This morning, as I sat down and got ready to watch and relay the day’s Oscar nominations, I found myself hoping to see some surprises.  The year’s various races had kind of coalesced over the past few months and nearly …

Boy, this one snuck up on me.  It’s already time for the Oscar nominations to be announced, which means it’s time to settle on some predictions.  This has been an odd year in many ways, especially with regards to Best …

The DGA Nominations were announced today, and they were incredibly disheartening.  The worst nomination is Clint Eastwood for American Sniper, a film so lazy that the director couldn’t be bothered to get a realistic looking fake baby.  And while it’s …

Filmmaker Wes Anderson has solidified himself as a director with a very distinct style, which is not something that many directors can say.  He continues to evolve for sure, but as evidenced by Moonrise Kingdom and The Grand Budapest Hotel, …

The Criterion Collection has issued both The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and Red River recently, and though the two would seemingly have little in common, it turns out there are a number of parallels.  Both films begin with the …