2014 in Review: If I Had an Oscar Ballot

Well folks, we’ve reached the final 2014 year in review post. It’s been a joy but I do eventually have to move on to talking about 2015 stuff! Anyways, I’m sure we’re all still in a tizzy about the Oscar nominations and what better way to channel that than into envisioning what might go on a ballot if I had one. You have already seen my top 10 films of the year and special awards and here’s the best of the rest.

Film Review: Mommy

If there was a movie definition of the word bristling, Mommy would certainly be the representation. This movie, directed by Canadian wunderkind Xavier Dolan, is brash, aggressive, and all-consuming, yet there’s never a moment you aren’t caught up in its spell. It’s one thing to make a movie that’s incredibly charged with energy, populated with characters who are at once repulsive and magnetic, but quite another to add the humanist element that makes you extremely invested in the movie.