Catching Up: A Few Great Performances From This Year So Far

Despite having the lowest summer box office in over a decade 2017 has been a great year for movies. It’s actually hard to believe that the box office has been so bad given just how many great movies have come out. It’s almost like the a glut of sequels and remakes combines with going to the movies being a kind of shitty experience is starting to take a toll. Or everyone spent the summer outside. You never know.

In any event, since I haven’t been writing reviews as diligently as I should (read: at all) I’d like to present you a few performances from this year in roughly chronological order that are worth of both your time and hefty amounts of praise. Mild spoilers for all films discussed.

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‘The Big Sick’ Trailer: Kumail Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan star in this Sundance charmer

**The Big Sick** has been making the festival rounds for the last little while to universal praise. It got picked up by Amazon studios after Sundance, won an audience award at SXSW, and recently played at the Seattle International Film Festival to good reviews. Let’s take a look at the trailer.

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