Dear Write Reader(s), I am sitting at the theater bar in between showings, drinking a seltzer water (scouts honor) and I am using my downtime to finish up these articles so you can read them all and enjoy the Academy Awards tomorrow night as you should. I just left Spotlight, and all I can think…
Onward and upward, Write Reader(s). We now move to the next film on our list of Best Picture nominees- The Big Short. When I saw the preview for this film, I knew it was on my list to see. I loved the trailer, filled with Christian Bale saying ridiculous things, and Ryan Gosling also saying…
And now, for something completely different. It’s me again, Write Readers. The second film on our Academy Award Best Picture list is none other than Mad Max: Fury Road. Is it just me, or does this one feel like the Django Unchained of the bunch? It’s all about the action, and the explosions, and the…
Hello, it’s me. I’ve been wondering…okay I’m done with the Adele jokes. It’s been such a long time since you’ve heard from me, Write Readers! If this is your first year tuning in, I’m Rebecca, the resident Write Teacher film critic. Every year I review all of the Academy Awards Best Picture nominees, and this…
Dear Write Readers, this is it! This is the very last film that I’ll be writing about which is nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture! It’s been a intense experience of film watching, and our last film is certainly not the least. Bridge of Spies is directed by none other than the illustrious…
We did it, Write Readers! We made it all the way through! We are at the last of the last, finishing our journey with American Sniper, the second war move that didn’t feel like a war movie. I didn’t cry as much as I expected to during American Sniper, because my brain has discovered that…
Hello Friends, The journey through the eight Best Picture nominees of 2015 is winding down. This is the second-to-last review of Oscar season! There’s no better film to be reviewing than Whiplash. A whirlwind of a ride, Whiplash was written and directed by Damien Chazelle, based upon his experiences in the Princeton High School Studio…
Hello Friends, We’re almost there – this is the sixth review of the eight Best Picture nominees of the 87th annual Academy Awards. I’ve been avoiding writing this review, because as you all are well aware, I can’t handle sad films. Watching The Theory of Everything was almost as bad as War Horse. (Feel free…
Hello Friends, It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Michael Keaton in his most excellent performance since he was Batman. I’m not sure how much I’ve seen him perform since he was Batman, but IMdB says he’s done a lot of things, so I believe it. Because everything you read on the internet is true….
Hello Friends, Let us continue to march forward through all eight Best Picture nominees for the 2015 Academy Awards- Selma is next on our list. (See what I did there? Because, I said we’re marching, and Selma is about…nevermind.) Selma is a historical drama directed by Ava DuVernay, about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1965…