorites Redux #5: Disney Animated Heroines
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. Frozen II enters multiplexes this weekend, so I’m going to take a look at…
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5 Favorites Redux #4: TV Show 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. This weekend, the latest cinematic adaptation of a small screen venture makes its way…
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5 Favorites Redux #3: Favorite Stephen King 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. With the release of the latest adaptation of a Stephen King work, I want…
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5 Favorites Redux #2: Films About Major Historical Figures
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 this week’s release of Kasi Lemmons’ Harriet starring Cynthia Erivo as…
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5 Favorites Redux #1: Inventive Horror Premises
Five years ago, we wrapped up a long-running feature where visitors submitted their five favorites in a specific category each week. While I’m not bringing back THAT particular feature, I am reviving the title for a new feature that I intend to release weekly on Thursdays. This new feature will be my list of 5…
