Posted by moviegeek916 on February 26, 2012 · 1 Comment
If you want to know what I felt were the best movies of the year etc. then that’s a different article altogether (one that can be read here). This is about the Oscars. For most categories, I just offer a quick pick for what WILL win and a brief explanation for why I think that. … Continue reading →
Filed under Film · Tagged with "Man or Muppet", "Real in Rio", A Better Life, A Cat in Paris, A Separation, Albert Brooks, Albert Nobbs, Alexander Payne, Alfred Hitchcock, Andy Serkis, Anne-Sophie Bion, Anonymous, Bérénice Bejo, Beginners, Brad Pitt, Bret McKenzie, Bridesmaids, Brokeback Mountain, Chico & Rita, Christopher Plummer, Community, Coriolanus, Crash, Damián Bichir, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Dante Ferretti, Do the Right Thing, Drive, Driving Miss Daisy, Emmanuel Lubezki, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Francesca Lo Schiavo, Gary Oldman, George Clooney, Glenn Close, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Hugo, Ingmar Bergman, J. Roy Helland, Janet McTeer, Jean Dujardin, Jessica Chastain, Jim Rash, Joe Letteri, John Midgely, Jonah Hill, Kenneth Branagh, Lisi Chrisl, Lon Bender, Margaret Thatcher, Marilyn Monroe, Mark Coulier, Martin Scorsese, Match Point, Max Von Sydow, Melissa McCarthy, Meryl Streep, Michel Hazanavicius, Michelle Williams, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, My Week with Marilyn, Nat Faxon, Nick Nolte, Octavia Spencer, Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, R. Christopher White, Rango, Rio, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Rooney Mara, Sophie's Choice, Syriana, Take Shelter, Terrence Malick, The Artist, The Debt, The Departed, The Descendants, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Help, The Iron Lady, The Muppets, The Shore, The Tree of Life, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tom Fleishman, Up in the Air, Vicky Christina Barcelona, Victor Ray Ennis, Viola Davis, WALL-E, War Horse, Warrior, Woody Allen
Posted by moviegeek916 on February 25, 2012 · 3 Comments
Well, the Oscars are coming up in a couple days. I’ll get my picks and predictions and whatnot posted Sunday morning and then try to do some sort of real-time reaction thing like I tried doing with the Emmys a while back… In the meantime I figured I’d chime in with what I actually thought … Continue reading →
Filed under Film · Tagged with 2011, 300, 3D, 3rd Rock from the Sun, 50/50, A Separation, Albert Brooks, Albert Nobbs, Alex Shaffer, Amy Ryan, Andy Serkis, Anton Yelchin, Beginners, Benedict Cumberbatch, Best of 2011, Bret McKenzie, Buck, Buck Brannaman, Captain America: The First Avenger, Carl Jung, Carnage, Charlize Theron, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chinatown, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Christopher Nolan, Christopher Plummer, Christopher Titus, Citizen Kane, Cliff Martinez, Clint Eastwood, Colin Farrell, Colin Firth, Corey Stoll, D.J. Caruso, Dan Fogler, Dante Ferretti, David Cronenberg, David Tenant, Dawn of the Dead, Doubt, Drive, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Elizabeth Olsen, Ernest Hemmingway, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fright Night, Gary Oldman, Georges Méliès, Gone Baby Gone, Gore Verbinski, Hugo, I Am Number Four, Imogen Poots, Inception, J.J. Abrams, Jack and Jill, James Bobin, Jason Segel, Jaws, Jean Dujardin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Just Go with It, Kevin Durand, Kick-Ass, King Kong, Kirsten Dunst, Lars von Trier, Let the Right One In, Manuel Alberto Claro, Marilyn Monroe, Mark Strong, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Martin Scorsese, Meek's Cutoff, Mel Brooks, Melancholia, Michael Fassbender, Michael Mann, Michel Hazanavicius, Michelle Williams, Midnight in Paris, monster, My Week with Marilyn, Nicholas Stoller, Octavia Spencer, Patton Oswalt, Paul Giamatti, Rango, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Roger Deakins, Roman Polanski, Ryan Gosling, Sabina Spielrein, Sarah Paulson, Seth Rogen, Shailene Woodley, Shame, Shutter Island, Sigmund Freud, Star Wars, Stardust, Steven Spielberg, Sucker Punch, Super 8, Superman, Sweeney Todd, Take Me Home Tonight, Take Shelter, Terrence Malick, The Adventures of Tintin, The Artist, The Avengers, The Brood, The Dark Knight, The Descendants, The Fly, The God of Carnage, The Help, The Iron Lady, The Lord of the Rings, The Man of Steel, The Muppets, The Salton Sea, The Station Agent, The Tree of Life, The Visitor, Thomas McCarthy, Timothy Olyphant, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Titus, Toby Jones, Tom Hardy, Tomas Alfredson, Twilight, United 93, Up, Viggo Mortensen, Viola Davis, Watchmen, Will Reiser, Win Win, Woody Allen, Worst of 2011, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: The Last Stand, Yasmina Reza, Young Adult, Zack Snyder
Posted by moviegeek916 on February 25, 2012 · 1 Comment
Air Force One (1997) – Right after watching As Good as it Gets on cable I saw there was another movie from 1997 starting up… one that while perhaps not as critically acclaimed kicked a substantially higher volume of ass. Wolfgang Petersen’s Air Force One is the kind of action movie I grew up on. … Continue reading →
Filed under Film, Reviews · Tagged with 1997, Air Force One, Andrew Divoff, As Good as It Gets, Bill Clinton, Blade Runner, Cowboys & Aliens, Dean Stockwell, Die Hard, Dwight Eisenhower, Elya Baskin, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Harrison Ford, High Noon, Indiana Jones, Jürgen Prochnow, Phillip Baker Hall, Star Wars, What Lies Beneath, William H. Macy, Wolfgang Petersen, Xander Berkeley
Posted by moviegeek916 on February 25, 2012 · 1 Comment
As Good as It Gets (1997) – Sometimes I get bored. Sometimes I get lethargic. Sometimes these feelings overlap. For those time, there is the wide world of cable television where, get this, THERE ARE ALWAYS MOVIES ON! Now my rules for writing reviews is that 1) the movie needs to be completely unedited and … Continue reading →
Filed under Film, Reviews · Tagged with 1997, Academy Award Winner: Best Actor, Academy Award Winner: Best Actress, As Good as It Gets, Christopher Walken, Cuba Gooding Jr., Final Destination 2, Greg Kinnear, Helen Hunt, Jack Nicholson, James L. Brooks, Kate Winslet, Mad About You, Pulp Fiction, The Departed, The Simpsons, Titanic
Posted by moviegeek916 on February 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Help (2011) – Film trailers are problematic. Sometimes they seriously undersell a movie. I thought Fight Club looked asinine but it was amazing. Sometimes the trailers are put together better than the movie itself. Look up the trailer for the bizarre clusterfuck Southland Tales and tell me it doesn’t look awesome? Sometimes the trailer tries … Continue reading →
Filed under Film, Reviews · Tagged with 2011, 50/50, Academy Award Winner: Best Supporting Actress, Ahna O'Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Allison Janney, American Psycho, Anna Camp, Beginners, Bryce Dallas Howard, Chocolat, Chris Lowell, Christian Bale, Cicely Tyson, Coriolanus, Daniel Day-Lewis, Do the Right Thing, Doubt, Driving Miss Daisy, Emma Stone, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Fight Club, Gene Hackman, Ghosts of Mississippi, Halloween II, Jessica Chastain, Kevin Costner, Mad Men, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Mike Vogel, Mississippi Burning, Octavia Spencer, Sissy Spacek, Southland Tales, Take Shelter, Tate Taylor, The Debt, The Help, The Reader, The Tree of Life, Tom Cruise, True Blood, Veronica Mars, Viola Davis, Willem Dafoe
Posted by moviegeek916 on February 19, 2012 · 1 Comment
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) – I read an article the other day that said that Chris Brown will be appearing on an upcoming single by Rihanna. I thought “girl, what is wrong with you? That guy beat the shit out of you and you’re working together?” If I may deeply offend my … Continue reading →
Filed under Film, Reviews · Tagged with 1999, 300, A New Hope, Ahmed Best, Alec Guinness, Alien, Anthony Daniels, Attack of the Clones, Ben Burtt, Brian Blessed, Chris Brown, CQ, Dominic West, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Ewan McGregor, Frank Oz, George Lucas, Greg Proops, Harry Potter, How I Met Your Mother, Ian McDiarmid, Industrial Light & Magic, Jake Lloyd, John Williams, Keira Knightley, Kenny Baker, Leprechaun, Liam Neeson, Lost in Translation, Natalie Portman, Peter Serafinowicz, prequel, Ray Park, Return of the Jedi, Revenge of the Sith, Rihanna, Samuel L. Jackson, Sofia Coppola, Star Wars, Terrance Stamp, The Darjeeling Limited, The Empire Strikes Back, The Ewok Adventure, The Godfather Part III, The Phantom Menace, The Wire, THX-1138, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Warwick Davis, Who's Line Is It Anyway?, Willow
Posted by moviegeek916 on February 19, 2012 · 1 Comment
2012 Oscar-Nominated Animated Short Films – The past few years a company called Shorts HD (formerly Shorts International) has been released the Academy Award Nominated Short Films. There are three categories: Live Action, Animation, and Documentary (which was unfortunately screened only one night in Sacramento so I missed it). These are the Animation nominees. I’ll … Continue reading →
Filed under Film, Reviews · Tagged with 2011, A Morning Stroll, Academy Award Winner: Best Short Film - Animation, Amanda Forbis, animation, Brandon Oldenburg, Brave, Brokeback Mountain, Buster Keaton, Cars 2, Crash, Dimanche/Sunday, Enrico Casarosa, Grant Orchard, Hugo, La Luna, Patrick Doyon, Pixar, Puss in Boots, Rango, Skylight, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, The Hybrid Solution, The Wizard of Oz, Wendy Tilby, Wild Life, William Joyce
Posted by moviegeek916 on February 19, 2012 · 2 Comments
2012 Oscar-Nominated Live Action Shorts – The past few years a company called Shorts HD (formerly Shorts International) has been released the Academy Award Nominated Short Films. There are three categories: Live Action, Animation, and Documentary (which was unfortunately screened only one night in Sacramento so I missed it). These are the Live Action nominees. … Continue reading →
Filed under Film, Reviews · Tagged with 2011, Academy Award Winner: Best Short Film - Live Action, Andrew Bowler, Ben Affleck, Brokeback Mountain, Ciarán Hinds, Conleth Hill, Crash, Dennis Lehane, Edvard Hægstad, God of Love, Gone Baby Gone, Hallvar Witzø, Ingrid Viken, John Connor Brooke, Julia Richter, Kerry Condon, Krish Gupta, Maggie Cronan, Max Zähle, Michael Nathanson, Pentecost, Peter McDonald, Raju, Scott Graham, Terry George, The New Tenants, The Shore, Time Freak, Tuba Atlantic, Wotan Wilke Möhring
Posted by moviegeek916 on February 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment
13 Assassins (2010) – If you say the name Takashi Miike, the people who know it likely associate him with the wildly disturbing scenes from movies like Audition and Ichi the Killer. He even had a cameo in the “torture porn” film Hostel, telling the main characters “if you’re not careful you could spend all your … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on February 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Tabloid (2010) – Keep writing all the “crazy” and “quirky” screenplays you want, Hollywood. Real life still has you beat when it comes to fucked-up weirdness. Famed and rightfully acclaimed documentarian Errol Morris’s latest film is about Joyce McKinney, a woman who kind of has to be seen to be believed. When she was a young … Continue reading →
Persistence of Vision 