Category: 5 Favorites
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5 Favorites #141: Unsung Horror of the 21st Century
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. Initially, I wanted to make this week’s article about my favorite horror films of…
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5 Favorites #140: Brad Pitt
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 hard to believe the career Brad Pitt has had. Trading on his good…
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5 Favorites #139: Jamil, Luna, Maron, McKinnon, Reeves
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, Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart play the faithful dogs of two prominent…
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5 Favorites #138: Films About Alien Invasions
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. Based on the trailers for Jordan Peele’s third film Nope, this seems to be…
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5 Favorites #137: Brooks, Cera, Hounsou, Takei, Yeoh
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. Although the movie looks like trash, Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank has…
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5 Favorites #136: Christian Bale
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. One of a handful of Hollywood actors who subscribe to the Stanislavsky Method of…
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5 Favorites #135: Ralph Fiennes
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, Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain star in an indie film about a…
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5 Favorites #134: Movies About Music
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 recent years, biopics of music royalty have been all the craze. Films about…
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5 Favorites #133: Vanessa Redgrave
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 a very minor film releasing this week called The Lost Girls. Joely Richardson…
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5 Favorites #132: Dern, Goldblum, Howard, Neill, Treverrow
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. Just like it’s predecessor, Jurassic World appears to be going out with three films…
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5 Favorites #131: John Malkovich
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. Another in the long line of Bruce Willis’ final performances releases this weekend. One…
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5 Favorites #130: Tom Cruise
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 box office draw for three decades now, Tom Cruise has gotten a lot…
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5 Favorites #129: Maggie Smith
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 such a large cast, Downton Abbey: A New Era provides me with plenty…
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5 Favorites #128: The Cast and Crew of Firestarter
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 aren’t a lot of great new releases and I previously covered Stephen King…
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5 Favorites #127: Cumberbatch, Ejiofor, Olsen, Stuhlbarg, Wong
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, the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe film releases, one of the few franchises…
