My personal Oscar winners/nominees:

Best Picture:
Winner - Ex Machina
Nominees - Spotlight, Room, Inside Out, Steve Jobs, Creed, The Martian, Straight Outta Compton, Star Wars 7, The Big Short
Honorable Mentions - The Revenant, Beasts of No Nation, Sicario, The Hateful Eight, Slow West

Lead Actor:
Winner - Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
Nominees - Abraham Attah (Beasts of No Nation), Matt Damon (The Martian), Michael B. Jordan (Creed), Leonardo Dicaprio (The Revenant)

Lead Actress:
Winner - Brie Larson (Room)
Nominees - Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn), Daisy Ridley (Star Wars 7), Emily Blunt (Sicario), Laia Costa (Victoria)

Supporting Actor:
Winner - Sylvester Stallone (Creed)
Nominees - Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight), Jacob Tremblay (Room), Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation), Tom Hardy (The Revenant)

Supporting Actress:
Winner - Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)
Nominees - Rachel McAdams (Spotlight), Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl), Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

Original Screenplay:
Winner - Ex Machina
Nominees - Inside Out, Straight Outta Compton, The Hateful Eight, Spotlight

Adapted Screenplay:
Winner - Room
Nominees - The Martian, Steve Jobs, The Big Short, Brooklyn

Bonus award that doesn't exist:
Best overall year - Domhnall Gleeson (Ex Machina, Star Wars 7, The Revenant, Brooklyn)

February Movie Grades:

Titles in red are available on Netflix Instant, green are available on Amazon Prime, blue were seen in theater, italics are re-watches.

A
Room (Drama) – 2015
Steve Jobs (Drama/Biopic) – 2015
Creed (Sports Drama) - 2015
Jim: The James Foley Story (Documentary) – 2016
The Big Short (Drama/Biopic) - 2015

A-
Deadpool (Comedy/Action) – 2016
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Western) - 1969
Bigger, Stronger, Faster (Documentary) – 2008
180 South (Documentary) – 2010
Brooklyn (Drama/Romance) - 2015
Victoria (Drama/Action – German) – 2015
The Summit (Documentary) – 2012
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Drama/Comedy) – 2015
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (Comedy) – 1987
Stripes (Comedy) – 1981
Mr. Holmes (Drama) – 2015

B+
Bone Tomahawk (Western/Drama/Action) – 2015
Cop Car (Action/Drama) – 2015
99 Homes (Drama) – 2015
Kingsman: The Secret Service (Action) – 2015
Black Coal, Thin Ice (Drama/Mystery – Chinese) – 2014
The Keeping Room (Drama) – 2015
Freeheld (Drama/Biopic) – 2015
Tangerine (Drama/Comedy) – 2015
The Danish Girl (Drama/Romance) - 2015

B
Z for Zachariah (Drama/Romance) – 2015
Carol (Drama/Romance) - 2015
K2: Siren of the Himalayas (Documentary) – 2012
Paper Towns (Drama/Comedy) – 2015
Turbo Kid (Action/Sci Fi) – 2015
Spectre (Action) – 2015

B-
Experimenter (Drama/Biopic) - 2015
Beyond the Edge (Documentary) – 2013
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (Action/Martial Arts – Chinese) – 2016
Trumbo (Drama/Biopic) - 2015
Alphaville (Drama/Sci Fi) – 1965
Everest (Action/Drama/Biopic) - 2015

C
Ted 2 (Comedy) - 2015

D
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (Comedy) – 2015

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Weekly Movie Recommendations:

REDBOX - Room (Drama), Love & Mercy (Drama/Biopic), Mr. Holmes (Drama)

ON DEMAND - Creed (Sports Drama), The Danish Girl (Drama)

NETFLIX - Silver Linings Playbook (Drama/Comedy), Bigger, Stronger, Faster (Documentary), Paycheck (Action/Sci Fi)

AMAZON PRIME - The Skeleton Twins (Drama/Comedy), Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (Comedy), The Fifth Element (Sci Fi/Action)

HBO GO/HBO NOW - Alpha Dog (Drama), Pretty in Pink (Comedy/Romance), Kiss the Girls (Crime Thriller)

TV Update from the last few months:

The Office (US) - Currently in the middle of a complete rewatch, we're almost finished with season 5, less dropoff than I remember from S3-S4, more significant dropoff from S4-S5, but I'm still enjoying it. Interested to see what I think of S6-S9 as I remember being very disappointed the 1st time through and I don't think we've revisited a single episode other than Jim and Pam's wedding.

The Leftovers S2 - Basically felt the same about this as I do all Lindelof, so many unanswered questions and WTF moments, spend 1/2 of each episode frustrated, but the hour always flies by and I immediately want more afterwards. Last google I did they were undecided about S3, I'd definitely be up for another round.

Homeland S4 - Enjoyed it for the most part, far cry from S1 and 2, we don't have Showtime so we're always a season behind, but we'll probably stick with it through the end.

Fargo S2 - Fantastic, might've even surpassed S1

The Sopranos - Amazing show, just as good if not better the 2nd time around, top 5 all-time for me.

As for live shows we're watching Better Call Saul (love it), The Walking Dead (not a top tier show, but I always look forward to it on Sunday night), and Girls (loved episode 2, others have been ok). Oh and we're 3 episodes into the OJ show and haven't decided if we'll continue or drop it from the docket.

Shows we're considering - American Crime S2 (all on DVR) and a complete rewatch of Breaking Bad (can't wait).

Looking forward to The Americans S4 (1 week) and Game of Thrones S6 (6 weeks).

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Weekly Movie Recommendations:

NETFLIX - Victoria (Drama/Action - German), Jumanji (Action/Fantasy), I Hate Christian Laettner (Sports Documentary)

If you don't know anything about Victoria it's a German movie that was released last year and the entire film was shot in one continuous take. Remarkable achievement and a good watch as well.

AMAZON PRIME - Dark Passage (Noir), The End of the Tour (Drama/Biopic), Batman (Keaton/Nicholson version)

HBO GO/HBO NOW - Snatch (Drama/Action/Comedy), Tron (Sci Fi), Cloak & Dagger (Action)

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Weekly Movies Recommendations:

REDBOX - Steve Jobs (Drama/Biopic), The Big Short (Drama/Biopic), Black Mass (Drama/Biopic)

ON DEMAND - Brooklyn (Drama/Romance), Carol (Drama/Romance)

NETFLIX - Primal Fear (Drama - 1996), Hook (Action/Fantasy - 1991), Following (Drama - 1998)

AMAZON PRIME - Laura (Noir/Crime Drama - 1944), In the Name of the Father (Drama/Biopic - 1993), The Mist (Sci Fi/Thriller - 2007)

HBO GO/HBO NOW - The Departed (Drama - 2006), Soldier (Action/Sci Fi - 1998)

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Weekly Movies Recommendations:

REDBOX - Spotlight (Biopic/Drama)

NETFLIX - My Beautiful Broken Brain (Documentary - 2016), Scarface (Drama/Action - 1983), The House on Telegraph Hill (Thriller - 1951)

AMAZON PRIME - D.O.A. (Noir/Crime Drama - 1950), Ghostbusters (Comedy/Action - 1984), Cry Danger (Noir/Crime Drama - 1951)

HBO GO/HBO NOW - Annie Hall (Comedy/Romance - 1977), The Iron Giant (Drama/Action - Animated - 1999)

My review of Batman V Superman:

https://twitter.com/spete4braves/sta...82289172414465

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Weekly Streaming Movie Recs:

REDBOX - Creed (Sports Drama), The Hateful Eight (Drama/Western), Cartel Land (Documentary)

NETFLIX - Let the Right One in (Romance/Horror - Swedish - 2008), You Don't Know Bo (Sports Documentary - 2012), Lord of War (Drama - 2005)

AMAZON PRIME - Gattaca (Sci Fi/Drama - 1997), Detour (Noir/Crime Drama - 1945), Cube (Sci Fi/Thriller - 1997)

HBO GO/HBO NOW - Knocked Up (Comedy - 2007), Shrek (Comedy - Animated - 2001)

March Movie Grades

Titles in red are available on Netflix Instant, green are available on Amazon Prime, brown are available on HBO GO/NOW, blue were seen in theater, italics are re-watches.

A+
The Maltese Falcon (Noir/Crime Drama) – 1941
Hugo (Drama) – 2011
Laura (Noir/Crime Drama) – 1944
Ace in the Hole (Drama) – 1951
The Iron Giant (Drama/Sci Fi – Animated) – 1999

A
Mildred Pierce (Noir/Drama) – 1945
Murder my Sweet (Noir/Crime Drama) – 1944
The Postman Always Rings Twice (Noir/Drama) – 1946
Wall-E (Sci Fi/Drama/Romance – Animated) – 2008
The Wrong Man (Noir/Crime Drama) – 1956
Cartel Land (Documentary) – 2015

A-
Zootopia (Action/Drama/Comedy – Animated) - 2016
Cry Danger (Noir/Crime Drama) – 1951
Pitfall (Noir/Crime Drama) – 1948
My Beautiful Broken Brain (Documentary) - 2016
Detour (Noir/Crime Drama) – 1945
The Big Combo (Noir/Crime Drama) – 1955
Let the Right One in (Romance/Drama/Horror – Swedish) - 2008

B+
In the Name of the Father (Drama/Biopic) - 1993
The House on Telegraph Hill (Drama/Thriller) – 1951
Cloverfield (Action/Sci Fi) – 2008
The Asphalt Jungle (Noir/Crime Drama) – 1950
Mourning Son (Documentary) – 2016

B
The Teller of the Truth (Documentary) – 2015
Out of the Past (Noir/Mystery) – 1947

B-
Kung Fu Panda (Action/Fantasy – Animated) - 2008
Monsters University (Drama/Comedy – Animated) - 2013

C+
The Man who Never was (Drama/Mystery) – 1956

C-
The Forrest (Horror) - 2016

D-
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Action/Sci Fi) - 2016

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Weekly Movie Recs:

REDBOX - Star Wars episode 7

NETFLIX - Cartel Land (Documentary - 2015), A Clockwork Orange (Drama/Sci Fi - 1971), The Homesman (Western/Drama - 2015)

AMAZON PRIME - The Big Combo (Noir/Crime Drama - 1955), The Big Lebowski (Comedy/Drama - 1998), Rescue Dawn (Drama - 2006)

HBO GO/HBO NOW - Burn after Reading (Drama/Comedy - 2008), X-Men: Days of Future Past (Action/Sci Fi - 2014)

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Weekly Movie Recs:

NETFLIX - 2001: A Space Odyssey (Sci Fi/Drama - 1968), Exit through the Gift Shop (Documentary - 2010), Erin Brockovich (Drama/Biopic - 2000)

AMAZON PRIME - Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Comedy - 1986), Gremlins (Comedy/Sci Fi - 1984), The Arrival (Sci Fi/Action - 1996)

HBO GO/HBO NOW - The Iron Giant (Drama/Action/Sci Fi - Animated - 1999), Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Drama/Comedy - 2015)

I've been tweeting mini-reviews of each movie I watch, so I figured I'd start linking them here.

Here's everything from April so far:

https://twitter.com/spete4braves/tim...69030392008704

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Weekly Movie Recs:

THEATRE: The Jungle Book

NETFLIX - Finders Keepers (Documentary - 2015), Mystic River (Drama - 2003), Snowpiercer (Action/Sci Fi - 2014)

AMAZON PRIME - The Lego Movie (Action/Comedy - Animated - 2014), Woman on the Run (Noir/Mystery - 1950), In the Line of Fire (Drama/Action - 1993)

HBO GO/HBO NOW - Confirmation (Biopic/Drama - 2016), Breach (Drama/Biopic - 2007)

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Weekly Movie Recs:

NETFLIX - Sunset Blvd. (Noir/Drama - 1950), The Day the Earth Stood Still (Sci Fi/Drama -1951), V for Vendetta (Action/Drama - 2005)

AMAZON PRIME - Silence of the Lambs (Thriller - 1991), Insomnia (Thriller - 2002), Valkyrie (Drama - 2008)

HBO GO/HBO NOW - Trainwreck (Comedy/Romance - 2015), Inherent Vice (Drama/Comedy - 2014), Wild (Biopic/Drama - 2014 - leaves HBO 5/1)

April Movie Grades

Titles in red are available on Netflix Instant, green are available on Amazon Prime, brown are available on HBO GO/NOW, blue were seen in theater, italics are re-watches.

A+
The Day the Earth Stood Still (Sci Fi/Drama) – 1951
Sunset Blvd. (Noir/Drama) – 1950
Sudden Fear (Noir/Drama) – 1952
Oldboy (Drama/Thriller - Korean) - 2003

A
Cape Fear (Drama/Thriller) – 1962
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Action/Sci Fi) - 2014
The Hunt (Drama – Danish) – 2012
How to Train your Dragon (Action/Fantasy – Animated) – 2010
Meru (Documentary) – 2015
Woman on the Run (Noir/Crime Drama) – 1950
Cell 211 (Drama/Thriller - Spanish) - 2009

A-
The Woman in the Window (Noir/Crime Drama) – 1944
Night and the City (Noir/Crime Drama) – 1950
Brooklyn (Romance/Drama) – 2015
To Have and Have Not (Noir/Drama) – 1944
10 Cloverfield Lane (Thriller/Sci Fi) – 2016
Rififi (Noir/Crime Drama – French) – 1955
Toy Story (Action/Drama/Fantasy – Animated) – 1995
The Jungle Book (Action/Drama/Fantasy) – 2016
Hush (Horror/Thriller) – 2016
Treasure Island (Action/Drama) - 1934
Mutiny on the Bounty (Drama) - 1962
Confirmation (Biopic/Drama) – 2016
Iron Man (Action/Sci Fi) – 2008
How to Train your Dragon 2 (Action/Drama/Fantasy – Animated) – 2014
The Avengers (Action/Sci Fi) – 2012
Call Northside 777 (Crime Drama) - 1948

B+
Captain America: The First Avenger (Action/Sci Fi) – 2011
The Invitation (Drama/Thriller) – 2015
Thor (Action/Sci Fi) – 2011

B
Fear in the Night (Noir/Crime Drama) - 1947
Toy Story 2 (Action/Drama/Fantasy – Animated) – 1999
Avengers: Age of Ultron (Action/Sci Fi - 2015
Cube (Sci Fi/Thriller) - 1997
The Stranger (Drama/Thriller) – 1946

B-
Sisters (Comedy/Drama) - 2015
Iron Man 2 (Action/Sci Fi) - 2010

C
Joy (Drama) - 2015
Iron Man 3 (Action/Sci Fi) - 2013

C-
Robots (Sci Fi/Action/Drama/Comedy) - 2005

F
Cold Deck (Drama) - 2015

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Weekly movie Recs:

NETFLIX - Laura (Noir/Crime Drama - 1944), Hush (Horror/Thriller - 2016), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Sci Fi/Drama - 1982)

AMAZON PRIME - Mission: Impossible (Action - 1996), Frequently asked Questions about Time Travel (Comedy/Sci Fi - 2010), Meru (Documentary - 2015)

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Weekly movie recs:

Netflix - Inglorious Basterds (Action/Drama - 2009), Contact (Sci Fi/Drama - 1997), Fantastic Lies (Documentary - 2016)

Amazon Prime - The Killers (Noir/Crime Drama - 1946), A League of their Own (Sports Drama - 1992), Crack in the World (Drama/Sci Fi - 1965)

HBO GO/NOW - Milk (Drama/Biopic - 2008), Calvary (Drama - 2014), Field of Dreams (Sports Drama - 1989)

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Not a legit -4, I've been sick the last 2 days.

Weekly Movie recommendations:

NETFLIX - Frequencies (Sci Fi/Drama - 2013), Chef (Comedy/Drama - 2013), Training Day (Action/Drama - 2001)

AMAZON PRIME - The Day the Earth Stood Still (Sci Fi/Drama - 1952), Top Gun (Drama/Action - 1986

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Weekly movie Recs:

NETFLIX - Upstream Color (Drama/Mystery - 2013), Good Will Hunting (Drama - 1997), Equilibrium (Sci Fi/Action/Drama - 2002)

AMAZON PRIME - Slow West (Western/Drama - 2015), Ink (Drama/Fantasy - 2009)

Also recently finished Amber Tozer's fantastic memoir "Sober Stick Figure." Here's my review:

Amber Tozer doesn't hold any punches in this deeply personal, occasionally inspiring and constantly hilarious memoir. I cannot say enough about the simple, yet perfect Illustrations, they not only kept my laughing with every turn of the page, but also brought each story to life. A must read for anyone that's ever struggled with alcoholism or any other addiction, and I think "regular folks" would find it quite interesting as well.

May Movie Grades

Titles in red are available on Netflix Instant, green are available on Amazon Prime, brown are available on HBO GO/NOW, blue were seen in theater, italics are re-watches.

A+
Laura (Noir/Crime Drama) - 1944

A-
Gilda (Noir/Drama) – 1946
The Nice Guys (Comedy/Drama/Action) – 2016
Le Samourai (Noir/Crime Drama – French) – 1967
Deadpool (Action/Comedy) – 2016
Stage Fright (Drama) – 1950
The Killers (Noir/Crime Drama) - 1946
Colossus: The Forbin Project (Sci Fi/Drama) – 1970
Team Foxcatcher (Documentary) – 2016
Captain America: Civil War (Action/Sci Fi) - 2016

B+
MacGruber (Comedy/Action) – 2010
X-Men: First Class (Action/Sci Fi) – 2011
Cop Land (Drama) – 1997
X-Men: Days of Future Past (Action/Sci Fi) - 2014

B
Frankenstein (Drama/Sci Fi) – 1931
Where Danger Lives (Noir/Drama) – 1950
The Man who Cheated Himself (Noir/Crime Drama) – 1950
Arabesque (Action/Comedy) – 1966
Bride of Frankenstein (Drama/Sci Fi) - 1935

B-
The Witch (Horror) – 2016
Black Angel (Noir/Crime Drama) – 1946
Ip Man 3 (Action/Drama – Chinese) - 2016

C
Money Monster (Drama) – 2016
The Mist (Sci Fi/Thriller) – 2007
Regression (Crime Drama) – 2016

D
Cube 2: Hypercube (Sci Fi/Action) - 2002

F
The 5th Wave (Sci Fi/Action) - 2016

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Training for a 1/2 marathon in August, doing 3 shorter run during the week and adding a mile each Saturday, going for 7 tomorrow.

Weekly Movie recommendations:

NETFLIX - Oldboy (Drama/Thriller - 2003 - Korean), Full Metal Jacket (Drama - 1987), Hot Fuzz (Comedy/Action - 2007)

AMAZON PRIME - 99 Homes (Drama - 2015), Paradise Lost trilogy (Documentaries - 1996, 2001, 2013)

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Running:

Sat - 7 miles
Mon - 4
Wed - 4
Thur - 3

Weekly Netflix Recommendations:

Odd Thomas (Action/Drama/Sci Fi - 2013), Room 237 (Documentary - 2012), 13 Assassins (Action/Martial Arts - 2010)

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Running:

Sat - 8 miles
Mon - 5
Wed - 4
Thur - 3

Weekly Netflix Movie Recs:

Big Trouble in Little China (Action/Fantasy - 1986), Open Water (Thriller/Drama - 2004), Headhunters (Action - 2011 - Norwegian)

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Running:

Sat - 3 miles
Mon - 6
Wed - 3
Thur - 4

Weekly Netflix recs:

Call Northside 777 (Drama - 1948), Sixteen Candles (Comedy/Romance - 1984), To Catch a Thief (Action/Drama - 1955)