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State of Play: The Quality of Thrill That Would Sell Papers
Here’s a thriller surrounding a newspaper as old and reliable as the newspaper itself. You’ve got your political scandal involving murder, you’ve got your corporate villains, you’ve got your reporter...
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My Predictions of the 2010 Oscar Nominations
These aren’t my choices for the best, these are the ones who I think will be announced as the nominees come tomorrow morning. With the exception of about five of the Best Picture slots, most of these...
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The 2010 Oscar Nominations, and My Thoughts
I got 42 out of 45 of my predictions right on the eight major categories. I don’t know whether that speaks to my abilities as a prognosticator, or to how predictable this year’s nominations are....
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Red: Old Dogs Doing New Tricks
Goodyear doesn’t reinvent the wheel every time it wants to make a quality tire. This film is very similar to this year’s The Losers and The A-Team in plot: a group of undercover operatives are...
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Why The Golden Globes Are A Sad Joke
Something is rotten in the Hollywood Foreign Press. With today’s announcement of the nominations for the 2010 Golden Globes, it is evident that these awards are no longer about rewarding the “best”...
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Mini-Reviews: World War Z, Monsters University
World War Z: There were reasons to be skeptical about World War Z, Marc Forster’s adaptation of Max Brooks’ terrific book. For one, reports that the film would bear very little resemblance to the...
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Mini-Reviews: Red 2, Turbo, R.I.P.D.
Red 2: Towards the beginning of Red 2, Bruce Willis is trapped without a gun in a small room as a task force of roughly a dozen or so soldiers swarms in to kill him. It’s not a spoiler to reveal...
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