The song that features throughout The Lego Movie is entitled “Everything is Awesome”, and everything about the film is awesome. The Lego Movie is probably the best animated film since Toy Story, and will go down in history as one of the greatest of all time. First of all, this film had razor-sharp writing –…
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The Best Films of 2013
I finally think I’ve seen enough 2013 films to compile the list of the best films of the year. Unlike last year, however, I will be listing in preferential order, disregarding the scores I assigned the films. But they should sort-of match up anyway The Ten Best Films of 2013 Before Midnight The Wolf of Wall…
August: Osage County (2013)
In all my years of watching films, I have never quite seen a film like August: Osage County. That isn’t to say it is better or worse than all the other films I’ve watched, just it is incredibly unique and unlike any other family drama, I have seen. This is the type of film you…
Chungking Express (1994)
Hong Kong cinema has a stigma of being only martial arts films. Many of us are guilty of that association, including me for a while…until I was introduced to Wong Kar-Wai through his toweringly magnificent film Chungking Express. Quite simply, this is one of the greatest films ever made. This film has so many aspects to…
R.I.P.D. (2013)
I did not like this movie. Not one little bit. This was one of the poorest efforts of 2013. I really did not like this film. It never really reaches the point where it is a real stinker of a film, but it is an awful film. The problem with this film is that it…
Prisoners (2013)
Child getting abducted, skillful father takes the matter into his own hands. Where have I seen that before? Well, Prisoners tells the same story, but does so with such a unique and brilliant style, it feels like we are looking at a completely different story as opposed to the same taut plot. There were two…
Thoughts On…The 86th Academy Awards Acting Winners
The picture above shows the four ecstatic acting winners from Sunday’s Academy Awards. The Class of 2013 was an interesting one, and one we haven’t seen for a while. We have a rock star and method actor winning for his performance as a transgender woman, an unknown Kenyan actress who rose to the top,…
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
If any film will make you both scared and excited, it is Dallas Buyers Club. This film succeeds both because of the impressive performances and the gritty filmmaking that made this important piece of art look the way it does, quite simply phenomenal Unlike American Hustle, which I reviewed just before this, Dallas Buyers Club is…
Final Predictions for the 86th Academy Awards
With only a few hours left to go, here are my final predictions for tonight’s Academy Awards…eek. Click on the headings of each category to see my in-depth predictions Best Picture Will Win: 12 Years a Slave Can Win: Gravity Dark Horse: American Hustle Best Director Will Win: Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) Can Win: Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) Dark…
American Hustle (2013)
David O. Russell is an oddity as a filmmaker – he is purely an actor’s director, and he’s grabbed 11 nominations for his actors over his past three films, with three wins. The man clearly knows his craft and how to work with actors. Of course, up until today, my favourite film of his was Silver…
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