31 July, 2021
Actually, it is only written in the screenplay. The book is very different.
note: Not the strongest Top 5 and a fairly weak second 5. (more…)
18 June, 2021
DisneyIt began with a man named Walt and a mouse named Mickey. But of course neither of those things is actually true and that’s part of the image that lies behind the company that is not only the most successful movie studio at work today but pretty much an all-encompassing way of life that can not be ignored. (more…)
31 May, 2021
For a lot of people, Kids films mean Animated films. Perhaps part of the problem is that I really should re-name the genre to Family Films, which I probably would if it didn’t mean making changes in so many different spreadsheets. “Kids” implies it’s only for children and a lot of these films are only for children (and really shouldn’t even be for them because they’re so insipid) whereas “Family” opens up the notion to films that are good for kids, that kids can enjoy, but really are also aimed at the whole family where adults can also enjoy them. That would make people stop thinking just “animated” and open things up to films like The Wizard of Oz, Miracle on 34th Street, The Muppet Movie or Babe.
22 May, 2021
Of all the categories that the Academy took too long to recognize (like Costume Design or Makeup), this is the most excusable. It would not be until 1941 that there are even multiple feature length animated films, there aren’t five until 1970 and there aren’t really enough to justify a category until the early 80s. The awards groups probably should have jumped on things earlier like the LAFC (1989) and Annies (1991) did but they didn’t wait way too long like they did with Costume Design and Makeup.
11 May, 2021
3 May, 2021
I didn’t feel the mixing of the two real actors with the amateurs worked but clearly I’m in the minority on that.
The 91st annual Academy Awards, for the film year 2020. The nominations were announced on 15 March 2021 and the awards were held on 25 April 2021.
Best Picture: Nomadland
Most Surprising Omission: One Night in Miami…
Best Eligible Film Not Nominated: The Personal History of David Copperfield
Rank (out of 93) Among Best Picture Years: #45 (more…)
25 April, 2021
For the first time in over 70 years, Dickens is great on film again.
They are **** films through #13. After that they are high ***.5. A reminder that Quo Vadis, Aida? was not Oscar submitted for 2020 and didn’t get released in the States until March so it’s actually a 2021 film for my purposes. If it was a 2020 film it would be at #10.
21 April, 2021
“And in the dream I knew that he was goin on ahead and that he was fixin to make a fire somewhere out there in all that dark and all that cold and I knew that whenever I got there he would be there. And then I woke up.” (final lines)
note: An excellent Top 5 but not nearly as strong Top 10. It’s worth noting that thanks mostly to Harry Potter and the MCU this is the last year until 2020 where none of my Top 10 are franchise films. (more…)
1 April, 2021
Nothing Wahlberg says in the film is anything like the dialogue in the original film but damn it’s brilliant.
note: An excellent Top 5 and Top 10. (more…)
24 February, 2021
There’s not much to say here except to point to my original post that covered things through 1929 and the subsequent post that covers film history through to 1939 and the most recent post that covers the 1940s. (more…)
