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).
I truly love seeing the friendship that is Hannah and Elijah on Girls, some great and fun scenes with those two… Lena and Andrew work well off each other. Good episode, it shows that not all is sunshine and rainbows as Hannah thought when she decided to go grad school, like she was excited…but towards the end it started to make her realize things aren’t as easy as they seemed.
Well we’ve finally heard from the Academy on what they consider some of the best in film this year and like most Oscar nomination mornings we got some shocks. I didn’t wake up at the crack of dawn to look at that Oscar nominations but when I finally saw them, I instantly let out a chortle. Let’s dig into the nominees with some analysis.
‘Twas the night before Oscar nominations and all the bloggers/critics/awards enthusiasts are hedging their bets at what will be announced tomorrow. For me, this has been one incredibly interesting phase 1 with films like Nightcrawler, American Sniper and The Grand Budapest Hotel making strong cases while the likes of Unbroken and Fury have faded a bit. There are so many ways the awards can go given that all categories are being announced live. Will we get 9 Best Picture nominations again? Will one of the big front runners miss? We’ll just have to wait and see.