There have been few really good movies released so far this year, and most of the ones I’m looking forward to aren’t coming out until the end of 2008. I suppose that keeps them fresh in the minds of the Academy as Oscar season approaches.
Here are the upcoming releases on my radar:
1. Revolutionary Road: [...]
Entries from November 2008
November 25, 2008
Will the Academy Diss Kate Winslet Again?…and other Oscar Buzz
November 13, 2008
A Place in the Sun
Nominated in: 1952
Did it win? No, the Oscar went to An American in Paris
Worth watching? Yes
Standout performance: Montgomery Clift as George Eastman
Watchfl’s favorite quote: “I love you. I’ve loved you since the first moment I saw you. I guess maybe I’ve even loved you before I saw you.” – Montgomery Clift
Based on the novel An [...]
November 5, 2008
Beautiful Girls
Timothy Hutton and I have similar movie taste. I know, who?
He starred in Ordinary People, Everybody’s All American and Beautiful Girls, the subject of this entry. All of these films have character-driven plots with complex emotional themes. They raise questions and offer no answers, and I am inexplicably drawn to them.
Beautiful Girls is the first [...]
