The 87th Oscars recap through tweets …
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 23, 2015 · Leave a Comment
I’m not sure why I keep filling myself with false hope that the Oscars will one day be an entertaining show to watch. The optimism is almost completely unfounded by this point. Whether they go weird (Anne Hathaway and James Franco), safe (Billy Crystal), hip (Seth MacFarlane), or try and steal another show’s success (Neil […]
Category essays, oscars, z.slideshow · Tags Alejandro González Iñárritu, Anna Kendrick, Anne Hathaway, Billy Crystal, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Boyhood, Chris Pine, Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1, Ellen DeGeneres, Gone Girl, Graham Moore, Idina Menzel, Jack Black, James Franco, John Travolta, Julie Andrews, Lady Gaga, Meryl Streep, Neil Patrick Harris, Octavia Spencer, Patricia Arquette, Richard Linklater, Seth MacFarlane, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Sound of Music, Wes Anderson, Whiplash
Picking Winners at the 87th Annual Academy Awards
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 20, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Things look pretty cut and dry where the Academy is concerned in 2015. The Oscars are always a somewhat watered-down look at what really mattered in the past year of cinema and this installment is no exception. In fact, it may be all water at this point. That doesn’t mean there can’t be some intriguing […]
Category essays, oscars · Tags 12 Years a Slave, A Most Violent Year, A Most Wanted Man, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alexander Dinelaris, American Sniper, Amy Adams, Anthony McCarten, Armando Bo, Ava DuVernay, Babel, Ben Affleck, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bennett Miller, Big Eyes, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Boyhood, Bradley Cooper, Brendan Gleeson, Cake, Calvary, Christopher Schobert, Coherence, Damien Chazelle, Dan Futterman, Dan Gilroy, David Gordon Green, David Oyelowo, E. Max Frye, Eddie Redmayne, Edge of Tomorrow, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Emmanuel Lubezki, Enemy, Essie Davis, Ethan Hawke, Feast, Felicity Jones, Foxcatcher, Fury, Gary Poulter, Gone Girl, Graham Moore, Groundhog Day, Gyllenhaal, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Hugo Guinness, Inherent Vice, J.K. Simmons, Jack O'Connell, Jason Hall, Jennifer Aniston, Jenny Slate, Jessica Chastain, Joe, Jupiter Ascending, Kaitlyn Dever, Kathryn Bigelow, Keira Knightley, Laura Dern, Locke, Logan Lerman, Maps to the Stars, Marion Cotillard, Mark Ruffalo, Men Women & Children, Meryl Streep, Michael Keaton, Moonrise Kingdom, Morten Tyldum, Nicolás Giacobone, Nightcrawler, Obvious Child, Only Lovers Left Alive, Patricia Arquette, Paul Thomas Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, Reese Witherspoon, Richard Linklater, Robert Duvall, Rosamund Pike, Selma, Slumdog Millionaire, Starred Up, Steve Carell, Steven Spielberg, The Babadook, The Double, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, The Judge, The King's Speech, The One I Love, The Theory of Everything, Timothy Spall, Two Days One Night, Under the Skin, Wes Anderson, Whiplash, Wild, William Altreuter
REVIEW: The Imitation Game [2014]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 11, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“Shall we leave the children alone with their new toy?” It’s highly unusual for me to get invested in a biography, so when one comes along that enthralls me as fully as The Imitation Game it’s difficult to know whether I’m simply overreacting. Director Morten Tyldum and screenwriter Graham Moore have done what so few […]
Category biography, drama, film reviews, suspense/thriller, war, z.slideshow · Tags Alan Turing: The Enigma, Alex Lawther, Allen Leech, Andrew Hodges, Benedict Cumberbatch, Charles Dance, Graham Moore, Jack Bannon, James Northcote, Keira Knightley, Matthew Beard, Matthew Goode, Morten Tyldum, Rory Kinnear, The Imitation Game
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