"Life made him tough. Love made him strong. Music made him hard." “Walk Hard” is a hit comedy, one of my favorites so far. I thought of this post for more than six months, but always appeared something else in the way, and I needed to do more research. It is complex, and if it seems that the structure is based on mocking “Walk the Line”, it is an original movie, with original songs, which pays tribute to Johnny Cash, punk rock, the Beatles, The Doors, Bob Dylan, and many more. John C. … [Read more...]
Movies
Movies of all kind from an artistic point of view, reviews or opinions.
Golden Raspberry Awards 2014
The Golden Raspberry Awards - or Razzies - were founded in 1981 by the American publicist, John J.B. Wilson, as a joke on the night of the Academy Awards. Friends were invited to give random film awards and tales of the "bad nominations" were picked up by the Los Angeles Daily News with the headline: "Take These Envelopes, Please". Wilson formalized the events, holding ballots, and issuing trophies - shaped like a golden raspberry - and they are now announced on the eve of the Oscars, with a lot … [Read more...]
The Film Independent Spirit Awards 2014
Because I decided a few months ago to group all my awards posts in a separate category, I consider normal to feature The Film Independent Spirit Awards too. They started in 1984 as "Findies" (Friends of Independents) by Jeanne Lucas and Anne Kimmel, President of IFP/West (now Film Independent) to thank individuals and organizations for their support of independent filmmakers. The awards were first voted on by a nominating committee. In 1986, "Findies" is renamed Film Independent Spirit Awards, … [Read more...]
Oscar Winners 2014
I took again the list from CNN's site, I pasted here from my post with the nominations, because it is layered better than the one they have published now. I have been a little bit disappointed by the final result, and I don't know why, because I haven't seen the whole movie, and you know that if you have read my previous post. Except Best Picture, this year's Oscars winners are perfectly fine, almost predictable. The choosing of Best Supporting Actor has been the hardest, I think, but Jared Leto … [Read more...]
Short Personal Review Before the Oscars 2014
I have very recently watched "Lee Daniel’s The Butler" and I have been impressed of another one not being nominated for this year’s Best Movie. I mean, I couldn’t bring myself to pass the critical first twenty minutes of "12 Years a Slave", so I do not really understand the British fuss, except that the lead actor is British. It received the Golden Globe for Drama and maybe I have been wrong in my haste. I want to say that this year, the only movie close to an Oscar is "The Wolf of Wall … [Read more...]
The Wolf of Wall Street
It is almost unbelievable the successful trajectory of Jonah Hill, the former Superbad type movies actor. With the role of "Donnie Azoff" in this last Martin Scorsese superproduction, The Wolf of Wall Street. Actually it is normal, counting that he has been good all along, despite that the "superproducers" discovered him just in the last three years. It is a casting matter, they do with acting like the other industries do when outsourcing services in Asia or somewhere else. Starting every year … [Read more...]
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