It’s time for me to ramble on again about what qualifies someone to be in the best supporting actor category. In the last post, I looked at Hal Holbrook’s turn in Into the Wild, which was just memorable enough to earn a nod, despite the actor only featuring in a few scenes. Contrast that to … Continue reading
Although some of the movies that I review on this blog are classics, or at least films that have stayed in the public consciousness, others feel terribly obscure and wouldn’t be known at all if it weren’t for them being Oscar nominees. A case in point is 1980’s Resurrection, which was nominated for two academy … Continue reading
I’m sure I’ve written recently about plays adapted into films and the problems that most directors run into in making them cinematic. That trend continues into our next Meryl Streep movie, 2013’s August: Osage County, which was adapted from a play by Tracy Letts. As ever, the confines of the play don’t lend themselves to … Continue reading
Throughout the course of this challenge we’ve seen plenty of epics with recent offerings including David Lean’s final film A Passage to India and the long-winded The Last Emperor. These films tend to look back at a historical event and feature brilliant cinematography, costume design and art direction. Arguably joining their ranks is The Right … Continue reading
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