Posted by moviegeek916 on March 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Angels in America (2003) – For a while, the premium cable network Home Box Office had the slogan “It’s not TV, it’s HBO.” This mainly reflected the artistically challenging shows they aired like The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Deadwood, and The Wire (of course they also ran Sex and the City, so I guess it … Continue reading →
Filed under Reviews, TV · Tagged with 2003, Al Pacino, Angels in America, based on play, Ben Shenkman, Biloxi Blues, Brian Markinson, Closer, Deadwood, Emma Thompson, Ethel Rosenberg, HBO, James Cromwell, Jeffrey Wright, Justin Kirk, Mary-Louise Parker, Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Mike Nichols, Patrick Wilson, Robin Weigart, Roy Cohn, Sex and the City, Simon Callow, Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, The Wire, Tony Kushner, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Wit
Posted by moviegeek916 on March 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Iron Lady (2011) – Meryl Streep just won her third Oscar (and first in 29 years, out of 17 nominations) for The Iron Lady. Good for her. A teacher of mine told me that there are actually a lot of younger actors who feel that Meryl Streep is all technique and no heart. I … Continue reading →
Filed under Film, Reviews · Tagged with 2011, Abi Morgan, Academy Award Winner: Best Actress, Alexandra Roach, Harry Lloyd, Jim Broadbent, Margaret Thatcher, Meryl Streep, Nick Park, Peter Morgan, Phyllida Lloyd, The Deal, The Iron Lady, The Queen, The Special Relationship, true story
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 November 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment
My Week with Marilyn (2011) – Oscar-bait season is here at last, and with it we get our first front-runner for Best Actress: two-time nominee Michelle Williams (though Meryl Streep has a movie about Margaret Thatcher coming up later this year so it’s too early to declare Williams the victor). Back in the days of … Continue reading →
Filed under Film, Reviews · Tagged with 2011, Arthur Miller, Blue Valentine, Brokeback Mountain, Colin Clark, Dame Sybil Thorndike, Dawson's Creek, Dominic Cooper, Dougray Scott, Eddie Redmayne, Emma Watson, Judi Dench, Julia Ormand, Katie Holmes, Kenneth Branagh, Margaret Thatcher, Marilyn Monroe, Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams, Milton H. Greene, My Week with Marilyn, Paula Strasberg, Simon Curtis, Sir Laurence Olivier, The Prince and the Showgirl, true story, Vivien Leigh, Zoë Wanamaker
Posted by moviegeek916 on September 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment
It’s Complicated (2009) — Meryl Streep could sleepwalk through a movie like this so it speaks to her professionalism that she doesn’t. No one does, really. There’s nothing particularly original about this movie but everyone does their part and does it well enough that I was actually rather entertained. Alec Baldwin has turned into a … Continue reading →
Posted by moviegeek916 on September 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Julie & Julia (2009) — So I’m not a huge fan of “chick flicks” and I was somewhat worried this would be one. It wasn’t. Okay, actually I guess it was but I rather liked it. Probably because it was free of most of the reasons I usually hate chick flicks (except for one superficial … Continue reading →
Filed under Film, Old Facebook Minireviews · Tagged with 2009, Amy Adams, Away We Go, book adaptation, Chris Messina, Julia Child, Julie & Julia, Meryl Streep, Nora Ephron, Stanley Tucci, true story
Persistence of Vision 