I have to say I really enjoyed the 86th Academy Awards. Moreso than most years. I think the primary reason is because there wasn’t a single result that I absolutely hated. Of course there were things I disagreed with, but there wasn’t anything this year that made me want to go on a killing spree, which is rare. The show was very light-hearted and had a really positive vibe. It seemed like it would have been really fun to have been there. That’s not always the case. People seemed genuinely happy for every winner and nominee, and there were very few instances where it seemed like most of the crowd didn’t give a shit about what was happening on stage.
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Review: 86th ACADEMY AWARDS
Published March 4, 2014 GIFs , MOVIES , VIDEOS 1 CommentTags: 12 years a slave, 2014 academy awards, 86th annual academy awards, academy awards, alfonso cuaron, american hustle, benedict cumberbatch, best director, bill murray, brad pitt, cate blanchett, daniel day-lewis, david o. russell, egot, ellen degeneres, emmanuel lubezki, gravity, harold ramis, harrison ford, idina menzel, jared leto, jennifer lawrence, john ridley, john travolta, john williams, kevin spacey, kim novak, leonardo dicaprio, liza minnelli, lupita nyong'o, matthew mcconaughey, nebraska, oscar gifs, oscar speeches, oscars 2014, oscars review, pharrell williams, philip seymour hoffman, pizza the the oscars, robert lopez, robert lopez egot, roger deakins, russell crowe, somewhere over the rainbow, spike jonze, steve mcqueen, the oscars, the wolf of wall street, u2
Review: THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE
Published November 30, 2013 MOVIES , REVIEWS 14 CommentsTags: 3D, caesar flickerman, catching fire, catching fire review, donald sutherland, effie trinket, elizabeth banks, francis lawrence, gary ross, gifs, hunger games gifs, jeffrey wright, jena malone, jennifer lawrence, johanna mason, josh hutcherson, katniss everdeen, leonardo dicaprio, mockingjay, peeta, philip seymour hoffman, president snow, stanley tucci, the hunger games, the hunger games: catching fire, the hunger games: mocking jay, titanic, toby jones
The Hungers Games: Catching Fire has arrived in theaters as the most anticipated studio film probably since The Avengers last year, and with Christopher Nolan‘s Batman series wrapped up, The Hunger Games may now be the most popular active movie franchise in America. In the U.S. at least, it’s bigger than any of Marvel’s individual franchises (including Iron Man). It’s bigger than Pirates of the Caribbean. It’s bigger than The Hobbit. It’s bigger than Transformers. It’s bigger than Bond or Star Trek or X-Men or Spider-Man or anything from Pixar. In fact, the first Hunger Games grossed more in the U.S. than any of the Harry Potter movies. And it’s outgrossed these movies without the use of 3D surcharges. Remarkable. I don’t pretend to know why any of this is true, but as Bill Belichick would say, it is what it is.
The 2013 Biggie Awards (& My Top 10 of 2012)
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The 24th Annual Biggie Awards
aka The Biggies
for achievements in film for the year 2012
I’ll be the first to admit I had unfair expectations for 2012. Given the impressive roster of movies on tap, I predicted as early as April of 2011 that 2012 would be the best year in movies since 2000, which I consider to be the best year for movies in my lifetime. In the end, it wasn’t quite the year I wanted it to be, but it was still quite a year. Actually, by my official tally of new entries on my “Movies I Love” list, this was the best year for movies since 2007. I “loved” 24 movies in 2012 (for comparison, 2000 holds the record with 31). What I liked most about 2012 was that it had a lot of variety, as I think you’ll see reflected here in my nominees.
We’ll get into most of the specific films in the descriptions under each category, but there are a few things I want to mention up front.
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