It’s never fun when it feels like something is going to be a clean sweep. La La Land, poised to clean house at the 89th Academy Awards is nominated for 14 awards, tying with All About Eve and Titanic for most nominations for a single film. Whether or not it deserves that, well, this isn’t a …
Awards season is in full swing as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced the nominees for the Academy Awards this morning. The standouts certainly are “Birdman,” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” which tied for 9 nominations. With 8 nominations, “The Theory of Everything,” follows in a close second, and “American Sniper,” with …
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The 86th Annual Academy Awards are this weekend, and it looks to be another interesting race for the nominees. It was a hard one to finalize my predictions on, but I feel like I’m putting forward a decent list. Back a few years ago, “Hugo” picked up most of the technical achievements, and “The Artist,” …
Apologies for being a week late, but the good news is, we come bearing gifts. We are giving away free Redbox rentals! All you have to do is listen to the show for three different chances to win! In this episode of the LonelyReviewer Show, Justin and I talk about the aftermath of the Oscars, …
It’s finally here, the end of award season, the glitziest, the glamorous, the Superbowl of movies, Academy Awards. The great contributors at LonelyReviewer.com got together and decided to list our picks for a few categories.
When Kathryn Bigelow announced that her follow up to “The Hurt Locker” was a film about the hunt for bin Laden, I was a bit concerned. While a manhunt has a different feel than a war film, I was worried that the two films would draw a lot of comparisons. While I enjoyed “The Hurt …
The 85th Annual Academy Award nominees have been announced this morning via Seth Macfarlane and Emma Stone – much of the nominations are obvious, and only a few surprises. I was sad to see Leonardo DiCaprio snubbed again, this time for his work in Django. Also, notably absent are Ben Affleck for Argo, PT Anderson for …
The 2012 Academy Awards started off with a bang, with Hugo taking 2 in a row. In fact, I’m happy to see that two of my favorite films of the year, The Artist and Hugo, both took home 5 Oscar’s a piece. I am glad that Hugo, my personal favorite for best pic, was recognized …
The 2012 Academy Awards are this weekend, and once again, we’re all trying to come up with who we think will go home with the Oscars this weekend. I like to really look at the various industry awards (SAG, DGA, ACE) while making my prediction. A month ago, I was sure that Hugo would be …