In an effort to appeal to a younger demographic, this year’s Oscar night was hosted by a couple of cool contemporary actors. I enjoy many of the works of Anne Hathaway and James Franco. Anticipating a night of unusually zany bits I was very excited and possibly set the bar a little high. I thought [...]

Reviewing the remaining two films of my Best Picture series brings me back to my argument to have a category for Best Performance by a child or teen. Fifteen year old Hailee Steinfeld gives a gutsy Oscar worthy performance in the Coen Brothers remake of the epic classic “True Grit”. In her first full-length feature [...]

There is no category for most intense film of the year but if there was, in my opinion there would be a clear winner. “127 Hours” is up for best picture and although it didn’t get much Oscar buzz, it was the only movie this year to have me at the edge of my seat [...]

The Oscars are rapidly approaching so I will talk about three films in this installment. They also all have best actress nominations. To an already impressive list of films including “Requiem for a Dream” and “The Wrestler” best directing nomin…

It’s one of my favorite times of the year…Oscar Time. I’ll be running my series on best picture nominations again, lending my own personal slant and overview. The Academy has decided to stay with the 10 picture format and unfortunately, this lead…