Best Picture

And here it is – the mountain top – the Best film of the year.
Epic.
Ok, they have expanded the film this year to 10. ten. One-Zero. This is like every march when the NCAA toys with expanding the NCAA Basketball pool. It isn’t that there are more quality contenders – it just means there are [...]

Best Director

When you think of the words “Best Director”, What comes to mind? Francis Ford Coppola for Godfather II (believe it or not – he never won for the Godfather. Look it up)? Scorsese for not winning so many times? Oliver Stone? Ford for… well, everything? Regardless, history happens with this nomination. 18 times men (every [...]

Best Actor/Actress

Now, we enter the Hall of Fame: Best Actor/Actress.
This is the stuff of legends – the time when you know you have made it. Your a lead, and the best lead. It is the stuff dreams are made of. How you know you have earned your way into greatness. So – Lets cut to the [...]

Best Supporting

Did you know Saturdays have a 9am too?
I am now aware.
Ok, in the midst of catching up on my Football Free Agency ESPN Sportcenter updates (BTW – A certain prognosticator who called Ben Roethlisberger Despicable for a certain reason – well, Gina, your right) i am considering my picks for best supporting actor and actress.
Best [...]

Oscar Picks: Best Adaptive Screenplay

Best Adaptive Screenplay.
Best Adaptive Screenplay? Doesn’t it just sound a little less then Best Original? It almost feels like that friend you had in High School; you know what friend I am talking about – not quite as attractive, not quite as funny or smart, the friend that always copied your homework, cheated off you [...]

Oscar Picks: Best Original Screenplay

Coffee: Check.
Office Oscar pool: Completed.
Re-read all my old notes: Done.
After watching the 15 Movies (and writing reviews for 15 films) in 2 weeks, I needed a break. I watched 9 on 2/19; Within minutes of finishing my review, I needed to cleanse my pallet. I scrolled through the channels to find on showtime: Rambo IV [...]

Review # 15 – Nine

I avoid Film/Musicals.
I avoid them like the plague – like watching one will infect my genitals with syphilitic boils and give me the voice of Donald Duck. If you want to watch a musical, watch a musical; with a little research and the glory of the internet, there is probably a playhouse within a hundred [...]

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