Archive | January 2014
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The Wolf of Wall Street
Nominated for Best Picture at the 86th Annual Academy Awards Nominated for Best Actor(Leonardo DiCaprio)at the 86th Annual Academy Awards Nominated for Best Supporting Actor(Jonah Hill)at the 86th Annual Academy Awards Nominated for Best Director(Martin Scorsese)at the 86th Annual Academy Awards Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay(Terence Winter)at the 86th Annual Academy Awards You can spot […]
See my friend Ed Hyland on Broadway in “Machinal”!
It is my attempt each month on the blog to include at least one theatre story, even if I don’t actually see a new play or musical. I pondered a few options for January’s entry, and soon decided, “hey, why not do some promotion for a family friend”! Edward James Hyland is a vastly experienced […]
Congratulations Cuaron!
It still appears that the Oscar for Best Picture will be a three-way race between “American Hustle”, “12 Years a Slave” and “Gravity”—but it also is almost a certainty that the Best Director prize for the Academy Award is all locked up. Alfonso Cuaron garnered the DGA award for “Gravity” this past weekend, which history […]
The Hunt
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Annual Academy Awards Mads Mikkelsen has an incredible presence on-screen, and no matter what language his work is in, he’s always extremely interesting to watch. Among the more prominent of his roles these past few years has been a James Bond villain in 2006’s “Casino Royale”, […]
Upstream Color
Fascinating, thought-provoking and meticulously crafted, Shane Carruth’s “Upstream Color” is like a tonic given during a haze of mediocrity. It’s the kind of film that receives most of its attention at the Independent Spirit Awards(Shane’s second Best Director nomination, following 2004’s “Primer”)and on the festival circuit(it premiered at Sundance roughly a year ago), but make […]
The Lone Ranger
Nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling at the 86th Annual Academy Awards Nominated for Best Visual Effects at the 86th Annual Academy Awards So, what exactly was the problem here, because I’m not quite sure that I get it. Why was “The Lone Ranger” such a notorious critical and financial bomb after its summer 2013 […]
The Act of Killing
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 86th Annual Academy Awards It’s devastating, at times it’s barely watchable, and it’s unlike any documentary you’ve ever seen. It’s been sitting on my fireplace mantle in my family room for a while now, because I’ve been almost afraid to watch it—and now that I’ve seen it, it’s […]
Enough Said
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is one of those rare actresses who I find instantly appealing every time she appears on a screen. She has been such a constant presence in our lives for the past 30+ years through her television work, that it’s difficult to fathom that she hasn’t had a single film role(outside of cartoon voice-over […]
Reviewed by Mark Leonard 