Things I’m thankful for in movie year 2014
For my money, 2014 has been slightly underwhelming, movie-wise. Nothing to hate, mind you. Just not much that knocked my socks off. Even movies I expected to love — The Grand Budapest Hotel, Guardians...
View ArticleAnnie Award nominations draw from the year’s best animated films
What did we tell you? Here comes another movie awards announcement: the nominees for the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood’s 42nd annual Annie Awards. Multiple categories cover the...
View ArticleHandicapping the Golden Globe Awards, Movie Edition
Trying to guess which way the winds blow at the offices of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is like forecasting James Franco’s next career move. In other words, predicting the winners of the...
View ArticleSnap judgments on the Oscar nominations
Oh, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, you giveth with one hand and taketh away with the other. The pleasant surprises – Laura Dern! Marion Cotillard! – were offset by the head-scratching...
View ArticleMy Favorite Movies of 2014 –‘Boy,’ oh ‘Boy!’
My favorite movies of 2014 list is coming very belatedly this year, mostly due to playing end-of-season catch-up with late or limited run releases, and only days before the Oscars puts the capper on...
View ArticleIn the 150 years since Abraham Lincoln’s death, who played him the best?
Tomorrow, April 15, will be the 150th anniversary of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on the morning after he was shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth while watching a play from the state box in...
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