As much as I love his James Bond films I am going with…

1) The Offense

2) The Untouchables

3) Indiana Jones and the Last Cruade

2007:
1. No Country for Old Men & There Will Be Blood
2. Persepolis & The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

2006:
1. Letters from Iwo Jima & Pan’s Labyrinth
2. Marie Antoinette & The Squid and the Whale

2013
1. Gravity & Her
2. Rush & Mud

2012
1. The Master & Lincoln
2. Moonrise Kingdom & Skyfall

2011
1. Th Artist & Moneyball
2. Drive & A Separation

2010
1. The Social Network & The Kids Are All Right
2. Scott Pilgrim vs the World & Kick-Ass

2009:
1. A Serious Man & Inglourious Basterds
2. Revolutionary Road & The Princess and the…[Read more]

2015:
1) Mad Max: Fury Road & Spotlight
2) The Tribe & Ex-Machina (These were my choices as the 1 and 2 best films of the year.)

2014:
1) The Grand Budapest Hotel & Whiplash
2) Nightcrawler & Ida

Best Picture: Days of Heaven
Best Director: Terrence Mallick- Days of Heaven
Best Actor: Robert DeNiro- The Deer Hunter
Best Actress: Jill Clayburgh- An Unmarried Woman
Best Supporting Actress: Maureen Stapleton- Interiors
Best Supporting Actor: Bruce Dern- Coming Home
Best Original Screenplay: An Unmarried Woman
Best Adapted Screenplay: None. I…[Read more]

“Coming Home” was a movie that generally disappointed me when I finally saw it. Except for Bruce Dern’s performance I find the whole thing pretty damn phony and that goes double for Jane Fonda’s performance. Her hair getting frizzier over the course of the film does a lot of the work for her.

P.S. I also lover her performance in “Klute” and…[Read more]

“Paterson” is a very cool pick. If it still playing on Amazon Prime people should definitely take advantage.

2017:
1) Call Me By Your Name & Phantom Thread
2) Atomic Blonde & Spiderman: Homecoming

2016:
1) La La Land & Moonlight
2) Sing Street & Kubo and the Two Strings

2019:
1) Little Women & Marriage Story
2) The Last Black Man in San Francisco & Portrait of a Lady On Fire

2018:
1) A Star Is Born & Cold War
2) Eighth Grade & Isle of Dogs

F. Murray Abraham- Amadeus
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
Jeff Bridges- Crazy Heart (though “The Big Liebowski” is close but he gets extra points for singing)
Claudette Colbert – It Happened One Night
Olivia Colman- The Favourite (I couldn’t think of a better cinematic perform…[Read more]

I still need to finally see “Portrait of a Lady On Fire” which starts near, or at least nearish, me this weekend but for now the list goes…

1) Little Women
2) Marriage Story
3) A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
4) Jojo Rabbit
5) Parasite
6) Uncut Gems
7) The Last Black Man in San Francisco
8) 1917
9) Ford vs Ferrari
10) The Farewell

1) The Godfather
2) The Godfather Part II
3) Schindler’s List
4) Casablanca
5) How Green Was My Valley
6) All Quiet On the Western Front
7) Lawrence of Arabia
8) Amadeus
9) Moonlight
10: The Silence of the Lambs

Adam Driver in best actor would be my top choice and Florence Pugh in best supporting actress would be my number two.

Les Misérables B
Atlantics C+

2010: The Social Network (Runner-Up: The Kids Are All Right)
2011: The Artist (Runner-Up: A Separation)
2012: The Master (Runner-Up: Moonrise Kingdom)
2013: Her (Runner-Up: The Act of Killing)
2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Runner-Up: Whiplash)
2015: The Tribe (Runner-Up: Ex-Machina)
2016: La La Land (Runner-Up: Moonlight)
2017: Call Me By Your…[Read more]

What social circles are we talking about? The landed gentry? Wealthy divorcees? Book clubbers? Birders? Who?

“Angels with Dirty Faces” was not a best picture nominee.

Antonio Banderas- The Skin I Live In
Leonardo DiCaprio- The Departed
Adam Driver- Marriage Story
Joaquin Phoenix- The Master
Jonathan Pryce- The Wife

Cynthia Erivo- Bad times at the El Royale
Scarlett Johansson- Lost in Translation
Saoirse Ronan- Brooklyn
Charlize Theron- Young Adult
Renee Zellweger- Jerry Maguire

Tom Hanks- Cast Away
Anthony…[Read more]

Harriet C+

I was excited to see “Waves” but where I live in AZ it basically disappeared from theatres after one week and I did not get the chance. If that happened across the country this may be more of an availability issue rather than a snubbing issue.

I did have Noah Jupe in my breakthrough performance list because even though “Honey Boy” was barely…[Read more]