Best movies of 2016 (+ Reviews!)

Released 28th of January in The Netherlands.

Review: The movie is about survival and Iñáritu nailed it. The realism and isolation the audience feels while following Hugh Glass is breathtaking. This is mainly because of the fantastic cinematography by Lubezki and the great performance by Leonardo DiCaprio. Another great thing is the soundtrack, which didn't get an academy award nomination to my surprise.

My only flaws with this movie is that it sometimes progresses way too slow and just keeps going. I also didn't appreciate many of the supporting characters, while I did like most performances, a lot of these characters felt bland and forgettable.

The Revenant will be remembered for years to come and should be watched by anyone interested in film.

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Feels like you're watching an old classic, but somehow also feels like you're watching something fresh and new.

There's such a lovely chemistry between the two leads. The leads are both following their dreams, which is a beautiful thing.

Another great film by Chazelle, one of the most talented upcoming filmmakers.

This film is really daring. It dares to show off the horror in war and that we should respect veterans for what they went through. This was mostly achieved by excellent direction by Mel Gibson, who has made a great return.

This film has some great acting and great character work. After this I respect Andrew Garfield more.

My only issue is that it starts off really slow: the youth parts could've been shorter, the training could've been shorter. It would've improved the pacing of this film.

Furthermore, it's a great war film and a very thrilling experience. One of the best of the year and definitely a contender for Best Picture.

One of my favorite Eastwood's in years. Sully is tense, smart and intriguing.

Tom Hanks delivers a very solid performance and has fantastic chemistry with Aaron Eckhart.

This film has a very notable Eastwood directing style to it, which is very comparable to American Sniper.

Fantastic score, great photography and just a great piece of filmmaking. It's also a well thought out story, which exactly knows how to be Science-Fiction. I really enjoyed this.

Very solid drama with some damn good acting. Affleck truly deserved that Oscar.

Much better than expected.

Rogue One has a great balance between introducing new elements to the Star Wars universe, while still keeping the things that make Star Wars what it is. The action scenes have never been this good, the story, however, is not that good.

The first half of the film is dragging, but the second half turns into a fantastic war epic.

The new cast of characters are enjoyable and relatable in some way, but they needed better introduction.

Overall, a very solid film that exceeded my expectations.

The charisma between Crowe and Gosling is one of the greatest I have seen in the past few years. They're both really good in their roles and have no trouble acting in difficult scenes.

This film pays a great homage to the classic buddy-cop genre and is a solid standalone film. This movie proofs that originality hasn't died yet.

Released 7th of January in The Netherlands.

While this movie was weak on the characterization, the dialogue wasn't as impressive as you would've expected and the humor you see in most of Tarantino's filmography is lacking, The Hateful Eight is one of my favorite westerns in years. I am a big fan of 'one-location-movies' and this surely was an interesting take on that genre. The suspense and cinematography were very well done.

A stunning look at the upper class, as well as the lower class in the '30s. The film features many interesting themes which are put into this picture with some very smart directing decisions.

The final act is somewhat dragging, and I wasn't too satisfied with the cinematography at times.

Great acting, but especially great dialogue between characters. I'm also quite certain this film will get a Oscar nomination for best editing, I was quite impressed!

It was also nice to see Tony Sirico once again.

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While it doesn't live up to the original trilogy, Jason Bourne is still a fine piece of work. We get an expansion of the things we love about the Paul Greengrass films with more action.

It's not that good of a Bourne movie but it's a really good action movie.

This thriller does a great job capturing the characters and their actions. The camera barely goes into a wide shot, it mainly stays in medium and close range to the characters.

It has also an interesting philosophy about determining who is the good and the bad guy.

Characters were a little bland and the ending just didn't work though. Overall it's a solid film.

The title doesn't make a lot of sense, since Dory wasn't the one who should've been found, her parents were. Stunning animation with some heartwarming moments. Kind of forgettable though.

A nice homage and a satire about the end of Golden Age Hollywood. If you're a movie geek like me, then you will appreciate this romanticized behind the scenes feature.

The pacing of this film is not good though. Some moments got me worried about who was editing this. It just doesn't succeed to get the pieces in the right place, which was a disappointment.

It's also not Deakins' best work and by far not Joel and Ethan's best work.

I liked the writing. It's original and it got some good dialogue, performed by some old and new talent.

Interesting politically, impressive action scenes & nice aesthetics, however the writing could've been better. This film is overstuffed and drags. Quite disappointing, but not a bad movie at all.

Overly dramatic, but certainly interesting. Julieta is a good character study with nice cinematography. The rest of the movie doesn't offer anything else.

I can't blame Shyamalan for trying to be different. McAvoy was good in this film.

However, the rest of this film is predictable and what a god awful origin story to the lead girl.

Jump scares, somewhat boring and generic, nothing special. Just a very average flick which you'll forget in a week.

Very disappointing. Very bland humor, the setting falls flat, the character aren't interesting and it's very forgettable. I'm glad it ended.

Great acting (I can see Blunt getting an academy award nomination already) but that's really all this film has to offer.

This movie has terrible pacing, the mystery is not intriguing and it's just a big drag. Not recommended.

Total garbage, read my full review on my IMDB page.

For the first time in my life I left the theater. I only made it in 20 minutes and then I left. I'm not going to write what I didn't like about it, I'd much rather spend my time doing something else.

It felt like a terrible TV movie. That's all I want to say about it.