The Should Be Oscar Nominations of 2013: Final Ballot
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD: Best Picture Her Gravity Before Midnight 12 Years a Slave Lee Daniel’s The Butler Upstream Color Short Term 12 The Conjuring …
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Oscar Pick Em Contest Ballot 2012
If you are entering an Oscar Pick ‘Em contest and are lacking in viewership of films, I have a predictions ballot filled out for all …
A Plan to Fix the Oscars
For movie fans like myself, the Oscars can be a trying experience. Most people believe the Oscars has a pedigree of determining the best movies …
Movie Review: The Past
Asghar Farhadi is one of the best directors out there that can inject suspense out of an everyday problem that people have to deal with. …
Movie Review: Philomena
Philomena is a strange mixture: a mystery, British comedy, and buddy road trip all rolled into one. Director Stephen Frears remains honest to the original …
Movie Review: Frozen
Frozen is delightfully old school. The latest production from Disney is based on an old fairy tale, features a couple of cute creatures, has some …
Movie Review: Dallas Buyers Club
Alright alright alright. Dallas Buyers Club posits Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey) as an Oskar Schindler type for AIDS patients and homosexuals against the FDA. That …
Movie Review: 12 Years a Slave
Slavery is an unsettling part of Americana most people like to sweep under the rug. Until recently, the horrors of the institution were relegated to …
Movie Review: Captain Phillips
Captain Phillips should not work. In today’s version of a thriller, you need crazy stunts, over-the-top dialogue, and a mono-e-mono battle between the lead villain …
Movie Review: Drinking Buddies
Drinking Buddies revels in the silence between conversations. The love triangle between Olivia Wilde, Anna Kendrick, and Jake Johnson is a well acted and keenly …