Welcome to my annual Oscar ballot post. Normally this would come post Oscar nominations, but due to them being announced next week rather than this one, it gets an early showcase. After tabulating these results, The Witch leads all films with 9 nominations, followed by Arrival with 7 (surprising even myself, I’ve come to appreciate
Unlike last year, my top 10 films of 2016 list was influx until the final cutoff, mainly due to me trying to cram in like 20 films in the past two weeks. Having finally finished and capped the year, I have to say this 10 is up there with the more interesting lineups I have
I am in the final stretch of 2016 awards *cue applause* This week is all about films. I will release my top 10 Tuesday, a special 2016 film podcast on Wednesday, my “Oscar” ballot on Thursday and will cap it off with my favorite scenes of the year on Friday. Jam packed schedule I tell
I cannot believe that the year is half over. Time has flown by so damn quickly. Taking stock of the landscape of movies and it has been a bit of an uneven year. Granted I haven’t seen some of the big players, but were it not for LA Film Festival this year would seem super
I know you all probably dislike when Spagettit and I take long unannounced breaks but for all that waiting, we have a wonderful podcast for you that’s jam packed with wonderfulness. We talk about a wonderful list of topics that range from how lit the Hamburger Helper mixtape is, how awesome Everybody Wants Some is,
There’s something about these Richard Linklater films, man. It’s hard to know exactly how to describe the phenomenon that is a Linklater picture, with each of his movies containing a spirit that can’t be seen, but a spirit that has such a tangibility that audience members come away from a project enveloped by his world building, his characters, and his themes. His latest film, Everybody Wants Some, manages to be so many things at once: a sports film, a coming of age story, a brilliant comedy, and a deep rumination on college life and the human condition.