Lady Bird – The Sacred Wall

What I Watched, What You Watched #67

Well, it’s been a few days! Have you seen Avengers: Infinity War yet? Of course you have, everyone has at this point! I did too, as you can see from my (slightly) positive review. However, while the film is certainly the biggest event of last...

04/30/2018 Travis Burgess All Quiet On the Western Front, Avengers: Infinity War, Das Boot, Lady Bird, Modern Family, Paddington 2, The Fisher King, What I Watched, What I Watched What You Watched, What You Watched 0 Comments

Friday Night Dinners: An Oscar-Inspired Meal

What To Serve For An Oscar-Inspired Meal? The Oscars are this Sunday, and I’m sure you’re all asking yourself one question (after “What’s going to win Best Picture?” of course): what should I serve at my Oscar party? Well, lucky for you, I have...

03/02/2018 Travis Burgess Call Me By Your Name, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, Friday Night Dinners, Get Out, Lady Bird, Oscar Meal, Oscars, Phantom Thread, The Post, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri 0 Comments

Friday Night Dinners: Explaining The Preferential Ballot

How Does The Preferential Ballot Work? Welcome to another edition of Friday Night Dinners! This is my semi-regular segment where I try to break down some sort of Big Picture idea in the realm of pop culture. This week, we’re going to be taking a...

02/23/2018 Travis Burgess Dunkirk, Friday Night Dinners, Get Out, Lady Bird, Moonlight, Oscars, Preferential Ballot, Spotlight, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri 0 Comments

90th Academy Awards Predictions: Predicting An Unpredictable Race

The Oscars are a little over a week away. Before I post final predictions, I want to lay out a map for you all about where we are in the race. Because, quite frankly, this is the craziest, most insane year of the Oscars I have ever witnessed. Oh...

02/22/2018 Travis Burgess 90th Academy Awards, Baby Driver, Dunkirk, Final Predictions, Get Out, Lady Bird, Oscars, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri 0 Comments

The 2017 Sacred Wall Awards: A Wednesday Listicle

Welcome to the Second Annual Sacred Wall Awards! After spending the last few weeks looking at the worst of the worst and the best of the best, it’s time to break these films down to their base components, determining who were the best performers...

02/21/2018 Travis Burgess Baby Driver, Best of 2017, Blade Runner 2049, Call Me By Your Name, Coco, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, Get Out, Lady Bird, The Sacred Wall Awards, Wednesday Listicles 0 Comments

The Top Ten Films Of 2017: A “Wednesday” Listicle

2017 has truly been a remarkable year for film. It’s really hard to put into words what we’ve just gone through without people realizing. While 2013 and 2007 were fairly remarkable, and there were one or two years from the 90s worth mentioning, I...

02/04/2018 Travis Burgess Baby Driver, Best of 2017, Blade Runner 2049, Brigsby Bear, Call Me By Your Name, Dunkirk, Get Out, I Tonya, Lady Bird, The Big Sick, The Shape of Water, Top Ten Films, Wednesday Listicles 0 Comments

90th Academy Award Nominations: Who’s In, Who’s Out, And Who Surprised

Well, nobody said this race was going to be easy. The Oscar nominations are here, and they have done their best to make this as challenging as possible, even if I managed to go a personal best 90/122 (and 5/5 in Best Actress, Original Screenplay...