MacFarlane does an okay job, but the Oscars still needs a new format
Ah, the Oscars. So much good and bad nestled into one. Even when the show is on, it’s somehow just not quite…getting it. I suppose this is to be expected from a ceremony by Hollywood honoring Hollywood, however. First of all kudos to Seth MacFarlane, who gave a slightly awkward and uneven performance, but still all and all [...]
‘Broken City’ has promising setup but then cracks
Broken City sucked me in pretty hard when I started watching it, as I thought to myself this movie has everything. It has a great cast steeped in political intrigue, and embroiled in a good old-fashioned tale about sex and power in the country’s largest city (NYC). Unfortunately the setup was much greater than the payoff. [...]
Latest ‘Les Miserables’ will do Oscar damage, but not as Best Picture
I’ll admit that I’m a theatre nerd. Now when I hear a musical is being adapted into a movie I get opinionated and picky. Especially when the musical is Les Miserables. Most people know the story of French prisoner Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), who breaks his parole and starts a game of cat and mouse [...]
A tale of two trailers (plus ‘The Lone Ranger’)
My stars! I can barely keep track of these December “coming soon” movie trailers being released! I thought you would have to go see The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey to get a Man of Steel new preview, but apparently not. Thank you Internet! I have to admit I’m very hyped to see Man of Steel, due for [...]
It’s a good thing Tarantino and Roth helped out with ‘The Man with the Iron Fists’
The Man with the Iron Fists is one of those movies that gets a little more leeway than it should from stupid critics like me because of the type of movie it is. A kung-fu movie doesn’t have to work on a level that makes all that much sense, nor does it have to do much more [...]
Oscar season is upon us
Goldderby.com is a site that predicts and lets you predict the top showbiz awards. Today they have 18 industry experts predicting their top choices for Best Picture at next February’s Oscars. Six people selected Lincoln as their prediction for Best Picture, the Steven Spielberg directed story of Abraham Lincoln at the end of the Civil War [...]