Hello Friends, The reviews just keep on coming! Up next on our journey through the eight Best Picture nominated films of the 2015 Academy Awards is Boyhood, the chronicle of, you guessed it, the journey from boyhood to manhood. Or, at least, college-aged-hood. Boyhood is nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Director, Best Screenplay,…
Hello again, Write Readers! Welcome back to my series of reviews on the Academy Award Best Picture Nominees! We’re one film down, with seven to go. This next film is the one I was the most surprised to see on the list of best picture nominees- if you guessed The Grand Budapast Hotel, winner, winner, chicken…
Hello Friends, Ah, another year has gone by. Welcome, dear Write Reader(s), to my third annual series of reviews for the Academy Award Best Picture Nominees! I am so happy to be back, and delighted to share with you my eight incredibly unimportant opinions about eight incredibly wonderful films. I am sure if you have…
Hello Write Readers, At this time last year, I had just finished Amour, which was my final review to be submitted before the Academy Awards were televised, and it’s interesting to me that this year my final review is Philomena, which I equated to “the Amour of 2014” when I heard about it. In case…
Hello Beautiful People, Almost there! We’re almost there! There’s just one more film left to see, and just in time for the Academy Awards this evening. WHEW! This has been a whirlwind of film watching. Next year aka this year, I promise, I’m going to start early. (I think I said that last year?) Nebraska…
Hello Write Readers, More movie reviews! Our countdown to the Oscars continues with another Best Picture Nominee: American Hustle. I’ve seen a lot of movies lately, but I approached none of them with the enthusiasm with which I entered the theatre for American Hustle. I was beyond ready. I entered the movie theatre in San…
Hello Write Readers, The year 2013 seems to be the year about race films. When I saw the trailer for this movie, I couldn’t help but wonder, “what’s happening in Hollywood?” Everywhere you turn, there are poignant and deeply relevant conversations going on about the history of race in this country. Some of the films…
Hello Write Readers, Next up on our list of Academy Award Best Picture nominees – Her. Boy am I glad that I didn’t give up on Joaquin Phoenix. When you combine a not crazy Joaquin Phoenix and the voice of Scarlett Johansson, and add a very large and bushy mustache (not on Scarlett) you get…
Hello Write Readers, This Oscar season, we’re seeing some repeats: biographies, controversial topics/minority subject representation, and Matthew McConaughey. In fact, Dallas Buyers Club manages to be all three at once! It combines a true story, HIV/AIDS, and you guessed it- Mr. McConaughey and his all-important costar, Matthew McConaughey’s facial hair. That mustache is just amazing….
Hello Write Readers, Let’s keep moving down our list. We’ve arrived at: movies involving Tom Hanks for 500. There’s a lot more to Captain Phillips than Tom Hanks, but really folks. Tom Hanks. How long has he been doing this? How long has he been making nominatable movies? In his entire career, Tom Hanks has…