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Oscar Battle Royale – Fox Force Five News Predicts The 2017 Academy Awards

Keven Skinner special features February 22, 2017February 27, 2017academy awards, Casey Affleck, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, La La Land, Manchester by the Sea, Moonlight, oscars 0 Comment

The 2017 Academy Awards will take place Sunday February 26, 2017 and will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. The first ever Oscar Battle Royale is here and the Fox Force Five News staff are competing head to head to see who can predict the most correct wins. Check out the full list of nominees below and see who picked what – then Monday we will grant the invisible championship trophy of Oscar Battle Royale 2017 to whoever comes out on top. Read more

La La Landslide: 2017 Oscar Nominations Owned by La La Land as Moonlight & Arrival Tie for Second

Keven Skinner News January 24, 2017January 24, 2017academy awards, Arrival, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, La La Land, Manchester by the Sea, Moonlight, oscars 0 Comment

The 2017 Academy Awards Nominations have been revealed and La La Land is on track to follow-up it’s impressive Golden Globes haul as it rakes in a whopping 14 nominations. Moonlight and Arrival tied for second place with 8 each. Check out the full list of nominees here. Read more

Sean’s Top 10 Movies of 2016: La La Land, Don’t Think Twice & A Monster Calls

Sean Atkins special features January 2, 2017January 3, 2017A Monster Calls, Arrival, captain america: civil war, Don't Think Twice, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Kubo and The Two Strings, La La Land, Manchester by the Sea, movies, the jungle book, year end 2016 0 Comment

2016 featured more than a few good movies. But as far as big-budget spectacles go, very few really stood out, as the majority of the studio tent poles were largely disappointing. Luckily, however, smaller, more independent movies stepped up big time this year. For me, the majority of the best movies I saw in 2016 were more affecting than they were movies that left me in awe or that had a “wow” factor.

While there was one movie that stood out above the rest for my Number 1 spot, spots 2-10 required me to thoroughly scrutinize my list in order to place the rest of the movies I saw this year in the right spots. So, without further ado, here are the 10 best movies of the year, at least in my opinion:

Manchester by The Sea: Emotions Run High in Stirring, Simplistic Drama [Review]

Sean Atkins reviews December 9, 2016December 28, 2016Casey Affleck, Kenneth Lonergan, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea, Michelle Williams 0 Comment

We’ve all been there before; we’ve experienced that feeling of handling the loss of a loved one and what happens next. Earlier this year, my grandfather passed away after a hard fought battle with lung cancer. It was a rough time for me, coping with the fact that one of the greatest men in my life had gone on to greener pastures. On the day of the funeral, it was the first time in a while I had expressed feelings other than being upbeat or frustrated; I sat there in a pew and cried. No one can imagine how they will handle tragedy and what comes with it. Manchester by the Sea sums up many of the feelings we encounter when handling grief; it’s a simplistic, moving reminder that we must be able to rely on those around us in order to help us move forward.