Oscar Moment: Final 2012 Pre-Season Predictions, Part 2
Best Actor Hugh Jackman, “Les Miserables” Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln” Joaquin Phoenix, “The Master“ Bradley Cooper, “Silver Linings Playbook“ Denzel Washington, “Flight“ The past two years have seen...
View ArticleREVIEW: Lincoln
I am by no means saying that “Lincoln” is not a smart movie. I think the writing is very clever, the angle is interesting, and the words take the feel of political poetry. And Daniel Day-Lewis gives...
View ArticleLISTFUL THINKING: 2012 Superlatives
New Year’s Day always marks a very interesting balancing act, reflecting on the old while also ringing in the new. So while people are still thinking about 2012, let me offer up the first annual...
View ArticleOscar Moment: Final 2012 Predictions, Part 1 (Screenplay)
Well, folks, it’s over. Kind of. Time is up for movies to impress the Academy voters before the nominees are announced. The race is frozen now before nominations are announced early Thursday morning,...
View ArticleOscar Moment: Final 2012 Predictions, Part 2 (Supporting)
With the 2012 Oscar race now immobile until nominations are announced Thursday morning, January 10, now it’s time to take one last look at the contenders and the pretenders before the dust settles....
View ArticleOscar Moment: Final 2012 Predictions, Part 3 (Leading)
Only three days until Oscar nominations are announced! It’s so weird to have them this early … I feel like I barely predicted at all this year. Nonetheless, it’s time to lock in my final picks!...
View ArticleOscar Moment: Final 2012 Predictions, Part 4 (Directing)
TWO MORE DAYS! I’m slowly starting to lose my mind … or at least become so consumed with thinking about the Oscar nominations that I can think of little else. See my predictions for Best Original...
View ArticleOscar Moment: Final 2012 Predictions, Part 5 (Best Picture)
ONE DAY MORE to revolution (I mean, Oscar nominations). Now it’s time to lock in my Best Picture predictions. It was an extremely tough year to forecast. So without further ado, here are the films I...
View ArticleLive Blogging the 2012 Golden Globes!
10:00 P.M. For those of you keeping track at home, “Les Misérables” ruled the Golden Globes tonight with 3 wins! ”Django Unchained” and “Argo” also won two trophies. ”Amour,” “Brave,” ”Life of Pi,”...
View ArticleLive Blogging the 2012 Oscars!
12:53 A.M. To put the finishing touches on the evening, “Life of Pi” was the big winner with 4 Oscars including Best Director. ”Argo” took home 3 trophies to boot including Best Picture, the one that...
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