Best Performances from Oscar Nominees – The Supporting Actress

Best Performances from Oscar Nominees – The Supporting Actress

Continuing our look at the best films from this year’s Oscar nominees, here are the best performances from this year’s Best Supporting Actress nominees. JENNIFER JASON LEIGH (Nominated for The Hateful Eight) BEST PERFORMANCE – THE HATEFUL EIGHT (2015) I am not really knowledgable with Jennifer Jason Leigh’s filmography.  I remember her in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), The Machinist (2004), and her spectacular voice work in 2015’s Anomalisa, among some others.  But her role…

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Best Movies From Oscar Nominees – The Directors

Best Movies From Oscar Nominees – The Directors

Continuing with Oscar week, I am going to look at the best movies or performances from this year’s nominees.  First, I am going to look at this year’s Best Director nominees.   LENNY ABRAHAMSON (Nominated for Room) BEST MOVIE – ROOM (2015) I didn’t see Abrahamson’s feature debut What Richard Did (2012), but I did see his second, Frank (2014), which I thought was a surreal, yet fascinating musical indie.  With Room, Abrahamson elevates himself to…

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Oscar 2015 – The ‘Other’ Oscars

Oscar 2015 – The ‘Other’ Oscars

The Academy can’t nominate every movie, it’s impossible.  There are always snubs and always a debate about which movie should have gotten in and which one shouldn’t be there.  For the eight nominees for Best Picture, there are eight other movies that could have been there instead.  So that’s what I’m going to do here.  I am going to nominate movies and performances in the major categories that I felt deserved a spot in their…

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Oscar 2015 Best Picture Nominees Ranked

Oscar 2015 Best Picture Nominees Ranked

I was very pleased with this year’s nominations for Best Picture.  There were obviously some movies I would have preferred to get in, but all the movies nominated, I am okay with.  There is no movie that makes me angry or upset like some years, *coughExtremelyLoudandIncrediblyClosecough*.  Here is how I would rank this year’s Best Picture nominees, from least favorite to best.   8 – Brooklyn As I said at the beginning, I like all the…

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Oscar Predictions – Who Should and Will Win

Oscar Predictions – Who Should and Will Win

Tonight’s the big night!  Check out my final Oscar predictions of who should and will win the big prize tonight.   I apologize for all my wrong predictions.   BEST PICTURE Stats say The Big Short, hype says The Revenant.  Definitely room for an upset, but it’s between those two. WILL WIN – THE REVENANT SHOULD WIN – SPOTLIGHT   BEST DIRECTOR After the DGA, Inarritu is set up for history.  George Miller could surprise for his…

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Review – The Witch

Review – The Witch

The Witch made its premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.  I, unfortunately, was unable to see it then, which thoroughly upset me, as it was one of the more hyped films of that festival. Now, a little over a year later, I finally got to see what everyone was talking about in Park City.  Had I seen The Witch at the 2015 festival, it would have been one of my favorites there.  This is a…

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Review – Race

Review – Race

Before even seeing Race, it already had a couple things going against it.  The first is that, even though it is a sports movie, it isn’t about basketball or football or one of the major, more exciting sports.  It is about track and field, a sport people only care about every four years.  The second thing is that we know the ending already because it is one of the most historic moments in Olympic and…

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Top 5 – Sports Biopics

Top 5 – Sports Biopics

This Friday, the Jesse Owens biopic Race hits theaters.  I will be posting my review of the film on Thursday, but I will say, it’s a goodie.  So in honor of Race, let’s take a look at the best sports biopics.   5- Miracle (Gavin O’Connor, 2004) You know it is a good sports movie when you know the ending, yet you are still on the edge of your seat during every sports scene, hoping the…

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Oscar Predictions -February 13, 2016

Oscar Predictions -February 13, 2016

Because of going to Sundance and being busy, I haven’t posted much about the Oscars.  In fact, I didn’t even do a nomination reactions piece or anything.  It was just an area that got lost in shuffle of everything else. I was pretty good on my final predictions.  I missed a couple nominees here and there, but overall, I thought I did good.  No real surprises in the nominations and not a lot of huge…

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Review – Deadpool

Review – Deadpool

Thanks to a sweet Comic-Con sizzle reel and tons of campaigning from fans and star Ryan Reynolds, we are finally given the much anticipated and much sought after Deadpool movie.  But, after the debacle that was X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), where they ruined Deadpool as a character, some fans and moviegoers may have some reservations about the film. Fear not Deadpoolers, Deadpool is everything you wanted and more.  This is a vulgar, violent, hilarious, action packed,…

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