I should put this post in "Movies" category, but it's just a short essay about what I have in mind regarding to this year's 2016 Oscars nominees. I haven't watched all the movies, there are 27 all in all, considering even a less important award for the viewers (like Best Music - Original Song, where Fifty Shades of Grey is nominated for example), and there is a great possibility to not be able to, or in some cases (like two years ago, with Twelve Years a Slave), to not want to. I have finally … [Read more...]
Oscar Nominees 2016
Here are the Oscar nominees 2016 list for the 88th Academy Awards Ceremony: (Here is just a list, not a normal post, so it has only an archived information value) Oscar Nominees - Main Interests Best Picture The Big Short [source] Producers: Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner Bridge of Spies [source] Producers: Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt and Kristie Macosko Krieger Brooklyn [source] Producers: Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey Mad Max: Fury … [Read more...]
My Grasp on the Oscars 2015
I haven't got the time to watch Selma and Wild, and I'm not going to comment on them yet. Maybe I'll do it another day, long after the Oscars 2015. Not a big deal, I suppose. None of them are big favorites for the Best Picture, and Selma, for sample, doesn't have a nomination on other important categories either. Too bad for them. [source: imdb.com] All in all, it wasn't a spectacular year for Oscars. There is one exception though, The Grand Budapest Hotel, my only full 10 on the whole … [Read more...]
It’s Been the Honor of my Profession
“It’s been an absolute privilege, it’s been the honor of my profession.” These are Jon Stewart's words on his quitting The Daily Show, after sixteen years of hosting it. These are not "news" anymore, but I have been terribly busy to say something, even in Social Media. Almost unbelievable :) [source] Below is an example of Stewart's "brilliant" moments: "Glenn Beck’s Appendix". When Beck needed his appendix removed and had to miss his daily Fox News show, Stewart seized on the … [Read more...]
Whiplash
Whiplash is an American drama film written and directed by the young Damien Chazelle, based on his experiences in the Princeton High School Studio Band. The film is about a student jazz drummer who seeks the respect of a fearsome teacher, musician, whatever. The music in this movie is just perfect, and I have a feeling that it justifies its high rates, acclaims and awards. It can be considered a drama. The action is not boring but illogical and puerile here and there. [source of all … [Read more...]
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is a 2014 American comedy–drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, the Mexican famous director who was almost winning the Oscar for Babel. I didn't like Babel, it was too hard and heavy for my taste. Otherwise, a very good concept, with that shotgun and the circle. [source of all pictures: imdb.com] Birdman stars Michael Keaton (former Birdman, actual Riggan Thomson) , Zach Galifianakis (his lawyer and … [Read more...]