Wednesday, March 23, 2016

My Favorites In Entertainment From 2015

My Favorite Albums That I Heard In 2015

My Rank     Artist     Album Title     Release Year
1              Modest Mouse,   Strangers To Ourselves   (2015)
2              Motley Crue,   Red, White & Crue   (2006)
3              Kix,    Essentials   (2006)
4              Tom Jones,    Tom Sings the Sixties   (1999)
5              Kix,    Blow My Fuse   (1990)
6              Kylie Minogue,   Kylie Christmas (Deluxe)   (2015)
7              Tragedy,   Death To False Disco Metal   (2013)
8              Belle And Sebastian,   Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance   (2015)
9              Mark Ronson,   Uptown Special   (2015)
10           Giorgio Moroder,   Déjà Vu   (2015)
11           Local H,   Whatever Happened To PJ Soles   (2004)
12           Tragedy,   Humbled By Our Greatness   (2011)
13           Escala,   Escala   (2009)
14           Guano Apes,   Rare Apes   (2004)
15           Interpol,      El Pintor   (2014)
16          Cage The Elephant,   Tell Me I'm Pretty   (2015)
17           Stone Temple Pilots,   Stone Temple Pilots   (2010)
18           Simply Red,   Big Love   (2015)
19           RX (Ohgr),   Bedside Toxicology   (1998)
20           Placebo,   Loud Like Love   (2013)
21           Billy Idol,   Kings & Queens Of The Underground   (2015)
22           Tragedy,   Solo Albums, The   (2015)
23           Boz Scaggs,   Fool To Care   (2015)
24           Berlin,   Animal   (2013)
25           Wang Chung,   Tazer Up!   (2012)


The Most Disappointing Albums I Heard In 2015

My Rank     Artist     Album Title     Release Year
1              Jamie XX,   In Colour   (2015)
2              Madonna,   Rebel Heart   (2015)
3              Towa Tei,   Flash   (2007)
4              Sting,   Last Ship, The   (2013)
5              St. Vincent,   Marry Me 
6              Ellie Goulding,   Delirium   (2015)
7              The Darkness,   Last Of Our Kind   (2015)
8              Stevie Nicks,   In Your Dreams   (2014)
9              Blur,   The Magic Whip   (2015)
10           Demi Lovato,   Confident   (2015)


My Favorite Movies Of 2015
1              Kingsman: The Secret Service
2              Mad Max: Fury Road
3              Birdman
4              Straight Out Of Compton
5              Martian, The
6              Avengers: Age Of Ultron
7              Inherent Vice
8              Inside Out
9              Our Brand Is Crisis
10           Spectre (James Bond # 24)
11           Minions
12           Creed
13           Pawn Sacrifice
14           Ant-Man
15           Hateful Eight
16           Black Or White
17           Man From U.N.C.L.E.
18           Spy
19           Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
20           Focus
21           Star Wars: The Force Awakens
22           Terminator: Genisys
23           Into The Woods
24           Trainwreck
25           Pitch Perfect 2


The Most Disappointing Movies Of 2015
1              Scorch Trials: Maze Runner Pt 2
2              Bad Grandpa
3              Fantastic Four
4              Black Hat
5              Interview, The


The Top 100 Grossing Movies Of 2015

Rank
Movie Title
Total Gross
1
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
$879,110,994
2
Jurassic World
$652,270,625
3
Avengers: Age of Ultron
$459,005,868
4
Inside Out
$356,461,711
5
Furious 7
$353,007,020
6
Minions
$336,045,770
7
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
$280,302,457
8
The Martian
$227,616,581
9
Cinderella (2015)
$201,151,353
10
Spectre
$199,270,555
11
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
$195,042,377
12
Pitch Perfect 2
$184,296,230
13
Ant-Man
$180,202,163
14
Home (2015)
$177,397,510
15
Hotel Transylvania 2
$169,464,719
16
Fifty Shades of Grey
$166,167,230
17
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
$162,994,032
18
Straight Outta Compton
$161,197,785
19
San Andreas
$155,190,832
20
Mad Max: Fury Road
$153,636,354
21
Daddy's Home
$138,451,113
22
The Divergent Series: Insurgent
$130,179,072
23
The Peanuts Movie
$129,739,758
24
Kingsman: The Secret Service
$128,261,724
25
The Good Dinosaur
$119,987,799
26
The Revenant
$119,202,240
27
Spy
$110,825,712
28
Trainwreck
$110,212,700
29
Creed
$108,240,150
30
Tomorrowland
$93,436,322
31
Get Hard
$90,411,453
32
Terminator: Genisys
$89,760,956
33
Taken 3
$89,256,424
34
Sisters
$85,807,610
35
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
$82,521,026
36
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
$81,697,192
37
Ted 2
$81,476,385
38
Goosebumps
$79,877,449
39
Pixels
$78,747,585
40
Paddington
$76,271,832
41
The Intern
$75,764,672
42
Bridge of Spies
$71,496,459
43
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
$71,038,190
44
War Room
$67,790,117
45
Magic Mike XXL
$66,013,057
46
The Visit
$65,206,105
47
The Wedding Ringer
$64,460,211
48
Black Mass
$62,575,678
49
Vacation
$58,884,188
50
The Perfect Guy
$57,027,435
51
The Big Short
$56,390,370
52
Fantastic Four
$56,117,548
53
Joy
$54,196,165
54
Focus (2015)
$53,862,963
55
Southpaw
$52,421,953
56
Insidious Chapter 3
$52,218,558
57
The Hateful Eight
$50,975,744
58
Poltergeist (2015)
$47,425,125
59
Jupiter Ascending
$47,387,723
60
Sicario
$46,889,293
61
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
$45,445,109
62
McFarland, USA
$44,482,410
63
The Gift (2015)
$43,787,265
64
Everest (2015)
$43,482,270
65
The Night Before
$43,035,725
66
Krampus
$42,725,475
67
Max (2015)
$42,656,255
68
The Age of Adaline
$42,629,776
69
The Longest Ride
$37,446,117
70
The Boy Next Door
$35,423,380
71
Pan
$35,088,320
72
Hot Pursuit
$34,580,201
73
The DUFF
$34,030,343
74
Concussion (2015)
$33,806,210
75
Woman in Gold
$33,307,793
76
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
$33,078,266
77
Spotlight
$32,902,971
78
Unfriended
$32,482,090
79
Entourage
$32,363,404
80
Paper Towns
$32,000,304
81
Chappie
$31,569,268
82
Crimson Peak
$31,090,320
83
A Walk in the Woods
$29,504,281
84
Point Break (2015)
$28,263,554
85
Sinister 2
$27,740,955
86
Brooklyn
$27,584,996
87
The Last Witch Hunter
$27,367,660
88
No Escape
$27,288,872
89
Ricki and the Flash
$26,822,144
90
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
$26,501,323
91
Run All Night
$26,461,644
92
Love the Coopers
$26,302,731
93
The Lazarus Effect
$25,801,047
94
Ex Machina
$25,442,958
95
In the Heart of the Sea
$24,701,780
96
The Gallows
$22,764,410
97
Hitman: Agent 47
$22,467,450
98
Project Almanac
$22,348,241
99
Black or White
$21,571,189
100
Aloha
$21,067,116



Other Entertainment Choices From 2015

Concert:  Aimee Mann's Christmas Show
Convention:  Awesome Con Comic Convention

Play: Baskerville- a Sherlock Holmes Mystery By Ken Ludwig


My Favorite Books I Read In 2015

My Rating       Book Title       Author       Release Year
1              The Silkworm,   Robert Galbraith (i.e. J.K. Rowling)   (2014)
2              In The Company Of Sherlock Holmes,   Laurie King (Editor) & Various Authors   (2014)
3              Mockingjay (Hunger Games # 3),   Suzanne Collins   (2010)
4              Eleanor & Park,   Rainbow Rowell   (2013)
5              Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Old School,   Jeff Kinney   (2015)
6              Cheap Shot (A Spenser Novel),   Ace Atkins   (2014)
7              Dash & Lily's Book Of Dares,   Rachel Cohn & Daniel Levithan   (2010)
8              The Job,   Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg   (2015)
9              Talking To Girls About Duran Duran,   Rob Sheffield   (2011)
10           One Kick,   Chelsea Cain   (2014)
11           Mr. Monk And The New Lieutenant,   Hy Conrad   (2015)
12           Lethal Black Dress,   Ellen Byerrum   (2015)
13           Killing Floor (A Jack Reacher Book),   Lee Child   (1997)
14           Evil Under The Sun,   Agatha Christie   (1941)
15           Suede To Rest (Costume Shop Mystery # 1),   Diane Vallere   (2015)
16           Armada,   Ernest Cline   (2015)
17           Kickback,   Ace Atkins   (2015)
18           Die Trying  (A Jack Reacher Book),   Lee Child   (1998)
19           Trip Wire  (A Jack Reacher Book),   Lee Child   (1999)
20           The Walking Dead  (Comic book Series),   Robert Kirkman   (Multiple years)