So…Motherless Brooklyn. Here we go. Listen, I love Edward Norton. He gave two of the greatest performances of all time back to back, in Primal Fear and American History X. He’s a phenomenal actor. And I admire him greatly. But this…this is going...
The one thing most Oscar pundits (myself included) fail to take into account is the “under the radar” factor. While most prognosticators tend to look at the big, obvious films duking it out for Best Picture (Roma, Dunkirk, La La Land, The...
Every comedy director secretly has dreams of becoming a dramatist. Adam McKay turned his humorous lens to politics with the excellent Big Short and the insufferable Vice. Peter Farrelly tried to solve racism with Green Book (to mixed results)...
Well, it always was too good to be true. While I usually try to avoid posting gossip and backroom dealings on this site, this info seems pretty solid, and it marks a major shift in the current studio system. After five films, including two solo...
Last year, David Gordon Green’s Halloween reboot/sequel took Hollywood by storm. By returning the series to its grounded, emotionally rich roots, the film made $255 million worldwide and becoming the highest grossing slasher, as well as the...
It’s been a few years since Ryan Murphy chose to spite Fox, the network that gave him a career and proceeded to screw him over, by signing with Netflix. Fans have eagerly awaited the newest project from the man who gave us Nip/Tuck, Glee...
Around this time every year, you can start piecing together what films studios expect to be their big Oscar contender/critical darlings. The more festivals it is scheduled to play, the more faith the studio has. In 2016 films like La La Land and...
In less than two weeks, Venice, Toronto, and Telluride will officially kick off this year’s Oscar race. I’m hoping to get my major predictions done before events kick off (they’re pretty solid for now, just not released to the public), but in the...
Using the word “dumb” to describe a film is often seen as degrading. Who wants to see a movie that’s “dumb,” and who would even make a “dumb” movie? What is often lost in translation when a film is given such a seemingly pejorative nickname is...
At this point in the Oscar race, there are only a few completely unknown entities. Every major contender has released a trailer and scheduled its fall festival bid, and those that fall behind will pay the Oscar price. This pressure has been...
Happy Sunday, Sacred Wall followers! It’s been another quiet week over here at the Wall – I’ve just gotten back from vacation, so I haven’t watched too many new movies. However, the things I have been watching, I’ve been really...
It’s been a while since I provided you all with a good Wednesday Listicle. That’s my bad. I’ve fallen behind making the lists, which is a real shame, because they’re really fun (and occasionally easy!) to make. I’m going to start trying to get...
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