Movie Trailer: The Edge Of Tomorrow
My Golden Globe Predictions
The Golden Globe nominations are tomorrow morning. The Globes tend to nominate big films and big actors. Case in point, the Globes nominated The Tourist. So, smaller actors in smaller films are likely to get lost. This is not the … Continue reading My Golden Globe Predictions
Awards Watch: Phoenix Film Critics Nominations
TOP 10 FILMS: 12 Years A Slave American Hustle Captain Phillips Dallas Buyers Club Gravity Mud Nebraska Philomena Saving Mr Banks Short Term 12 BEST DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips John Lee Hancock, Saving Mr Banks Steve … Continue reading Awards Watch: Phoenix Film Critics Nominations
Awards Watch: San Diego Film Critics Nominees
Best Picture: 12 Years A Slave Gravity Her Inside Llewyn Davis Short Term 12 Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) Destin Crettin (Short Term 12) The Coen Brothers (Inside Llewyn Davis) Spike Jonze (Her) Steve McQueen (12 Years A Slave) Best … Continue reading Awards Watch: San Diego Film Critics Nominees
Awards Watch: SAG Award Nominees (Movie Categories)
Some people were surprised by The Butler’s presence here, but I don’t see any surprises from them. Movies like Gravity and Her (which are frontrunners for a Best Picture nomination) aren’t large cast films, and wouldn’t get the Ensemble nomination … Continue reading Awards Watch: SAG Award Nominees (Movie Categories)
Frances Ha
STARRING: Greta Gerwig, Adam Driver, Mickey Sumner, Michael Esper, Michael Zegen, Grace Gummer.
DIRECTED BY: Noah Baumbach
TV Recap: The Sing Off Premiere
Since Pentatonix became a fairly big thing, The Sing Off is back. Are any of the newbies as good as Pentatonix? 1) Vocal Rush- Bottom Of The River From Oakland, CA. The youngest group. They are high school students. I … Continue reading TV Recap: The Sing Off Premiere
Awards Watch: Detroit Film Critics Nominations
BEST PICTURE: 12 Years A Slave; Before Midnight; Gravity; Her; Short Term 12 BEST DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity); Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips); Spike Jonze (Her); David O’Russell (American Hustle); Martin Scorsese (The Wolf Of Wall Street) BEST ACTOR: Leonardo DiCaprio … Continue reading Awards Watch: Detroit Film Critics Nominations
Awards Watch: AFI’s Top 10 Films Of The Year
The Top 10 Films Of The Year (According to the American Film Institute) Are: 12 Years A Slave American Hustle Captain Phillips Fruitvale Station Gravity Her Inside Llewyn Davis Nebraska Saving Mr Banks The Wolf Of Wall Street Continue reading Awards Watch: AFI’s Top 10 Films Of The Year
Awards Watch: Online Film Critics Society Nominations
BEST PICTURE: 12 Years A Slave; American Hustle; Before Midnight; Blue Is The Warmest Color; Drug War; Gravity; Her; Inside Llewyn Davis; Short Term 12; The Wind Rises BEST DIRECTOR: The Coen Brothers, Inside Llewyn Davis; Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity; Spike … Continue reading Awards Watch: Online Film Critics Society Nominations
Awards Watch: St Louis Film Critics Nominations
BEST PICTURE: 12 Years A Slave; American Hustle; Gravity; Her; Nebraska BEST DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity); Spike Jonze (Her); Steve McQueen (12 Years A Slave); Alexander Payne (Nebraska); David O’Russell (American Hustle) BEST ACTOR: Christian Bale (American Hustle); Bruce Dern … Continue reading Awards Watch: St Louis Film Critics Nominations
Awards Watch #6
Best Picture 1) 12 Years A Slave 2) Gravity 3) American Hustle 4) Saving Mr Banks 5) Her 6) Inside Llewyn Davis 7) Captain Phillips 8) The Wolf Of Wall Street 9) The Butler 10) Nebraska 11) All Is Lost … Continue reading Awards Watch #6
Awards Watch: LA Film Critics pick ‘Gravity’ and ‘Her’
The LA Film Critics tied their Best Picture this year with Gravity and Her. Since 12 Years A Slave has pretty much mopped up a lot of these awards, it is a nice change of pace. They also interestingly went … Continue reading Awards Watch: LA Film Critics pick ‘Gravity’ and ‘Her’
Awards Watch: Boston Critics go with ’12 Years A Slave’, Gandolfini
The Boston Film Critics helped the Oscar race by giving another win to 12 Years A Slave (the presumed frontrunner), but shook things up a bit by naming James Gandolfini as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Enough Said. … Continue reading Awards Watch: Boston Critics go with ’12 Years A Slave’, Gandolfini
Review: The Motorcycle Diaries
The Motorcycle Diaries Released in 2004, The Motorcycle Diaries is a biopic based on the memoir of Ernesto Guevara, more commonly known now as the iconic Che Guevara. The film chronicles his exploits in 1952, when he and his best friend Alberto Granado embarked on a South American road trip with just a motorcycle and the packs on their backs. The journey begins with ideas of youthful exploits, but quickly changes as the two men observe the impoverished lives of the people they meet. The men become aware of the social injustice of being considered “lower class”, and they become … Continue reading Review: The Motorcycle Diaries