Say what you want about the Academy Awards, but I quite enjoy them. They usually serve as a decent barometer of what movies are worth the effort of tracking down in the dead of winter when nothing decent comes out, and therefore they help to occupy the massive gaps of dead time between my university [...]
A brief retrospective of 2010 in film Funnily enough, I didn’t enjoy 2010 nearly as much as you might think. While my typical sort of people were scarfing down Kick-Ass and Scott Pilgrim and geeking out to new Mass Effect, Fallout, and Assassin’s Creed games, I was mired nostril deep in work and class, only [...]
Originally posted on January 4, 2010. Written during the previous week. When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences doubled the number of nominees for Best Picture from five to ten back in June, quite a few heads were turned. The logic behind this move was that there are many great films that go [...]
Originally posted on January 4, 2010. Written during the previous week. Blockbusters, when it comes to movies, are the types of films that shatter expectations. In the traditional sense, blockbusters are usually associated with explosive testosterone action flicks, Die Hard perhaps standing as the ultimate example. These are the sorts of movies that are roller [...]
Originally posted on January 4, 2010. Written during the preview week. Several films were released in 3D this year, six of which I have seen (My Bloody Valentine, Coraline, Monsters Vs. Aliens, The Final Destination, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Avatar). While Up was released in 3D, I instead opted for the traditional two [...]