When the clock hit 7:00pm EST on March 10th, 2024, marking the time that the 96th Academy Awards were about to commence, my wife and I made the gametime decision to not endure the next four-or-so hours watching Jimmy Kimmel being his ever-so bland self, while also inevitably fuming at many of the winners of … Read more
When Bloomberg reported last spring that tech giant Apple Inc. had plans to spend $1 billion a year to produce films that would release in theatres as a way to market them, my initial reaction was the same as when it was announced that the Cupertino-based company had achieved a valuation of $1 trillion back … Read more
Hollywood awards season is upon us, and with it comes a flurry of predictions from cinephiles and industry journalists alike for which film will be taking the illustrious “Best Picture” trophy at this year’s Academy Awards. If you haven’t been paying attention, Christopher Nolan’s biographical thriller about “the father of the atomic bomb,” Oppenheimer, has … Read more
In the spring of 1990, an 80 year old Akira Kurosawa walked onto the stage of the 62nd Academy Awards and was handed the coveted trophy by a relatively young George Lucas and Stephen Spielberg; an honorary award trophy given to the legendary filmmaker for all that he had contributed to the world of cinema … Read more