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 [...]

Review #14 – In the Loop

Writing can move you – can draw up pure emotions, paint a portrait within your own mind, reflect the deepest emotions within oneself, can create anything – it is only limited to the words on the page, and the imagination of the author who chains the words together. Writing for film, however – it can [...]

Review #12 – The Messenger

Life can be inexplicably dark at times. All of us hit that time where we are at a low point; sometimes it is set into action by an event or chain of events, other times it is just for no other reason then simply “just because”. With the light times comes the dark. And by [...]

Review # 8 – Up

Animated films don’t tend to fare well outside of the animation categories. In fact, rarely are they nominated for the top prizes by the Academy (the last Best Picture nomination for an animation was Beauty and the Beast in 1992), but with this years “Up”, Disney has once again breathed new life into this genre. [...]

Review #7 – A Serious Man

As I sit, watching this 1960′s character (judging by the music, cars and styles, I would guess late 60′s) for about 2 minutes, a recurring question keeps coming in: Have you ever wondered what happened to Michael Douglas in the lead up to his explosion in “Falling Down”? The secret is: “A Serious Man” – [...]

Review #6 – Precious

With sadness comes hope. Thats the overwhelming sentiment I have about the film “Precious”, the story of an unfortunate incest survivor whose own father is the father of her own 2 kids. Layered amidst flights of fancy to escape the harsh realities she is trying to face, the protagonists struggles to find not only self [...]

Review #5 – Inglourious Basterds

As I sat down to Re-watch Inglourious Bastereds (I saw it about 4 weeks ago) I got a text. This was the conversation that ensued: Me: And now (I’m watching)… Inglourious Basterds LOS: I thought it was good but didn’t live up to expectations Me: 10 yrs of work and his “Masterpeice”? Woefully short. Good [...]