Handsomely made and crafted but lacking in any kind of intrigue or tension, Bridge of Spies is the kind of prestige picture that just sits on the screen and fails to engage emotionally. I hesitate to give much more in the way of venomous diatribe because the movie isn’t one that engenders anger, just boredom.
You will notice that many changes have been made to these predictions (cause I haven’t done a set in a billion years). Anyways, here are some new Oscar predictions. They are now ranked in each category with the first film/person/thing as the winner and in descending order. Best Picture Spotlight The Revenant Steve Jobs The
There’s a type of kinetic energy that can only be harnessed in films when the writing is sharp, the direction and camera work crisp, and the acting on point. This energy is then embraced by the audience and turned into claps and exclamations both loud and not. After seeing a film like Steve Jobs, you
New podcast! We talk about The Martian, The Walk and Film to TV adaptations. //html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/3848162/height/360/width/640/theme/legacy/direction/no/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/
So much is discussed in this ep including but not limited to Hamilton and the history of game changing musicals, the premieres of Empire and Scream Queens, and get you primed for Oscar season. //html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/3825996/height/360/width/640/theme/legacy/direction/no/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/
The good people at Battleship Pretension have listed their top 50 scores with Star Wars taking the top spot and I thought, wow that seems like fun let me try! I got this list down to 20 scores easily and just decided to share them with you all. if you must know, my tier 1 category