It’s time for my picks and shoulda’s for Sunday’s 97th Annual Academy Awards! Okay, gonna be honest. I did NOT watch everything this year. Time was not on my side (which is a good thing, it means I was making … Continue reading Jason’s Predictions and Predilections for the 97th Annual Academy Awards
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It’s time for my picks and shoulda’s for Sunday’s 96th Annual Academy Awards! So, I try and screen every nominated film, and this year I’m afraid I failed in that mission. I did not watch “Flamin Hot” (because Dianne Warren is going to lose again) or “Golda” (because the makeup category, while a tossup, won’t be any where near this film). I also had a REALLY hard time getting through the Feature Docs. I watched them, just not necessarily the whole way through. They were INCREDIBLY bleak…like more so than usual. But, lucky for me, the winner is a lock. … Continue reading Jason’s Predictions and Predilections for the 96th Annual Academy Awards
“Assassin’s Creed” Directed by Justin Kurzel Assuming that you consider Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, and Charlotte Rampling to be a fine varnish, you could meticulously work it in to the nooks and crannies of this film and it … Continue reading Movies you didn’t see in the theater – Part 3: “Assassin’s Creed”, “Nocturnal Animals” & “Silence”
“Vinyl” Created by Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger & Terence Winter What a difference a week makes! Shoulda woulda coulda is what fan’s of the losing World Series team say, and it perfectly describes the pilot episode of the new HBO … Continue reading “Vinyl”
Directed by Martin Scorsese “Wolf of Wall Street” is not crisp, the first act is interminable, there is no sense of the time period in which the action takes place (other than the songs of the film – which are … Continue reading “Wolf of Wall Street”
The No Spoiler Critic 