This Friday is Valentine’s Day, which for many people will mean a romantic evening consisting of dinner and a movie, but before you underwhelm your date by popping in that cliché DVD you’ve both seen a million times before (steer clear of “The Notebo …Read more
“Everything is awesome!” So says the song the citizens of Bricksburg listen to on a loop and in the hands of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (“Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs”, “21 Jump Street”), everything certainly is awesome. Just as America is …Read more
Columbia Pictures was very worried when George Clooney asked if he could push back the release date for “The Monuments Men”, his fifth directorial feature, citing more time needed to complete the film’s special effects. Delaying the film until Februa …Read more
Dirty Dancing and Double Dare. Madonna and New Kids On The Block. Slouch socks and tee shirt clips. Everybody loves the 80’s. Unfortunately, “everybody” includes Hollywood execs who won’t stop sullying our perfect memories by trying and (more often t …Read more
In choosing the best unrecognized films of 2013, we decided to match the Academy and nominate 9 deserving features. We’ve picked everything from comedies to thrillers, indie dramas to documentaries. Without further ado, here are our favorite un-nomin …Read more
Yesterday morning, we lost one of the greatest actors of our generation. Philip Seymour Hoffman passed away at the surprisingly young age of 46, leaving behind a lasting legacy of memorable roles. Hoffman was an outwardly approachable everyman whose …Read more
Best Screenplay Best Supporting Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Actress Best Actor Shane Carruth, “Upstream Color” Few directors challenged the medium of film this year the same way as Shane Carruth. His haunting “Upstream Color” was a beau …Read more
Best Screenplay Best Supporting Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Actress Tom Hanks, “Captain Phillips” Nearly a decade of roles in unimpressive to decent films may have convinced people that Tom Hanks was prepared to trickle through the rest of his …Read more
Best Screenplay Best Supporting Actress Best Supporting Actor Lake Bell, “In A World…” In our previous “Best Screenplay” article, I sang the praises of Lake Bell’s writing of “In A World…”, and the praise for her performance lies in her ab …Read more
Best Screenplay Best Supporting Actress Dane DeHaan, “Kill Your Darlings” As the volatile Lucien Carr, DeHaan is a ticking time bomb made flesh. Carr was a close friend of beat poet Allen Ginsberg (Daniel Radcliffe) who would go on to kill hi …Read more
