Review: Your Name
It is not always enough to say we enjoyed the motion pictures that slipped under the viewing net, because we loved them so. The wife spoke passionately about this recently. […]
5 Oscar Could Have Beens: 2014
I first posted this article the day after the night before in 2015 when it was Birdhood versus Boyman. There will, though, be no talk of the twelve year project […]
5 Oscar Could Have Beens: 2013
So with all the movies released in the year 2013 it came down to two. Was it not always about these two anyway? The Picture (12 Years a Slave) / […]
Review: Allied
Headed by two beloved acting forces Marion Cotillard and Brad Pitt, with a well-established film-maker of the last 30 years Robert Zemeckis, a critically acclaimed screenwriter Steven Knight, a household-name […]
5 Oscar Could Have Beens: 2012
So this was the year of Oscar contender movies like Hyde Park on Hudson, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Magic Mike. You can see where I am going […]
Review: Split
Here I am, about to disagree with the popular view again. Watching this did not make me think Shyamalan is “back”, or has vastly improved or something along those lines. […]
Listmania: Al’s Top 10 Movies of 2016
It’s time for me to look back on the year in movies that was for 2016, and rank my top 10 favorites of the year. These 10 are not what […]
Film Honors 2016: Nominations
2016. The movies took us to some great places and times. Some not so memorable, some disappointing, some ruined somewhat by hype. A lot of fine films and filmmaking stayed […]
5 Oscar Could Have Beens: 2011
Two perfectly pleasant and accomplished movies, with a taste of France and the movies, went head to head in the end. Hugo and The Artist. But I am not going […]
5 Oscar Could Have Beens: 2010
There were many delights this year. Those delightful or funny or quirky movies we really liked that had no chance with Oscar. Some may pop up somewhere we critics awards, […]
Review: Toni Erdmann
When the movie Toni Erdmann entered our lives last May we assumed without agenda this was about a father’s relationship with his (grown-up) daughter. Which it kind of is, but […]
5 Oscar Could Have Beens: 2009
So there was Barbara Streisand, a woman with a significant level of success draped around her, on the stage again, this time to announce the winner of the Best Director Academy Award for […]
