Expectations were high and exceeded by the cast of ‘August: Osage County’ thanks to wonderful writing and careful direction
Based on the true story of a mission in Afghanistan in 2005 that went horribly wrong.
More thriller and a little less techno.
Once again, Hollywood was up early to listen to the Academy Award nominations for 2013 films. Between now and March 2nd, the campaigning, debate, discussion and wagering on who will receive Oscar gold will dominate the motion picture industry. Ellen DeGeneres will reprise her role as host of the Oscar telecast. Here is a list of the nominees in the major categories:
[rating=3]Writer(s): Will Ferrell and Adam McKay
Director(s): Adam McKay
Picking up where Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy left off, this raw comedy opens with “Ron Burgundy” (Ferrell) and “Veronica Corningstone-Burgundy” now married and working as co-anchors for a newscast originating in New York City. Then the managing editor/chief anchor (Harrison Ford in a cameo) announces he will be retiring. Rather than being promoted into his place as he expects, Ron Burgundy is fired for consistently screwing up on-air. Veronica gets the job and it causes Ron to leave her.
The movie The Wolf of Wall Street is based on the memoir of Jordan Belfort, a man whose story had already inspired one movie, Boiler Room. Martin Scorsese’s film is a much better movie, and offers more insight into a man for whom there was never enough. Never enough money. Never enough sex. Never enough drugs. Jordan Belfort should be made the poster boy for the era of conspicuous consumption that went on in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
[rating=2]Starring: Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kou Shibasaki, Tadanobu Asano, Min Tanaka, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Rinko Kikuchi and Jin Akanishi
Writer(s): Chris Morgan and Hossein Amini
Director(s): Carl Erik Rinsch
There is no American equivalent to the story of the 47 Ronin. It is a story so famed and honored in Japan that it has its own word in the language, Chushingara. It has been made into plays, an opera and before this film, six different movies. The basic events in the story actually took place in Japan at the beginning of the 18th Century.
Read more‘47 Ronin’ is a bit disappointing, but it isn’t awful