Cast This Bitch: Oklahoma!

Normally I do these types of posts on Fridays but since I was having wordpress issues as well as traveling all day to spend the Memorial Day weekend at home, I figured I’d just make this a fun little side post for the weekend. My good friend and fellow Awards Circuit writer Kristen wrote about the film the other day and it inspired this post. There are few musicals that I feel warrant a remake, but one of them is definitely Oklahoma. Not because its bad mind you, in fact the film is quite good, but that the movie with its “shot on a movie set” feel makes the material seem so dated when the music is so timeless. So I’ve decided to put my casting cap on and try and figure out what a modern day Oklahoma might look like.

Film Review: X-Men: Days of Future Past

Is it possible to create an engaging film, set up new mythologies, retcon and reboot an entire franchise in one film? The answer, if X-Men: Days of Future Past is any indication, is a resounding yes. Much was expected of this film. This movie had to balance a ton of X-Men actors (all but two

Film Review: Godzilla

There might not be too many movies this summer that I will be more excited to see than I was when I watched Godzilla, and probably with good reason. I can’t recall a movie in recent memory that had a more pitch perfect marketing campaign than Godzilla, whose trailers and images highlighted amazing visuals and

Film Review: Neighbors

When I walked into the theater to see Neighbors, I did so with it being one of my most anticipated films of the summer and with the promise of it being a raucously good time. For the most part, Neighbors delivers on this promise with its hilarious jokes, wonderful performances and sincerity. Though the movie

Film Review: The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Has there been a bigger blockbuster of the past two years to come into theaters under as much scrutiny as The Amazing Spider-Man 2? There were all those photos from sets that comic book fans were eager to spoil, there was the multiple villains situation people were afraid of and of course there was the

Wayback Wednesday: Favorite Films and Performances from 1997

If you listened to the Awards Circuit Power Hour this week you’ll have heard what the staff thinks the best of 1997 was and here is my take. After struggling with trying to put together a top 10 for the previous year, 1997 is a welcome change as many of the movies in this year have had such a profound impact on my life. Though Scream came out the year before, one of the first horror films I remember seeing was I Know What You Did Last Summer with it’s stars at their peak hotness/newness.

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