Review: The Wild Robot (2025)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Preview: National Board of Review
Tomorrow truly marks the beginning of Oscar season. While Sunday is a good jump start and yesterday was terrific in some regards, few events really pique the interests of Oscar-philes than the National Board of Review. Aside from the Oscars, the NBR is the oldest film award-giving body in existence, starting their awards in 1929.…
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Review: Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Where the Wild Things Are Rating Director Spike Jonze Screenplay Spike Jonze, David Eggars (Book: Maurice Sendak) Length 101 min. Starring Max Records, Pepita Emmerichs, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, James Gandolfini, Paul Dano, Catherine O’Hara, Forest Whitaker, Michael Berry Jr., Chris Cooper, Lauren Ambrose MPAA Rating PG for mild thematic elements, some adventure action and…
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Review: The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
The Men Who Stare at Goats Rating Director Grant Heslov Screenplay Peter Straughan (Book: Jon Ronson) Length 94 min. Starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Stephan Lang, Robert Patrick, Waleed Zuaiter, Stephen Root MPAA Rating R for language, some drug content and brief nudity. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Source Material Review If…
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Review: District 9 (2009)
District 9 Rating Director Neill Blomkamp Screenplay Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell Length 112 min. Starring Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Sylvaine Strike, John Sumner, William Allen Young, Nick Blake, Louis Minnaar, Vanessa Haywood, Marian Hooman, Mandla Gaduka, Johan van Schoor, David James, Kenneth Nkosi, Tim Gordon, Hlengiwe Madlala, Melt Sieberhagen, Andre Odendaal, Nick Boraine,…
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Review: Alien Trespass (2009)
Alien Trespass Rating Director R.W. Goodwin Screenplay James Swift, Steven P. Fisher Length 90 min. Starring Eric McCormack, Jenni Baird, Robert Patrick, Jody Thompson, Dan Lauria, Aaron Brooks, Sarah Smyth, Andrew Dunbar, Sage Brocklebank MPAA Rating PG for sci-fi action and brief historical smoking Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Review There are many varieties of cheese…
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The DVD Report #132: December 1, 2009
See what’s coming out this week on DVD! The Pope has been murdered and the four prominent Catholic Cardinals considered most likely to replace him have been kidnapped, their planned murders to take place an hour apart beginning at 8 P.M. as the conclave of Cardinals meets to elect the next Pope. So begins Dan…
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Precursor: Annie Awards Nominations
While the Spirit Awards website works on getting itself together, the Annie Awards website has quickly and effectively added its nominees. Below is the full list. Nomination Tallies (10) Coraline (9) Up (8) The Princess and the Frog (4) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (3) Fantastic Mr. Fox; Monsters vs. Aliens The Nominations Best…
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The DVD Report #132
The Pope has been murdered and the four prominent Catholic Cardinals considered most likely to replace him have been kidnapped, their planned murders to take place an hour apart beginning at 8 P.M. as the conclave of Cardinals meets to elect the next Pope. So begins Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons, the novel he wrote…
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Precursor: Spirit Awards Nominations
The nominees for the 25th Annual Spirit Awards have been announced. Below is the list. Nomination Tallies (5) The Last Station; Precious (4) The Messenger (3) Amreeka; Cold Souls; Crazy Heart; (500) Days of Summer; A Serious Man; A Single Man; Sin Nombre The Nominations Best Feature Amreeka (500) Days of Summer The Last Station…
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Oscar Calendar: December
Today is the first day of December, and is also the second day of major Precursor announcements (which started Sunday with the Satellite nominees). If you hadn’t noticed the calendar in the right-hand column, then you probably didn’t know all the precursors (even estimated announcement dates) are included in the list. To make things easier,…
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1998 at the Oscars
Early Oscar favorite, Saving Private Ryan was knocked off its pedestal by the National Board of Review, not once, but twice, when it came in second best to Gods and Monsters in the Best Picture balloting and Steven Spielberg lost Best Director to Elizabeth’s Shekhar Kapur. Several days later Spielberg could smile once more when…
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Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Rating Director David Yates Screenplay Steve Kloves (Novel: J.K. Rowling) Length 153 min. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Jim Broadbent, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Wright, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Julie Walters, Mark Williams, David Thewlis, Natalia Tena, Helena Bonham Carter, Dave Legeno,…
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Review: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Rating Director Stephen Sommers Screenplay Stuart Beattie, David Elliot, Paul Lovett, Michael B. Gordon, Stephen Sommers Length 118 min. Starring Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Karolina Kurkova, Byung-hun Lee, Sienna Miller, Rachel Nichols, Kevin J. O’Connor, Gerald Okamura, Ray Park, Jonathan Pryce, Dennis Quaid, Saïd Taghmaoui, Channing Tatum,…
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1997 at the Oscars
The big story of 1997 was, of course, Titanic. It didn’t matter whether or not it was the best film of the year or simply one of the best. Its hold on the imagination and the box office was enough. It was good for the industry. Prior to the Golden Globes, however, Titanic was an…
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Precursor: Satellite Award Nominations
Coming a day earlier than their own site even stated (perhaps taking advantage of the new day in another country), the Satellite Awards have announced their 2009 nominees with six in all categories and splitting much like the Golden Globes do with Comedy/Musical plus a few tech categories they don’t have. Here’s the full list.…
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