For Awards geeks like me, this week was the sound of the starter’s gun. We got the Independent Spirit Awards just the other day – which gives a glimmer as to which smaller films will make the leap to broader appeal. Today comes the awards from The National Board of Review. The NBR is an…
Fun times are ahead for yours truly! Tonight, for instance I am writing a great wrong of my childhood, and finally seeing a film on the big screen for the first time – Tim Burton’s BATMAN. Don’t ask me why, but when it first came out, I didn’t get to see it in a theatre…had…
Gus Van Sant returns with a tale of young love.
So today we get one of the first markers in the upcoming Oscar race with the announcement of the 2011 Independent Spirit Award nominees. These can sometimes be an indicator of things to come, giving a clue as to which smaller movies and performances will make the jump to the big dance (such was the…
I’ve had a long yet sporadic conversation with a fellow movie geek about rating movies – specifically, in giving something a top score (10 out of 10, 5 out of 5, or where The Matinee is concerned, 4 out of 4). While I believe that most other scores can’t be taken at a glance, a…
For those of you who don’t know, I’m an Oscar junkie. Little provides me more interest in the winter months than thinking about who wil, who won’t…and examaining the tea leaves of awards gone by to get some sort of insight on to what will happen. All of this silliness will begin in earnest again…
Have you ever wondered where your dreams come from?
