The 2008 Spirit Awards are going green and they want you to know it. They hired Tim Allyn, a leading environmentalist, to make the event more eco-friendly. I assume this is eco-friendly after eveyone flies in, drives to the theater, eats food that was shipped in, dresses up in their fancy clothes (most of which …
I know what you’re thinking: It’s the 80th anniversary! I know this, but follow me for a second. It was 35 years ago this year that Marlon Brando famously sent up Sacheen Littlefeather to refuse his Best Actor award for his work on ‘The Godfather’ and read a 15 page speech on the mistreatment of …
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 …
I pride myself on a few things: 1.) My supernatural ability to eat licorice, 2.) solving the rubix cube in under two minutes, 3.) my pecs, and 4.) my ability to argue with myself. The last one scores me a super duper opportunity to argue why each of the Best Picture nominees will win. I …
Oscar week can be a rather polarizing time of year. “Atonement” fans in the blue corner, “There Will Be Blood” fans in the red corner. This years Best Picture nominations have created such strong love and hate reactions. “Atonement” fans are throwing around words like “staggering, “glorious” and “stunning,” while naysayers (like myself) claim the …
Admittedly, I am somewhat out of the loop when it comes to the Academy Awards. I, like everyone who comes to this site, love movies and I realize that, in theory, this is our Super Bowl. But two things kept me from tuning in each year: 1. Award shows never appealed to me. I always …
If you don’t know by now I like to make lists (top five places to go pantless) and I like to point out when things are overrated (wearing pants), so the Oscars give me a fantabulous opportunity to marry the two. The criteria for overrated Best Pictures are as follows: Which movies did it beat …
So there have been many rumours abound as to what would happen to the final Heath Ledger film by Terry Gilliam entitled: The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus. Apparently, he had shot so much footage in the film, that it would have been a major waste of money and talent to just scrap it. There had …
I tend to instinctively groan at the idea of a movie remake. And I balk when I hear the word “sequel”. Every time I read about or see a trailer for one, I lament the death of creativity and curse Hollywood for mining its past for a quick, easy, bankable buck. “Hollywood is collapsing!” I …
I like lists. They get me the groceries I need, make sure I am not using my finger to brush my teeth on vacation, help my girlfriend remember why she is still with me… they are great. So why wouldn’t I come up with a list to determine the most overrated movies? When I put …