The problem with being a cinephile that also reviews films is that you have such a wide variety of directors that you absolutely adore, and in each review of a film by them, they are suddenly your favorite director, and the one you consider the best working at that time. In the past, I have…
Grandma (2015)
2015 was most certainly the seminal year for veterans actresses having their moment in the spotlight with lead roles in acclaimed films. Charlotte Rampling in 45 Years, Blythe Danner in I’ll See You in My Dreams, Dame Maggie Smith in The Lady in the Van, and perhaps most interestingly, Lily Tomlin in Grandma. I have…
Ranking the 88th Academy Award Nominees: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Last year, the Best Supporting Actor category was truly one of the strongest of the year, and that is very often the case with this category. For the first time in my career of watching and following the Academy Awards, I have not seen this category be quite as weak as it is this year….
Spotlight (2015)
How do I begin this review? I think a film about any form of investigation, whether by the police or by journalists, are bound to be fascinating. I have always been very interested in films that showed an investigation taking place, and I was fascinated by the concept of the film Spotlight, which told the…
Ranking the 88th Academy Award Nominees: Best Actress in a Leading Role
The next category is the polar opposite of Best Actor – it has five remarkable and brilliant performances, by five extraordinary ladies, each one would be an easy and deserving winner in any other year. They are absolutely splendid, each and every one of them, and are amongst these actresses finest work. It is a…
Ranking the 88th Academy Award Nominees: Best Actor in a Leading Role
So I have decided to do something different this year, in lieu of actual predictions, I am going to rather rate and rank the nominees, category by category, in the four acting categories and the Best Director and Best Picture categories, as I watch them and complete each category. Instead of simply predicting winners based…
The Revenant (2015)
It was just over a year ago when I have what I consider to be my cinematic rebirth, when I saw a film that completely changed my perception on what cinema should and can be. That film was Birdman or (the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), which has now risen to third place on my list…
Wrinkles (2011)
Merely yesterday, in my review for Shaun the Sheep Movie, I mentioned that there exists a legion of people that believe animated films are not serious, and are simply just there to entertain children. Considering I wrote that in a review for a film aimed mostly at children, it applies to a vast majority of…
Trumbo (2015)
I love a good Hollywood biopic, especially about fascinating figures of the cinematic world. One of the most fascinating people to ever work on motion pictures was Dalton Trumbo, the genius screenwriter who was blacklisted for his membership in the Communist Party. The story of Dalton Trumbo was one that was tailor-made for the exact…
Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)
Somebody once told me they didn’t like animated films because they were “for kids” – and I have never been more disturbed by a statement in my life. In one statement, it is possible for someone to completely deride the efforts and achievements of people who create something out of absolutely nothing. There are certainly…
The Postmodern Pelican 