Talk about perfect casting. Tom Hanks, the most beloved guy in Hollywood, has been tapped to play Mr. Rogers, the most beloved guy in pop culture. And after nearly twenty years of not being up for a Best Actor Oscar (his last nod was for 2000's Cast Away), it's as if Hanks is daring the Academy [...]
**** out of **** Rated R (for strong violence and language) Released: December 25, 2017 limited; January 26, 2018 wide Runtime: 134 minutes Director: Scott Cooper Starring: Christian Bale, Wes Studi, Rosamund Pike, Rory Cochrane, Jesse Plemons, Jonathan Majors, Adam Beach, Q’orianka Kilcher, Ben Foster, Stephen Lang, Timothée Chalamet The #1 Film on my Top Ten List for [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated R (for strong language) Released: December 25, 2017 limited; January 19, 2018 wide Runtime: 130 minutes Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps, Lesley Manville Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K. Proceeds from purchases made through these links go to support this blog. Winner of the Academy Award for Best [...]
UPDATED: 11:15 A.M. Jan. 23 This year, the Academy didn't bite on the Oscar bait. The headline from the announcement of the 90th Annual Academy Awards is that, as expected, The Shape of Water led the pack with 13 nominations including Best Picture, Actress (Sally Hawkins), and Director (Guillermo del Toro). That's one short of [...]
For the Oscar nerds out there, here are my predictions of who and what the Academy will nominate on Tuesday morning for their 90th Annual Awards - in all categories but three (Live Action Short, Animated Short, and Documentary Short). For the Best Picture category, the Academy rules state that there can be "up to 10" nominees, but 10 [...]
The Oscar race is over before the nominations have even been announced. In one night, the 2017/18 Awards Season went from being the most wide open in memory to being locked in. If you're a betting person, put your Best Picture money on Three Billboards. Then lay more down on all four acting categories. Not [...]
The shape of the Oscar race curved towards water at the 29th Annual Producers Guild of America awards gala, giving the Darryl F. Zanuck top prize for Best Film to The Shape of Water. It's a producer-y pick as picks go, favoring a film with bigger production ambitions than smaller films can match. The Post [...]
*** out of **** Rated TV-14 (for language, sexuality, and adult themes) Released: January 19, 2018 Runtime: 95 minutes Directed by: Maya Forbes Starring: Jack Black, Jenny Slate, Jason Schwartzman, Jacki Weaver, J.B. Smoove, Vanessa Bayer, Willie Garson Streaming exclusively on Netflix My review of The Polka King, for The Tulsa Voice. Starring Jack Black, it's the crazy [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated R (for war violence and strong language throughout) Released: January 18, 2018 Runtime: 130 minutes Directed by: Nicolai Fuglsig Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Navid Nagahban, William Fichtner, Rob Riggle, Geoff Stults, Trevante Rhodes, Thad Luckinbill, Austin Stowell My review of 12 Strong, for Crosswalk.com. It's based on the true story of the very [...]
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