Category: 5 Favorites
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5 Favorites Redux #67: Oscars: Makeup, VFX & Sound
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 this weekend has a number of films releasing with fascinating actors, I thought…
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5 Favorites Redux #66: Lance Henriksen
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. At 80, actor Lance Henriksen continues to churn out film after film hoping to…
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5 Favorites Redux #65: Firth, McDormand, Strathairn, Tucci, Washington
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 last week was a rather weak week in terms of potential topics for…
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5 Favorites Redux #64: Favorite Political 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. It’s been a busy week and with my other obligations taking up a lot…
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5 Favorites Redux #63: Actors Turned Directors
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 nothing coming out this weekend that I can grasp onto as a theme…
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5 Favorites Redux #62: Snowy 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. New Year’s morning (Friday), we had a small ice storm roll through. Then on…
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5 Favorites Redux #61: Favorite Young 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. This weekend, Chloe Grace Moretz has a new film coming out called Shadow in…
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5 Favorites Redux #60: Most Anticipated Films of 2021
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. As we look back at the shambles of the American film scene for the…
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5 Favorites Redux #59: 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. The annual debate on what makes a Christmas movie is here again with Die…
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5 Favorites Redux #58: Favorite Christopher Walken 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. Five actors’ names popped out to me from this weekend’s release. Of those, only…
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5 Favorites Redux #57: Favorite Tommy Lee Jones 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. As easy as it can be to overrate Tommy Lee Jones’ capability as an…
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5 Favorites Redux #56: Favorite DreamWorks Animation 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 weekend, a small number of films release, and while I had some interesting…
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5 Favorites Redux #55: Favorite Nicolas Cage 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. Starting out his career with his more famous Coppola surname, Nicolas Cage appeared in…
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5 Favorites Redux #54: Favorite Diane Keaton 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 week, a disposable romantic comedy releases to cinemas and with it, we’re given…
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5 Favorites Redux #53: Focus Features 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. On August 16, 2002 a scrappy independent studio released its first feature to cinemas.…
