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

by Chris Barsanti

Overview

Who has the time to waste on a bad movie?

Hundreds of new movies came to theaters 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:

•Dramas (The Big Short, Room, Spotlight, Clouds of Sils Maria)
•Blockbusters (Mad Max: Fury Road, Inside Out)
•Science Fiction (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Ex Machina, The Martian)
•Foreign films (Mustang, About Elly)
•Indies (Experimenter, Kumiko the Treasure Hunter)
•Documentaries (Inside 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.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940152567892
Publisher:	Chris Barsanti
Publication date:	01/31/2016
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	197 KB

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. His opinions (negative, positive, indeterminate, indiscriminate, and frequently foolhardy) have been published in The Chicago Tribune, Playboy, Virginia Quarterly Review, filmcritic.com, PopMatters, Film Journal International, Publishers Weekly, The Barnes & Noble Review, Kirkus Reviews, The Millions, The Chicago Reader, and elsewhere. He is the author of Filmology: A Movie-a-Day Guide to the Movies You Need to Know (Adams Media).