This is an inherently foolish question to ask. As I’m sure we’ve all learned by now, it’s foolish to try to predict the Best Picture winner for the Oscars, especially months in advance. It’s even more foolish to try to predict just based on the box office numbers of a film, just one of several …
After jumping into the film world with her adaptation of her own work with Gone Girl, it seems like Gillian Flynn will be moving forward with a project that has her working with one of the latest directors to take home an Oscar for Best Picture. Deadline reported on Friday that Flynn is set to …
Non-Stop Written by John W. Richardson, Chris Roach, and Ryan Engle Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra USA, 2014 Liam Neeson’s face has become a world-weary, pock-marked road map over the years, detailing a wholesome leading man’s travails into cinematic battle. In the last 6 years, he’s revitalized himself as a no-nonsense action hero, an unstoppably tough …
Part 2 will cover: – Best Actor – Best Actress – Best Supporting Actor – Best Supporting Actress – Best Film Best Actor – Bruce Dern (Nebraska) – Tom Hanks (Captain Philips) – Christian Bale (American Hustle) – Leonardo DiCaprio (Wolf of Wall Street) – Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) All nominees have performed …
It’s that time of the year again when the British Academy of Film and Television Arts celebrates the best of the cinematic world. With the awards taking place just shy of a month before the Academy Awards, it is time to start making those all-important predictions. Part 1 will cover: – Best British Film – …
Awards ceremonies, while giving critics a chance to award the movies they feel are most deserving of praise, often also give people an opportunity to discuss cinema and what it means to them, as well as the impact film has on larger societal aspects. One such reflection occurred at the 2013 New York Film Critics …
As with any year, some people have begun arguing that 2013 was a bad year for film, because of the expected glut of effects-heavy blockbusters that litter the multiplexes each summer, or because there was a lack of auteur-driven storytelling for the majority of the year. Though it is indeed frustrating that studios hold their …
Two films about slavery in the United States have been released barely a year apart. One is by a renegade American auteur starring American actors; the other, based on a memoir, brought to the screen by a British video artist and a cast led by Brits playing American. Despite their similar subject matter, they are …
Welcome to our “12 Years a Slave” Reviews. Review #1 12 Years a Slave Written by John Ridley Directed by Steve McQueen USA, 2013 With Hunger and Shame, Steve McQueen crafted two highly divergent, yet equally distinctive character studies of men whose respective physical existences are defined by extremity. Hunger’s Bobby Sands stays true to his political convictions in …
Every Labor Day weekend, cinephiles journey out to a small town nestled in a remote corner of southwest Colorado’s San Juan mountain range for the Telluride Film Festival. Production staff are hard at work building state-of-the-art theaters for more than a month before the event and readying for a sudden influx of dedicated filmgoers. Veteran …