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 →
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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
Persistence of Vision 