This Sunday, in between bouts of Jimmy Fallon murdering comedy, we will get our first real look at the awards race as the 74th Golden Globe Awards are presented. It should be a fun night-we’ll get the first matchup between the big contenders...
We finally finished off the first week of guilds yesterday as the Art Directors Guild announced their nominees for the Best Production Design of the year. And how did the people responsible for building and creating the fantastic worlds our...
I left the theater after seeing Hidden Figures with a giant smile on my face. Not because it was necessarily groundbreaking, or because it was perfectly made, but because it was just that kind of story, with everything about it being well done...
2016 was a banner year for television. From the high art of HBO and Netflix to the absurdism of FX and Comedy Central to the fantastic trash of The Bachelor, there was no shortage of great television moments and episodes. I’ve done my best to...
The Writers Guild of America has announced their nominees for the best screenplays of the year, and they certainly know how to shake things up.
The Independent Spirit Awards love to prove their indie cred when it comes to their host. While the Oscars go for a nice host that will appeal to everyone, and the Golden Globes go with a fun host who can drink with the best of them, the Indies...
The Critics and the Golden Globes have all weighed in with nominations and awards, but in the long run, these really don’t mean much in terms of the Academy. They’ve always done their own thing, and nominated their own people. And for that...
There is such a thing as “too good a story.” Sometimes there’s just so much information that’s so perfect for the screen, there’s no proper way to make the right movie about it. A famous example of this would be Unbroken, which featured a man...
2017 is upon us, and that means an entire new batch of films in theaters. From independents to romances to comedies to Oscar contenders to blockbusters, hundreds of films come out every year, forever changing the game, tickling your fancy, or...
Happy New Year to all! It’s been quite the year, at least in terms of my quest to follow all film. I started this year with the documentary Best of Enemies, and ended it with a second viewing of the film Sing. Along the way, I saw a record (for...
It goes without saying that La La Land is becoming a cultural phenomenon. Critics are praising it up and down, it’s become an awards darling, and it’s setting box office records left and right. It could become one of the only original films to...
Now that the whole “Christmas” thing is out of the way, we can get back to two whole months of Sacred Wall “Best Of” Listicles. I’m excited to share my thoughts with you on everything beyond the Entertainers of the Year. However, because the year...
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