Tag Archives: Award Season

“Concussion” trailer hits hard

“You’re going to war with a corporation that owns a day of the week!” D-eeeee-yam.  That’s some heavy stuff right there. Concussion — with its focus on repetitive head trauma’s horrible consequences for athletes — is definitely gonna be a … Continue reading

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Awards Season: Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards 2015

This year’s Distinguished Artisan Award will go to Pan’s Labyrinth & Pacific Rim‘s Guillermo Del Toro, an amazing choice!  (Johnny Depp took this honor last year.) And this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to one of my heroes, … Continue reading

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19th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards winners – pictures and winners list

The Grand Budapest Hotel, Guardians of the Galaxy and Birdman took top film honors, while American Horror Story: Freak Show, True Detective, Big Bang Theory and Portlandia were some of the winners in the Television categories. Read on for the … Continue reading

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The Ghastly Awards: 2014 Best of Horror Comics nominees announced!

What’s award season without awards? Nothing, I tell ya.  So want to know what was top-shelf in horror comics last year?  Take a gander at the list of Ghastly Award nominees.  Afterlife with Archie, Crossed: Badlands, Nailbiter, Rachel Rising, The … Continue reading

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Amy Poehler receives Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year award

Love the Hasty Pudding Awards. They seem like a hoot, and all the recipients are so up for the game. What’s the Hasty Pudding Awards? They’re two awards — Woman of the Year and Man of the Year — presented … Continue reading

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2015 SAG awards: images and winners list

Last night was the 21st Annual SAG awads, and it was, as always, a Who’s Who of acting talent.  I could blah blah, but y’all want pictures and a list of winners.  I would too.  So?  Check out the photos … Continue reading

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Movie Review: A Most Violent Year

Nutshell: I’d give A Most Violent Year an F.  Painful to sit through, horrendously dull.  Choppy performances from top-notch actors gives the feeling that director J.C. Chandor didn’t have a good bead on his vision.  What could have been a … Continue reading

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Movie Review: American Sniper

Nutshell: I’d give American Sniper an A-.  Is there a bit of hero worship?  Sure.  But Cooper’s performance and Eastwood’s whipsmart direction keep things grounded.  Some of the most believable scenes of wartime devastation, thanks to Eastwood’s immersive style. Gotta … Continue reading

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Oscars 2015: nominations announced! And indies dominate.

It’s here!  It’s here!  No, not the phone book.  This year’s crop of Academy Award nominations!  And it’s a bumper crop: Birdman, The Theory of Everything, Grand Budapest Hotel, American Sniper, Whiplash… A veritable cornucopia of really good stuff this … Continue reading

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Baltimore Screening Pass-palooza: Selma

Screenings!  Free!  Happy new year (almost)!  This time it’s Selma, a film about Martin Luther King, Jr. Here’s the synopsis: SELMA is the story of a movement. The film chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. … Continue reading

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