If I had my own damn Award Show…

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

Win Win (2011)

Win Win (2011) — Well, in just three films Tom McCarthy has become one of my favorite directors (okay to be honest he had it pretty much sewn up in two… and co-writing Up certainly helped). Win Win, like The Station Agent and The Visitor before it, is pretty much a perfect movie. I don’t … Continue reading

Gone Baby Gone (2007)

Gone Baby Gone (2007) — So I just read the book and wanted to watch the movie again with that new frame of reference.  As an adaptation goes, the movie is rather streamlined.  Some of the casting is off from the descriptions in the book but if I have problems with this movie, the cast … Continue reading

Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)

  Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007) — Network is one of my favorite movies and Dog Day Afternoon is pretty damn good so a while back I bought the Blu-Ray of Sidney Lumet’s latest film and several months later finally got around to watching it.  Let me tell you, if you’ve ever felt … Continue reading