April 2017 – The Sacred Wall

What I Watched, What You Watched #35

Man, I may not have watched a lot this week, but what I did watch was good. This was the best week of movie and television watching I’ve experienced in a long time.

04/30/2017 Travis Burgess black-ish, Dog Day Afternoon, Feud, In Bruges, Kingdom of Heaven, Ridley Scott, Silicon Valley, Speech-less, The Manchurian Candidate, Veep, What I Watched, What I Watched What You Watched, What You Watched 0 Comments

‘Free Fire’ Review

Free Fire is one of those films that has so much potential to be great, it makes you even angrier when it isn’t. Writer/Director Ben Wheatley had so much promise in his idea for a free-for-all shootout in a single location between a series of...

04/28/2017 Travis Burgess Armie Hammer, Ben Wheatley, Brie Larson, Free Fire, Reviews 0 Comments

BREAKING NEWS: Academy Award-Winning Director Jonathan Demme Passes Away AT 73

Sad news today as Jonathan Demme, one of the most innovative directors in recent history, has passed away at the age of 73, after a quiet battle with esophageal cancer and heart disease.

04/26/2017 Travis Burgess Breaking News, Jonathan Demme, Obituary, Stop Making Sense, The Silence of the Lambs 0 Comments

90th Academy Award Predictions: Best Director

Of course, we can’t have Best Picture without Best Director. The two go hand in hand. Or, at least, they used to, back in the classic days of the Academy. In the last seven years, there was a split between the two bosom buddies four times. That’s...

04/26/2017 Travis Burgess 90th Academy Awards, Alexander Payne, Best Director, Christopher Nolan, Darren Aronofsky, Dee Rees, Detroit, Downsizing, Dunkirk, Kathryn Bigelow, mother!, Mudbound, Oscars 0 Comments

90th Academy Award Predictions: Best Picture

We’ve finally put last year’s Oscars in the rear-view mirror, which means now is the perfect time to kick off our early predictions for the 90th Academy Awards! Yes, yes, I’m sure you’re still detoxing from last year, and I’m sure you want to...

04/24/2017 Travis Burgess 90th Academy Awards, Best Picture, Detroit, Downsizing, Dunkirk, mother!, Mudbound, Oscars, Predictions, Stronger, The Post, Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson Film 1 Comments

What I Watched, What You Watched #34

It’s been a fairly quiet week of movie watching. I didn’t review anything last week, although I did see Free Fire, which I will be reviewing soon.

04/23/2017 Travis Burgess Fences, Feud, Free Fire, How Did This Get Made?, John Wick, Rebecca Black, The Founder, The Middle, Veep, What I Watched, What I Watched What You Watched, What You Watched 0 Comments

‘The Beguiled’ Has A New Trailer, And I’m Digging It

I put The Beguiled on the list of my most anticipated films of 2017, based on the talent behind the camera as well as in front, but truth be told I was always a bit skeptical. I love Sofia Coppola’s Lost In Translation, and I admire her Marie...

04/21/2017 Travis Burgess Sofia Coppola, The Beguiled, Trailers 0 Comments

The 100 Greatest Films Of All Time: A Wednesday Listicle (#90-81)

It’s time once again for an entry in the ongoing 100 Greatest Films Ever Made series. In our last entry, we covered #100-91, starting our list off right with a couple oldies and quite a few new entries. This week we’ll be seeing films from the...

04/20/2017 Travis Burgess Back to the Future, Boyhood, Bringing Up Baby, Easy Rider, Greatest Films, Kill Bill, Mary Poppins, Mean Streets, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Sacred Wall Top 100 Greatest Films, The Sound of Music, Toy Story, Wednesday Listicles 2 Comments

What I Watched, What You Watched #33

A Happy Easter to anyone reading this today! And my apologies for missing last week’s entry, I was indisposed all day with another engagement. I’ll make it up to you with a super-sized lineup in today’s What I Watched, What You Watched, including...