Awesome Movies

Brad Pitt stars as a respected US Army general who signs up to lead the NATO forces in Afghanistan. This satirical Netflix exclusive is loosely based on the infamous career of retired general Stanley McChrystal and Michael Hastings’ exposé. Premieres 5/26/17.

Instead of dwelling on the fact that most of Hugh Jackman’s 17-year stint as Wolverine was wasted on bad movies, IGN chose to sift through the wreckage to piece together the feral X-Man’s history as told through the films.

CineFix adds a twist in its version of one of the hardest lists for a movie buff to make: the best acting performances. Instead of a straightforward tier, they chose and paired performances from opposing techniques, contexts or genres.

Effects house Framestore walks us through some of the 365+ insane and trippy visual effects sequences it created for Doctor Strange. Were Benedict Cumberbatch and Mads Mikkelsen even in this movie, or were they just their digital doubles?

Works of art are products of their time, but critics and audiences are even more so. The Royal Ocean Film Society points out some of the films that were received horribly when they first came out, only to be praised years later. Will Michael Bay’s – ah we can’t. We can’t do it.

kaptainkristian presents Who Framed Roger Rabbit as a shining example of animated characters combined with live action. The film’s crew worked doubly hard to make the cartoon characters converse and interact convincingly with live actors and real objects.

Even casual moviegoers will get the sense that La La Land is an ode to ’40s and ’50s Hollywood musicals. But Frame By Frame points us to one director whose spirit lives on most in Damien Chazelle’s masterpiece: Vincente Minnelli.

“To do something well is so worthwhile that to die trying to do it better cannot be foolhardy.” From director Roger Donaldson (The World’s Fastest Indian) comes a documentary about McLaren Racing’s founder, the late Bruce McLaren.

From graphic novelist Dash Shaw comes My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea. It’s an animated comedy set in a high school that was built over a fault line. As the title implies, disaster strikes and a micro post-apocalyptic world breaks out. Drops Spring 2017.

Burger Fiction updates the list that’s guaranteed to set off cinephiles (“How Green Was My freakin’ Valley?!?!”). Here’s a compilation of all the movies that have won the Oscar for Best Picture, from Wings to Spotlight, as well as this year’s nominees.

Screen Junkies pokes fun at this year’s Academy Awards nominees, such as Damien Chazelle’s Hollywood handie, Amy “Leonardo DiCaprio” Adams’ latest Oscar bid, and Casey Affleck’s autobiographical film.

A new look at Guy Ritchie’s potentially bombastic take on the legend of King Arthur (Charlie Hunnam) and his life after he pulls the fabled sword from the stone and must reclaim the throne from the evil Vortigern (Jude Law), who stole his father’s crown.

Movies are often at their best when they augment or twist reality to visualize that which has no form: concepts, emotions, mental states, illnesses, dreams, nightmares. CineFix presents its picks for the best subjective scenes.

Armie Hammer stars as an American soldier deployed in Africa. After failing to assassinate a target, he ends up escaping through a desert that’s riddled with land mines. And then he steps on one. It’s a survival movie where the dude’s kneeling in place the whole time.

Lessons from the Screenplay looks at how the late screenwriter Nora Ephron gave us a refreshing romantic comedy in When Harry Met Sally. By focusing on internal conflict, the story was able to go on a leisurely pace without becoming aimless.

Film Radar explores how effective sound design, sound editing, foley work, and sound effects serve to elevate scenes to a level of intensity and immersion that even the best visuals alone could never achieve on their own.