The Good in Movies ~ by Dominic Corry, Film Critic

2015’s Notable Achievements In Cinema

In this film blog entry for the Herald, I look back at the movies, moments and performances from this year that have really stayed with me. Also a not very impassioned defense of Adam Sandler.

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The Best and Worst Bond Villains

Spectre’s title strongly implies the return of the evil organisation’s leader, James Bond’s most classic villian, Ernst Blofeld. To mark the legendary kitten-stroker’s possible re-emergence, I cited the best and the stinkest Bond villains for my Herald blog.

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Five Classic Chillers For Halloween

In this blog entry for the Herald, I cite five movies that tap into the fun scary side of Halloween. The first one is called Dead of Night. There are five more. Even the math is spooky.

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Black Mass (2015)

With his audience goodwill somewhat eroded by a string of gimmicky performances in big-budget flops, Johnny Depp appears to be attempting to restore some of his serious actor credibility playing a stone-cold killer in this grim biopic about notorious Boston underworld figure James ‘Whitey’ Bulger.

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The Martian (2015)

Alien and Prometheus director Ridley Scott re-affirms his status as one of modern cinema’s most confident helmers of space-bound movies with this tense, slick thriller faithfully adapted from Andy Weir’s 2011 runaway bestseller.

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Matt Damon on The Martian

In this video interview conducted for the Herald, I chat with Matt Damon about The Martian, Ridley Scott, being stranded in space (again) and his favorite TV shows.

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Everest (2015)

A thorough and dizzying account of the infamous 1996 disaster on the world’s tallest mountain, Everest is equal parts thrilling, heartfelt and epic. Jason Clarke (Terminator: Genisys) plays Kiwi mountaineer Rob Hall, who pioneered the concept of leading private expeditions up Everest.

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Pixels (2015)

A high-concept comedy with plenty of production value and even more commercial ambition, but very little in the way of energy, wit or genuine fun. Adam Sandler stars as an ’80s video game champ who is drafted in by his old pal the U.S. President (Kevin James) when aliens invade taking the form of Pac-Man, Donkey Kong and other classic game characters.

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The Transporter Refueled (2015)

As cheesy as they often are, the action films released by Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp — which include the Taken and Transporter series — do a lot to help maintain the tradition of a certain kind of movie, and should be applauded for that. That doesn’t mean always they’re always good, though.

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We Are Your Friends (2015)

Instantly more famous for how little money it made on its opening weekend (a new record low for a wide release) than for anything that happens in the film, this would-be zeitgeist-capturing drama about DJs contains absolutely nothing original, but at least it looks like the characters are actually having fun.

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