Hey everyone, it’s Ryan. So, the Oscars are approaching (March 7 on ABC), and I’ve opted to make predictions for all the major categories. So without further ado, here’s my picks. (PS: I intentionally misspelled “The Blind Side”.)
Best Picture:
Will Win: The Hurt Locker
Should Win: Inglourious Basterds
Could Win: Inglourious Basterds
Best Director:
Will Win: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt [...]
The finest of American directors, Martin Scorsese, directs the new thriller ‘Shutter Island’, and it’s the finest film in several months. Leonardo DiCaprio plays a U.S. marshal, Teddy Daniels. Daniels is sent to investigate the disappearance of a patient on an island solely for holding the criminally insane. However, when a hurricane hits the island [...]
There is no genre in the medium of film as cliched, as boring, or as insipid as the romantic comedy. In theory, blending the element of love with humor should be a much more interesting, enlightening experience than what modern audiences are generally being offered these days. But charmless, humorless, generally boring scripts are often [...]
Nicholas Sparks makes teenage girls cry for a living: Look no further than the films inspired by his books, ‘The Notebook’ and ‘Walk to Remember’ for shameless tearjerkers. The latest film based on one of his novels, ‘Dear John’, pulls some fairly decent performances out of its young lead actors. That said, its a dull, [...]
To avoid a big, long, pretentious speech about what the year 2009 meant for film, here’s my favorites of the year.
First up, several honorable mentions. “Adventureland”, “Anvil! The Story of Anvil”, “Brothers”, “Bruno”, “500 Days of Summer”, “Food, Inc.”, “The Hangover”, “Julie and Julia“, “The Messenger”, “Moon”, “Paranormal Activity”, the directors cut of “Watchmen”, “Zombieland”, [...]