Sunday, February 21, 2016

Oscar Predictions

Having more or less hit it out of the park two years ago but having egg on my face last year, I've become a bit more cautious in my approach to predicting the winners of next week's Oscars. Perhaps I don't need to, for this looks like a fairly easy year to predict, especially awards like Best Actor and Best Director. Some (like the top award) are far more challenging. For my take on who will win,...

Sunday, February 14, 2016

The Revenant

“Pain is temporary, film is forever.” That quote is from Leonardo DiCaprio in a recent interview. The viewer witnesses in the new film The Revannt just how much DiCaprio apparently believes in this. You could argue that after more than 20 years, he truly wants that Oscar, a prize that has shockingly been...

Thursday, February 11, 2016

The Best Films of 2015 (And the Most Overrated)

Hey there, cats and kittens. The year 2015 was not as dismal as 2014 in terms of movies, but it was still not a phenomenal year. There were lots of good movies--movies as varied as Ant-Man, Slow West, Listen to Me Marlon, and others--and there weren't as many overrated movies. Some of the best of...