Category: 5 Favorites
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5 Favorites #126: Bruce Willis
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. Normally, I would take the wide releases and pick a topic based on those…
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5 Favorites #125: Nicole Kidman
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. Robert Eggers’ third film releases this weekend to wide audiences, bringing Alexander Skarsgaard in…
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5 Favorites #124: Jude Law
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. The third film in the Fantastic Beasts series releases this weekend with the usual…
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5 Favorites #123: Jake Gyllenhaal
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. Now that he’s broken away from the Transformers series, director Michael Bay gets back…
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5 Favorites #122: Non-MCU Marvel 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. This week, Jared Leto takes on another comic book role as Doctor Morbius, an…
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5 Favorites Postponed
Skipping this week (and possibly next) with no wide releases and far too much to prepare ahead of the Oscars.
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5 Favorites #121: DC 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. Not long ago, I looked at the state of the Marvel movies in cinemas.…
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5 Favorites #120: Joe Wright
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. Director Joe Wright has only made nine film since his first in 2005, Pride…
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5 Favorites #119: Banderas, Fleischer, Holland, Lebenzon, Wahlberg
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, we get three new wide releases, but the one most likely to…
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5 Favorites #118: Agatha Christie 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, Kenneth Branagh adapts his second Agatha Christie novel for the big screen.…
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5 Favorites #117: Disaster 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. This weekend, Roland Emmerich, the finest purveyor of trashy disaster flicks, has his latest…
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5 Favorites #116: Living Nonagenarian Actors
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. It’s another week where nothing in the release window for the coming weekend interests…
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5 Favorites #115: Pierce Brosnan
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. Sometimes, good actors pursue bad projects and end up making a career out of…
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5 Favorites #114: Dimension Films Productions
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. Originally a part of Miramax Films, selected to release its genre titles, Dimension Films…
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5 Favorites #113: Chastain, Cruz, Fan, Kruger, Nyong’o
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. There’s not much new to see this week, but the international spy thriller The…
