26 January
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2017 OSCAR NOMINEES YOU CAN WATCH AT HOME! The Oscar nominations were recently announced, and it turns out there are plenty of nominees you can watch at home from the comfort of your own couch or recliner. The big question that comes into play is where to begin. I’d suggest starting with the big categories like Best Picture and the acting nominees. Here are your marching orders if you can’t make it out to the theater. You have until Sunday, February 26th. Happy movie watching! Hell or High Water Nominated For: Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Jeff Bridges), Original Screenplay, Editing Where to find it: XFinityRead More →

23 January
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PAUL PREDICTS THE 2017 OSCAR NOMINEES It’s that time of the year again. The Oscar nominations arrive in the early hours of Tuesday, January 24th. Once again, I am participating in a “Guess the Nominees” contest for fellow blogger Shane over at his website, Film Actually. Here are my picks for who may hear their name called on nomination morning. Don’t be surprised if you hear La La Land mentioned over and over. I have it down for 14 nominations. That may be a bit excessive, but it sure is getting all of the buzz. Moonlight and Manchester By the Sea should both do veryRead More →

28 December
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2016: A YEAR IN REVIEW 2016 was not the best year when it came to the selections at your local movie theater. The spring brought out it the usual duds, the summer season was wildly disappointing, and the fall had a few great films to try and redeem itself. Big blockbuster movies like X-Men: Apocalypse, Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad, and The Divergent Series: Allegiant were not greeted with the same sort of enthusiasm upon it’s release. All four were disappointing in some regard. We also saw reboots and revivals of franchises with Ghostbusters, Jason Bourne, Bridget Jones’s Baby,and Blair Witch; some of them wereRead More →

14 December
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The 23rd ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS NOMINATIONS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE 1. Captain Fantastic Annalise Basso Ann Dowd Nicholas Hamilton Frank Langella Erin Moriarty Missi Pyle Steve Zahn Shree Crooks Kathryn Hahn Samantha Isler George MacKay Viggo Mortensen Charlie Shotwell 2. Fences Jovan Adepo Stephen McKinley Henderson Saniyya Sidney Mykelti Williamson Viola Davis Russell Hornsby Denzel Washington 3. Hidden Figures Mahershala Ali Kirsten Dunst Aldis Hodge Jim Parsons Ocatavia Spencer Kevin Costner Taraji P. Henson Janelle Monae Glen Powell 4. Manchester By the Sea Casey Affleck Kyle Chandler Gretchen Mol Matthew Boderick Lucas Hedges Michelle Williams 5. Moonlight MahershalaRead More →

06 September
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HELL OR HIGH WATER Director: David Mackenzie Starring: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham, Katy Mixon Bank robberies always make for a good movie opening. No matter how many I see, it always strikes me as just the right kind of jolt to kick a movie into gear. Ben Foster (Six Feet Under) and Chris Pine (Star Trek) play brothers Tanner and Toby Howard, respectively. Their targets are the Texas Midlands Bank snatching the front drawer cash from each one in the area. It makes for a simpler and quicker in and out versus hitting up the vaults. Tanner is the ex-con whoRead More →