https://youtu.be/wb49-oV0F78 If someone wants to make an argument that Mission: Impossible is the best franchise in movies today - better than Marvel, Star Wars, or anything else - they sure have a strong case. Latest evidence: the first trailer for Mission: Impossible - Fallout, the sixth film in the amazingly durable and continually inventive blockbuster series, anchored [...]
The DGA is following the 2017 Awards Season script. As expected, the Directors Guild of America presented their 70th award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Feature Film to Guillermo del Toro for his Cold War period fantasy fable The Shape of Water. This follows del Toro wins at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice [...]
**** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for violence, disturbing images, brief strong language, and some nudity) Released: April 21, 2017 Runtime: 141 minutes Directed by: James Gray Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Angus Macfadyen, Ian McDiarmid, Tom Holland Available to rent through Amazon Video (free for Amazon Prime members) or buy on Blu-ray and DVD. Proceeds from purchases made through these [...]
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 [...]
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