I’m Gonna Git You Sucka is both a great parody and tribute to the blaxploitation films of the 1970s. Directed by and starring Keenen Ivory Wayans, the story revolves around a young man who returns home to find out his young brother Junebug has OG’ed; overdosed on gold chains. And while that shot is funny, […]
Sanford and Son was both a ratings success (credited with knocking the Brady Bunch off the air) and critically respected as a good sitcom. If someone else were making this list, I’d wonder what 23 TV shows are considered ‘more important’ than Sanford and Son (that’s what we call a ‘tease’ in the Business folks!) […]
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is nominated for several Golden Globes, including Best Screenplay, Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director (for David Fincher), and Best Actor (Brad Pitt). With that pedigree, you can rest assured Benjamin Button is one of the surefire Oscar picks for this year. The story is about an […]
You know something? I have no recollection of who first turned me onto this movie. Romantic comedies have never been the first genre I go to when I’m looking for something to watch. But it’s both a movie I took to, and a Christmas movie, so here we go… The story of Love Actually […]
Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei are both nominated for Golden Globes for their acting in The Wrestler. Now, I can’t say I’m a card carrying member of the Mickey Rourke Fan Club; he’s alright of course, but his ‘peak’ was before I started loving movies. The reason this movie was on my must see […]
The Dark Knight recieved one Golden Globe nomination, for Heath Ledger’s performance as the Joker. “You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” My time finally freed up enough that I was able to watch Batman Begins and The Dark Knight back to back (on the Blu-Ray, […]
2008, that is. Before I go on my own Christmas break, I’ll drop my own thoughts on the past 12 months. I’ll say this as a heads up; I think this may have been the greatest year of my life to this point. I haven’t written a whole lot of personal stuff yet; but don’t […]
The Reader is nominated for four Globes: Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress – Drama and Best Motion Picture – Drama. The film is about a German lawyer (played as an adult by Ralph Fiennes), and the evolution of his relationship with an older woman (played by Kate Winslet). Starting with a chance […]
As you can probably guess, the first thing I do when the nominations come out is look for ‘mine.’ Beyonce got a nom for Best Song (I feel like she’s done this before, Dreamgirls?) Raisin in the Sun got nominated for Best Made for TV film (fair enough, but that’s been a classic for decades […]
This has been an obscenely long week for me. But knock on wood, things are still going pretty well. I just knocked out the Porkchop sequence of Isn’t She Lovely, and it feels like it could be a nice little short film/trailer for the feature. That might just be first draft euphoria though; so give […]
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