I must make a confession before we get to far into talking about Cinderella, the wonderful new Disney film directed by Kenneth Branagh. The confession is that I don’t much care about Cinderella. I have never found the tale all that enchanting, Cinderella and Prince Charming are so boring, and it didn’t contain songs at the level of other Disney films. So why then did I thoroughly enjoy this version? Well chalk it up to some wonderful direction, lived in performances, and just a little bit of magic.
Well everyone, the Oscars are finally over and with it most of the discussions about the film year of 2014. I don’t know about you all, but I am so tired from this awards season and the beginning of 2015 that I need a palate cleanser. Enter in the year 1979!
So the Academy Awards are over, thank goodness. A lot happened, jokes were said, awards were won, but now it’s time to look at the stuff that worked and didn’t.
Well, the time is almost upon us. Ballots were finally turned in yesterday and we have one of the more interesting Oscar races that we’ve had in a while. This makes for some wonderful television but as far as predictions go, it’s like point and pick. I’ve never felt so unsure about my choices for Oscar predictions and am fully prepared to do terribly. But that’s the fun of doing these, isn’t it? Here are my final predictions.
If you are like me, there wasn’t much interesting that happened with the Super Bowl: from the lack luster and downright crazy commercials (that Nationwide commercial about the dead kid was a mess), a half time performer I could care less about (although she was pretty great and MISSY!), and a winner we’re sure to hate till next year. That we’ve been subjected to Ohio State and Patrtiots wins in back to back months is just….
The top 10 films of 2014 was a lot harder of a list to make than I thought. While it’s always nice to put together a list after you’ve let the year settle in your mind, it also allows for crammed screenings and long thoughts about what should make it. For me this list proved more challenging than most years because not only did I have to consider latecomers, but I had movies that spanned from Sundance in January as well as movie I’d see at festivals as far as two years ago that finally received distribution (I go by calendar year of release).