Ladies and gentlemen the 2013 Award’s race just got that much more interesting. While some awards helped confirm who our Oscar locks really are, some threw a surprising wrench in the proverbial spokes. As some films like ‘Argo’ and ‘Les Miserables’ pick up steam, others like ‘Lincoln’ and ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ seem to be...
I’m sure you’ve all heard at this point that George Lucas sold the much beloved Star Wars franchise to Disney Corp for a whooping four billion dollars, the majority of which he donated to education-centric charities, and that a corresponding third trilogy was being prepped with Episode 7 slated for a 2014 release. This...
While this second bit of macabre teaser marketing doesn’t come with any new footage, it features a foreboding tune and a glimpse at the mysterious three-eyed crow. Fans of the novels will know what this bit is foreshadowing but for those unfamiliar let the mystery suffice as a pallet cleanser for what is...
This year’s race certainly has proven that it’s got some cards up it’s sleeve as this mornings nominations shook things up, particularly in the directing department. There were snubs and surprises across the board but what else can you expect from the Academy? I’ll be filling you in on where my predictions lay...
The Oscars aren’t a precise science, they’re more speculation and guesswork- an aggregate of maybes based on a huge number of variables. But they’re fun to mess around with and try your hand at so these are my best bets for who we can expect to be nabbing noms come Thursday morning. ...
To some, Zero Dark Thirty may overindulge in its 157 minute run time, but to call the end product unfulfilling is to misunderstand the journey. This is not a ragtag,…
This Thursday, January 10, be prepared to find out who will be duking it out for the ownership of the much coveted little golden men as Academy Award host Seth MacFarlane will be joined by Emma Stone to announce this years Oscar nominees. Precedence has always had the Academy president making the...
I’ll be the first to admit that when I heard of yet another remake of a classic horror movie, I was not impressed but the latest trailer from this re-envisioning of the film that made Sam Raimi Sam Raimi has shaken and baken my expectations. It is important to note though that both Raimi and...
2012 was an enigmatic year for film. There were an unusual amount of really good films but few great ones. In any case, I present my –purely subjective– top ten list of 2012 films. But first, the runners up. It was exceedingly difficult to make a list of just ten but it would be cheating...
Ultimately, Tom Hooper's experimental Les Misérables is a jigsaw of performances with no central momentum that is both exhaustive and exhausting.