Film Review: Snowtown (2011)
byJames Madden. There is something about being in a film screening with at least 50 people. When I was younger, I preferred it when…
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83rd Annual Academy Award Winners
byHere are the winners of this year’s Oscars. None really unexpected. Should have made official predictions, but forgot. Ooops! Didn’t see Randy Newman scoring…
83rd Annual Academy Award Nominations
byJust in: Nominations for this year’s Oscar nominations. And my accuracy rate comes in at:82%, down 6% from last year. Mind you, I did…
Film Review: Black Swan (2010)
byThe concept of good and evil can sometimes be seen as very black and white. In most cases, however, the line is much more…
Academy Award Predictions
bySo, it has come to that time of year again. Last year I spent a fair bit more time pondering the predictions of the…
Film Review: The King’s Speech (2010)
byBy James Madden. Viewed 01.01.11 It’s good to be a King! …or so the saying goes. But for George VI, or “Bertie” as we…
Film Blerg’s Top 10 of 2010
byDespite not being a giant fan of the perennial Top 10 lists that are spewed out at the conclusion of each year, I will…
Film Review: Somewhere (2010)
byBy James Madden. Viewed 19.12.2010 Winner of the Golden Lion at this year’s Venice Film Festival, Sofia Coppola brings her latest work to screen…
Film Review: Blue Valentine (2010)
byBy James Madden. Viewed 15.12.10 Brutally honest, daringly confronting and devastatingly beautiful are words that attempt to describe writer/director Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine, but…
Film Review: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
byMacaulay Culkin – one of the most famous child stars since Shirley Temple – returns as Kevin McAllister in the 1992 nostalgic and sentimental…