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Chris Luckett
You know the Worst Movies of 2015. You know the Best Movies of 2015. But what what about the hundred-plus in between? Where did notable absentees from like Furious 7, Inside Out, and Jurassic World land in the grand of scheme of things?
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Chris Luckett
Last year, in my Best Movies of 2014 article, I commented on how weak a year we’d had. If only I’d known what 2015 would be like!
For the first time since I launched The Apple Box in 2011, I don’t have 25 movies to strongly recommend. I’ve always said the only movies that deserve to be on a “Best of the Year” list are 4½- and 5-star films, and standing by that, that leaves me with 17. Just 17 movies last year, out of the nearly 150 that I saw, were good enough to write home about.
There were far more average or mediocre movies compared to great ones last year, but that doesn’t mean 2015 was a wash, by any means. These 17 movies, in fact, feel all the more special by being surrounded by weaker fare than usual. These films reminded us all that no matter how bad a year’s cinematic crop, there will always be brilliant movies. Continue reading
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Chris Luckett
As with every year, the day before the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences celebrates the best films 2015 had to offer, the Razzie Awards will mock the year’s very worst cinematic turkeys. In much the same way, what better way to precede The Apple Box’s upcoming Best Movies of 2015 feature than looking back at the year’s very worst? Continue reading
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Chris Luckett
2015 may have been a weak year for movies, but that means nothing when it comes to a trailer. After all, even the worst movies usually have least 150 seconds of good parts to them, and awful movies can sometimes produce brilliant trailers. (See: Man of Steel.) Continue reading
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Chris Luckett
This year’s Academy Awards may be over, but with Oscar-contender The Grand Budapest Hotel hitting theatres tomorrow, it’s never too early to look ahead to next year’s race. Here are some of the early contenders, based on previous nominations and early buzz.
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