La La Land — Features

For His 40th Birthday, We Celebrate Ryan Gosling's Five Best Performances

In celebration of the actor’s 40th birthday, we break down his five best performances.

Editorials, FeaturesKaleena SteakleNovember 13, 2020Ryan Gosling, Drive, The Nice Guys, Lars and the Real Girl, Blue Valentine, La La Land, Emma Stone, Russell Crowe, Nicolas Winding Refn, Shane Black, Derek CianfranceComment

In Defence of the Almighty Remake (and Reboot, and sequel, and spinoff AND franchise or whatever)

Originality. That’s the goal, right? That is the common denominator. The thing that we all care about, and the vital element that filmmakers should always be striving for. Sometimes they achieve it… And sometimes they clearly don’t…

2017 Oscar's Recap: An Awards Ceremony for the Ages

Oscar history was made last night during the finale of The 89th Academy Awards ceremony. If you’ve been off social media for the past 24 hours or somehow missed last night’s chaotic finale, then you would be unaware that two movies won Best Picture! Except in the end there was actually only one victor . . .Moonlight!

Oscar's Nominees with Live Updates!

As a special courtesy to the Men vs. Movies fan base we will be having a live update of what is going on at the 89th Academy Awards starting tonight at 8:30 ET/5:30 PT. This page will include a list of the nominees with the Men vs. Movies top picks for each category! As the show progresses we will declare a winner in each category so that if you are not able to see the awards you will be able to simply refresh your browser and see the winners right here! Enjoy the Awards any way you are able and lets the best movie win!

Editorials, Speculation, Academy AwardsNick CastroFebruary 26, 2017Oscar's, 89th Academy Awards, Best Picture, Sweep, La La Land, Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Damien Chazelle, Moonlight, Mahershala Ali, Actor in Supporting Role, Costume Design, Director, Makeup and Hairstyling, Documentary Feature, Hacksaw Ridge, Andrew Garfield, Casey Affleck, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Actress in a supporting role, Foreign Language film, Animated short film, pixar, Piper, Pearl, Production Design, Arrival, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Jungle Book, Visual Effects, Doctor Strange, Film Editing, Live Action Short Film, Film, Movies, Men vs. Movies, Documentary Short Subject, Original Score, Justin Hurwitz, Thomas Newman, City of Stars, Original Song, Moana, How Far I'll Go, Original Screenplay, Hell or High Water, Manchester by the Sea, Adapted screenplay, Hidden Figures, Fences, Lion, Dev Patel, Directing, Mel Gibson, Denis Villenevue, Barry Jenkins, Actor in a leading role, Denzel Washington, Actress in a leading role, Natalie Portman, Meryl StreepComment

Top Ten Movies of 2016

Nick's top ten list for this year, this is an everyman's list and will be very different than yours but hey, it's fun to check out opinions!

Top Ten ListNick CastroJanuary 18, 2017The Jungle Book, Mowgli, Baloo, Jon Favreau, Animation, Live Action, 2016, Top Ten, Movies, Film, Men vs. Movies, Kubo and the Two Strings, Stop Motion, Japanese, Laika, Oscar Contendor, Oscars, Best Animated Picture, Music, Doctor Strange, Marvel Comics, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Origin Stories, Origin, Magic, Eye of Agomodo, Psychedelic, 3D, Spellbound, Pete's Dragon, Dragon, Disney Movie, Pete's Dragon (1977), Great Movie, Star Trek Beyond, Justin Lin, Captain Kirk, Spock, Star Trek, Beyond, Sing Street, Dublin, 1980's, 80's, DublinIreland, Captain America, Iron Man, Civil War, Captain America Civil War, The Nice Guys, Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachael McAdams, Ben Kinsley, Rogue One, Star Wars, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Anthology Films, Science Fiction, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Donnie Yen, Alan Tudyk, La La Land, L.A., Emma Stone, Musical comedy, Best Picture, Drive it like you stole it, Hollywood Classic, City of Stars, Dancing, FunComment