Tag: Oscars
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Amazon’s Sound of Metal (*****) doesn’t get any clearer
What was just a courtesy of response to me for a friend earlier now has an experience behind it that has added colors my world. Let it color yours, too.
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I don’t have a vote for Oscars 2019 – Movies of the year
Alright, let’s cut the crap.
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I Don’t Have A Vote: The 90th Annual Oscars – Great Year for Film, Not Politics
“Hugh Jackman had a great year, with The Greatest Showman and Logan. On the latter film, he does the near impossible in creating an unbreakable character who is finally driven to the point of breaking. His work with Stewart is some of the best of both of their careers. He should have been rewarded for…
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Hacksaw Ridge (*****) So many ways to serve
This is a great film, if you can stomach something as graphic as The Passion of the Christ. It’s done in an equally sacred manner, if you value life. To see lives so easily lost, you will be more heartened to find a man running all through the night, praying for the strength to save…
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I Don’t Have A Vote: The 88th Annual Oscars – Cut the crap
The 88th Avenue Oscars – Cut the crap Enough of this stuff. It’s getting old. Why is it that each year increasingly mediocre films are awarded for having one trick pony, when well rounded fare is given a pat on the ass and shown the side door? Yes, it’s Leonardo’s year. Why? Because we’ve been…
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I Don’t Have A Vote: The 87th Annual Oscars -We fall for gimmicks
The 87th Annual Oscars – We fall for gimmicks! Every year we see a film or two that is the favorite (and one usually wins) the Oscar for best picture, and this year is no different. It is no surprise that the two films popping and whirring most, Birdman and Boyhood are roundly considered to…
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I Don’t Have A Vote: Cool Papa E Picks The 84th Oscars
2012 Academy Awards Please don’t let this be the year that the gimmicky French film wins. I would prefer that the real masterpiece that took place in Paris, France take home the gold. The rush to crown The Artist as Best Picture feels a little like the time we anointed Brokeback Mountain the movie of our times. If it…
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Drive starts out in the fast lane; ends up in the ditch
Drive – 2011 Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn Starring Ryan Gosling, Albert Brooks, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Ron Perlman, Christina Hendricks, Oscar Isaac Written by Hossein Amini based on Drive by James Sallis There is a scene at the beginning of Drive that is as clever as any car chase I have seen. Acting as driver for a…
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I Don’t Have A Vote: Cool Papa E Picks the 83rd Oscars
Originally I was going to write some sort of opinionated rant about the Oscars, but really, it just doesn’t matter, does it? I was bummed that they pushed off the Lord of the Rings awards until the last film, The Return of The King, and they gave Halle Berry her (undeserved) spotlight to put on…
Ebert Did It Better: Gasbag Reviews 