Fat Jesus' Preview and Predictions For The 88th Annual Academy Awards

I've done massive blogs over the past few years chronicling the Academy Awards, or the Oscars if you will. But, I feel like hitting the big points of the show that everyone cares about is the best way to go. I'm not going to go over things like sound mixing or sound editing. These are obviously massively important, just not to the average movie-goer that just wants to turn their brain off for a few hours. Not to mention I think this year was pretty lacking for film overall. I had my favorites from 2015, but after those 15, maybe 25 films, there was a big drop off for me. The huge controversy over the lack of diversity was a big story was well, and I hate a lot of these nominees and thought quite a few of them could've been switched out for much better performances. In any event, I'll be touching of what I have determined to be the 100% end all be all of the awards show this year. Chris Rock should be a great host this year and won't hold back at anything going on in Hollywood currently. By the way, these are all my thoughts and I'm picking what I liked and loved this year, and who I want to see win. Not necessarily who is going to win. So, thank you for reading and/or sharing this, if you do, and I hope you like my little bit of thoughts on film's whit--I mean biggest show of the year!

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-Best Picture-

The Big Short

Bridge of Spies

Brooklyn

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Room

Spotlight

I had seen all but "Bridge of Spies" by the time the official nominations for Best Picture this year were announced. I have now since seen all eight of these films and I can safely say these are probably the best that The Academy were going to put in this list. *cough* "Creed" and "Straight Outta Compton" *cough* Probably the biggest surprise being that "Mad Max: Fury Road", my personal favorite 2015 film, made the cut, being a pure action film. The rest are really good picks too. These were films non-superhero, animated or Star Wars, that were high on my favorites this past year. "Room" and "Spotlight" landed near the top of my favorites, as they were spectacular story and acting-wise from start to finish. In "Spotlight", Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams were amazing. While in "Room" Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay were perfect. "The Martian" and "The Revenant" had big time performances. Leonardo DiCaprio went all out while Matt Damon carried "The Martian" to way more than what I was expecting. While "The Big Short", "Bridge of Spies" and "Brooklyn" had big time stories headlined by great performances from Christian Bale, Tom Hanks and Saoirse Ronan. I wouldn't be shocked to see any of these actually win, but I the likely candidates for me are "Bridge of Spies," "Spotlight," "Mad Max: Fury Road" or "The Revenant." Also find a place for "Creed" on this list, Academy, it was awesome.

Who I Want to Win

Who Will Win

-Actor in a Leading Role-

Bryan Cranston (Trumbo)

Matt Damon (The Martian)

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)

Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)

This is a HUGE example of The Academy being out of touch with what I think everyone else is seeing on screen. Trying to force Eddie Redmayne down our throats after half of a good film in "Theory of Everything" from last year. And I'm not sure anyone in the world has actually seen "Trumbo." No offense to Heisenberg himself. The two glaring omissions that would be on my list are Michael B. Jordan, who was spectacular in "Creed." As well as O'Shea Jackson Jr. for his performance in "Straight Outta Compton." Oh, these guys are African-American? Maybe that's why they're not on this list. Michael Fassbender was leagues better than Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs by the way. Even so, I don't think anyone would win over Matt Damon or Leonardo DiCaprio. Damon took a good film in "The Martian," and made it into a enjoyable science fiction action thriller set on Mars. While DiCaprio turned in a performance that made "The Revenant" really good, from only really okay, in my eyes. I think it's finally Leo's year, but I wouldn't be shocked of Damon somehow won.

Who I Want to Win

Who Will Win

-Actress in a Leading Role-

Cate Blanchett (Carol)

Brie Larson (Room)

Jennifer Lawerence (Joy)

Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)

Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

I've seen all but "Carol" from this list, but I never wanted to see this in the first place. Everyone loves Cate Blanchett, but I think she's only alright. Maybe it's me being a 25 year old man, and her always being in these deep, long, romantic dramas, that only work for me if I'm in a really adventurous mood. I found Jennifer Lawernce only okay yet again in her annual David O. Russel film with Bradley Cooper. Charlotte Rampling was fine in "45 Years" as well. I'm a the point where I'm not going to watch Oscar-bait simply because it's Oscar-bait. I'm not calling "Carol" Oscar-bait, but there's a lot of bait throughout all these nominations this year, as there is every year. The two big ones though, and I think no one else would have a shot against, are Saoirse Ronan in "Brooklyn" and Brie Larson in "Room." Ronan delivered a great performance of an immigrant leaving her home to come try to make it in America. While Larson delivered a spectacular and emotionally investing performance in "Room" that simply blew me away. I really hope she wins.

Who I Want to Win

Who Will Win

-Actor in a Supporting Role-

Christian Bale (The Big Short)

Tom Hardy (The Revenant)

Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight)

Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)

Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

I like everyone here! Everyone had great supporting performances in the films they were nominated for. This shouldn't be a long one for me to type out since I really don't mind seeing anyone from this list win. Kind-of wish that Michael Keaton had been nominated for "Spotlight" too cause everyone in that film was on point. In any event seeing Stallone winning for "Creed" would also be a win for Michael B. Jordan who was, as I stated above, unrightfully snubbed. Mark Rufflao is always awesome and seeing "Spotlight" get love tonight would be pretty sweet.

Who I Want to Win

Who Will Win

-Actress in a Supporting Role-

Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)

Rooney Mara (Carol)

Rachel McAdams (Spotlight)

Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)

Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

I've only seen "Spotlight," "The Hateful Eight" and "Steve Jobs." I thought Jennifer Jason Leigh was great in Tarantino's latest film. While I think the whole cast of "Spotlight" deserved nominations in all honesty, and I really would like to see Rachel McAdams take home the gold tonight. Rooney Mara is always fine and "Carol" has a lot of buzz behind it. Kate Winslet, for "Steve Jobs," has been nominated and won awards over the years as well. Plus she was really solid in the film. Go McAdams though, we're not biased here in this preview.

Who I Want to Win

Who Will Win

-Animated Feature Film-

Anomalisa

Boy and the World

Inside Out

Shaun the Sheep Movie

When Marnie Was There

I love animated films. I grew up with them, as most kids did. I never really grew out of watching them, I more, expanded my horizons. I don't think nowadays you can only be someone who watches Disney or Pixar. You have to watch people making stop motion films like "Anomalisa." You have to, at this point, be watching almost everything that Studio Ghibli puts out, like "When Marnie Was There." Finally, Pixar, is still a force in the world of animated film and is as good as ever. "Inside Out" was my favorite animated film from 2015 and it could arguably be film of the year in some peoples minds. I would be pretty surprised if "Anomalisa" or "When Marnie Was There" beat out "Inside Out." All are worth your time though.

Who I Want to Win

Who Will Win

-Directing-

The Big Short (Adam McKay)

Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller)

The Revenant (Alejandro G. Iñárritu)

Room (Lenny Abrahamson)

Spotlight (Tom McCarthy)

The director, a lot of the time, is someone who can be emotionally insensitive and seen as almost tyrannical. While more often than not, this is completely true, all the films we ever watch are helmed by one of these men. I think all of the directors of all these nominees were great. But the two that stand out for me are George Miller for the simply dazzling display throughout "Mad Max: Fury Road." His direction and storytelling through film is partly what has gotten Mad Max this far. After last year's "Birdman," Alejandro G. Iñárritu has followed up his surprising "one shot" film, with "The Revenant." A film that has a breathtaking performance, is visually stunning, but in my opinion is lacking in a lot of other places. Though I think it's a big possibility any of these guys take home the big prize, it should be one of these two.

Who I Want to Win

Who Will Win

-Film Editing-
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

It has been said, and pretty much documented as well, that if you're nominated for the Film Editing category, that you'll have an amazing chance to win Best Picture. With the exception of last year's "Birdman," 33 out of the last 34 nominees in Film Editing went on to win the big one. Now obviously it's cool to see Star Wars being nominated, it's probably not going to win. Sorry, Lucas. I could honestly not tell you who is going to take home best picture, so picking between the remaining four here would be a nightmare. I would lean towards, like in my Best Picture picks, "Mad Max: Fury Road" or "The Revenant" to win here, and likely, go on to win the big one.

Who I Want to Win

Who Will Win

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Deadpool [A Fat Jesus Film Review]

It's no secret that if you've ever read any of my Marvel Cinematic Universe film reviews I've done over the years that I love the product Marvel (and now Disney) is putting out. This of course is "Deadpool" and it's being put out by the X-Men guys, 20th Century Fox. Now at times the X-Men franchise has been a complete mess. But, if you look at the overall product, X-Men, X2 and the First Class series onward, X-Men has been churning out enjoyable movies since the turn of the century. Deadpool is a more obscure character to the average comic book consumer and someone who doesn't know about comics probably won't recognize him at all. Over the past few decades he's gained the reputation of anti-hero that breaks the fourth wall constantly and is aware that he is in-fact a comic book superhero. He's irreverent, foul mouthed and doesn't really care what he does to anyone at a given moment. "Deadpool" is the filthy R-Rated Marvel movie that we've been waiting for for awhile now. Not only is it currently smashing everything at the box office, but it's receiving praise from just about everyone that sees it. Ryan Reynolds is brilliant and leads the way as the Merc with a Mouth comes to life for the first time on the big screen. I'm probably going to spoil comedic bits and one-liners throughout this, so read on at your own risk.

"Deadpool" follows the story of Wade Wilson (Reynolds), a mercenary, with a wicked sense of humor, who takes care of teenage girls who have stalkers. One night at Weasel's (TJ Miller) bar, a local bar where people of the underbelly converge, Wade meets an escort named Vanessa Carlysle (Morena Baccarin). After a game of ski ball, the two become entrenched in a romantic relationship for about a year. One day, though, after proposing to Vanessa, Wade collapses. It turns out that Wade has terminal cancer. Vanessa sticks with him, but he fears for her emotional well being. One night, at Weasel's bar, a man gives Wade a proposal that would take away his cancer, to which he refuses. After a few days he decides to take the man up on his offer and is taken to be experimented on by Francis Freeman aka Ajax (Ed Skrein). He is also tortured by Angel Dust (Gina Carano) until one day he is put in a airtight chamber and pushed to his limits. This permanently disfigures Wade, but brings out his superpowers (and takes away his cancer). After setting ablaze and then escaping Ajax's lair, he vows to become Captain Deadpool...just kidding, just Deadpool, track down Ajax, get the cure for his condition and win Vanessa back. 

"Deadpool" isn't about the over top the CGI action. While it looks good at times and clunky at others, it gets the job done for the budget that they had. Most superhero films nowadays focus on mostly spectacle with a good dose of character interaction. "Deadpool" is not one of those films. You will be in the head of Deadpool and trying to keep up. The opening credits sequence credit the producers as "Asshats" and give you multiple CGI shots of Deadpool's ass and balls, for lack of better words. This is the type of fourth wall breaking, or perhaps 16th wall breaking if you prefer, is what Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool will bring throughout the film. Joke after joke and one liner after one liner will be fired at you relentlessly. They're weaved perfectly at times between the CGI violence and the gratuitous sex. Even when some of the humor falls flat, they're another joke right around the corner, so you're not dwelling on stuff that may not work for you. Our theater on Thursday night was ready for this film and there was a constant state of laughter throughout the entire film. This is what Reynolds fought for, the R-Rated Deadpool that would've needed to be seriously neutered to get a PG-13 rating. I really do think it would take away from the overall film. While most of it wasn't too shocking, there are moments in the dialogue that will have people doubled over, while at the same time grossing out someone else. That baby hand scene was hysterical.

The nods to Wolverine, Wolverine: Origins, Green Lantern and Hugh Jackman throughout the film were sidesplitting. Much of what I'm about to drone on about is thanks to the writers, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. They gave everyone a phenomenal script to work with. Each interaction with Blind Al (Leslie Uggams) in Deadpool's and her apartment was great. The comedic timing between Weasel (Miller) and Wade/Deadpool was spot on. The sexual montage between Wade and Vanessa (Baccarin) was better than anything "Fifty Shades of Grey" had to offer last year. It went to places you'd probably never thought you'd see on screen in a Marvel film in 2016. Finally, the interactions and fighting between Deadpool, Colossus (Stefan Kapičić), Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand), Ajax (Skrein) and Angel Dust (Carano) were the main catalyst of the action throughout. The exchanges between Wade and Francis were great. Colossus was portrayed better than he's ever been in an X-Men film so far. He's a great fatherly type figure who is the polar opposite of Deadpool's do and say anything style. Negasoinc Teenage Warhead, awesome name aside, had some great moments when paired with Deadpool. Not to mention her super powers are pretty awesome. Ajax is a great bad guy and Skrein played him with a cocky swagger that worked really well. The length is perfect at about an hour forty minutes, the music and score were fun and the acting (if you don't over-analyze it) was perfect for this type of film. Especially Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool who nails the performance on the head. The two post credit scenes are well worth waiting for too.

I've barely scratched the surface at all the humorous nods to real life, things and people that are called out in this film. "Deadpool" completely blurs the line between comic book, real life and Marvel film. All the different timelines really are confusing. It has its slow parts, it has it's dud jokes and at the end of the day it is another superhero origins story. But, Ryan Reynolds commits completely to everything that is Deadpool and delivers a Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man-like performnace. The jokes and humor are mostly hit throughout the entire run time. If you have a good sense of humor and a basic knowledge of all the different film companies Marvel is apart of, as well as the X-Men or MCU films, this will hit you directly in the funny bone. The CGI is alright, the story is surprisingly deep for a "Marvel origins" film and the love story twist kept it from being just another origins flick. Like I said above, this is the R-Rated Marvel superhero film that needed to be released. X-Men is great, Avengers is great, but this is the first we've seen straight foul-mouthed humor and action blended, and boy did it work out well. "Deadpool" is a must for any fan of comics, comic films and/or comedy. Thank you Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick and Ryan Reynolds. #Driveby

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Room [A Fat Jesus Film Review]

Believe it or not I watched "Room" on a whim. All I knew about it was that Brie Larson, who I absolutely love, was in it and that I shouldn't watch any trailers or look up any reviews for it. Now I fancy myself as a guy who likes almost everything I watch. I try to find some good in everything, so when it comes to the good films that come out every year, the ones that get all of the awards nominations and such, I get even more excited. That's because I'm going into something that will no doubt engross me and make me happy on some level. Brie Larson is masterful and the child actor, Jacob Tremblay, accents everything she does with an amount of realism you don't normally see out of actors his age. "Room" is a film that took me by surprise and never let go.

"Room" follows the story of a 24 year old, Joy (Larson), and her five year old son, Jack (Tremblay), as they live in a small one room enclosure. All it has is a small kitchen, a couple of beds, a skylight and no way to leave. It is revealed that Jack has been living here since he was very young and the room is all that he knows. As Jack begins to question everything he was told when he was younger, tensions begin to arise between him and his mother. That is until one day when Joy devises a plan that will let Jack leave their room. It will change both of their lives forever.

Films that are largely based around only a few people, living life, conversing in an intimate setting, dealing with the hardships of life, etc, are ones that I'm really drawn to. It lets the person writing the film and the person directing a film get us into the characters that we're supposed to get inside the minds of. In "Room" we're drawn to get into the minds and thought processes of a young mother and her five year old son that are trapped in this room. Brie Larson plays Joy with the urgency, care and loving that you expect any mother in her situation to have. The emotion pours out of her in every scene. While everything she does is entirely believable, because we're in her mind with her. She is at her wits end and it's getting harder and harder for her to hide her horrid situation from her child. The same can be said for Jacob Tremblay playing five year old Jack. He is a child who was largely raised in one room, never allowed to leave and only has limited knowledge of the outside world. He's beginning to get to the age where he questions things, he wants to know why his mother is telling him different things and why things have to change. You root for him to get out and then break out of his shell once he leaves. Jack is a kid you can root for and Tremblay plays him in the heroic way he deserves. You can say the same heroic actions were done by Joy as well. The writer of the novel "Room," by which the film is based, Emma Donoghue, also wrote the screenplay. She put the same amount of love into crafting who we watch the film, as I assume, who we would read in the book. Lenny Abrahamson, the director, also took the time to bring to life the characters from the novel and screenplay, in a believable, emotional and real way. This score was fitting, the length was perfect and just about anything else I could come up with right here would be glowingly positive as well.

"Room" is a film I really tried to not spoil in this review cause it's best if you experience it for the first time with as little knowledge as possible. I've included the trailer below, in case you decide you still want to watch it before diving in. The performances by Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay are honestly two of the best of the year. The story is a great one, filled with brilliant emotion from start to finish. It was one of my favorite 2015 films and I'm glad it's getting recognition at awards shows. There was honestly only a handful of films better than "Room" this year. It is definitely worth your time.

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Fat Jesus Reviews Talks WWE #1!

I've been wanting to do more wrestling posts alongside of my normal film reviews. I have a schedule of film reviews that will be starting next Monday (February 1st) so keep an eye out for everything leading into The Academy Awards this year!

My friend Mike and I have known each other for like five or six years now, I don't know anymore. We met way back in the day on John Canton's Facebook page. If you don't know John Canton, go give him a follow on Twitter (@JohnReport) or check out his website TJR Wrestling. He's one of the best at covering pro wrestling. Back on track, Mike and I both love sports, I'm a Dallas sports guy and he's a Chicago one. But more importantly, we're both pro wrestling fans. WWE, despite it's recent shortcomings, has been the most accessible wrestling for most of our lives. We've always watched it, no matter how bad Raw's have been lately. After almost every WWE PPV at some point during the following week (after Raw) we have some sort of discussion, fantasy booking, etc.

We discuss what we think is stupid, correct and what we'd like to see happen going forward. This week, coming off the 2016 Royal Rumble, the jumping off point was Roman Reigns being put into the number one contenders triple threat match at Fastlane, which spiraled into talking about Brock Lesnar, The Wyatt Family, Dean Ambrose, AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura. Our good friend Graeme also had some thoughts on the Charlotte, Becky and Sasha triangle too!

This is more of a test blog to see how much interest people would have of putting my friends and my hypothetical wrestling booking and thoughts into a blog post. We're grown men who get passionate about oiled up men grappling each other, so there is some heavy cursing at times. So if you like this, keep doing what you're doing by reading the post, or you can let one of us know your thoughts!

Also, if you're interested in my thoughts on all the pro wrestling events I watch this year and what the most notable and best matches are, be sure to visit this link: http://letterboxd.com/fatjesus/list/pro-wrestling-events-of-2016/!

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Michael Ryne: Though I am excited for the next few months of WWE, the more I think about it, the more how ridiculously stupid their current storylines are in a literal sense.

Triple H wins the title -- so his wife books a #1 contenders match in which her husband could potentially face Brock Lesnar...what.

Also, Lesnar is probably going to get screwed by the Wyatts in that match -- the very same Bray Wyatt who once famously said "ANYONE but you, Roman" But he's going to help Roman win the #1 contenders match most likely.

 WWE is good, but logically hilarious. [Haha]

Matt Day: Not to mention if it were really up to The Authority why put Roman in the match at all? Just make it Brock vs Dean Ambrose with Roman on the outside looking in.

Michael Ryne: I can buy the reasoning of "Well, fuck you Roman, this is your "rematch clause" but fuck you, it's to become the #1 Contender."

Matt Day: I guess you could say it's technically his rematch too, I suppose. But he has one anyway so there should be no reason for him to have to fight for the rematch he's owed. 

I'm resigned to the fact he's (Reigns) probably holding it (World Title) until Seth comes back or something. [Haha] I'm excited for literally everything but the main title.

Michael Ryne: Also they fucking blow at pushing Roman [Haha] It worked when he beat Sheamus because no one like Sheamus. Now he's facing a top 3 face in the company in Ambrose and fucking Lesnar who is so badass, most fans like him and the smart fans adore him. No one is going to root for Reigns. [Haha]

Matt Day: Lesnar is a face now after getting fucked by The Authority and The Wyatts.

Michael Ryne: Exactly, it's a 3 face match and Roman is by far the least popular. And yet he's going to be the one pushed and wind up with the title after WrestleMania -- hell that show is likely going to end with Reigns and the title. [Haha]

Matt Day: I think Flo Rida fans love Triple H because of NXT and such and he'll get more heat other places. So that will help too. 

Matt Day: I think Roman is more popular than Dean to be honest.

Michael Ryne: I would disagree, I think Dean gets more consistent pops with zero boos.

Michael Ryne: Reigns may get louder ones at times, but he gets booed too.

Matt Day: I guess WWE likes the overall reaction Roman invokes.

Michael Ryne: New Cena lol.

Matt Day: He feels more like new Batista right now. New-ish guy, gets loud ass mixed reactions and can't talk on the mic to save his life.

Michael Ryne: Just put the title on Styles and post-Wrestlemania, they have a year-long hatred-fueled feud with Nakamura over the title until Summerslam with Nakamura being a part of the authority

Matt Day: I wouldn't mind if they put the Intercontinental title on him (Styles) first to be honest, they're starting to make it seem like a legit second tier belt.

Michael Ryne: I want Nakamura or Styles to win Money in the Bank, take the year to build them up.

Matt Day: Well, you put the IC title on Styles and then Nakamura can come in and win and it furthers us smart fans knowing that Styles can't beat Nakamura for it anywhere so he moves up to facing Brock, Roman, Seth, whoever for the world title.

Then it lets Nakamura hold a midcard belt for a bit. Keep legitimizing the that belt (like John Cena did with the United States Championship) until injuries come back and NXT call ups happen. Non-smart fans will see a new awesome guy take down AJ and get interested in him.

Matt Day: I think Dean wins MitB this year by the way. I also think Sasha Bank is going over at Mania

Graeme H: I think Ric [Flair] is gonna get whooped during the divas match.

Matt Day: He's gotta get booted from a match eventually right? Or nah cause he's "Two Time Hall of Famer get rekt."

Graeme H: I don't think booted. I think like the same thing that happened with the Charlotte/Becky match, where he got kicked. I think that'll just happen again, only with a finisher move.

Matt Day: I wish Becky had put the Dis-Arm-er on him at the Royal Rumble after that kiss.

Graeme H: Would've been cool. [Haha]

Matt Day: Better than her just losing, being pushed aside by Sasha and crying on he outside. You saw that pic of her right?

Graeme H: No.

Matt Day: http://i.imgur.com/pIn20u5.jpg

Graeme H.: Oh, God

Matt Day: I know right? The Becky feels.

Matt Day: I'm just so excited to see Sasha get that Wrestlemaina match. Glad she's getting her time to shine solo during this point of the WWE year. I hope Charlotte starts selling moves too, that's her biggest flaw right now.

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Three Years of Fat Jesus Reviews

It's been three years now since I formally made a blog dedicated to where I want to be eventually in life. This place! I want to review things. Over the last three years I've posted 151 articles, which is roughly one post a week. I never thought I'd be able to keep a pace like that. I want to be a guy that people can come to and get opinions on films. Perhaps even video games and pro wrestling too, as I've dabbled in both on here as well. Hopefully you can respect the opinions that I have too! Because those three things are who I am and I have a passion for all of them.

I want to address why posts have been so sporadic this past year and it's mostly because of going back to school. I took five classes over the past year where I had to write weekly papers and it really burnt me out from doing reviews. I want to change that this year as I'm in a place with my education where I'm not taking more writing classes, until I can transfer, and I can focus more on writing about things that I enjoy this year.

I still plan on doing my reviews of the Best Picture contenders at this years Academy Awards, my Academy Awards preview and thoughts on it afterward. But beyond that I want to get into writing a little bit more about wrestling and continuing on with the newer films I watch throughout the year. So some new and more of the same. I want to do more trilogy reviews as well. I really liked going through films in series and seeing how they got better or worse as the stories progressed.

I don't want this to be a long-winded post, but I do want to take everyone who has ever read, retweeted, favorited or shared any of my articles over the past three years. I appreciate every view, comment (even though I don't get a ton) and criticism of my writing. I know I have typos here and there, but I like to think I've progressed a long way in the past three years. So thank you in every regard, because when I see 30 or more views on a post I get really excited that someone out there is reading my thoughts and hopefully forming a deeper opinion on the thing they're reading about.

I plan on doing a post in the next week (assuming things break my way bills-wise) of all the films I've been watching over fall and winter (so far) of this past year. Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Brooklyn, Room, The Revenant, The Hateful Eight, The Good Dinosaur, Straight Outta Compton, Spectre, Spotlight, The Big Short, The Walk as well as a few other films like Sisters and Sleeping with Other People will be talked about in one form or another in the next couple of months, so stay tuned for all of that!

So for all the people that have been reading from the beginning and the people who may be reading this post as their first one, thank you for all the support, and I can't wait to share more of my thoughts with you going forward!

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