Well folks, that’s all she wrote on the 2013 awards season. 12 Years a Slave is your Oscar champ, Gravity won 7 and I’m tired so let’s recap. The Good -I went 21/24 in my predictions, gotta be the best I’ve ever done predictions the Oscars. I only missed Mr. Hublot for Animated Short, Gravity
Well folks, it’s almost over. This crazy awards season is going to come to an end tomorrow and we’ll know what that Academy thinks the best films, techs, and performances of 2013 were. It’s been tough to get a true gauge of the season and the Oscars could really go any way. So here are
Let’s take a step back and look at the best picture nominees prior to this Sunday’s Academy Awards. We have a heartfelt British film from a respected director and beloved actress in “Philomena.” An emotional and relevant commentary on health care in “Dallas Buyers Club.” There are true stories like “Captain Phillips,” and wholly original
It’s not every day you get to hear an Oscar nominated director describe the visual layout of Hogwarts with impeccable clarity and then turn around and explain why The Bicycle Thieves has inspired his whole career. But that’s what was in store when Alfonso Cuarón spoke to film students as the inaugural guest of SFTV’s new series
Today is one of the high holy days for awards watchers as the Oscar nominations were announced and the Academy, as they are wont to do, gave us an interesting slate of nominees. Gravity and American Hustle lead the nominations with 10 nominations and there were some big surprises and snubs along the way. Let’s
There are moments in Gravity that truly remind you of the power of movies as a medium. Alfonso Cuaron’s space survival epic was built to just wow and the big screen and wow it does, bringing the kind of intensity and wonder that you hope every movie would. But for all of that intensity and virtuoso filmmaking, there’s something that just doesn’t quite connect. It makes for an interesting contrast that the film doesn’t quite manage to make work.