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Chris Miksanek, The Med City Movie Guy	The 2019 Film Season   CHRIS MIKSANEK - THE MED CITY MOVIE GUY 2020 Critics’ Choices: BEST PICTURE: The 2019 film awards season began in Brooklyn at the 4th annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards. Under construction under  construction  under constr-uction under  construction  under  construction  under  construction  under  construction  under  construction  under  construction  under  construction  under  construction  under  construction  under  construct Med City Movie Guy Chris Miksanek with Dr. Ruth Westheimer, presenter and nominee for Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary for her film, Ask Dr. Ruth. ion  under  construction  under  construction  under  construction  under  construction  under  construction  under  construction  under  construction  under  construction  under  construction. (For more info)
	The 2018 Season   CHRIS MIKSANEK - THE MED CITY MOVIE GUY : 2019 Critics’ Choices: BEST PICTURE: “Roma”    BEST ACTOR: Christian Bale – “Vice”    BEST ACTRESS – TIE: Glenn Close – “The Wife” Lady Gaga – “A Star Is Born”    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Mahershala Ali – “Green Book” BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Regina King – “If Beale Street Could Talk” BEST DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuarón – “Roma” BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:  “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” BEST ACTION MOVIE: “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” BEST COMEDY: “Crazy Rich Asians”
	The 2017 Season   CHRIS MIKSANEK - THE MED CITY MOVIE GUY Sadly, 2017 was not a stellar year for film. Nonetheless I’ve cobbled-together my list of the year’s best films, here they are, unranked: 2018 Critics’ Choices: BEST PICTURE The Shape of Water BEST ACTOR Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour BEST ACTRESS Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Allison Janney – I, Tonya BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Coco BEST ACTION MOVIE Wonder Woman BEST COMEDY The Big Sick BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY James Franco – The Disaster Artist BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY Margot Robbie – I, Tonya Handily six of the year’s finest hours are Their Finest (a delightful comedy about a UK propaganda film troupe during WWII), Dunkirk, and of course Darkest Hours for which Gary Oldman (as Winston Churchill) is certain to bring home a Critics’ Choice Award. When I finally got around to reading A Catcher in the Rye at thirty-seven I found protagonist Holden Caulfield callow and chesty. Which is to say many coming-of-age tales don’t resonate with those of us outside our so-called formative years but, hey, we can recognize great performances like Saoirse Ronan as the titular Lady Bird for which she’ll probably bring home the gaudy crystal. Speaking of coming-of-age, sort of, Reese Witherspoon is wonderful in the coming-of-middle-age comedy Home Again. The charming comedy, How to Be a Latin Lover, was formulaic but a winner while Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani’s The Big Sick was a critical success and as entertaining as they come though I don't expect either to get the recognition they deserve. In Wind River Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen try to solve a murder on the eponymous Wyoming Indian Reservation. It was surprisingly riveting and a must-see on the large screen. Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson and personal favorite Sam Rockwell don’t disappoint in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri where McDormand hectors a small town sheriff to solve the murder of her daughter. If Gary Oldman is screwed this year it’s only because of James Franco’s amazing performance as The Room’s enigmatic writer/director Tommy Wiseau in the The Disaster Artist. If you like two-hanky films, bring a box of Puffs to Wonder, which feels a lot like Mask, but, you know, more contemporary ... and without Cher. I’m not sure how to categorize I, Tonya, the hysterical Tonya Harding biopic, or if I even need to. Margot Robbie may earn a nod (or cry her way to one) for her take on the train-wreck on ice but Allison Janney deserves one for playing Harding’s gruff stage-mom. I’ll put anything with Denzel Washington on a best list. He’s truly an American treasure and I honestly believe he could have saved Battlefield Earth. (Too far?) This year he was Roman J. Israel, Esq., a vintage “cause” lawyer. FWIW: Some parallels to Ben Affleck’s The Accountant.
	The 2016 Season   CHRIS MIKSANEK - THE MED CITY MOVIE GUY What are the best films of 2016?
	The 2015 Season   CHRIS MIKSANEK - THE MED CITY MOVIE GUY Wipe your feet before you walk on that blue “red carpet.”

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