The Oscar Project
It’s the end of week two of my 2022 Year in Review. I hope you are enjoying the posts and have perhaps stumbled on something new to check out as you enjoy the holidays this year. Today I’m finally releasing my top two first time watches from 2022. They are both films that I wanted to see as soon as they were released, but didn’t get to right away. As a reminder, the list so far is:
2: Encanto (2021) Certain films hit differently based on your life experience, and this is one of those. By now I think it’s safe to assume that you’ve probably seen Encanto (multiple times if you have young children), but it’s worth revisiting here. If you don’t know, the film is the story of the Madrigals, an extended family that all have magical gifts that have been granted to them by an eternally burning candle. The family is led by the matriarchal Abuela and is full of lively characters including her daughters Julieta (heals people with her cooking), Pepa (her mood controls the weather), and the long-lost son Bruno (can see the future). The grandchildren are just as unique, and in true Disney musical fashion, the opening number “The Family Madrigal” gives you the lowdown on everyone involved. I think what makes this film work so well is that anyone can find a character or two that they connect with. We see this great big family and despite outward appearances, they’re not perfect. Our main protagonist, Mirabel, is a bit of an outcast because she never received her gift. Her sister Luisa has the gift of superhuman strength, but we learn that she’s about to crack because she tries to shoulder all the burdens of the family. The other sister, Isabela, can make beautiful flowers bloom wherever she wants, but like Luisa, feels pressure to maintain her appearance of perfection, and longs for the ability to make mistakes from time to time. As usual, the music is infectious, and I probably don’t need to remind you about that song dealing with Bruno (it’s right here in case you miss it) but I urge anyone to take a moment and listen carefully to “Dos Oruguitas”. Give it a listen in the original Spanish and then check out an English translation of the lyrics. It is the turning point of the film for me, and I know there are plenty of people out there who wish someone in their own family would realize what needs to be done to mend a broken relationship. Lastly, it goes without saying that this is a beautiful film. Disney always seems to bring it on this front and Encanto is no exception. The colors throughout the film are tremendous, and it feels very authentic for the place and time where it is set. I cannot say enough about this film, and if by some miracle you haven’t seen it yet, check it out today. Encanto is available on Disney+. 1: Interstellar (2014) I’m a bit ashamed to say this was a first time watch for me, but this is a safe space, right? This was a huge gap in my movie resume when it comes to one of my favorite directors, Christopher Nolan and after watching it, I was so mad that it had eluded me for so long. Now, I have been a fan of Nolan’s since first seeing Memento back in the early 2000s. Following and Insomnia are now my only two remaining feature films of his that I haven’t seen. But back to Interstellar, I thought I knew the basic premise of this film, but what I saw ended up being so much more, as I should have expected with Nolan. The short version is that Matthew McConaughey plays Joseph Cooper, a former astronaut turned farmer who is recruited lead a mission away from Earth in an effort to find a suitable planet where humanity can migrate. The mission takes him and his crew through a wormhole into another galaxy and after failing to find a suitable planet to harbor life, Cooper ends up falling into a blackhole where he eventually figures out how to communicate back through time and space with his daughter, giving her the information she needs to solve a gravity equation and the human race. It's a lot to take in, and that story unfolds over two and a half hours of film, but even with that long running time, nothing feels wasted. Like most Nolan films, the tendrils of the story wind and unwind themselves around each other repeatedly in unexpected ways. You have to pay attention, but when you do, the payoff is incredible. The acting in the film is superb as Nolan always seems to get the most out of his actors. McConaughey’s reaction to seeing his family all grown up when little time has passed in his own life is something that has been memed into ridiculousness at this point, but it remains a powerful moment. The names in this movie are huge, from Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain, to John Lithgow and Nolan regular Michael Caine. Casey Affleck and Timothée Chalamet cover Cooper’s son as a boy and an adult, while Matt Damon shows up as an astronaut that Cooper and team meet on one of the planets they investigate. It’s a testament to the film that I didn’t even know he was in it before seeing him show up on screen. I’m reminded a bit of James Cameron when it comes to the variety of things that spring from Nolan’s imagination. Of course, Cameron is much more concerned with the dangers of advancing technology (see Terminator and Avatar), while Nolan seems to be focused on the nature of time and how it could possibly be manipulated for various good or bad intentions. I’m so glad that we have people like Cameron and Nolan making movies today because they are able to keep things fresh and new. Now I just need to find where I can watch Following and Insomnia. The rest of the posts in this series are all linked below.
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We’re on to the number three and four top first time watches of 2022 for me and I have a couple more Oscar nominees from last year in the mix. Both are readily available on streaming services you probably already have, so go check them out if you haven’t already! 4: Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021) The second of my top 10 first time watches that was nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film last year, and this one won. I watched this a few weeks before the Oscar ceremony and so glad that I did. The film looks at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, a music festival that took place over the course of the summer that year. The festival itself brought in musical acts including Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, The 5th Dimension, Gladys Knight & the Pips, and Sly and the Family Stone, all of which can be seen in the film, along with many more. The festival was also put on the same year as Woodstock, just about 100 miles away, and yet most people have never heard of the Harlem Cultural Festival. I loved seeing all the different musical acts as they were in the last 1960s, but also the other aspects of the festival. People bringing picnic lunches, cooking food on the grass at the shows, and of course dancing. Debut director Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson of The Roots brought such love and care to the subject matter that it showed in the presentation of the film. Along with that, the fact that he was able to interview many of the participants and organizers some fifty years later, shows how important it was to those involved. Even if you have no interest in the cultural elements of this, I strongly urge you to check out Summer of Soul for the music alone. If it doesn’t get you on your feet at least once, then you might need to check your pulse. Summer of Soul is available on Hulu. 3: Don’t Look Up (2021) I’m pretty sure there are two types of people that watch Don’t Look Up: those that see it for what it is and are appropriately scared at how accurately it portrays our social media obsessed society, and those who look at it and think that it’s straight up funny and could never possibly happen. Unfortunately, it’s that second group that the first group is truly afraid of. There is so much going for this film, that it’s hard to know where to start. The basic premise is one we’ve seen before in films like Deep Impact and Armageddon (affiliate links). An astronomer (Jennifer Lawrence) and her professor (Leonardo DiCaprio) discover a comet that will impact Earth in just a few months, causing an extinction level event and must warn the world, hoping to spur humanity into saving itself. However, where Deep Impact and Armageddon focus more on the act of saving ourselves, Don’t Look Up chooses to instead focus on the direct impact of such news on society, especially in an age where national news outlets can gather data from tweets and Facebook in real time. Don’t Look Up is true satire and goes way over the line. Would our societal response to news like this be quite this bad? Probably not. But based on events in recent years, there would be some in our world that would take things to the extreme. All the elements of our insane world are on display here. You have the President (Meryl Streep) and her chief-of-staff/son (Jonah Hill) who only care about the upcoming election. There is the billionaire tech CEO (Mark Rylance) who is only worried about how he can turn the crisis to his own profit. And don’t forget the always jovial news hosts (Tyler Perry and Cate Blanchett) who relegate a truly newsworthy item like a comet colliding with Earth to the last 3 minutes of their show. Is it over the top? Yes. But unfortunately, I think things HAVE to be a bit overblown to get any sort of consideration these days. Don’t Look Up is just that film that slaps you across the face and says “wake the hell up people!” Don’t Look Up is available to stream on Netflix. As always, I’ve linked to the other posts in this series below.
It’s Wednesday, and it’s time to reveal my number five and six first time watches from this year. Today’s films are both from last year, and both Oscar nominated which means I as watching them in the lead up to the Oscars back in the spring. Let me know your thoughts on these great movies if you’ve seen them. 6: Nightmare Alley (2021) This film was definitely much better than I anticipated going in. There is a bit of a slow start to it, but once it gets rolling, I was fully invested in the story. As a remake of a film from the 1940s, I was surprised to see how well this held up with a modern visual touch. Yes, the story is still set in earlier times, but the ability to do so much more with the camera is what makes this film worth watching. There are some excellent performances in the film from Bradley Cooper to the ice-cold Cate Blanchett. Even the supporting roles like Toni Collette and David Strathairn shine in their limited screen time. But what really does it for me is the world that director Guillermo del Toro creates. Del Toro is known for creating fantastic worlds and while this is one that is more grounded in reality than some in his filmography, you can tell right away that it’s his world that we’re playing in. The film is currently available on Hulu so definitely check it out if you haven’t already. 5: Flee (2021) This is yet another film I probably never would have seen if it hadn’t been for a number of movie podcasts I listen to and for it getting nominated for a number of Academy Awards. That said, I’m so glad I saw it and glad that I keep an open mind for things that approach movie making in a new way. Flee is the story of a young boy named Amin who flees Afghanistan and eventually ends up living in Denmark. To cut the summary off there is a huge disservice to the film because it’s so much more than that. Over the course of the film, we get to see the horrors that Amin and his family have to endure from trudging through frozen forests in Russia, to being sent back by patrols in the ocean when they try to cross from one country to another. The journey out of war is not fun and the film portrays that well. Compounding things is the fact that Amin is gay and comes from a country and a culture where that is not accepted. As the film is told in animated flashback, we also get a few contemporary scenes (also animated) that show him with his partner looking for a house. The fact that a documentary was made as an animated film speaks to the innovative things that are possible with film, and I’m so glad I was able to appreciate this addition to the cultural conversation. Flee is also available on Hulu, so please check this out as well if you haven’t seen it yet. As always, I’ve linked to the other posts in this series below.
Up next today is my 8th and 7th favorite first time watches from this year. Yesterday we had two completely different films, and the same could be said for these two selections. 8: Belfast (2021) After all the hype for this film at the Oscars last year, it ultimately only received one award, for Best Original Screenplay, out of the seven nominations it had, including Best Director and Best Picture. This is one of those films where it has to really connect with you on a personal level to raise it to the top of all films in a given year. Unfortunately, like Cyrano in yesterday’s post, this didn’t hit me like that, but that doesn’t take away from the beautiful aspects of the film. I agree with the nominations of Judi Dench and Ciarán Hinds for Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor. They were the heart of the movie for me. In other areas, the film was beautifully shot and I was a bit surprised it didn’t garner a Best Cinematography nomination last year. I know many people get turned off by films presented in black and white these days, but I felt it really gave the film some beautiful visual moments that couldn’t have been achieved in color. 7: Clerks II (2006) I’m not sure how I missed writing a review of this when I watched it back in September. I figured it would be hard to top the original in pure craziness, but somehow this film matched if not even exceeded the first. It’s interesting that this lands on the list the same day as Belfast. While Belfast was a beautiful film that I downgraded slightly because I didn’t connect with it on a personal level, Clerks II was an OK film that I have to elevate because it does connect with me. Granted, I don’t have personal experience with some of the wilder elements of the film (donkey) but at its core, the film is one of two friends growing apart because they are at different points in their lives. I think we’ve all experienced something like that at least once, and that’s what elevates it for me on this list. Kevin Smith has had some big hits and some duds throughout his career, but I think it’s safe to say he knows how to tell a story and definitely knows how to get a laugh, the crazier the better. If you’ve missed any of my posts in this series so far, check them out below and leave a comment with some of the best movies you’ve watched from the past this year.
I hope everyone enjoyed my first week of posts last week. If you missed any of them, they are all linked below and I will continue to add links for the remaining posts as I lead up to the end of the year.
Today I’m bringing you numbers 9 and 10 on this list, with two more each day throughout the week.
10: Cyrano
This feels like a definite cheat because the film was only released on a VERY limited basis in 2021 with the majority of its theatrical run coming this year, but the official release date was December 17, 2021, so I’ll go with that. As anyone who reads my posts regularly knows, I am not a huge fan of musicals, unless done a certain way. I did enjoy the version of Les Misérables from 2012 and also enjoyed last year’s tick, tick… BOOM!, but this one didn’t work for me. However, it still ends up on my top 10 list because of the other aspects of the film. The costumes are amazing, the choreography is stunning, and the visuals in the film are beautiful. For those elements, I it enough to land it here.
9: Deadpool 2
Coming in at number nine on my list is the sequel to the 2016 film Deadpool. I had seen the first one previously, but for whatever reason had never gotten to the second one. I’d seen a few clips, but never the entire film. This was one of the cases where the sequel lived up to the hype of the original. Ryan Reynolds is perfect as Deadpool, and the new storyline took things in a fresh direction. I looked at both of the Deadpool films after the announcement of the upcoming Deadpool 3 that will be released in 2024 (hopefully). I’m excited to see the character back on the big screen and rest assured that I won’t be waiting four years before going to the new film! Today is the last post of the week and the last of the smaller categories in my Year in Review. If you missed any of the other posts, please be sure to check them out at the links below.
For this post, I’m not separating short films into smaller categories but including everything in one: live action narrative, documentary, and animated. So, without further ado, let’s get into the top five short films I saw this year. If you're interested in watching them for yourself, the movie titles link to the films except "Boxballet" which is just the trailer. 5: Boxballet This fun animated short film was one of five nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the Oscars earlier this year. It is a brief love story, a bit reminiscent of Beauty and the Beast, between a hulking boxer and a dainty ballerina. The visual style is so different from what we normally see in animation, and that’s what made it one of my favorites I saw this year. 4: The Queen of Basketball Let me tell you, I loved meeting Lusia Harris in this film. Harris is the star of this short documentary that won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject this year and even in her 60s, she was a vibrant personality in the interview portions of this film. Chronicling her college basketball career during which she won three national championships and a silver medal at the Olympics. She would go on to become the first African American woman inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Sadly, Harris passed away in January 2022 just a few months before this film received its Oscar. 3: Robin Robin Another animated short film that was nominated for Best Animated Short Film earlier this year, “Robin Robin” is so much fun and I’ve watched it several times with my kids and when I went to the theater to see the full slate of animated short film nominees. he film is stop-motion animation, and features voice talents of Richard E. Grant and Gillian Anderson, but the true star is Robin, the young robin who grew up in a family of mice. She makes a terrible mouse (mainly because she’s a bird) but tries to prove to her mouse family that she belongs by sneaking into the Who-Man house at Christmas to steal the star from the top of their tree. Fire this one up on Netflix this holiday season to kick off your next movie night. 2: Audible This film actually lost out to “The Queen of Basketball” in the Best Documentary Short Subject at the Oscars this year, but I put it slightly ahead on my own list. This one is just on the limit for consideration in that category, but looks at the story of Amaree McKenstry-Hall, a deaf football player at the Maryland School for the Deaf as he and his teammates and friends deal with the pressures of performing on the field, while mourning the loss of a close friend to suicide. Any one part of that description could make a great film on its own but putting them all together and in a short film is truly amazing and fully deserving of the nomination it received. 1: Lynching Postcards: ‘Token of A Great Day’ Just like last year, my top film on this list is extremely difficult to watch, but for completely different reasons. “Lynching Postcards” is a tight 15 minutes but speaks volumes in how it covers its subject matter. The film documents the history of “lynching postcards,” small souvenirs people could send to relatives and friends to celebrate their role in or attendance at public lynchings of African Americans throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s. I sat and watched this film in disgust, amazed at the cruelty that could lead people to do these things in the name of hate and fear, but was forced to draw a line straight to the social media of today. While it is an incredibly difficult film to watch, it is necessary, and I highly recommend anyone taking some time to watch for themselves.
I really hope you are enjoying the posts this week as the kick-off to my Year in Review. If you missed any, please be sure to go back and check them out at the links below.
Biographies
Behind the Scenes
I love doing this post because I get to call out some great individual performances by actors, often in films that might not make it into my top ten of the year. Last year’s top performances included Lakeith Stanfield in Judas and the Black Messiah (affiliate link), Zendaya and John David Washington in Malcolm & Marie, and the wonderful Lauren Ridloff in Eternals (affiliate link).
Before I get to this year’s favorite performances, don’t forget to check out the rest of the posts in this series for 2022 linked below.
4: Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, and Joel Edgerton in Thirteen Lives
If you follow my posts and videos, you probably got sick of hearing me talk about Thirteen Lives (affiliate link) when it arrived in late summer. I absolutely loved the documentary The Rescue about the 13 boys trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand in 2018 and when I found out it was being made into a feature film with Viggo Mortenson, Colin Farrell, and Joel Edgerton as the three main divers, I was so excited. These three actors are among my favorites, and they nailed the people they were playing to perfection. If you haven’t already, I highly recommend that you check out The Rescue on Disney+, then immediately go over to Amazon Prime (affiliate link) and watch Thirteen Lives (affiliate link). You will be amazed at how well these three actors embody Richard Stanton (Mortensen), John Volanthen (Farrell), and Dr. Richard Harris (Edgerton).
3: Brad Pitt in The Lost City
If you read my Biggest Surprises post the other day, you already know that I loved the cameo swapping between The Lost City (affiliate link) and Bullet Train (affiliate link) that led to Pitt being in the Sandra Bullock/Channing Tatum action comedy. Pitt almost literally dropped into the movie to rescue Bullock’s Loretta Sage and while he only has about 5-10 minutes of screen time, it’s a perfect dose of Pitt to whet your whistle and prepare you for his all-out assault in Bullet Train.
2: Ana de Armas in The Grey Man
2022 has been a busy year for Ana de Armas, appearing in Deep Water with Ben Affleck, as Marilyn Monroe in Blonde, and in The Grey Man opposite Ryan Gosling. I choose this role because de Armas has been a rising star over the last several years, and finally got to be in the middle of the action. You may remember that she was in the latest bond film, No Time to Die (affiliate link), last but spent about as much time in the trailers and marketing materials as she did in the film itself. The Grey Man gave her a chance to perform a bit more and gave her a character that was more than just something for the hero to ogle for one scene.
1: Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once
For those of you who don’t recognize the name or haven’t seen this film, Quan is the former child actor who played Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (affiliate link) and Data in The Goonies (affiliate link). He appeared in a number of other films throughout the 80s and 90s including Encino Man before taking a break from acting for 20 years. He has returned to appear in the Netflix film Finding ‘Ohana in 2021 and will appear in the upcoming season of the Disney+ series Loki. But he’s at the top of this list because of what he did in Everything Everywhere All at Once (affiliate link). While the film centers primarily on Evelyn Wang, it doesn’t work without her husband Waymond to play off of. And the best part of Quan’s performance as Waymond is the range that he’s able to show across the various universes. He goes from devoted family man struggling with his marriage to debonair corporate CEO to the universe jumping rebel trying to save existence. Even just one of these is more character depth than he had with his roles as a child, and to see them all in one film from the same actor is a real treat.
I hope you enjoyed yesterday’s first post in the series with my biggest surprises of the year. Today I’m looking at the biggest disappointments of 2022. Be sure to check out all the posts below.
Biggest Disappointments of 2022
As with yesterday’s surprises post, last year I had two films that disappointed me and yet again, the list has grown a bit for 2022. These are in a specific order from the somewhat disappointing, to the extremely disappointing.
Overhyped Superhero Films
I’m thinking of three films specifically that disappointed me and they all fit in the same category. There was so much hype for both The Batman and Thor: Love and Thunder earlier this year and while they’re OK movies, I didn’t think they were the best in their respective franchises. I know I’m generally in the minority when it comes to The Batman (affiliate link) as fans seemed to love it from the start, but it just didn’t resonate with me the same way the Dark Knight trilogy (affiliate link) did, though I did remark in my review that I love Zoë Kraviz in the role of Selina Kyle. In a slightly different way, Thor: Love and Thunder (affiliate link) was tasked with following up on what I maintain is the funniest film in all the MCU, Thor: Ragnarok (affiliate link). I loved what director Taika Waititi did with that film, and had high hopes for the latest iteration, but it too fell a bit flat. Yes, we got the return of Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, and plenty of awesome Valkyrie action, but the film as a whole could never live up to its predecessor.
Lastly, it wasn’t really over hyped, but I would be remiss if I didn’t mention Morbius (affiliate link). It’s interesting that we got two movies about superheroes associated with bats this year and I was disappointed by both of them. It’s almost hard to believe that Morbius could be worse than the two Venom (affiliate link) films, but it’s true. I just hope that Sony can redeem itself with the upcoming sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse next summer.
Believe it or not, that could have been my entire list of disappointments this year, but wait, there’s more! Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood This was a film I heard a bunch about early in the year and I added it to my watchlist on Netflix because I trusted the opinion of the people I heard raving about it. Maybe I expected too much, or maybe I wanted it to be great because I would have loved being a kid in Houston during the time of the Apollo missions. That’s I think what made it all the more disappointing for me when I watched it.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a bad movie. I did enjoy the animation style and even the use of some actual archival footage related to the space race in the 1960s. There have been more films like this recently (Flee immediately comes to mind from last year) and it’s refreshing to see creators willing to blend animation with other types of film. But then we got a whole section of the movie where Stanley (played by Jack Black in voice over) tells the story of being assigned to go to space on Apollo 10 ½ before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon on Apollo 11.
I get that it’s a fantasy, but so much of the rest of the film was grounded in reality that it didn’t mesh for me. I would have preferred one path or the other, not a messy blending of both. Hotel Transylvania: Transformania I mean no disrespect to the creators when I say this was a train wreck of a movie. I have such a hard time panning films in this way because I know hundreds of people worked long hours to make the best movie they could, but I know for sure they could have done better with this.
How do I know that? Because they already made three films in this franchise that are wonderful. And to top it off, they are all unique in their own way.
The first thing that should tip you off is that Adam Sandler and Kevin James were not involved in this film like they were for the other three. The rest of the main voice cast returns, but it just felt off without those two anchor points as Dracula and Frankenstein. The second strike against the film is that it was released primarily as a straight to streaming feature on Amazon Prime (affiliate link). It did get a small theatrical release, but the fact that it was tucked away on Amazon’s streaming service shows that the studio didn’t ever expect it to be a huge success. The story is lacking and doesn’t really move the franchise forward. It was extremely disappointing for a group of films I have enjoyed up to this point. They were never to the level of some of the Pixar and Dreamworks creations, but always entertained the kids and managed to give me some laughs too.
I’m starting this countdown a little earlier than I did last year to make sure I have enough time to get everything in that I want to talk about. Just like last year, I’ve put together a total of six lists to recap the year. You’ll see the posts throughout the month of December, but here’s the full list that I’ll link to as they post:
Biggest Surprises of 2022
Last year I had two films that surprised me and this year the list has grown to a total of four films, but I’ve combined two of them and you’ll see why below. In no particular order, they are:
The Sea Beast I didn’t write an official review of this at the time, but I absolutely loved this animated Netflix film. It was vibrant and colorful. It features a gruff sailor who befriends a spunky young girl and together they learn that the sea monsters their world fears and hunts are not truly evil, just misunderstood. There was some “messaging” regarding tolerance and overcoming prejudice, but I didn’t think it beat you over the head with it. The acting is well done, with Karl Urban and Jared Harris filling the hero and villain roles. Zaris-Angel Hator voices the young girl and has racked up multiple credits this year, including Morbius (affiliate link) (also with Harris) and the recent Netflix Christmas film Scrooge: A Christmas Carol. And did I mention it was a beautiful film? I would put the visual style on par with just about anything from Disney, Pixar, or Dreamworks. The colors of the ocean and the various cityscapes are a sight to behold and it seems like the sea monster come in every shade of the rainbow. To top it off, your kids will love this too. My own kids were initially skeptical of this one, but they sat through the whole thing and have watched it at least a few times since the summer.
Cow
This film I did review back in October after hearing about it on several podcasts over the summer and fall. I was a bit skeptical myself about the film that focuses on the life of dairy cows with no real soundtrack to speak of and no narration. But, as I watched, I found myself connecting with the cow on screen and empathizing with her when her calves are taken away and she is forced into the daily grind of eat, sleep, get milked, until the inevitable end. The creators of Cow (affiliate link) claim not to have any agenda other than to make us think, but many people will probably see it as an anti-animal cruelty film or a pro-vegan film. I didn’t take it as either of these, but it definitely made me think.
The Lost City/Bullet Train
These two get combined because of the cameo trading that went on between them. Brad Pitt made a several scene cameo in The Lost City (affiliate link) trying to help Channing Tatum’s character save Sandra Bullock before meeting an untimely end (or did he?). Bullock and Tatum then returned the favor in Bullet Train (affiliate link), Bullock appearing as Pitt’s “voice on the phone” handler and Tatum as an unnamed train passenger. While I’m still finalizing my top ten of the year list for later this month, it’s safe to say that at least one of these films will be on it. They are both fun and breathe some fresh air into the action-comedy genre, in very different ways. Be sure to keep an eye out here to find out which one makes it into the top 10! |
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