Film Reviews

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Bolero and Amadeus (1984)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lida MacGillivery, two brilliant artists who are masters in their work. Wolfie, a composer who makes… Read More

May 19, 2014

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – The Lonely Lady and Terms of Endearment (1983)

Two strong female driven films were released in 1983 starring classic leading ladies. Terms of Endearment stars Debra Winger and… Read More

April 27, 2014

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Inchon and Gandhi (1982)

Two epic films were released in 1982 that focused on key moments in Asia in the twentieth century. Gandhi, a… Read More

April 4, 2014

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Mommie Dearest and Chariots of Fire (1981)

Continuing the series, we will be taking a look at 1981, the 2nd year of the Razzie Awards. Two movies… Read More

March 25, 2014

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Can’t Stop the Music and Ordinary People (1980)

Welcome to a new Awardswatch series, Worst Picture/Best Picture from the mind of Jeff Beachnau. In 1929, the Academy of… Read More

March 20, 2014

In Search of Lost Time: Looking at the Small Stuff in The Grand Budapest Hotel

Here is a wonderful piece on Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel from one of Awardswatch's most esteemed members, Alex… Read More

March 17, 2014

Sundance Film Festival 2014 Roundup

Amidst the increasingly stale Oscar race, where the nominations have been announced and all but a couple races have been… Read More

January 29, 2014

Review: The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty (Stiller, 2013)

Ben Stiller’s new film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty suffers from something I would call "Zach Snyder Syndrome." It’s… Read More

December 5, 2013

Review: Her (Jonze, 2013)

In Spike Jonze's latest film Her, Joaquin Phoenix plays Theodore Twombly, a professional letter-writer for-hire who composes personal correspondence with… Read More

November 14, 2013

Review: All Is Lost (Chandor, 2013)

Cinematically speaking, there are few places more moving, more honestly heartbreaking than on the big screen with a lone character… Read More

October 30, 2013

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