It seems like just yesterday we were all minding our own business and now we are dropped into the thick of the awards season. This raggedy year has flown by. Anyways, the Golden Globes announced their nominations this morning and I have some thoughts. The Good 1. The love for Moonlight is nice to see.
As writers, we look to ways to quantify films and performances. Tour de force, edge of your seat, white knuckle ride, all terms that have been applied to films. Jackie, the newest film by Pablo Larrain, requires using such terminology because to accurately acertain why it’s so effective you need to dip into your well
So now that AFI Fest has come and gone, seems time to update these Oscar predictions before the avalanche of critics awards start arriving. (Also I need some content for the week.) Main Questions: -Will Patriots Day American Sniper itself into the race? I currently have this film in the sound categories but I would
Moana, the Disney film set to hit theaters soon, is a brilliant conundrum of a film, with its wonderful score and sometimes faulty storytelling devices. It’s definitely good, but I was unsure how fulfilled I felt once I left the theater. Moana is the road trip of the Disney Princess nee future Chieftains movies. They
I am going to start this Doctor Strange review talking about food. Comfort food, in fact. Food that you know exactly what you will get, tastes good every time, might not be the healthiest but it leaves you recalling warm memories. The reason I bring this up? Because Marvel Studios has become the comfort food
New Oscar predictions, who dis? Billy Lynn had it’s premiere at NYFF and the reviews were…mixed at best. However, I find it hard to count an Ang Lee film out of the race, especially given how most people felt about Life of Pi, which wound up with a ton of Oscars, including one for Ang