Golden Globe Predictions (Film Categories)
Best Motion Picture: Drama Nominees: Boyhood, Foxcatcher, The Imitation Game, Selma, The Theory Of Everything Will Win: Boyhood The Globes could go 100% unpredictable and throw support to either The...
View ArticleOscar Nominee Predictions
I’ve been tracking this season on my Awards Tracker, but with the nominations coming tomorrow, I have to throw down my final “locks”. Who is in? Who is out? BEST PICTURE: Boyhood Birdman Gone Girl The...
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ORIGINAL SONG Everything Is Awesome (The Lego Movie) Glory (Selma) Grateful (Beyond The Lights) I’m Not Gonna Miss You (Glen Campbell) Lost Stars (Begin Again) BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Captain America: The...
View ArticleMy First Ten Oscar Reactions
1) My first reaction came when I realized the The Lego Movie was snubbed from Best Animated Feature. It’s not often that the frontrunner is booted from the category. 2) The Academy really didn’t like...
View Article2014 In Review: Best Screenplay, Cinematography, and Visual Effects
Best Cinematography 10) Divergent Not really a film that you’d expect to see on “year end” awards, but there’s something about “post apocalyptic worlds” that gives a boost to the cinematographer. So do...
View Article2014 In Review: Comedy, Breakthrough, Underrated
FUNNIEST COMEDY OF THE YEAR 5) This Is Where I Leave You Depending on how you felt about this ensemble comedy, it might also represent how few “laugh out loud” comedies we actually had in 2014. The...
View Article2014 In Review: Best Director
I picked the 10 directors that I felt directly influenced their films with a unique definable style and expertise. 10) Joon-ho Bong (Snowpiercer) Clearly a breakthrough in directing. Snowpiercer is...
View Article2014 In Review: Best Supporting Actress
10) Kim Dickens (Gone Girl) Kim Dickens whip smart cop investigating the disappearance/murder of a housewife is one of the best things about Gone Girl. She could have easily been overshadowed by...
View Article2014 In Review: Best Actress
10) Tessa Thompson (Dear White People) A breakthrough performance that I will remember. I don’t think the movie would have been good without her. 9) Keira Knightley (Begin Again) Another great...
View Article2014 In Review: Best Actor
10/11) Ben Affleck (Gone Girl)/Brendan Gleeson (Calvary) I realized I couldn’t drop either actor out of my Top 10. Both deserve to be recognized this year, so I have a Top 11 instead. The role in Gone...
View Article2014 In Review: The Best Films Of The Year
Here are my Top 50 films of 2015. 50) Big Hero 6 49) Locke 48) Non Stop 47) Automata 46) Get On Up An interesting collection of five films. I’m sure Locke is a lot higher on other lists, but I don’t...
View ArticleBox Office Preview: Four New Films Enter, Will One Win?
1) Gone Girl- 23M Weekend, 74M Total Barring any of the new releases becoming massive hits, Gone Girl should win week two. It’s buzzy enough, and Fandango says that presales for the weekend are still...
View ArticleFriday Box Office: ‘Ouija’ Set To Win Weekend
Ouija opened strong like most movies of this genre do, but will see significant drop offs on Saturday and Sunday. A C cinemascore definitely is not going to help the audience find the film. Teens are...
View ArticleBox Office Predictions: Kidman and Gyllenhaal Struggle To Make 10 Mil
Opening on Halloween weekend is quite a struggle. The last time Halloween was on a weekend was when Saw 3D opened to 22M in 2010. That year, it was on Sunday. The year before, it was on a Saturday, and...
View ArticleActor Profile: Ben Affleck
The first time I saw Ben Affleck was in School Ties, but I didn’t really realize he was in that until he started getting famous later with Good Will Hunting and Armageddon. I mean, sure, he wasn’t a...
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