The Academy has announced what films are worthy to call themselves the best of 2015. The Revenant, Mad Max: Fury Road, and The Martian were shown a lot of love in the nomination process, but Star Wars: The Force Awakens did get a handful of nominations as well. Now, let’s look at the nominations and discuss the odd Oscar snubs and the nominations that caught some by surprise. Continue reading “Reaction to the 88th Academy Award Nominations – Motion Picture Thoughts #5”
By this time tomorrow we will know which films will battle for some of the biggest awards in western cinema. One of my favorite days of the year is when the Academy announces the nominees. Cinephiles always have opinions about award snubs, and I’m always excited to take part in that conversation. This year it’ll probably end up being The Revenant versus Spotlight for the big awards, but don’t be surprised if the Academy shows a lot of love for either Mad Max: Fury Road or The Martian. Let’s try to predict the nominees! Continue reading “Predicting the Nominees for the 88th Academy Awards – Motion Picture Thoughts #4”
The following is a review of the first season of Amazon Studio’s Mozart in the Jungle, available on Amazon Video, and on Viaplay in Denmark.
Based on the memoir of Blair Tindall, Mozart in the Jungle is a ‘dramedy’ featuring beautiful classical music. Set in New York City, the show follows Hailey Rutledge (Lola Kirke), a young and talented oboist, who is suddenly given an opportunity to shine on one of the grandest stages of them all. Meanwhile, it is a time of massive change as a legendary conductor (Malcolm McDowell) makes way for a new, far more eccentric, edition (Gael García Bernal) at the Avery Fisher Hall. Continue reading “REVIEW: Mozart in the Jungle – Season One (2014)”
Marvelous Monday in 2016 posts once a month, on the second Monday of the month.
It’s been a long year with Marvelous Monday releasing almost every Monday in 2015. Today I look back at the most popular Marvelous Monday, and assess the superhero movie year for Fox and Disney. Continue reading “Marvelous Monday #47 – Looking Back On 2015”
The following is a spoiler episode review of the Sherlock 2016 Special – The Abominable Bride
Set in 19th century London, The Abominable Bride follows supposed alternate versions of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson from Victorian London. Their introduction to each other is almost identical to the first episode of series 1, except for the time, of course. When Holmes and Watson are introduced to a supposed real life ghost story by Lestrade, slowly, but surely we notice that something isn’t right with our beloved Sherlock. Continue reading “REVIEW: Sherlock: The Abominable Bride”
The following is a spoiler episode review of Sherlock: Series 3, Episode 3 – His Last Vow
In His Last Vow, Sherlock seeks to mediate a negotiation between a media mogul and a member of Parliament. The media mogul in question is in possession of powerful stolen letters between the spouse of the member of Parliament and a fifteen year old girl. This all sounds very simple, but it would turn out to be one of the most difficult cases ever for Sherlock Holmes. Continue reading “REVIEW: Sherlock: His Last Vow”
The following is a spoiler episode review of Sherlock: Series 3, Episode 2 – The Sign of Three
The first time I saw The Sign of Three I really didn’t like it all that much. My main gripe with the episode was how the episode was paced, but when I rewatched it recently it didn’t seem like as big a problem. This time around all I could think about was how pleasant, different, and funny it was. Continue reading “REVIEW: Sherlock: The Sign of Three”
The following is a spoiler episode review of Sherlock: Series 3, Episode 1 – The Empty Hearse
The return of Sherlock Holmes! Just like in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories, Sherlock returned after the events of the Reichenbach Fall. Finally – almost 24 months after the end of series 2 – we got to find out how Sherlock survived his apparent suicide attempt… Or did we? Continue reading “REVIEW: Sherlock: The Empty Hearse”
Box Office Predictions is back! Now, Box Office Predictions will post the first Wednesday of every month, and predict the opening weekends of major releases. We’re now in January, a month infamous for containing bad films. Can De Niro’s comedy Dirty Grandpa become the biggest film of the month, or will Michael Bay’s 13 Hours outshine it? Continue reading “Box Office Predictions – January 2016”
The following is a spoiler episode review of Sherlock: Series 2, Episode 3 – The Reichenbach Fall.
The Sherlock writing team took a lot of chances in series 2. Adapting The Hound of the Baskervilles was one, titling an episode The Reichenbach Fall was another. But none was bigger than what they chose to do to Sherlock Holmes in the series 2 finale. Continue reading “REVIEW: Sherlock: The Reichenbach Fall”
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