Film Preview: Evil Dead Burn (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Precursor: National Society of Film Critics
The National Society of Film Critics applied the status quo to this year’s race honoring The Hurt Locker. The most interesting choice is the tie between Christoph Waltz and Paul Schneider. Schneider gave one of my favorite supporting performances this year, so I’m quite pleased he picked up something even though I’m sure Oscar is
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Precursor Calendar: January, 2010 and a Happy New Year
Well, it’s another year and another decade, but it’s still Oscar season. May we all have a Happy New Year and may our upcoming months of Oscar fun be filled with surprises, but only pleasant ones. Of course, we still have plenty of precursors left before The Big Night. So, here’s the breakdown of what’s
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OFTA Reminder Links
Below are several links to the ballots. Trailer Suggestions Black Mass Ex Machina Far from the Madding Crowd Inside Out Joy Jurassic World Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian #1 The Martian #2 Max Minions Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation The Revenant Room #1 Room #2 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Spotlight Star
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2008 at the Oscars
Although Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire proved unstoppable by the time the Oscars were given out for 2008, it was not an early favorite. Early speculation centered around such eagerly anticipated films as David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Gus Van Sant’s Milk; Ron Howard’s Frost/Nixon and John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt along with Christopher
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Precursor: Online Film Critics Society Nominations
Below are the nominees for this year’s Online Film Critics Society awards. As a voting member, I must say that I’m at times excited (the love for District 9) and at times irritated (Jackie Earle Haley? Seriously?). But, overall, a fairly straightforward list, little of which I’m not surprised to see nominated. Nomination Tallies (8)
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Review: The Blind Side (2009)
The Blind Side Rating Director John Lee Hancock Screenplay John Lee Hancock (Book: Michael Lewis) Length 128 min. Starring Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head, Lily Collins, Ray McKinnon, Kim Dickens, Adriane Lenox, Kathy Bates, Catherine Dyer MPAA Rating PG-13 for one scene involving brief violence, drug and sexual references. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack
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National Film Registry: 25 Titles Added to the Preservation List
The Library of Congress has selected 25 films (short-, feature-length, and now apparently music videos) to add to its National Film Registry, a list that annually selects 25 works from the length of film history to permanently preserve in their archives. This year’s list includes many films most of you have probably never heard of.
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2007 at the Oscars
2007 was a year in which a good deal of the Oscar prognosticators’ speculation centered on whether or not No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood would be too violent for Academy tastes. The more genteel violence of Sweeney Todd, Into the Wild and Atonement seemed more likely to them to pass
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The DVD Report #136
Saving the best for last, three recent DVD releases are among the year’s finest films. With the same basic plot as Avatar, South African director Neill Blomkamp’s first film, District 9, is a thrilling science fiction film given gravitas by both its documentary style flavor and its Johannesburg setting. Sharlto Copley heads the brilliant, if
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2006 at the Oscars
When film historians look back on the first decade of the new millennium, I have no doubt 2006 will be seen as the decade’s best year for film. It was the year that gave us such highly acclaimed films as Pan’s Labyrinth; Children of Men; The Departed; The Lives of Others and Letters From Iwo
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The DVD Report #136: December 29, 2009
Saving the best for last, three recent DVD releases are among the year’s finest films. With the same basic plot as Avatar, South African director Neill Blomkamp’s first film, District 9, is a thrilling science fiction film given gravitas by both its documentary style flavor and its Johannesburg setting. Sharlto Copley heads the brilliant, if
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Precursor: Florida Film Critics
I forgot to post these when they were announced. They were announced December 22, 2009. Winner Tallies (3) Precious; Up in the Air The Winners Picture: Up In The Air Actor: George Clooney – Up In The Air Actress: Gabourey Sidibe – Precious Supp. Actor: Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds Supp. Actress: Mo’Nique – Precious
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2005 at the Oscars
The winner of practically every precursor and no Best Picture Oscar, who said AMPAS members don’t have a mind of their own, or don’t they after all? Did Brokeback Mountain lose because Hollywood denizens genuinely preferred a film about contemporary Los Angles to one they euphemistically dismissed as one about “gay cowboys” or was it
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Previews: Week of December 27, 2009
2009 seems to have faded faster than 2008 did as I’ve seen virtually nothing out of 2009 recently. 2010, however, is ramping up quite well. We have 9 new trailers, a new poster and a new release date. The new release date is for Takers, which shifts from the early part of the year into
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The DVD Report #135
One of the year’s nicest surprises, newcomer Marc Webb’s (500) Days of Summer is a bittersweet charmer about a boy falling in love with a girl who doesn’t return his affections. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the former child star of TV’s 3rd Rock From the Sun continues his meteoric rise to screen fame following his critically acclaimed
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