Monthly Archives: December 2008

Bruno Ganz, The Downfall (2004) Best Actor in a Leading Role: With all do respect to Jamie Fox and his incredible performance as Ray Charles in Ray, the best cinematical performance in 2004, perhaps one of the best of the decade … Continue reading →

Eagle Eye – Shia LeBouf & Michelle Monaghan get caught up in an FBI investigation but are receiving calls from a mysterious woman who knows their every move. They must team up to find out who the woman is while … Continue reading →

Kevin Costner, JFK (1991) Best Actor in a Leading Role: Kevin Costner plays District Attorney Jim Garrison who endeavoured in perhaps the most courageous act in our country’s recent history. He attepmted to bring the men responsible for the Assassination … Continue reading →

Gene Hackman, The Conversation (1974) Best Actor in a Leading Role: Gene Hackman’s finest on-screen performance goes sadly unrecognized and nearly unheard of. In between The Godfather I and The Godfather II, Francis Ford Coppola made this frightening thriller with … Continue reading →

With the Academy Award nominations announcement just a month away, I have decided to put together a list of the top 25 Oscar snubs. One per day leading up to January 22nd (Oscar noms are announced).  Starting tomorrow and each day … Continue reading →

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Brad Pitt stars as Benjamin Button. He was born with all the symptoms of an 80 year old man. He is abandoned by his father and taken in by a woman (Taraji P. … Continue reading →

Click the poster for the Apple trailer.

Burn After Reading – a disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent (John Malkovich) ends up in the hands of two weirdo gym employees (Frances McDormand & Brad Pitt). They attempt to blackmail him for some moolah. Written and … Continue reading →

10. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) 9. How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)