I Still Believe in Heroes

Movies have been a part of my life for as long as I remember. As I have gotten older, I have realized that I love cinema and I wish to be involved with it in any way possible. I see cinema as a way to escape reality and be in a world outside of our own. I love analyzing film and trying to figure what any particular shot in a movie meant or what it was supposed to show. Movies have a way of affecting certain people in certain ways and that's what this list is about. The following list is NOT what I consider to be the greatest films of all time. They are simply the films that have impacted my life significantly. This list might contain minor spoilers/plot points but I will do my best to keep that to a minimum. I hope you guys enjoy this list and I encourage you to watch any of the films on here that you may not have already seen before. This list is not in any particular order. 1.  Hercules  (1997) Disney's Hercules  is one of those movies that I wish people would ...

Image via ComingSoon.net Brooklyn  shows a beautiful story of a young Irish woman, Ellis (Saoirse Ronan), who must leave her home in Ireland for New York in order to have a chance to live the life her family knows she will never be able to have if she stays at home. After a rough trip across the sea for Ellis, she arrives in New York where her new adventure begins, meeting some great people and some who are just not very good. While she is not very happy at first, she eventually gets to be happy and everything that happens to get to that point is so entertaining and full of both heartbreak and heart-warming moments, making  Brooklyn   a very fascinating film and one of my favorites of the year. What John Crowley was able to do was direct  Brooklyn  to near-perfection. There are so many things that Crowley was able to do right, yet my favorite part about this movie was the way in which it made you feel as if you were actually back in the 1950's. Every...

Image via StarWars.com Before I begin, I feel the need to say that while I certainly enjoy the original trilogy very much (the prequels not so much), I've never been a die-hard fan of the series. For whatever reason, Star Wars  never resonated with me in the same way it did with other people and it was only until recent years that I really looked at those original films and realized how good they actually are. But man, The Force Awakens  is just something else. I loved this movie and I will say right away that this is probably my favorite  Star Wars film of all. I know many people will disagree, but maybe some will agree and that is the beauty of film. Much like with food, everybody's taste is different and The Force Awakens , for me, is just exquisite. **WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD** One of the main problems I had with the prequels was how political they were. I felt that that specific approach took away a lot of the magic that the original trilogy had and made t...

Image via Collider.com Last year, when Mockingjay Part 1 came out and a lot of people criticized it, I defended it. It was a very good movie despite its flaws. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for Part 2 . This has to be one of the least satisfying endings to a series that I have seen in a very long time, which is a shame considering how much I enjoyed the first three films. Below, I will explain everything that I liked and disliked about this movie. **WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD** There is a lot wrong with this movie, however, I will begin by pointing out a few positives. First of all, the performances were great as always. Regardless of what one may think about the movie as a whole, it is hard to deny that these actors all have done a fantastic job of really transforming themselves into their respective roles. And second, there is an incredibly well-done action sequence between Katniss & company and the mutts that takes place in the sewers which ends up being ...

Images via ComingSoon.net Last night, the first official teaser trailer for the upcoming Captain America: Civil War  dropped along with 3 posters. First of all, I have to say that I love all 3 posters. They do a great job in highlighting the separation between the characters and they are sure to start making fans want to pick a side. Speaking of, I thought they would go with the usual "Whose side are you on?" tag but I was pleasantly surprised to see instead "Divided we fall". As great as these posters are, however, they pale in comparison to the trailer. Simply put, I think this has been the best trailer I have seen all year. The trailer clearly explained what this story will revolve around and showed fantastic action shots but yet didn't reveal any major spoilers. The music flowed perfectly with the trailer and nothing seemed out of place or unnecessary. Much like the posters, but even more so, the trailer clearly lays out the division between the c...

Image via IMDB It's October, which means that Halloween is right around the corner. I love this time of the year and horror movies are some of my favorite movies to watch so I thought I would come up with a list of essential movies to watch this month. These movies have all been around for a quite a while and you might have already seen them all or at least most of them. However, if there is even one movie on here that you have not yet seen, then I hope I can encourage you to go out and give it a try. Please note, this list is not in any specific order. 1. Halloween  (1978) I think I would be remiss if I didn't kick this list off with John Carpenter's original Halloween  movie. This is a movie that was shot in only 20 days with an extremely low budget of $300,000, but it was so incredibly effective in terms of causing fear in its viewers. This is one of the great horror movies and has undoubtedly stood the test of time. This movie, actually the entire franchise (e...

Image via Broadsheet Let's just get this out of the way: The Martian  is one of the best movies I've seen all year. The movie, which is directed by Ridley Scott, stars Matt Damon as astronaut and botanist Mark Watney who is left behind on Mars by his crew after being assumed to be dead when debris hit and left him unconscious during a storm. Left with very limited supplies, Mark has to figure out how to communicate with NASA back on Earth while at the same time figuring out how to grow food on Mars. The supporting cast includes names such as Jessica Chastain, Michael Peña, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan, and Aksel Hennie as the members of Watney's crew. Back on Earth, we see people like Jeff Daniels, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sean Bean, and Kristen Wiig. **WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD** So, what is it that makes The Martian  so good? Well, for starters, it looks and feels very real. The visual effects on Mars are simply spectacular to the point where you feel as if they shot th...