Eyes Wide Open 2015: The Year's Best (and Worst) Movies - Softcover

Barsanti, Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1523408758 ISBN 13: 9781523408757

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Who has the time to waste on a bad movie? 

Hundreds of new movies opened in 2015. Nobody has time to see them all. To help you maximize your movie-going opportunities, critic Chris Barsanti runs down the best movies of 2015 that you should make sure to see--and those you shouldn't bother with. 

In this year's edition of Eyes Wide Open, you'll find answers to these questions:

• Was Star Wars: The Force Awakens worth the wait?
• Does The Big Short tell the truth about what caused the Great Recession?
• Going Clear: Is Scientology really that creepy?
• Is Mad Max: Fury Road more than just an action movie?
• Why is Hollywood making nothing but sequels?
• 40 years later, how does Monty Python and the Holy Grail hold up?

Also covered:

• Dramas (Room, The Revenant, Spotlight, Clouds of Sils Maria) 
• Science Fiction (Ex Machina, The Martian) 
• Foreign films (Mustang, About Elly) 
• Indies (Experimenter, Kumiko the Treasure Hunter) 
• Documentaries (In Jackson Heights, Amy, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck) 
• Disappointments (Bridge of Spies, In the Heart of the Sea, Steve Jobs) 

This guide to the year in movies also includes Best-Of lists, Honorable Mentions, DVD reviews, and the year's best quotes. 

From mega-budget blockbusters to tiny indies, Eyes Wide Open: 2015 covers it all.

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About the Author

Chris Barsanti is a member of the National Book Critics Circle, New York Film Critics Online, and the Online Film Critics Society. He is the author of Filmology: A Movie-a-Day Guide to the Movies You Need to Know and The Sci-Fi Movie Guide: The Universe of Film from Alien to Zardoz. His website is chrisbarsanti.net.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1523408758
• ISBN 13: 9781523408757
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 148