Posts Tagged ‘philip seymour hoffman’

by The Great White Gypsy The Box – Written and Directed by Richard Kelly The premise of this film sounds like a bad teenage horror story. A strange man gives a box to a couple having money problems. They will get money every time they push the button, but every time, someone they don’t know […]


Best Picture Of the five films in this category, only two really have a shot. Frost/Nixon was a great stage adaptation with amazing performances and, while solid, was ultimately compromised by Ron Howard‘s lack of technical abilities. The Reader was boring, poorly constructed, and probably the most overrated film in the last 20 years. And […]


by The Great White Gypsy So a priest walks into a rectory… I agree, child molestation is not the least bit funny, especially by church officials.  But these days, that story ends the same way every time.  The church is saturated with loose morals and questionable ethics.  Which is why a film like Doubt speaks […]


                    It’s 2009.  The Golden Globes have come and gone.  Obama is officially president.  We can finally put 2008 behind us, right?  Wrong.  Tomorrow, the Academy will announce its nominees for the 2009 Oscars ceremony on February 22.  Which means for the next month, you can […]