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 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
Persistence of Vision 