On Wednesday, August 8th, the Academy announced several changes to the award show format for its most prestigious awards show, the Oscars. Among these changes were a strict 3 hour time limit to the broadcast, not broadcasting all the awards*, an earlier broadcast date, and most notably, the addition of a popular film category. That … Continue reading Popular Movie Awards: A Retrospective
Home Alone Again
It is officially Home Alone Season. Also known as Christmas season. It is the time of year where I will fire up Home Alones 1 & 2 each for a dedicated viewing with friends and family, in addition to catching segments of it randomly on cable, and pulling up YouTube clips of my favorite scenes no … Continue reading Home Alone Again
The McConau-Fluke
"The McConaissance", a term coined by writer Rachel Syme that quickly became canon in the film industry, referring to actor Matthew McConaughey transforming from the guy who runs shirtless on the beach and stars in romantic comedies like Failure to Launch, to a serious, award winning actor finely tuned in the craft and able to … Continue reading The McConau-Fluke
Bumper Sticker
Appreciating that little extra bit of footage at the end of movie trailers We all love trailers. You can read about how much I really loved a certain trailer that came out recently in this post. Trailers are artfully done, they tease the action we are going to see in a movie. They even tell their … Continue reading Bumper Sticker
Toby Kebbell’s Strange Typecasting
A look at a promising young career heading in the wrong direction.
Best Supporting Anomaly
Joe breaks down the rare state of the Best Supporting Actor category in advance of the 89th Annual Academy Awards.
The 2016 Domhnall Gleeson Award
Joe reviews the actors and actresses that had the best year in 2016, by his particular criteria. With the Oscars just one week away, it is time to dive into a particular fake category I love to observe: The best year by an actor, aka the Domhnall Gleeson award. You can tell this has been a lifelong passion of mine as a movie nerd because I name this award after actor Domhnall Gleeson's spectacular 2015 in which...(keep reading)
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