37th Mill Valley Film Festival Capsule Reviews: The Imitation Game, Whiplash, Force Majeure, Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game (Morten Tyldum) Alan Turing won World War II. The creator of the decoder of Germany’s legendary Enigma machine, Turing’s genius and persistence... Read More
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37th Mill Valley Film Festival Capsule Reviews: The Homesman and Two Days, One Night
The Homesman (Tommy Lee Jones) In Tommy Lee Jones’s second directorial effort he gives us the story of a pioneer woman (Hilary Swank) who is... Read More
Telluride Reviews: Oscar Hopefuls ‘The Imitation Game,’ ‘Rosewater,’ ‘Wild’
The 41st Telluride Film Festival is underway and classically it’s one of the shortest high profile film festivals around. With just five days to pack... Read More
MADONNA WEEK: From Madonna to MDNA, a Retrospective and Her 12 Studio Albums, Ranked
“To rule the world.” That was Madonna’s response to Dick Clark in 1984 when he asked her what she wanted for the year and the... Read More
MADONNA WEEK: Her #1 Songs, Ranked
From 1984 to 2000 Madonna racked up 12 #1 singles on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. That puts her below Mariah Carey (18) and Rihanna (13,... Read More
MADONNA WEEK: Her Top 12 Videos, Ranked
How do you choose just 12 great Madonna videos and why 12? The rest of this Madonna series is going to be lists of 12... Read More
MADONNA WEEK: Top 10 Hottest Lovers, Husbands and Flings
It’s Madonna Week on AwardsWatch! With the Queen of Pop celebrating her 56th birthday on August 16th, we’ll be counting down and charting everything from... Read More
Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Under the Cherry Moon & Howard the Duck and Platoon (1986)
“A Duck, a Soldier, and a Prince Walk Into a Bar” A rare occurrence happened in 1986; the Razzies awarded two films as the Worst... Read More
Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Leonard Part 6 and The Last Emperor (1987)
1987 brought us two visually compelling films with two iconic lead characters. One film is about one of the most powerful men in the world... Read More
Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Rambo: First Blood Part II and Out of Africa (1985)
Rambo: First Blood Part II and Out of Africa were both released in 1985, two action packed motion pictures that blew audiences away. In one... Read More
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