#( v. the resurgence of a star || popstar )

[vulpinekiss]

Tag dump 2: Skin verses

[memoriakissed]

@secretxnight

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            ❝ I look forward to working with you today. ❞

    Comes a sweet voice from the doorway, she bowing. The Korean popstar found herself working with Japanese talent today. . . Not that she minded. She had always admired TRIGGER && of late often times found comfort in their music.

      It was funny. . . An idol seeking solace in another artist's work, but such was life && was that not one of the many purpose of music? To heal? To inspire? To aid one in the darkest of times?

   Of course, the smile upon her features was quite fake, but what was an artist to do? She was fighting to get out of this hiatus, lest she stay forever out of the music scene && this opportunity had opened up to her. Her manager had been eager for her to take it && much to his delight ( && after several weeks of almost begging ) she had finally accepted.

      As golden hues settled upon the trio in front of her, she became blantantly aware of a key detail: These three were not HUMAN. In fact, if her instincts were correct, they were of the DEMON family. Incubi? Yes. . . That seemed right.

   Not that it mattered to vulpine star. She had worked with worse, hell, dated other supernaturals.

      Her mind drifts to Cassopeia. . . 

   Ears flick as she realizes they've introduced themselves, she quickly composing herself, as she flashes another brilliant smile, before moving to sit next to Ryunosuke.

            ❝ So tell me. . . Do I make any of you nervous with what I am? ❞

[animusrox]

1. Captain America: Civil War 2. 10 Cloverfield Lane 3. The Witch 4. Kubo and the Two Strings 5. Lion 6. Fences 7. The Red Turtle 8. The Nice Guys 9. Hell or High Water 10. La La Land |GRADE A| 11. Midnight Special 12. Manchester by the Sea 13. Train To Busan 14. A Monster Calls 15. Arrival 16. Zootopia 17. Doctor Strange 18. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 19. Deadpool 20. Nocturnal Animals 21. Don't Think Twice 22. Moonlight 23. The Birth of a Nation 24. The Jungle Book 25. Queen of Katwe 26. Denial 27. The Conjuring 2 28. Captain Fantastic 29. Everybody Wants Some!! 30. Hunt for the Wilderpeople 31. Moana 32. Green Room 33. Eye In The Sky 34. 13th 35. Tickled 36. Anthropoid 37. Hardcore Henry 38. The Shallows 39. Paterson 40. Weiner 41. Batman: Return Of The Caped Crusaders 42. Deepwater Horizon 43. Loving 44. The Magnificent Seven 45. Silence 46. Don't Breathe 47. Desierto 48. Sing Street 49. Miles Ahead 50. Blair Witch 51. Daft Punk Unchained 52. The Monster 53. The Salesman 54. The Trust 55. Free State of Jones

  Grade B Through F...

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|GRADE B| 56. Florence Foster Jenkins 57. The Edge of Seventeen 58. Jackie 59. Hail, Caesar! 60. Before I Wake 61. Patriots Day 62. Hush 63. The Infiltrator 64. Pete's Dragon 65. Barry 66. Hands of Stone 67. Lights Out 68. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 69. War Dogs 70. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising 71. Me Before You 72. 20th Century Women 73. Café Society 74. The Founder 75. Imperium 76. Army of One 77. X-Men: Apocalypse 78. Race 79. Star Trek Beyond 80. The Legend of Tarzan 81. Hacksaw Ridge 82. The Girl on the Train 83. Batman: The Killing Joke 84. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 85. Frank & Lola 86. Southside With You 87. Storks 88. Sausage Party 89. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 90. Hidden Figures |GRADE C| 91. Office Christmas Party 92. The BFG 93. The Wailing 94. Miss Sloane 95. Live By Night 96. Snowden 97. The Secret Life of Pets 98. Rules Don't Apply 99. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 100. Trolls 101. The Invitation 102. Passengers 103. Central Intelligence 104. Bleed For This 105. The Disappointments Room 106. Warcraft 107. Gold 108. Nerve 109. Eddie The Eagle 110. Swiss Army Man 111. Elvis & Nixon 112. They're Watching 113. Finding Dory 114. Inferno 115. Triple 9 116. The Accountant 117. I Saw the Light 118. The Finest Hours 119. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 120. The Angry Birds Movie 121. Demolition 122. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot 123. The Purge: Election Year 124. The Hallow 125. Jane Got a Gun 126. Allied 127. Clown 128. High-Rise 129. Money Monster 130. Keanu 131. 13 Hours 132. The Light Between Oceans 133. Holidays 134. Kevin Hart: What Now? 135. The Lobster 136. Ghostbusters |GRADE F| 137. Bad Santa 2 138. The Brothers Grimsby 139. Sing 140. 31 141. Incarnate 142. Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates 143. The Neon Demon 144. Now You See Me 2 145. Ride Along 2 146. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 147. Masterminds 148. Justice League vs. Teen Titans 149. Gods of Egypt 150. Bad Moms 151. Skiptrace 152. Alice Through the Looking Glass 153. Equals 154. Suicide Squad 155. The Huntsman: Winter's War 156.  Batman: Bad Blood 157. Ben-Hur 158. When the Bough Breaks 159. Jason Bourne 160. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 161. Morgan 162. Why Him? 163. Nina 164. London Has Fallen 165. The 5th Wave 166. The Boss 167. Dirty Grandpa 168. The Sea of Trees 169. Shut In 170. The Darkness 171. The Divergent Series: Allegiant Bottom 10 172. Keeping Up With The Joneses 173. The Boy 174. Collateral Beauty 175. The Forest 176. Criminal 177. Assassin's Creed 178. Yoga Hosers 179. Nine Lives 180. Zoolander 2 181. Independence Day: Resurgence

[boogieknightrises]

Movies I watched in 2016.

Bold are in theaters.

January: 12/4

The Raid. Bone Tomahawk. The Lobster. Star Wars The Force Awakens (3rd viewing). Tangerine. Hateful 8. The Revenant. We Need to Talk About Kevin. Uncle John. The Boy. Queen of Earth. Space Cop.

February: 13/11

45 Years. Regression. Room. Frank. Hail, Caesar. Rosemary’s Baby. Deadpool. The Witch. Southbound. Mad Max: Fury Road (2nd viewing). Counter Investigation. The Witch (2nd viewing). Only Yesterday.

March: 13/6

The Wave. Cloverfield. 10 Cloverfield Lane. Anomalisa. Inside Llewyn Davis. And the Band Played On.  10 Cloverfield Lane (2nd viewing) As Above, So Below. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (9/10ths of it). Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2. Experimenter.  Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Ran.

April: 19/10

The Last Dragon. Midnight Special. Calvary. Take Me to the River. Demolition. The Invitation. Hush. Hardcore Henry. Hello, My Name is Doris. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976). Chuck Norris vs. Communism. A Space Program. Holidays. Masters of the Universe. Green Room.  That's Not Funny. The Loved Ones. April and the Extraordinary World.  Captain America: The First Avenger.

May: 37/30

Green Room.  Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Purple Rain. Captain America: Civil War.  Captain America: Civil War  (2nd viewing). Dope.L'attesa. Hockney. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. High-Rise. Welcome to Leith. Money Monster.  Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. The Nice Guys. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. Wiener. The Last King. Tickled. Indignation. We Are Still Here. Secret Film #1. Neighbors 2. Ants on a Shrimp. 3000 Nights. Welcome to Norway. As You Are. My Blind Brother. Eternal Summer. First Girl I Loved. The Intervention. In a Valley of Violence.  Secret Film #2. Les Cowboys. Evolution. Wiener-Dog. Truman. X-Men: Apocalypse.

June: 25/20

The Pistol Shrimps. The Innocents. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. The Bitter Stems. Dementia. Secret Movie #3. Transpecos. Ant-Man. Life, Animated. The Fits. Captain Fantastic. Southside with You. Secret Film #4. 10 Cloverfield Lane. Warcraft. Cold in July. Kedi. Attacking the Darkness. Independence Day: Resurgence. Blow Out. The Shallows. De Palma. Obsession. Tales from the Script. Swiss Army Man.

July: 29/24

The Sting. Finding Dory. The Purge: Election Year. Lights Out. Mountains May Depart. The Deer Hunter. The Hunt for the Wilderpeople. Unlocking the Cage. Ghostbusters (2016). Night Owls. The Kind Words. Kubo and the Two Strings. Star Trek Beyond. This Gun for Hire. Dr. Broadway. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. Norman Lear: Another Version of You. Scarlet Street. My Name is Julia Ross. The Dark Corner. Dead Reckoning.  Desert Fury.  Sorry, Wrong Number.  The Reckless Moment.  Gun Crazy.  Southside 1-1000. Train to Busan. Jason Bourne. Paprika.

August: 15/12

The Audience. Hell or High Water. Suicide Squad. Sorcerer. Blood Simple. The General (1926). Tallulah. Measure for Measure. Blue Velvet. Lo and Behold: Reveries of a Connected World. To Catch a Thief. Phantom Boy. Don’t Breathe. Merchant of Venice. Complete Unknown.

September: 19/15

The Light Between Oceans. 2001: A Space Odyssey. Tron. Turn of the Screw. Morgan. Aliens. Captain America Civil War. The Last Witch Hunter. Lifeforce. Blair Witch. Interstellar. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition.  Department Q Trilogy Pt 1: The Keeper of Lost Causes.  Department Q Trilogy Pt 2: The Absent One.   Department Q Trilogy Pt 3: A Conspiracy of Faith. The Beatles: Eight Days a Week.  Hieronymus Bosch, Touched by the Devil. Magnificent Seven. Cameraperson.

October: 14/12

A Man Called Ove. The Girl On The Train. Voyage of Time. Moonlight. The Accountant. Blue Jay. Denial. They Look Like People. Ouija Origin of Evil. Certain Women. Closet Monster. The Handmaiden. I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House. Frankenstein

November: 12/8

Miss Hokusai. Doctor Strange. Christine (2016). 13th. Mad Max Fury Road: Black and Chrome. Dr Strange. Guardians of the Galaxy. Arrival. I Am Your Father. The Verdict. La La Land. Blade Runner The Final Cut.

December:  17/11

Hamlet. Equals. The Handmaiden. Nocturnal Animals. Spectral. Miss Sloane. Jackie. Rogue One. Rogue One Imax 3D. We Are What we Are. Passengers. Another Earth. Keanu. Silence. Fences. These Final Hours.

[kyredperspective]

Best of 2016 - Movies

While not the best year for movies, nonetheless it's list time. The top 6 would be guarantees on any year end list, so with that in mind on with the show.

1. Rogue One – The story, the action, the acting, the Easter eggs, the Donnie Yen, all superb. I'm not sure yet where this falls on the overall Star Wars list yet, but for this year it grabs number one. It was an excellent capper to the year of Disney box office dominance.

2. Deadpool- The most surprising of all the year's superhero flicks, I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did. The perfect casting helped make it the big ball of crazy fun that it was. Here's hoping to many more instalments of Deadpool's unique adventures.

3. Zootopia-  A Disney adventure that rivals any of the Pixar tales, this was great for adults too. I'm a big fan of buddy cop movies and this belongs alongside the greats, with its perfect mix of action and comedy.

4. Captain America: Civil War- Another year, another great Marvel movie. Arguably the best series going for Marvel, this chapter showed no decline in quality. Some franchises have trouble balancing that many characters without having to introduce some majors, but amazingly everyone gets their time to shine.  

5. Doctor Strange- The trippiest Marvel film yet, proved to be an excellent origin story. The openinig sequence hooks you with its stunning visuals and the entire cast do an excellent job handling the ever shifting tone.

6. Headshot- TIFF Midnight Madness selection, action variety. Plot? Who cares. It's a showcase for Iko Uwais (The Raid) to fight a whole bunch of people. Awesome bloody gruesome fights.

7. Message From The King- An early TIFF view, this is a noirish detective tale starring Chadwick Boseman as a man searching for his sister. Boseman's character is an outsider in LA, having just arrived from South Africa and he must navigate the twisted LA world to seek answers. Well acted with good action and twists.

8. Star Trek Beyond – Simon Pegg's Star Trek is the first of the new series not tied to the originals and is a fun ride. Scotty and Jaylah make an excellent team and the rest of the supporting cast get their due too.

9. Arq- TIFF seen, Netflix produced, Arq was a cool Canadian apocalyptic sci-fi version of Groundhog Day. Not too much else could be said for fear of spoilers, but it's well worth a watch.

10. X-Men: Apocalypse- Needless to say the third instalment of this series is light years better than the third of the last series.

11. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back 12. The Nice Guys 13. London Has Fallen 14. Birth Of The Dragon 15. Below Her Mouth 16. Belko Experiment 17. Goldstone 18. The Limehouse Golem 19. (re)Assignment 20. City of Tiny Lights 21. The Unknown Girl 22. Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates 23. The Brothers Grimsby 24. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 25. Suicide Squad 26. Central Intelligence 27. Independence Day: Resurgence 28. Prevenge 29. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 30. Ride Along 2

I normally don't single out a worst movie, but when one is as bad as Salt & Fire it needs to done. Disappointingly bad.

From just looking at the trailers, 2017 looks to be a superior year to '16 in terms of quality. Here is a chronological list of the films I'm most looking forward to.

1. Underworld: Blood Wars 2. XXX: Return of Xander Cage 3. Lego Batman 4. John Wick 2 5. Fist Fight 6. Logan 7. Trainspotting 2 8. Kong: Skull Island 9. Fate of the Furious 10. Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 11. Baywatch 12. POTC: Dead Men Tell No Tales 13. Wonder Woman 14. The Mummy 15. Transformers: The Last Knight 16. Despicable Me 3 17. Spider-Man Homecoming 18. Dunkirk 19. Blade Runner 2049 20. Kingsmen: The Golden Circle 21. Thor: Ragnarok 22. Justice League 23. Star Wars: Episode VIII 24. Jumanji

[aronsonfilm]

2016 MOVIE TRIBUTE from Max Shishkin on Vimeo.

Music: Andy Hull and Robert McDowell – Finale (OST Swiss Army Man) Julian Winding – The Demon Dance (OST The neon Demon) Junkie XL – Twelve Bullets (OST Deadpool) Must Save Jane – Free

CLIQUE: vk.com/cliqque Max Shishkin: vk.com/max_shishkin

2014 MOVIE TRIBUTE: vimeo.com/116858291 2015 MOVIE TRIBUTE: vimeo.com/149950166

Movie list: 1. 10 Cloverfield Lane 2. 11.22.63 3. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi 4. 28 Панфиловцев 5. 31 6. A Bigger Splash 7. A Dragon Arrives! 8. A Monster Calls 9. A United Kingdom 10. Alice Through the Looking Glass 11. Allied 12. Always Shine 13. American Crime Story: The People v OJ Simpson 14. American Honey 15. American Pastoral 16. Arrival 17. Assassin’s Creed 18. Bad Santa 2 19. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 20. Before I Wake 21. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 22. Bleed for This 23. Blood Father 24. Captain America: Civil War 25. Captain Fantastic 26. Certain Women 27. Christine 28. Daredevil 29. Deadpool 30. Deepwater Horizon 31. Desierto 32. Diablo 33. Doctor Strange 34. Dog Eat Dog 35. Don't Breathe 36. Eddie the Eagle 37. Elle 38. En man som heter Ove 39. Equals 40. Everybody Wants Some!! 41. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 42. Finding Dory 43. Fire at Sea 44. Frank & Lola 45. Free State of Jones 46. Game of Thrones 47. Ghostbusters 48. Gods of Egypt 49. Green Room 50. Hacksaw Ridge 51. Hail, Caesar! 52. Hardcore Henry 53. Hell or High Water 54. High-Rise 55. Hunt for the Wilderpeople 56. Hush 57. I Saw the Light 58. I, Daniel Blake 59. Imperium 60. In a Valley of Violence 61. In Dubious Battle 62. Independence Day: Resurgence 63. Indignation 64. Inferno 65. It's Only the End of the World 66. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back 67. Jackie 68. Jane Got A Gun 69. Jason Bourne 70. Jean-Claude Van Johnson 71. Keeping Up With the Joneses 72. Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV 73. Kubo and the Two Strings 74. La La Land 75. La Tortue Rouge 76. Last Days in the Desert 77. Lion 78. London Has Fallen 79. Loving 80. Luke Cage 81. Man Down 82. Manchester by the Sea 83. Marauders 84. Mechanic: Resurrection 85. Midnight Special 86. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 87. Moana 88. Money Monster 89. Moonlight 90. Morgan 91. Mr. Right 92. Mr. Robot 93. Narcos 94. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising 95. Nerve 96. Nocturnal Animals 97. Now You See Me 2 98. Ouija: Origin of Evil 99. Passengers 100. Paterson 101. Pete's Dragon 102. Planetarium 103. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 104. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 105. Quarry 106. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 107. Sausage Party 108. Silence 109. Sing Street 110. Snowden 111. Star Trek: Beyond 112. Stranger Things 113. Suicide Squad 114. Sully 115. Swiss Army Man 116. Tenemos la Carne 117. The 9th Life of Louis Drax 118. The Accountant 119. The BFG 120. The Birth of a Nation 121. The Brothers Grimsby 122. The Childhood of a Leader 123. The Conjuring 2 124. The Duel 125. The Finest Hours 126. The Girl on the Train 127. The Girl With All The Gifts 128. The Handmaiden 129. The Huntsman: Winter's War 130. The Infiltrator 131. The Jungle Book 132. The Love Witch 133. The Magnificent Seven 134. The Neon Demon 135. The Nice Guys 136. The Night Of 137. The Shallows 138. The VVitch: A New-England Folktale 139. The Walking Dead 140. The Young Pope 141. Toni Erdmann 142. Triple 9 143. Voyage of Time 144. War Dogs 145. War on Everyone 146. Warcraft 147. Westworld 148. X-Men: Apocalypse 149. Zoolander 2 150. Zootopia 151. Дуэлянт 152. Коллектор 153. Ледокол 154. Ученик

[richardreviewsmovies-blog]

Movies of 2016

The full and ranked list of every movie I saw at the cinema in 2016. 

A reminder of the rating system:

5: Excellent; 4: Good; 3: Ok; 2: Poor; 1: Terrible; 0: One of the worst films I’ve ever seen.

81: Midnight Special 0/5; 80: Ghostbusters 1/5; 79: Disorder 1/5; 78: I Saw The Light 2/5; 77: Suicide Squad 2/5; 76: Our Kind Of Traitor 2/5; 75: X Men: Apocalypse 2/5; 74: The Magnificent Seven 2/5; 73: Free State Of Jones 2/5; 72: Allied 2/5; 71: Mechanic: Resurrection 2/5; 70: Independence Day: Resurgence 2/5; 69: Triple 9 2/5; 68: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 2/5; 67: Julieta 3/5; 66: The Birth of a Nation 3/5; 65: War On Everyone 3/5; 64: Bastille Day 3/5; 63: War Dogs 3/5; 62: The BFG 3/5; 61: Jason Bourne 3/5; 60: Sully 3/5; 59: Bleed For This 3/5; 58: A United Kingdom 3/5; 57: Dr Strange 3/5; 56: The Girl With All The Gifts 3/5; 55: Everybody Wants Some!! 3/5; 54: Sausage Party 3/5; 53: The Girl on the Train 3/5; 52: Passengers 3/5; 51: Snowden 3/5; 50: Storks 3/5; 49: The Infiltrator 3/5; 48: The Jungle Book 3/5; 47: The Light Between Oceans 3/5; 46: The Nice Guys 3/5; 45: Creed 3/5; 44: American Honey 3/5; 43: The Hateful Eight 3/5; 42: Central Intelligence 3/5; 41: Dad's Army 3/5; 40: Demolition 3/5; 39: The Accountant 3/5; 38: Green Room 3/5; 37: Pete's Dragon 3/5; 36: 10 Cloverfield Lane 3/5; 35: Joy 4/5; 34: The Legend of Tarzan 4/5; 33: Concussion 4/5; 32: A Hologram For The King 4/5; 31: Swallows & Amazons 4/5; 30: Bad Moms 4/5; 29: Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates 4/5; 28: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 4/5; 27: Trolls 4/5; 26: High Rise 4/5; 25: Anomalisa 4/5; 24: Moana 4/5; 23: The Danish Girl 4/5; 22: Don't Breathe 4/5; 21: Finding Dory 4/5; 20: Eye In The Sky 4/5; 19: Spotlight 4/5; 18: Swiss Army Man 4/5; 17: Nocturnal Animals 4/5; 16: The Big Short 4/5; 15: Captain America: Civil War 4/5; 14: Money Monster 4/5; 13: Manchester By The Sea 4/5; 12: Deadpool 4/5; 11: Hell Or High Water 4/5; 10: Hunt For The Wilderpeople 4/5; 9: Train To Busan 4/5; 8: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 4/5; 7: Hardcore Henry 5/5; 6: A Monster Calls 5/5; 5: Arrival 5/5; 4: Your Name 5/5; 3: Zootropolis 5/5; 2. The Revenant 5/5; 1: Kubo and the Two Strings 5/5.

[sanago]

2016 MOVIE TRIBUTE from Max Shishkin on Vimeo.

Music: Andy Hull and Robert McDowell – Finale (OST Swiss Army Man) Julian Winding – The Demon Dance (OST The neon Demon) Junkie XL – Twelve Bullets (OST Deadpool) Must Save Jane – Free

CLIQUE: vk.com/cliqque Max Shishkin: vk.com/max_shishkin

2014 MOVIE TRIBUTE: vimeo.com/116858291 2015 MOVIE TRIBUTE: vimeo.com/149950166

Movie list: 1. 10 Cloverfield Lane 2. 11.22.63 3. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi 4. 28 Панфиловцев 5. 31 6. A Bigger Splash 7. A Dragon Arrives! 8. A Monster Calls 9. A United Kingdom 10. Alice Through the Looking Glass 11. Allied 12. Always Shine 13. American Crime Story: The People v OJ Simpson 14. American Honey 15. American Pastoral 16. Arrival 17. Assassin’s Creed 18. Bad Santa 2 19. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 20. Before I Wake 21. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 22. Bleed for This 23. Blood Father 24. Captain America: Civil War 25. Captain Fantastic 26. Certain Women 27. Christine 28. Daredevil 29. Deadpool 30. Deepwater Horizon 31. Desierto 32. Diablo 33. Doctor Strange 34. Dog Eat Dog 35. Don't Breathe 36. Eddie the Eagle 37. Elle 38. En man som heter Ove 39. Equals 40. Everybody Wants Some!! 41. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 42. Finding Dory 43. Fire at Sea 44. Frank & Lola 45. Free State of Jones 46. Game of Thrones 47. Ghostbusters 48. Gods of Egypt 49. Green Room 50. Hacksaw Ridge 51. Hail, Caesar! 52. Hardcore Henry 53. Hell or High Water 54. High-Rise 55. Hunt for the Wilderpeople 56. Hush 57. I Saw the Light 58. I, Daniel Blake 59. Imperium 60. In a Valley of Violence 61. In Dubious Battle 62. Independence Day: Resurgence 63. Indignation 64. Inferno 65. It's Only the End of the World 66. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back 67. Jackie 68. Jane Got A Gun 69. Jason Bourne 70. Jean-Claude Van Johnson 71. Keeping Up With the Joneses 72. Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV 73. Kubo and the Two Strings 74. La La Land 75. La Tortue Rouge 76. Last Days in the Desert 77. Lion 78. London Has Fallen 79. Loving 80. Luke Cage 81. Man Down 82. Manchester by the Sea 83. Marauders 84. Mechanic: Resurrection 85. Midnight Special 86. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 87. Moana 88. Money Monster 89. Moonlight 90. Morgan 91. Mr. Right 92. Mr. Robot 93. Narcos 94. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising 95. Nerve 96. Nocturnal Animals 97. Now You See Me 2 98. Ouija: Origin of Evil 99. Passengers 100. Paterson 101. Pete's Dragon 102. Planetarium 103. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 104. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 105. Quarry 106. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 107. Sausage Party 108. Silence 109. Sing Street 110. Snowden 111. Star Trek: Beyond 112. Stranger Things 113. Suicide Squad 114. Sully 115. Swiss Army Man 116. Tenemos la Carne 117. The 9th Life of Louis Drax 118. The Accountant 119. The BFG 120. The Birth of a Nation 121. The Brothers Grimsby 122. The Childhood of a Leader 123. The Conjuring 2 124. The Duel 125. The Finest Hours 126. The Girl on the Train 127. The Girl With All The Gifts 128. The Handmaiden 129. The Huntsman: Winter's War 130. The Infiltrator 131. The Jungle Book 132. The Love Witch 133. The Magnificent Seven 134. The Neon Demon 135. The Nice Guys 136. The Night Of 137. The Shallows 138. The VVitch: A New-England Folktale 139. The Walking Dead 140. The Young Pope 141. Toni Erdmann 142. Triple 9 143. Voyage of Time 144. War Dogs 145. War on Everyone 146. Warcraft 147. Westworld 148. X-Men: Apocalypse 149. Zoolander 2 150. Zootopia 151. Дуэлянт 152. Коллектор 153. Ледокол 154. Ученик

[elbae]

MIRUMAXIMUM MOVIE TRIBUTE 2016 from Artyom Kuzovenko on Vimeo.

Music: David Wingo–Midnight Special Theme The Knack–My Sharona Portishead–SOS Queen–Headlong Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds–Running Scared

MIRUMAXIMUM: vk.com/mirumaximum Artyom Kuzovenko: vk.com/artq_utility

Movie list: 1. A Dragon Arrives! 2. A Monster Calls 3. Allied 4. Always Shine 5. American Honey 6. Arrival 7. Assassin's Creed 8. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 9. Before I Wake 10. Ben-Hur 11. Black Mirror 12. Blair Witch 13. Blood Father 14. Café Society 15. Captain America: Civil War 16. Captain Fantastic 17. Criminal 18. Daredevil 19. Darling 20. Deadpool 21. Deepwater Horizon 22.Demolition 23. Doctor Strange 24. Dog Eat Dog 25.Don't Breathe 26. Don't Think Twice 27. Eddie the Eagle 28. Equals 29. Elle 30. Elvis & Nixon 31. Everybody Wants Some!! 32. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 33. Fences 34. Finding Dory 35. Frank & Lola 36. Frantz 37.Game of Thrones 38. Genius 39. Gods of Egypt 40. Ghostbusters 41. Green Room 42. Grimsby 43. Hacksaw Ridge 44. Hail, Caesar! 45. Hush 46. Hardcore Henry 47. Hell or High Water 48. High-Rise 49. Hunt for the Wilderpeople 50. I, Daniel Blake 51. In a Valley of Violence 52. Inferno 53. Independence Day: Resurgence 54. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back 55. Jackie 56. Jason Bourne 57. Kubo and the Two Strings 58. La La Land 59. Last Days in the Desert 60. Lemonade 61. Lights Out 62. Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World 63. Love & Friendship 64. Max Steel 65. Masterminds 66. Manchester by the Sea 67. Midnight Special 68. Miss Sloane 69. Moana 70. Money Monster 71. Morgan 72. Mr. Right 73. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising 74. Nerve 75. Nine Lives 76. Nocturnal Animals 77. Nice Guys 78. Night Fare 79. One more time with feeling 80. Paterson 81. Personal Shopper 82. Pete's Dragon 83. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 84. Rogue One 85. Quarry 86. Sausage Party 87. Showdown in Manila 88. Sieranevada 89. Silence 90. Sing Street 91. Snowden 92. Solace 93. Star Trek Beyond 94. Storks 95. Sully 96. Suicide Squad 97. Swiss Army Man 98. Train to Busan 99. Triple 9 100. The Accountant 101. The Birth of a Nation 102. The Childhood of a Leader 103. The Conjuring 2 104. The Edge of Seventeen 105. The Girl on the Train 106. The Greasy Strangler 107. The Huntsman: Winter's War 108. The Infiltrator 109. The Invitation 110. The Jungle Book 111. The Legend of Tarzan 112. The Light Between Oceans 113. The Magnificent Seven 114. The Neon Demon 116. The Purge: Election Year 117. The Shallows 118. The Wailing 119. The VVitch: A New-England Folktale 120. The 9th Life of Louis Drax 121. Toni Erdmann 122. Too Late 123. Tower 124. War Dogs 125. War on Everyone 126. Warcraft 127. Where to Invade Next 128. X-Men: Apocalypse 129. Yoga Hosers 130. Zoolander 2 131. Zootopia 132. Agasshi 133. Es esmu šeit 134. Fuocoammare 135. Juste la fin du monde 136. Julieta 137. La tortue rouge 138. Диггеры 139. Дизлайк 140. Дуэлянт 141. Коллектор 142. Ночные Стражи 143. Ученик 144. 10 Cloverfield Lane 145. 13 Hours 146. 20th Century Women 147. 31

[myhahnestopinion]

THE AARONS 2016 - ELIGIBLE FILMS

The Aarons are designed to award the best and worst films of the year, but there are simply too many new releases to be able to watch everything. In fact, I’ve now watched more films from 2016 than from any other year in the history of cinema, and there were still a lot of intriguing ones that I didn’t get to (Likely Oscar contender Manchester By The Sea, for example). There may be some films that deserved awards that I just didn’t see, or some that you believe deserved awards and I didn’t, but, for the record, these were the films that were eligible for the awards this year.

10 Cloverfield Lane

13 Hours

Alice Through the Looking Glass

American Honey

The Angry Birds Movie

Arrival

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Blair Witch

The Boy

Captain America: Civil War

The Conjuring 2

Deadpool

Denial

Don’t Breathe

Elvis & Nixon

Equals

Everybody Wants Some!!

Eye in the Sky

Finding Dory

The Finest Hours

Florence Foster Jenkins

Ghostbusters (2016)

The Girl on the Train

Gods of Egypt

The Greasy Strangler

Green Room

Hail, Caesar!

Hardcore Henry

Hell or High Water

High-Rise

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

The Huntsman: Winter’s War

Hush

I Am Not a Serial Killer

I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

Independence Day: Resurgence

The Invitation

Jane Got A Gun

Jason Bourne

The Jungle Book

Keanu

Kubo and the Two Strings

Kung Fu Panda 3

La La Land

Lights Out

The Little Prince

The Lobster

London Has Fallen

Love & Friendship

Maximum Ride

Midnight Special

Moana

Money Monster

Moonlight

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

The Neon Demon

The Nice Guys

Nine Lives

Now You See Me 2

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

The Purge: Election Year

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Sausage Party

The Shallows

Sing Street

Star Trek Beyond

Suicide Squad

Sully

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

The Witch

Warcraft

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Weiner-Dog

X-Men: Apocalypse

Yoga Hosers

Zoolander 2

Zootopia

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West YEAR Ever: Pop Culture In Review - 2016

Thank 8 pound, 6 ounce newborn Baby Jesus that 2016 is over! I mean, I guess there was some good stuff peppered in there, but it was an overall rough year for a lot of people. I tried to keep my sanity here on the blog, but even I checked out for the month of November. Like Kenny Rogers told us, sometimes you’ve gotta know when to walk away. But I did make a return in December just to kick the year in the ass on its way out. So, besides celebrity deaths, what did 2016 bring us? Well, there was that week we were all mesmerized by Pokemon Go! Those were fun times. We got new X-Files episodes. Peyton Manning retired after winning the Super Bowl with the Denver Broncos. Atlanta and Luke Cage came along and entertained us on television. And things weren’t too shabby here on the blog either.

During Spring Break Week, I discussed several of the most underrated TV theme songs, including Webster, California Dreams, and Enterprise.

I also covered the worst Batman comic ever written, in the form of Just Imagine Stan Lee’s Batman

I did my annual Fall TV Upfronts post, where I discussed the upcoming fall lineups of the major broadcast networks.

A post that was several years in the making, I ranked the Hot Moms of Teen Shows over on The Robot’s Pajamas

I also did a guest post ranking the hottest Power Rangers Villains

It wasn’t all fun and games, though. The country was going through some dark stuff, and I’m particularly proud of this West Week Ever where I discussed the racial problems in the country.

I also experience my first live wrestling event as I attended a taping of WWE Monday Night Raw.

I brought back my graphic novel review column, Adventures West Coast, where I covered Wonder Woman: Earth One.

I also brushed off my Comical Thoughts column, where I discussed IDW’s disappointing Hasbro-centric Revolution event.

Finally, I closed out the year with a post that I’m particularly proud of, discussing the greatest problems facing comic retailers.

I saw about 13 fewer movies in 2016 than in 2015. It wasn’t for lack of trying, but there are only so many hours in the day. As you know, I’m not necessarily Mr. Movie, so I’m not even going to try to rank them. Here they are, simply in the order that I saw them. Wanna know my thoughts? Plug the title into the search box up on the top righthand corner!

Movies I Watched This Year

Lucy

Beauty Shop

Bikini Spring Break

Fifty Shades of Grey

X-Men: Days of Future Past (The Rogue Cut)

We Don’t Live Here Anymore

Gone Girl

Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2

The Martian

Inside Out

Sisters

Batman: Bad Blood

Son of Batman

Batman vs. Robin

The Hundred-Foot Journey

Tomorrowland

Deadpool

San Andreas

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

Autism In Love

Cop Car

Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice

Dead 7

Justice League vs. Teen Titans

Pacific Rim

All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records

CHAPPiE

Unhung Hero

Trainwreck

Confirmation

The Boss

Captain America: Civil War

They Live

Ted 2

Creed

Zoolander 2

The Ladykillers

10 Cloverfield Lane

X-Men: Apocalypse

The Intern

You’re F@#k’n Dead!

LEGO DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered

LEGO DC Comics Superheroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom

Focus

The Good Dinosaur

Sleeping with Other People

Big Hero 6

Keanu

Southpaw

The Night Before

The Equalizer

The Bronze

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Batman: The Killing Joke

Sharknado: The 4th Awakens

Suicide Squad

The Day

Kingsman: The Secret Service

Independence Day: Resurgence

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Meet The Hitlers

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

Doctor Strange

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

  West Week Ever Recipients of 2016 (with commentary)

1/8/16 – Fall Out Boy’s “Irresistible” video

I’m a huge boyband fan, so the news that one of my favorite bands (Fall Out Boy) had reimagined the It’s Gonna Be Me video by one of my favorite boybands (*NSYNC) definitely made my week. The sheer fact that it didn’t really move the world of pop culture, however, shows you how slow of a news week it was. There would be many weeks like this in 2016.

1/15/16 – Power Rangers

This was quite the week for the Power Rangers franchise. First off, it was revealed that Saban would be skipping the train-centric sentai series Ressha Sentai ToQger, and instead adapt Shuriken Sentai Ninninger as Power Rangers Ninja Steel. This announcement was almost a year to the date of the premiere of the show (scheduled to debut next Saturday), and we spent the next few months getting casting and toy news about the show. Meanwhile, the #0 issue of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers comic was released by Boom! that week, setting up a series that is so much better than it has any right to be. I’ve written about it several times over the year, as I’m a big fan. And finally, former Wild Force Red Ranger actor Ricardo Medina was formally charged that week for killing his roommate with a sword. All in all, I think Power Rangers truly earned the West Week Ever that week.

1/22/16 – DC Entertainment

The Suicide Squad trailer was released this week, as well as the series premiere of Legends of Tomorrow. The Suicide Squad promotion machine would see its ups and downs over the year, the Legends premiere was fairly strong, even with a bunch of useless characters (I’m looking at you, Hawks). The show would get stronger in its second season, but this is where it all started. We also got a DC movie special hosted by Kevin Smith, giving us some Wonder Woman and Justice League footage. Marvel usually dominates the news cycle, but DC showed that they can also step up to the plate.

1/29/16 – The X-Files

When news of an X-Files revival hit, it was pretty big news. Then it launched, and it wasn’t exactly what folks were expecting. Clocking in at 6 episodes, only half of them focused on the conspiracy aspect of the show, plus they were aired out of order.  I went from really liking the premiere to completely forgetting it existed, in a very short amount of time. If it was going to get the WWE, it would had to have been this week of the premiere, as it ended with more of a whimper than a bang.

2/5/16 – UnderScoopFire Podcast

I appeared on the UnderScoopFire Podcast 8 times over the years, and had a great time on every one of them. Those guys are some of my good friends that I’ve met online, so of course I was sad to see it go. After 150 shows (give or take a few. Yeah, I’m not letting that go!), I think their swan song deserved the West Week Ever.

2/12/16 – Denver Broncos

I couldn’t give two shits about sports, but Lindsay’s from Denver, so we’re a Broncos household. So, everything was coming up Milhouse this week, as the Broncos won Super Bowl 50. Not only was it a nice, round, milestone number, but it also served as future Hall of Famer Peyton Manning’s final game. It was the perfect storybook ending that sports fans seem to love so much. So, yeah, they totally deserved the West Week Ever.

2/19/16 – Deadpool

Deadpool came out and blew away everyone’s expectations. I mean, this thing is getting nominated for awards. And not Razzies, too! Personally, I thought it was too gratuitous. I’ve gone over my reasoning before, so I won’t rehash that here. Still, it went on to become the second highest grossing superhero film of the year, just behind Captain America: Civil War. Totally deserved.

3/4/16 – Fuller House

After Girl Meets World came along, the runway was cleared for any and every nostalgic reboot to come along. And along came Fuller House. Every fan of TGIF awaited it with bated breath, hoping for the same mindless entertainment they got from the original show. And it did not disappoint! The second season just debuted a few weeks ago, and it’s already been picked up for a 3rd on Netflix. This show not only showed the power of Netflix as a home for original comedies, but also showed that old dogs still have some fight left in them. I think this was definitely the high point of that week.

3/11/16 – Jay Pharaoh

This was a slow week. Sure, Pharaoh did an amazing impersonation spree during that week’s Saturday Night Live Weekend Update. Like, it was AMAZING. And to pay him back, the show fired him at the end of the season. He’s OK, as he immediately booked a Showtime pilot, but the fact that this was the most noteworthy thing of the week shows how slow things were.

3/18/16 – Nothing

Some weeks you’ve just gotta call a spade a spade. Instead of insulting anyone’s intelligence, nothing had the West Week Ever.

3/25/16 – Wonder Woman

Like a lot of people, I did not like Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Like a lot of people, I also felt that Wonder Woman was the brightest spot in that dark film. Totally deserved

4/1/16 – Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice 

I may not have liked it. A lot of folks may not have liked it. But it made some money. A lot of money. And it was the true springboard to DC’s cinematic universe. So, for its money-making and its importance, I think it earned the West Week Ever. Just because I don’t like something doesn’t mean that it’s bad. It just wasn’t for me.

4/8/16 – American Idol

Idol‘s series finale aired that week, marking the end of a pop culture juggernaut. Unlike The Voice, Idol actually created household names. It gave us Kelly Clarkson, Clay Aiken, Carrie Underwood, and Fantasia. On the flip side, it also gave us William Hung, Taylor Hicks, and Daughtry. It spawned so many copycats, but it was the original recipe. Its influence may have waned in later years, but no one can deny what it was in its heyday. I think it’ll eventually come back, but this was when we said “Ta ta, for now.”

4/15/16 – Marvel

That week, we found out Natalie Portman wasn’t coming back for Thor: Ragnarok, we got a teaser trailer for Doctor Strange, an we learned that the new Spider-Man movie would be called Spider-Man: Homecoming. Marvel definitely dominated the news cycle that week.

4/22/16 – Harriet Tubman

While it was pretty monumental that a woman (a Black woman, mind you) would be adorning American currency, it doesn’t really move the pop culture needle that much. So, I ended up giving the West Week Ever to a dead woman – in a column that has a pretty strict No Death policy. This was kind of a slow week…

4/29/16 – Beyoncé

The singer dropped the surprise album Lemonade following their airing of her HBO special. One of the songs alluded to the possibility that her husband, Jay-Z, might have cheated on her. For the next week, everyone was pondering the identity of “Becky, with the good hair”. This is the kind of thing the drives pop culture. Totally deserved.

5/6/16 – Captain America: Civil War

I had seen the movie, and thought it was excellent.

5/13/16 – Captain America: Civil War

Then the movie made a lot of money. I mean, a fuckton of money.

5/20/16 – Nothing

It was just one of those weeks

5/27/16 – DC Universe: Rebirth #1

DC Comics lost a lot of fans after the New 52 event, in which they rebooted their universe. So, the Rebirth event was something of a mea culpa to those fans. More like a “Please come back! We promise to make stuff you’ll like again!” And for the most part it has worked. This special not only brought fan favorite Wally West back into the fold, but it also sort of introduced the Watchmen comic into the mainstream DC universe. We don’t yet know how that’s all going to play out, but this move helped DC to dominate more market share than Marvel for most of the year.

6/3/16 – Ecto-Cooler

I never really liked Ecto-Cooler. I mean, it tasted kinda like tropical piss, but I loved the fact that Slimer was on the box. That’s about where my nostalgia ended. But a lot of y’all out there LOVED that shit! So, when it was announced that Coca Cola was bringing it back in conjunction with the Ghostbusters movie, y’all started assembling street teams to track it down. I swear, if the 2016 election had been run in a manner similar to the vim and vigor displayed trying to track down green sugar water, I might actually have some hope for tomorrow!

6/10/16 – Awesome Con 2016

Slow week. Cool show, great company, but slow week.

6/17/16 – Hamilton

I discovered the Hamilton soundtrack the same week that it won 11 of the 16 Tony Awards for which it was nominated. We’ll talk more about the show later, but the West Week Ever was deserved, even if the wins did fall short of the Tony Award record.

6/24/16 – Black actors in Hollywood

This was more of a joke, as every Black actor in Hollywood was being cast in the upcoming Black Panther film. That trend has continued since this post. Still, slow news week.

7/1/16 – The 683 New Members of the Oscar Academy

Another joke. Due to the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag, signifying that the Academy was lacking in diversity, 683 people were invited to be members, bolstering the number of women and minorities. Still, slow news week.

7/8/16 – TNA’s The Final Deletion

Oh, man! This thing was incredible. They went on to milk it for the rest of the year, andI missed all subsequent installments. Still, this got me to pay attention to a wrestling promotion not owned by Vince McMahon, and for a brief moment, all wrestling eyes were on TNA to see what Matt Hardy would do next. Completely deserved.

7/15/16 – Pokemon GO!

This game came along and took the world by STORM. To say it was a success would be an understatement. It was envisioned to promote fitness, as kids would have to walk around to find perks and to get their eggs to hatch, but there were workarounds. Hell, I drove around looking for Pokestops. For about 4 weeks, this was all anyone could talk about. It was the Tamagotchi of a new generation, and I think, outside of all the political stuff, it’s one of the things we’ll remember most about 2016.

7/22/16 – Ghostbusters

It was a slow week, but Ghostbusters and the Republican National Convention were the only newsworthy events of the week. As much as we want to pile on that movie, it did take in a respectable $46 million, and it set a record for Paul Feig/Melissa McCarthy movies. I know a lot of folks don’t feel the movie’s deserving of any kind of accolades. As you saw above, I didn’t watch it, but I still think it’s not as bad as people would like me to believe. I swear, though, had they named it anything other than Ghostbusters, we’d still be talking about it.

7/29/16 – DC Entertainment

DC, back with their SECOND West Week Ever of the year? The word on the street was that they “won” San Diego Comic Con, with their new footage of Justice League, as well as the debut of the Wonder Woman trailer. Considering Marvel usually dominates SDCC, this was a feat worth acknowledging.

8/12/16 – Suicide Squad

The movie made $160 million in 5 days, which is nothing to sneeze at. Plus, I actually enjoyed it. I didn’t like it as a component of DC’s cinematic world building, but I liked it as a standalone thing on its own.

8/19/16 – Ryan Lochte

He was an Olympian at the center of a fake robbery attempt in a foreign country, who then fled to let his teammates take the fall. It’s the stuff of a great Aaron Spelling show. He had the West Week Ever simply because he got away with it.

8/26/16 – Guardians trailer

Slow news week, even if the trailer is pretty awesome. Billed as “Russia’s Avengers”, the English version of Guardians trailer started making the rounds because of its crazy action and gun-wielding bear man. Yeah, you’ve gotta see it to believe it. The movie might not even be released over here, and if it is, it’ll never get higher than cult status. Still, if you want to know what everyone was talking about that week, it was Guardians.

9/2/16 – Are You Being Served? one-off special

Some might say this was a slow news week, but I think this applied the West Week Ever to an international stage when I typically just focus on the US. After all, this special didn’t even air in America (nor has it since, nor do there seem to be plans to do so in the future), and I had to resort watching it on YouTube. Still, I grew up with Are You Being Served? and I was more than curious to see how an update of it might hold up. With a few small exceptions, it was pitch perfect, and definitely in the spirit of the original series. This one might’ve been a bit personal for me, but I think it was the best part of this particular week.

9/9/16 – Atlanta

The show just won the Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series. I think I called this one correctly.

9/16/16 – Better Late Than Never

Another personal one for me, but it’s my site, so whatever. I’m more than certain none of my friends were watching this show, but I watched it weekly with my mom and we enjoyed it. I wrote about it to get folks to seek it out, but I doubt that happened. Still, in a week when nothing happens, things like this are allowed to shine.

9/23/16 – Lindsay West

Mah wife. Running your first half marathon is pretty impressive. And nothing happened in the overall pop culture world. If you’ve followed West Week Ever since the beginning, you know that every so often some random person gets the honor. Hell, last year, my kid had the West Year Ever, so you never know where I might play that card.

10/7/16 – Luke Cage

It broke Netflix! So many people tuned in that Netflix couldn’t handle it. I still haven’t seen it, but I haven’t heard a bad thing about it other than the fact that it kinda drags in the middle – like most Marvel Netflix shows.

10/14/16 – Will & Grace

Considering I think I was the only one impressed by this Will & Grace special that was designed to get folks to get out and vote, I’m sure a lot of folks disagreed with this choice. Still, if you were a Will & Grace fan, then you can’t deny how great it was to see those characters in a way that felt like they’d never left us.

10/21/16 – Logan trailer

Can’t say much more because the movie’s not out yet, but we were ALL talking about this after it dropped, and it’s on most folks’ most anticipated movies of 2017 lists. I don’t think it’s going to disappoint.

10/28/16 – The Walking Dead

I don’t watch it, but I did tune into this episode just to watch a man die. Or two men. Whatever. All folks could talk about this week was whether or not the show had gone too far. The Walking Dead dominated the discussion, so this West Week Ever was well-deserved.

11/4/16 – The Chicago Cubs

Um, the “cursed” team won their first championship after 108 years. Yeah, this was deserved.

12/2/16 – Search Party

I don’t feel like a lot of my readers had seen the show when I wrote this, but I know a few who checked it out because I’d written about it. That’s why I do this, kids! It was one of my favorite shows of 2017, and if you haven’t checked it out yet, I’m not quite sure what you’re waiting for.

12/9/16 – Hamilton

Hamilton for the second time this year. The last time was for its Tony wins, but this one was two-fold: The Hamilton Mixtape was released and a beautifully pirated copy of the play was uploaded to YouTube. I watched it during the 5 days that it was allowed to stay on the site, and I can now die saying that I saw Hamilton. This was on the heels of a controversy where the cast members took a moment to address Vice President-Elect Mike Pence while he was taking in the show. For the next week, the conversation was whether or not they should’ve done that. So, it’s safe to say that Hamilton was on everyone’s lips around that time.

12/16/16 – WWE’s New Day

Yeah, then the lost two days after I posted this. I guess that’s how the cookie crumbles. Still, they deserved the West Week Ever for all they had put in leading up to this point.

12/23/16 – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

It was the last thing to make a dent in pop culture before the clock ran out on 2016. A lot of folks are saying it’s one of their favorite Star Wars movies. I don’t really get that, but I’m happy for them if that’s the case. I thought it was entertaining, but I didn’t really like it. It’s hard to explain, and I’ve tried. Still, there’s no way anything else is going to take center stage when there’s new Star Wars to be consumed.

So, who had the West Year Ever? In the past, I’ve added up who had the most West Week Ever wins and then it’s a runoff. If we’re being honest, Death had the West Year Ever. There were SO many celebrity deaths this year, that it would take another post just to do a proper In Memoriam for everyone we lost. And of course, you have those guys who wanna “Neil deGrasse Tyson” everything by pointing out that people die all the time, or that the year is an arbitrary number. Whatever, asshole. That doesn’t help anybody, and it’s why you don’t get invited to many parties. Anyway, I don’t like to focus on death in West Week Ever -not because it’s morbid, but more because I feel like I’d have to acknowledge every celebrity death, even when I didn’t personally give a shit about that person. Ain’t nobody got time for that!

Doing the math, it’s a three-way tie between DC Entertainment, Captain America: Civil War, and Hamilton. DC Entertainment really stepped up this year, taking a good chunk of the comics market share away from Marvel, as well as by launching their cinematic universe. After years of being the joke of the industry, DC finally started pushing back. And the Rebirth initiative didn’t hurt things, either. Meanwhile, not everyone loved Civil War. I did, but even I’ll admit that it’s basically “Dawn of Justice Done Right”. They’re both superhero slugfests that surround the concept of dead moms. Some called it “Civil Bore”, but I don’t agree with that. Still, I have to kind of acknowledge that there is a divide out there. Finally, there’s Hamilton. It had a big year, but I don’t know if we’ll look back and say “Hamilton really came into its own in 2016.” If anything, that’s more likely to happen at a time when the show can more easily be consumed by the masses. So, Hamilton’s year may actually be ahead of it, but it’s not 2016. So, I think it’s pretty clear. 2016 was the year where retailers stopped buying everything Marvel was selling, and so did the fans. The quality of Marvel’s output was in question more this year than it was in recent years, yet people still seemed to be able to find positive things about the DC Universe. Meanwhile, their movies might not be your cup of tea, but they made money, and the critics haven’t deterred them from forging ahead. So, with that, I believe I simply have to admit that DC Entertainment had the West Year Ever.

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2016 MOVIE TRIBUTE from Max Shishkin on Vimeo.

Music: Andy Hull and Robert McDowell – Finale (OST Swiss Army Man) Julian Winding – The Demon Dance (OST The neon Demon) Junkie XL – Twelve Bullets (OST Deadpool) Must Save Jane – Free

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Movie list: 1. 10 Cloverfield Lane 2. 11.22.63 3. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi 4. 28 Панфиловцев 5. 31 6. A Bigger Splash 7. A Dragon Arrives! 8. A Monster Calls 9. A United Kingdom 10. Alice Through the Looking Glass 11. Allied 12. Always Shine 13. American Crime Story: The People v OJ Simpson 14. American Honey 15. American Pastoral 16. Arrival 17. Assassin’s Creed 18. Bad Santa 2 19. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 20. Before I Wake 21. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 22. Bleed for This 23. Blood Father 24. Captain America: Civil War 25. Captain Fantastic 26. Certain Women 27. Christine 28. Daredevil 29. Deadpool 30. Deepwater Horizon 31. Desierto 32. Diablo 33. Doctor Strange 34. Dog Eat Dog 35. Don't Breathe 36. Eddie the Eagle 37. Elle 38. En man som heter Ove 39. Equals 40. Everybody Wants Some!! 41. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 42. Finding Dory 43. Fire at Sea 44. Frank & Lola 45. Free State of Jones 46. Game of Thrones 47. Ghostbusters 48. Gods of Egypt 49. Green Room 50. Hacksaw Ridge 51. Hail, Caesar! 52. Hardcore Henry 53. Hell or High Water 54. High-Rise 55. Hunt for the Wilderpeople 56. Hush 57. I Saw the Light 58. I, Daniel Blake 59. Imperium 60. In a Valley of Violence 61. In Dubious Battle 62. Independence Day: Resurgence 63. Indignation 64. Inferno 65. It's Only the End of the World 66. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back 67. Jackie 68. Jane Got A Gun 69. Jason Bourne 70. Jean-Claude Van Johnson 71. Keeping Up With the Joneses 72. Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV 73. Kubo and the Two Strings 74. La La Land 75. La Tortue Rouge 76. Last Days in the Desert 77. Lion 78. London Has Fallen 79. Loving 80. Luke Cage 81. Man Down 82. Manchester by the Sea 83. Marauders 84. Mechanic: Resurrection 85. Midnight Special 86. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 87. Moana 88. Money Monster 89. Moonlight 90. Morgan 91. Mr. Right 92. Mr. Robot 93. Narcos 94. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising 95. Nerve 96. Nocturnal Animals 97. Now You See Me 2 98. Ouija: Origin of Evil 99. Passengers 100. Paterson 101. Pete's Dragon 102. Planetarium 103. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 104. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 105. Quarry 106. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 107. Sausage Party 108. Silence 109. Sing Street 110. Snowden 111. Star Trek: Beyond 112. Stranger Things 113. Suicide Squad 114. Sully 115. Swiss Army Man 116. Tenemos la Carne 117. The 9th Life of Louis Drax 118. The Accountant 119. The BFG 120. The Birth of a Nation 121. The Brothers Grimsby 122. The Childhood of a Leader 123. The Conjuring 2 124. The Duel 125. The Finest Hours 126. The Girl on the Train 127. The Girl With All The Gifts 128. The Handmaiden 129. The Huntsman: Winter's War 130. The Infiltrator 131. The Jungle Book 132. The Love Witch 133. The Magnificent Seven 134. The Neon Demon 135. The Nice Guys 136. The Night Of 137. The Shallows 138. The VVitch: A New-England Folktale 139. The Walking Dead 140. The Young Pope 141. Toni Erdmann 142. Triple 9 143. Voyage of Time 144. War Dogs 145. War on Everyone 146. Warcraft 147. Westworld 148. X-Men: Apocalypse 149. Zoolander 2 150. Zootopia 151. Дуэлянт 152. Коллектор 153. Ледокол 154. Ученик

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2016 MOVIE TRIBUTE from Max Shishkin on Vimeo.

Music: Andy Hull and Robert McDowell – Finale (OST Swiss Army Man) Julian Winding – The Demon Dance (OST The neon Demon) Junkie XL – Twelve Bullets (OST Deadpool) Must Save Jane – Free

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2014 MOVIE TRIBUTE: vimeo.com/116858291 2015 MOVIE TRIBUTE: vimeo.com/149950166

Movie list: 1. 10 Cloverfield Lane 2. 11.22.63 3. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi 4. 28 Панфиловцев 5. 31 6. A Bigger Splash 7. A Dragon Arrives! 8. A Monster Calls 9. A United Kingdom 10. Alice Through the Looking Glass 11. Allied 12. Always Shine 13. American Crime Story: The People v OJ Simpson 14. American Honey 15. American Pastoral 16. Arrival 17. Assassin’s Creed 18. Bad Santa 2 19. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 20. Before I Wake 21. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 22. Bleed for This 23. Blood Father 24. Captain America: Civil War 25. Captain Fantastic 26. Certain Women 27. Christine 28. Daredevil 29. Deadpool 30. Deepwater Horizon 31. Desierto 32. Diablo 33. Doctor Strange 34. Dog Eat Dog 35. Don't Breathe 36. Eddie the Eagle 37. Elle 38. En man som heter Ove 39. Equals 40. Everybody Wants Some!! 41. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 42. Finding Dory 43. Fire at Sea 44. Frank & Lola 45. Free State of Jones 46. Game of Thrones 47. Ghostbusters 48. Gods of Egypt 49. Green Room 50. Hacksaw Ridge 51. Hail, Caesar! 52. Hardcore Henry 53. Hell or High Water 54. High-Rise 55. Hunt for the Wilderpeople 56. Hush 57. I Saw the Light 58. I, Daniel Blake 59. Imperium 60. In a Valley of Violence 61. In Dubious Battle 62. Independence Day: Resurgence 63. Indignation 64. Inferno 65. It's Only the End of the World 66. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back 67. Jackie 68. Jane Got A Gun 69. Jason Bourne 70. Jean-Claude Van Johnson 71. Keeping Up With the Joneses 72. Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV 73. Kubo and the Two Strings 74. La La Land 75. La Tortue Rouge 76. Last Days in the Desert 77. Lion 78. London Has Fallen 79. Loving 80. Luke Cage 81. Man Down 82. Manchester by the Sea 83. Marauders 84. Mechanic: Resurrection 85. Midnight Special 86. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 87. Moana 88. Money Monster 89. Moonlight 90. Morgan 91. Mr. Right 92. Mr. Robot 93. Narcos 94. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising 95. Nerve 96. Nocturnal Animals 97. Now You See Me 2 98. Ouija: Origin of Evil 99. Passengers 100. Paterson 101. Pete's Dragon 102. Planetarium 103. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 104. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 105. Quarry 106. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 107. Sausage Party 108. Silence 109. Sing Street 110. Snowden 111. Star Trek: Beyond 112. Stranger Things 113. Suicide Squad 114. Sully 115. Swiss Army Man 116. Tenemos la Carne 117. The 9th Life of Louis Drax 118. The Accountant 119. The BFG 120. The Birth of a Nation 121. The Brothers Grimsby 122. The Childhood of a Leader 123. The Conjuring 2 124. The Duel 125. The Finest Hours 126. The Girl on the Train 127. The Girl With All The Gifts 128. The Handmaiden 129. The Huntsman: Winter's War 130. The Infiltrator 131. The Jungle Book 132. The Love Witch 133. The Magnificent Seven 134. The Neon Demon 135. The Nice Guys 136. The Night Of 137. The Shallows 138. The VVitch: A New-England Folktale 139. The Walking Dead 140. The Young Pope 141. Toni Erdmann 142. Triple 9 143. Voyage of Time 144. War Dogs 145. War on Everyone 146. Warcraft 147. Westworld 148. X-Men: Apocalypse 149. Zoolander 2 150. Zootopia 151. Дуэлянт 152. Коллектор 153. Ледокол 154. Ученик

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2016 MOVIE TRIBUTE from Max Shishkin on Vimeo.

Music: Andy Hull and Robert McDowell – Finale (OST Swiss Army Man) Julian Winding – The Demon Dance (OST The neon Demon) Junkie XL – Twelve Bullets (OST Deadpool) Must Save Jane – Free

CLIQUE: vk.com/cliqque Max Shishkin: vk.com/max_shishkin

2014 MOVIE TRIBUTE: vimeo.com/116858291 2015 MOVIE TRIBUTE: vimeo.com/149950166

Movie list: 1. 10 Cloverfield Lane 2. 11.22.63 3. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi 4. 28 Панфиловцев 5. 31 6. A Bigger Splash 7. A Dragon Arrives! 8. A Monster Calls 9. A United Kingdom 10. Alice Through the Looking Glass 11. Allied 12. Always Shine 13. American Crime Story: The People v OJ Simpson 14. American Honey 15. American Pastoral 16. Arrival 17. Assassin’s Creed 18. Bad Santa 2 19. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 20. Before I Wake 21. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 22. Bleed for This 23. Blood Father 24. Captain America: Civil War 25. Captain Fantastic 26. Certain Women 27. Christine 28. Daredevil 29. Deadpool 30. Deepwater Horizon 31. Desierto 32. Diablo 33. Doctor Strange 34. Dog Eat Dog 35. Don't Breathe 36. Eddie the Eagle 37. Elle 38. En man som heter Ove 39. Equals 40. Everybody Wants Some!! 41. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 42. Finding Dory 43. Fire at Sea 44. Frank & Lola 45. Free State of Jones 46. Game of Thrones 47. Ghostbusters 48. Gods of Egypt 49. Green Room 50. Hacksaw Ridge 51. Hail, Caesar! 52. Hardcore Henry 53. Hell or High Water 54. High-Rise 55. Hunt for the Wilderpeople 56. Hush 57. I Saw the Light 58. I, Daniel Blake 59. Imperium 60. In a Valley of Violence 61. In Dubious Battle 62. Independence Day: Resurgence 63. Indignation 64. Inferno 65. It's Only the End of the World 66. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back 67. Jackie 68. Jane Got A Gun 69. Jason Bourne 70. Jean-Claude Van Johnson 71. Keeping Up With the Joneses 72. Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV 73. Kubo and the Two Strings 74. La La Land 75. La Tortue Rouge 76. Last Days in the Desert 77. Lion 78. London Has Fallen 79. Loving 80. Luke Cage 81. Man Down 82. Manchester by the Sea 83. Marauders 84. Mechanic: Resurrection 85. Midnight Special 86. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 87. Moana 88. Money Monster 89. Moonlight 90. Morgan 91. Mr. Right 92. Mr. Robot 93. Narcos 94. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising 95. Nerve 96. Nocturnal Animals 97. Now You See Me 2 98. Ouija: Origin of Evil 99. Passengers 100. Paterson 101. Pete's Dragon 102. Planetarium 103. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 104. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 105. Quarry 106. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 107. Sausage Party 108. Silence 109. Sing Street 110. Snowden 111. Star Trek: Beyond 112. Stranger Things 113. Suicide Squad 114. Sully 115. Swiss Army Man 116. Tenemos la Carne 117. The 9th Life of Louis Drax 118. The Accountant 119. The BFG 120. The Birth of a Nation 121. The Brothers Grimsby 122. The Childhood of a Leader 123. The Conjuring 2 124. The Duel 125. The Finest Hours 126. The Girl on the Train 127. The Girl With All The Gifts 128. The Handmaiden 129. The Huntsman: Winter's War 130. The Infiltrator 131. The Jungle Book 132. The Love Witch 133. The Magnificent Seven 134. The Neon Demon 135. The Nice Guys 136. The Night Of 137. The Shallows 138. The VVitch: A New-England Folktale 139. The Walking Dead 140. The Young Pope 141. Toni Erdmann 142. Triple 9 143. Voyage of Time 144. War Dogs 145. War on Everyone 146. Warcraft 147. Westworld 148. X-Men: Apocalypse 149. Zoolander 2 150. Zootopia 151. Дуэлянт 152. Коллектор 153. Ледокол 154. Ученик