All five nominees have won an award before. So, who’s taking home another?
Here’s our look at the race for Best Supporting Actress.
In the age of the Internet, the 61st Academy Awards never existed.
Here’s a look at the tightest race this awards season.
David O. Russell’s look at coping with mental health issues in a binary culture.
Another tight race this year belongs to the Best Actor category, where Freddie Quell is pit head-to-head against Abraham Lincoln. If this were a real battle, I’d wager on Quell and his tendency to go for the legs, but in this contest, the battle is a bit harder to call. Both Lewis and Phoenix are notoriously anti-Hollywood […]
A bunch of little Patty Hearsts tell stories in the attic as their parents drink and cheat downstairs.
On the heels of Stand Up Guys, it’s important to know where Pacino started. We need to be reminded that Jack and Jill was not the apex, but a manifestation of boredom, a break from playing Shylock or Dr. Jack Kevorkian, a (hopefully) momentary nadir in the filmography of a great American Actor. Stand Up Guys might […]
Christopher Walken and Al Pacino are perfectly cast as Doc and Val, respectively. On screen, both actors have embraced their caricaturized selves, distancing our recognition of them as Michael Corleone or Nick from Deer Hunter fame.
If you’re looking for a fun ride that’s better directed than written and promises to provide its audience with witch-splattering, head-crushing, body-exploding badassery, then Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters is your ticket. It’s as good as you’d expect, but not necessarily as bad as you figure it would be. The acting is palatable and visuals are adequate, […]