And now the biggie. Here are the nominees for Best Picture… Amour Argo Beasts of the Southern Wild Django Unchained Les Miserables Life of Pi Lincoln Silver Linings Playbook Zero Dark Thirty Who Should Win: Life of Pi is the most ambitious film and I think the one that will be looked back upon the most […]
Rough day personally, so apologies in advance if the comedy is sucked out of today’s post. Here are the nominees for Best Actor in a Leading Role… Bradley Cooper in Silver Linings Playbook Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln Hugh Jackman in Les Miserables Joaquin Phoenix in the Master Denzel Washington in Flight Who Should Win: In a weaker year, 4 out […]
Toughest major category to call this year. Let’s get to it. The nominees for Best Actress in a Leading Role are… Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook Emmanuelle Riva in Amour Quvenzhane Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild Naomi Watts in the Impossible Who Should Win: Ahhhhhhhhhh. Mannnnnnnnnn. It may be the only […]
Today let’s look at the performances up for top Wingman this year. The nominees for Best Actor in a Supporting Role are… Alan Arkin in Argo Robert DeNiro in Silver Linings Playbook Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Master Tommy Lee Jones in Lincoln Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained Who Should Win: Only one of the nominees in this category actually […]
Let’s play our part in the hype machine and use this week to give predictions for the Oscars, shall we? Let’s start with Best Actress in a Supporting Role. And the nominees are: Amy Adams in ‘The Master’ Sally Field in ‘Lincoln’ Anne Hathaway in ‘Les Miserables’ Helen Hunt in ‘The Sessions’ Jacki Weaver […]
Celeste and Jesse Forever is love, L.A. style. Written by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack, the characters are a little more adult than the ones we saw in 500 Days of Summer and it shows. The title characters have been separated for almost a year but haven’t quite moved on yet…until one of them (in this case […]
Last weekend, there was talk that Muhammad Ali’s health was quickly fading. The man is the definition of an icon: a great in his chosen profession with a likability and an authenticity that attracted the world. You didn’t have to be a Muslim to pause when we thought Ali was about to expire, but […]
Wow! It won’t win Best Picture, but politics aside, if the Oscar is supposed to go to the film that is most likely to leave the longest legacy or make the best overall impression (acting be damned, said by an actor no less!) than Life of Pi is that film this year. And as ‘wrong’ as […]
That first month moved at a nice clip. I owe you a few more movie reviews that may or may not come before the Oscars. I will give my predictions before the 24th; I promise you that much. A little bit of adjusting had to be done (as I’m sure you’ve all done when […]
I normally save my annual wrestling column for a little later into ‘WrestleMania season’, but since there’s a decent chance that the most impressive WWE Title reign of the past 25 years is coming to an end this Sunday at the Royal Rumble, the time is right to post a review about the reigning […]
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