Malik’s Movie Reviews Past & Present
So first, a refresher on where I’m coming from: fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (who isn’t?), have some knowledge of the characters in comic book form, but not everything. So I’ll try to keep my hot takes spoiler free from here on out… James Spader as the voice of Ultron was fantastic casting. Smarmy, […]
So… I had a well thought out, perfect analysis of the Batman vs. Superman trailer. Then one of the homies sent me this less than an hour ago, and I knew I had to tap out. I can’t top this… Enjoy!
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 […]
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 […]
Bradley Cooper gets his third nomination in a row as the title character in this Oscar nominee. To address the personal elephant in the room, ‘Can I separate our obviously different ideologies from Clint Eastwood’s craft?’ The answer: I (try to) do it all the time when it comes to art. Saying this film is […]
Based on Jane Hawking’s book, ‘The Theory of Everything’ is the love story of Stephen and his college sweetheart. Eddie Redmayne gives a knockout performance as the brilliant physicist who most of us know only from our image of him in his current physical state. Felicity Jones plays Jane and (in my opinion) the […]
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