Best Supporting Actress Nominees: Berenice Bejo for The Artist, Jessica Chastain for The Help, Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids, Janet McTeer for Albert Nobbs, Octavia Spencer for The Help Who should win: With one of the biggest years of anyone in Hollywood, the nominees are lucky that Jessica Chastain is only nominated once. While I was […]
Prepare to see Robert DeNiro like you’ve rarely seen him before…or will ever want to again…in Stone, the most recent film from director John Curran. Jack Mabry (a lifeless Robert DeNiro) is a parole officer days from retirement. His final case, Gerald “Stone” Creeson (a near perfect Edward Norton), has served 8 years for arson, […]
2012 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD PREDICTIONS *Best Original Score* Ludovic Bource – The Artist Abel Korzeniowski – W.E. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Howard Shore – Hugo – It was beautiful, atmospheric, and completely fitting. John Williams – War Horse _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Best Screenplay – Motion Picture* Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist […]
Leon: The Professional (1994) 7.5/10 R His sunglasses will forever be iconic…and so will his protégé. Léon: The Professional tells the positively irresistible story of Léon, an amateur botanist and professional hit man played by Jean Reno. When Mathilda (Natalie Portman), Léon’s neighbor, has her entire family murdered in cold blood by a deranged federal […]
Best Films of the Year! 11. Contagion Forgive me for a weak field from which to choose (only 41 movies that released in 2011!), but Contagion isn’t a terrible number 10. With a big name cast of Oscar winners and a realistic, fear-inducing plot, Contagion struck fear into America’s hearts after the H1N1 pandemic. 10. […]
I haven’t seen all of these, so I will combine them! 2006 Winner – The Departed Great movie, fantastic thrill of an end, but not Scorsese’s best. Honestly, I give that to Hugo. I give it a B+ Little Miss Sunshine Hilarious, touching tale, great acting from Abigail Breslin. B The Queen It doesn’t get much more […]
Hugo (2011) 9/10 PG This is a personal plea to director Martin Scorsese: Please don’t make Hugo your last family film. This magical tale is based on the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brain Selznick, only to be wonderfully adapted for the screen by John Logan (Rango). Hugo Cabret (the fantastic Asa Butterfield) lives […]
First, look at the blog title…All I have to Say About That…AISAT. It’s mid-December, and 90% of Oscar’s field has already been released. Now, I haven’t seen many extremely quality movies released this year, so I’m counting on you! It’s the Oscars, the Razzies, and the MTV Movie Awards all rolled into one! It’s simple, […]
Taxi Driver (1976) 7/10 R ”Are you talkin’ to me?” Taxi Driver wasn’t exactly the viewing experience I expected, but it was pretty darn close. Mentally unwell veteran Travis (Robert DeNiro) has just gotten a job as a late-night New York City taxi driver, due to the fact that he never sleeps at night anyway. […]
