"American Hustle" vs. "Her": This is the race that is shaping up in the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay Best Original Screenplay is probably one of my favorite above the line categories at the Oscars. Screenwriters have the hardest, but most gratifying jobs in the entertainment industry. This years, there have…
Cate Blanchett holds a commanding lead in the Best Actress race, however Amy Adams has a chance to spoil. Other than Jared Leto in Best Supporting Actor, I think this is the only other category that is essentially a lock. Cate Blanchett (whose role in Blue Jasmine has been compared to the role…
Leonardo DiCaprio, Bruce Dern, Matthew McConaughey, and Chiwetel Ejiofor all have a chance at the Oscar. I'm calling that Best Actor is the most competitive category of the year. In any other year I would have been delighted by Christian Bale's nomination, but this year with the amount of talent I'm…
Like their films, Alfonso Cuarón, David O. Russell, and Steve McQueen are the frontrunners for Best Director. This race is locked up. It's locked up to that point that I am actually using it as part of my argument for Best Picture. Alfonso Cuarón hasn't lost a single race in his…
"American Hustle", "12 Years a Slave", and "Gravity" lead the Best Picture race. ***UPDATED 2/16 A lot has changed since the Oscar nominations came out a month ago. First, and probably most importantly, "Gravity" and "12 Years a Slave" tied for the PGA, which thrust "Gravity" back into contention. Second, "12 Years…
Every summer, tucked between the blockbusters, romantic comedies, and 500th Transformers movie, are hidden gems that satisfy our thirst for quality movies until Oscar season rears its ugly head. So, I compiled a list of ten movies that I personally can’t wait to see this summer. [maxbutton id="8"] 4. Guardians of the Galaxy (Directed by James Gunn…
It was announced yesterday that Lionsgate and Haim Saban were rebooting the Power Rangers franchise with a live action movie. However, although this is a series that is near and dear to my heart, I am actually dreading the idea. After working in Toys R' Us for a year and channel flipping during slow summer mornings…
MVP: Ensemble I would like to start off this review by saying that I was skeptical that The Good Wife would be able to sustain its quality post-Will Gardner. This episode proved me wrong. Throughout the entire season we have had this odd isolated storyline concerning the NSA and a wire tap…
MVP: Jon Hamm And time just keeps chugging along. We have the first three fantastic and forward moving episodes of this final season of Mad Men, then we get an episode like "The Monolith" that reminds us that this is a show that doesn't need forward momentum to be great. The episode…
Every summer, tucked between the blockbusters, romantic comedies, and 500th Transformers movie, are hidden gems that satisfy our thirst for quality movies until Oscar season rears its ugly head. So, I compiled a list of ten movies that I personally can’t wait to see this summer. [maxbutton id="5"] 7. Maleficent (Directed by Robert Stromberg |…
