Good Times with Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey, we’ve been been there for good times, and we’ve been there with bad.
Category: Feature
Three Cool Nun Movies
Nuns- you know ‘em, you’re scared to death of ‘em. They also have their own film genre. Granted, nunspoloitation isn’t something they give awards to. That said, we’re not going to be discussing those types of movies. (I mean, Ken Russell’s’ ‘The Devils,’ which features a nun orgy and is also really high on my ‘must …
Three Cool Movies About Movies (Documentary Edition)
This weeks edition of three cool movies takes a closer look at movies about movies, specifically, documentaries about movies.
Feature: Top 10 Worst De Niro Films
De Niro used to be my favorite actor, about 15 years ago. Let’s face it, the man hasn’t made a great film since 1995’s Casino and Heat.And many will toss out “Well insert movie here was pretty good.” Well, there are plenty of things that are pretty good. Campbell’s Chicken and Stars soup is pretty …
Three Cool Little Known 1970s Masterpieces
Saint Jack (1979) Say what you will about Peter Bogdonavich, (he’s pompous, a terrible impressionist, kinda looks like a ponce with that ascot,) but when he hits a mark with a movie, he hits it dead center. ‘Saint Jack,’ is arguably, the last of the great Bogdonavich movies, cursing us with twenty years of sub-par …
Oscars: Blow by Blow
I’m drinking wine and watching the Academy’s back pat. Here’s my thoughts as we go along…
Lonely Oscar Predictions
For this little feature on Lonely Reviewer, I turned to my fellow lonely reviewers to participate in a collective Oscar prediction. They sent in their predictions, using the majority, I will list lonelyreviewer.com’s Oscar Predictions in the major categories.
Oscars: Best Director
This year, for me anway, is a pretty exciting year for the Oscars. The best director category usually has at least one of my favorite directors hanging around. Last year, we had Clint Eastwood and the long long overdue win for Mr. Scorsese. The year before held Steven Spielberg and the win for Ang Lee …
Oscar Films Remembered: Unforgiven
With the Coen brothers seemingly poised to take home a few golden statues this Sunday night, including the coveted “Best Picture”, for their critical darling, No Country for Old Men, it seemed like a good time to go back and look at another film that swept the Academy off its feet: Clint Eastwood’s western masterpiece, …
Amy Ryan, Best Supporting Actress Nominee
Personally, of all the performances nominated for Best Actress, Amy Ryan is quite possibly my favorite. Some may call it bias, as she is nominated for her role in Ben Affleck’s Gone Baby Gone, and I am born and raised right outside of Boston. Ironically, I saw Gone Baby Gone in New York City, just …