I was warned before watching 12 Years a Slave that it would be graphic and painful to watch. It was. I was told Chiwetel Ejiofor was equally worthy as Matthew McConaughey for his Best Actor Oscar in Dallas Buyers Club. He was. More than a generation ago, I watched Roots, which to me…
Yup. Just like last year, letting you know right now who, what, why, and how (?) will win the most of the not-everything-exactly-but-most of the importantest categories in this year’s race to hold the gold. The gold, naked, thin-lipped man who seems to have a pretty good grip one of those swords that pierced the…
During the first 12 minutes of Argo, someone put a belt around my chest and pulled it snugly. Then about every 15 minutes, it was pulled another notch tighter. Although I had trouble breathing, it was a good thing. Seven Oscar nominations later, it was a great thing. Argo begins with a short history lesson…
“Ain’t that ugly over there? We got the prettiest place on earth.” This is the first line of dialogue of Beasts of the Southern Wild, and it’s spoken by Wink to his daughter Hushpuppy as they float near the levee that separates New Orleans from “The Bathtub,” where they live. The Bathtub is like a…
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