best picture

There are quite a few movies out there that get nominated for all kinds of awards that are complete crap.  This however, is not one of them.  Slumdog Millionaire has been nominated for 10 Oscars including Best Picture and it may very well be just that (we’ll leave out the fact that The Wrestler and The Dark Knight weren’t even nominated, but that’s another story).  Directed by Danny Boyle (28 Days LaterTrainspotting, A Life Less Ordinary), Slumdog is well worth the time.

PLOT: This is a pretty straight forward plot but there’s quite a… Continue reading

The most prestigious award that any movie can receive is the “Academy Award For Best Motion Picture” — The Oscar.  Once a movie has this distinction it goes down in history as the “best” movie of that year.  The red carpet at the Oscars is a huge evening every year where all the stars turn out for the event.  The Academy goes through some sort of review process and determines which picture is truly “the best”.  Ol Chewie’s here to tell you that there are many times where they’re just DEAD WRONG.

2000 – Gladiator

Not sure that I… Continue reading

Before I start this review, I need to inform you that I’m a bit biased… I’m a person that needs the END of a movie to be good in order for me to deem the movie a success.  I’m not saying it needs to be a happy ending by any stretch, but the ending needs to tie the movie up.

That being said, this movie was great (so great in fact that it won an Oscar for Best Picture), but the ending was fucking terrible and ruined the entire experience in my opinion.  I’m sure there is some movie mastery… Continue reading

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