Feb21

Best Picture Haiku — 2013 Edition

Nebraska Booze-addled father Determined to keep walking Follows many people.   Gravity White-knuckle journey. Catapulted forever Home so far removed.   12 Years a Slave Spotlight cast under The floorboards of history. Our culture of trade.   American Hustle Post-Watergate years Shape American culture, Breed paranoia.   The Wolf of Wall Street Scarface meets Wall Street; Spring […]

 

 

It doesn’t matter how a film gets made or what its intentions are, it’s still a business. The Spirit Awards haven’t gone too far to see that.

 

 

Here’s our look at the race for Best Supporting Actress.

 

 

Here’s a look at the tightest race this awards season.

 

 

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 little haiku for movie-loving public and some of it rhymes.

 

 

It’s Oscar season! Let the conjecturing begin!

 

 

How prophetic are the DGA announcements this year?

 

 

This public service announcement regarding Denzel Washington’s Oscar chances is safe for work.

 

 

Well, it’s that time of year again. This morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced their nominees for the 2012 Academy Awards. In what seems to be a recurring trend, this year, the number of nominees is still more than five — but less than ten. I guess this logic allows them to nominate […]