In an attempt to write more regularly, I’ve decided to start a weekly column updating you all — however many readers are actually out there — on the week’s newest Redbox releases, which lets me write about films I enjoyed while also recommending to you titles you may have missed. Without further ado, below is…
Well, Oscar Sunday is finally here, and it’s time to get all those predictions out on the table for the world to see. It’s been a long and surprisingly interesting awards season, and it all comes to an end tonight when the Best Picture prize is finally handed out. There is actually some intrigue in…
“…a rollicking joyride from start to finish, a blockbuster in every sense of the word that has been painstakingly and lovingly crafted, brick by interlocking brick.” ★★★★
It’s been almost a month since the Academy Award nominations were first announced, and surprisingly, little has changed in my predictions in the time since, though several changes have been made. Various guilds have handed out awards in the past couple weeks, including the Directors Guild, who gave their top prize to Gravity‘s Alfonso Cuaron…
Well, with 2013 officially gone and past, it’s finally time to look back at the year that was in cinema. Okay, sure, 2013 officially ended over a month ago, but I have spent this extra month catching up on films I (sometimes regrettably) hadn’t yet seen and, of course, also took my time deliberating which…
Well, with 2013 officially gone and past, it’s finally time to look back at the year that was in cinema. Okay, sure, 2013 officially ended over a month ago, but I have spent this extra month catching up on films I (sometimes regrettably) hadn’t yet seen and, of course, also took my time deliberating which…
“I was born inside the movie of my life… I don’t remember how I got into the movie, but it continues to entertain me.” Life Itself, director Steve James’ documentary about beloved film critic Roger Ebert, which is based on Ebert’s memoir of the same name, opens with video of fans taking pictures in front…
Well, the day has arrived, and the Academy has officially announced its nominations for each and every category at the 2014 Academy Awards. There are some notable snubs (or at least perceived snubs), some nice surprises, and a fair share of nominees whose fates were more-or-less set in stone, but let’s move beyond that discussion…
On the eve of the 2014 Oscar nominations, everyone and their mother in the blogosphere is busy predicting which films and which performances will find themselves among the nominees in contention for that ever-famous golden statuette. It’s been a very interesting race up to this point, with various films and performances taking the title of…
“…a nimble exercise in the balance of not just a smorgasbord of human emotions but of deeply intellectual ideas, of sincere drama, of riotous humor, and, most of all, of tender sincerity.” ★★★★★
“Grieving isn’t forgetting the memories of loved ones, of purging our minds of those we’ve lost, but rather it’s allowing their memories to live on in our hearts…”
“…feels like a film I will grow to enjoy more with each viewing. It’s exuberant, eccentric, and marvelously entertaining.” ★★★★
“It’s early promise fades fast, but the wind isn’t completely removed from its sails. Just mostly.” ★★
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“It’s this instant comfort with the character that allows the Coens to connect viewers to their main character and make us interested in his life.” ★★★★½
“Mocking can be funny, sure, but often times, the truth is even funnier, and with Nebraska that is very much the case.” ★★★★
“…a fantastic return to form for the studio, and quite honestly, it just may be Disney’s best animated adventure since The Lion King.” ★★★★½
“It’s deplorable, it’s revolting, it’s excessive and completely outrageous, but most of all, The Wolf Of Wall Street is highly entertaining.” ★★★★½
“Adele’s life is one I’m happy to have experienced a slice of, and she embraces it with great fervor.” ★★★★
“Though luck very much factors into the storyline, it’s got nothing to do with the film’s winning qualities.”
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