Damien Chazelle’s jazz drama (who would’ve thought those two words would ever be put together?) stars Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons. It centers on jazz drummer Andrew (Teller). Andrew studies at Shaffer Conservatory and aspires to be one of the greatest drummers of all time. One day, Andrew is confronted in a practice room by intimidating Conductor Terrence Fletcher Continue reading Whiplash (2014) Movie Review
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2015 Academy Award Predictions — Best Original Score
The Nominees:
- The Grand Budapest Hotel — Alexandre Desplat
- The Imitation Game — Alexandre Desplat
- Interstellar — Hans Zimmer
- Mr. Turner — Gary Yershon
- The Theory of Everything — Johann Johannsson
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2015 Academy Award Predictions — Best Animated Feature
The Nominees:
- Big Hero 6
- The Boxtrolls
- How to Train Your Dragon 2
- Song of the Sea
- The Tale of Princess Kaguya
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2015 Academy Award Predictions — Best Adapted Screenplay
The Nominees:
- Jason Hall — American Sniper
- Graham Moore — The Imitation Game
- Paul Thomas Anderson — Inherent Vice
- Anthony McCarten — The Theory of Everything
- Damien Chazelle — Whiplash
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2015 Academy Award Predictions — Best Original Screenplay
The Nominees:
- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Glacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo — Birdman
- Richard Linklater — Boyhood
- E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman — Foxcatcher
- Wes Anderson — The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Dan Gilroy — Nightcrawler
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2015 Academy Award Predictions — Best Director
The Nominees:
- Richard Linklater — Boyhood
- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu — Birdman
- Bennett Miller — Foxcatcher
- Wes Anderson — The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Morten Tyldum — The Imitation Game
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2015 Academy Award Predictions — Best Film Editing
The Nominees:
- American Sniper — Joel Cox, Gary Roach
- Boyhood — Sandra Adair
- The Grand Budapest Hotel — Barney Philling
- The Imitation Game — William Goldenberg
- Whiplash — Tom Cross
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Fantastic Four Teaser Trailer Reaction
Nowadays, pretty much any superhero movie being backed by a major studio becomes a spring/summer blockbuster. Somewhat surprisingly, the superhero genre of action films has started producing really good movies on a more consistent basis.I can’t think of a superhero comic book adaptation post-Green Lantern that drew unanimous distaste from audiences. This being said, 2015’s new Fantastic Four film is a reboot of some of the worst superhero movies out there. Continue reading Fantastic Four Teaser Trailer Reaction
2015 Academy Award Predictions — Best Foreign Language Film
The Nominees:
- Tangerines — Zaza Urushadze
- Ida — Pawel Pawlikowski
- Leviathan — Andrey Zvyaginstev
- Wild Tales — Damian Szifron
- Timbuktu — Aderrahmane Sissako
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2015 Academy Award Predictions — Supporting Actress
Note: I have covered the four acting categories in depth here.
The Nominees:
- Patricia Arquette — Boyhood
- Laura Dern — Wild
- Keira Knightley — The Imitation Game
- Emma Stone — Birdman
- Meryl Streep — Into the Woods
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