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Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Land, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sigourney Weaver Directed by James Cameron Rated PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language, and some smoking 2 hours, 42 minutes I think I was about the last person on earth to see this movie.  I really wanted to see it in [...]

Starring Carey Mulligan and Peter Sarsgaard Directed by Lone Scherfig Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving sexual content, and for smoking 1 hour 40 minutes This coming of age movie set in 1960s London is not one I would typically see, but in my quest to view all ten of the 2010 Best Picture nominees, [...]

Starring George Clooney (Best Actor Nominee), Vera Farmiga (Best Supporting Actress Nominee), and Anna Kendrick (Best Supporting Actress Nominee), Directed by Jason Reitman (Best Director Nominee) Rated R for language and sexual content 1 hour 49 minutes It’s hard not to enjoy George Clooney when he’s acting cool and confident. He begins this movie at [...]

(Based on the novel “Push” by Sapphire) Starring Gabourey Sidibe (Best Actress Nominee), Mo’Nique (Best Supporting Actress Winner), Paula Patton, and Mariah Carey Directed by Lee Daniels (Best Director Nominee) Rated R for child abuse including sexual assault, and pervasive language 1 hour 49 minutes I pretty much knew what this was going to be [...]

Starring Sandra Bullock, Quentin Aaron, and Tim McGraw Directed by John Lee Hancock Rated PG-13 for one scene involving brief violence, drug and sexual references 2 hours A Best Picture nominee featuring the Best Actress and it’s all in a movie about sports?  That sounds as close to a slam dunk as you can get.  [...]

Starring Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, and Brian Geraghty Directed by Kathryn Bigelow Rated R for war violence and language 2 hours 11 minutes This is the 2009 Academy Award winner for Best Picture, so it has to be great… right?  I’m not so sure about great, but it was good.  It tells the story of [...]

Starring Brad Pitt and Christoph Waltz Directed by Quentin Tarantino Rated R for strong graphic violence, language and brief sexuality 2 hours 33 minutes On the eve of the Academy Awards, I was hoping to catch a potential Best Picture winner.  As it turns out, the likelier winner in my mind is Christoph Waltz for [...]

Starring Sharlto Copley and a bunch of CGI aliens Directed by Neill Blomkamp (produced by Peter Jackson) Rated R for bloody violence and pervasive language 1 hour 52 minutes 2009 Best Picture Nominee There aren’t any actors you would recognize in this film… and that makes it better.  Constructed to resemble a documentary, District 9 [...]

I know that this is a bit tardy since most of the DVDs have been out for months, but I finally got around to viewing the final two best picture nominees from 2008: Milk and The Reader.  While I won’t provide full reviews here due to the fact that both movies contain quite mature subject matter, I [...]

A Paramount and Warner Brothers Picture Starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett Directed by David Fincher Rated PG-13 for brief war violence, sexual content, language and smoking 2 hour 45 minutes Benjamin Button tells the story of a man who is born as an old man and ages backwards until his last days as an [...]