Welcome to The Morning After, where I share with you what I’ve seen over the past week either in film or television. On the film side, if I have written a full length review already, I will post a link to that review. Otherwise, I’ll give a brief snippet of my thoughts on the film…
Beasts of the Southern Wild Rating Director Benh Zeitlin Screenplay Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar (Play: Lucy Alibar) Length 93 minutes Starring Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry MPAA Rating PG-13 for thematic material including child imperilment, some disturbing images, language and brief sensuality
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Rating Director Stephen Chbosky Screenplay Stephen Chbosky (Based on His Own Novel) Length 102 min. Starring Logan Lerman, Ezra Miller, Emma Watson, Paul Rudd, Dylan McDermott, Kate Walsh, Johnny Simmons, Nina Dobrev, Mae Whitman, Joan Cusack MPAA Rating PG-13 on appeal for mature thematic material, drug and alcohol use,…
I’m not even going to tell you that this article will be short. I know how I write and I know that I cannot stop when I started chatting about the Oscars. I will do my best to keep my tangents to a minimum and stick to the events of the season. Below is my…
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1937: 9th Annual Academy Awards (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1936} 1943: 15th Annual Academy Awards (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1942}
I wonder what the spy numbers for “D.O.A.” are. The Numbers Station Plot Summary: In the future, espionage work is doled out by a mysterious voice spouting secret numbers. The whole affair begins to crumble and one agent must protect the voice from compromise. Release Date: April 26, 2013 Poster Trailer Rating: C- Commentary: This…
Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years into the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is taken from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees…
Time for another week of the Friday Face-Off. It’s a simple affair in which you are given a choice between two Oscar winners in specific categories. You choose which of the two is best. When the game concludes, we’ll have the ultimate winner in each category. For example: If you were to choose between Oscar…
The need to remake films that still stand up well 20 or 30 years later is getting ridiculous. Evil Dead Plot Summary: A remake of the cult classic ’80s horror film. Release Date: Coming Soon Poster Trailer Rating: C- Commentary: Posters shouldn’t be permitted to make promises they can’t keep. Apart from from making a…
Born June 3, 1910 in Whitestone Landing, Queens, New York, to J.R. Levy and his wife, the former Alta Mae Goddard, according to her birth certificate, Paulette Goddard told so many lies that for years her actual birth date was given variously as 1905 and 1915 while her place of birth varied from Long Island…