Alright, who’s ready for some music? It’s been awhile! Had this one cued up for awhile. Can’t go wrong with the Doobie Brothers! (singing along…) What A Fool Believes…he sees…the White Man has the Power! (Assistant comes flying into my office. Tries to convince me the lyric is ‘the wise man has the power.’ (Really? […]
In all likelihood, the next time you see me on the big screen… Very happy to get ‘be directed by F. Gary Gray’ off my bucket list last year. I don’t know how you guys outside the West Coast are reacting to this, but I can tell you, here in L.A., this film can’t open […]
Here are the nominees for Best Picture: American Sniper Birdman Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Selma The Theory of Everything Whiplash Who Should Win: I’m trying not to let my opinion be corrupted now by reading other people’s thoughts and go back to my gut when I saw each film myself. Most […]
Here are the nominees for Best Actress: Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything Julianne Moore – Still Alice Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl Reese Witherspoon – Wild Who Should Win: While I normally feel meh about ‘career achievement’ awards, Julianne Moore is a respectable choice, with no shame […]
Here are the nominees for Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette – Boyhood Laura Dern – Wild Keira Knightley – the Imitation Game Emma Stone – Birdman Meryl Streep – Into the Woods Who Should Win: Hm. Meryl is the definition of ‘legacy nominations’, I felt like Laura Dern’s character was more important to the story […]
Here are the nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay: Jason Hall – American Sniper Graham Moore – the Imitation Game Paul Thomas Anderson – Inherent Vice Anthony McCarten – the Theory of Everything Damien Chazelle – Whiplash Who Should Win: Another tough category where I can easily see the case for every nominee. Based on the story […]
Here are the nominees for Best Director: Alejandro G. Inarritu – Birdman Richard Linklater – Boyhood Bennett Miller – Foxcatcher Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel Morten Tyldum – The Imitation Game Who Should Win: Probably the nominee I have the strongest opinion about this year. Has Wes won this yet? Cause (like all […]
BOYZ II MEN! I didn’t know you had it in you!!!! Have a good Valentine’s weekend everyone!
One of my annual traditions (which I try to do in February) is go back and watch Spike’s 1st 6 films. It always inspires me to watch the evolution and build up to his epic. Anyway, ‘School Daze’, his second film still kind of stands alone as ‘the NPHC film’, ‘the HBCU film’, and the […]
You know, we’ve been in ‘anti-hero’ mode for so long, it was really nice to see an old-fashioned New York pic like ‘A Most Violent Year’ show up. The National Board of Review’s Best Film of 2014 (somehow shut out of the Oscars) stars Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain as a young couple carving […]
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