Oscar Waiting: Biggest Snub?

OSCARS 2009: Who Should/Will Win

The 81st Annual Academy Awards are upon us, as the biggest night in movies hands out the statuettes for 2008’s best.  This Sunday night, February 22nd at 8pm on ABC, the lives of many actors, producers, writers, etc will change forever: because when you’re an Oscar winner, you have reached the pinnacle of your trade, [...]

Review: Coraline

Once and for all, everyone finally knows for sure:Tim Burton did not direct The Nightmare Before Christmas! The times you hear about that movie are when there’s news about him; his name is always, always attached. And understandably I suppose, if you want to sell it you have to attach the most marketable name. He [...]

Review: Taken

The Wrestler. Gran Torino. Doubt. Slumdog Millionaire. Frost/Nixon. On and on and on and on. For all of December and most of January I’ve been seeing all the films making pushes for Golden Globes or Oscars. Movies that aren’t light and airy, but heavy and often depressing. Did I mention Benjamin Button or Revolutionary Road? [...]

Review: Revolutionary Road

There have been too many instances when a director will take a chance on two A-list actors to ‘run’ their movie. Too often you see movies with big names attached that fall by the way side because the actors are there, but without substance, they can scream all the want at each other…it still looks [...]