Seven Psycopaths

A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster’s beloved Shih Tzu.

Writer/director Martin McDonagh was the creator of the 2008 film In Bruges, which was probably my first and definitely my favorite movie of this style of dark comedy. This production uses a very similar style of comedy, but you can rest easy, for this film isn’t quite as dark and gross, although you still might not want to watch it with the easily offended.

Flight

An airline pilot saves a flight from crashing, but an investigation into the malfunctions reveals something troubling.

It has been 12 years since the legendary Robert Zemeckis has directed a live action film. His last one? Cast Away. With a movie like that and Forest Gump in your resume people expect great things, but since it has been so long since he has made a movie with real people, who knows what to expect?

Les Misérables

In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after he breaks parole, agrees to care for factory worker Fantine’s daughter, Cosette. The fateful decision changes their lives forever.

2013 Oscar Nomination Reactions

This is the first time in my young movie reviewing “career” that I have watched the Oscar nominations announced live, and it was awesome! There were a lot of surprises, and it was fun to see the crowd react to the announcements, and we even got a Hitler joke. I’d say it was a good way to spend my 7:30 am on school break.

As for the nominations, there were a lot of surprises and confirmed expectations alike. The thing that surprised me the most was the non-nominations of Best Director for 2010 winner Kathryn Bigelow [The Hurt Locker] and 2011 winner Tom Hooper [The King’s Speech] in their post-award-winning films Zero Dark Thirty and Les Miserables respectively. I have yet to see ZDT, but I thought the stage-like and innovative direction from Tom Hooper would warrant a nomination.

The category of death has to be Best Supporting Actor, because that line-up is stacked with not just great performances but actors who have all won in the category before.

The category for Best Actress has it’s oldest and youngest nominees ever: Emanuelle Riva [85] and Quvenzhané Wallis [9].

I think the list of adapted screenplays compared to original ones is very one sided on the adapted side, which surprises me. There isn’t a big threat for the original triple crown of Screenplay, Director, and Best Picture, other than Amour.

Beasts of the Southern Wild, although widely known as being great, got a lot of the big nominations, which surprised me. I hope to see that film this week.

Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom got a surprise nomination! It absolutely will not win the award, but that was really cool to see regardless.

It looks to be a great year at the Oscars this year. Make sure to join in on Sunday, February 24th to find out who wins!

2013 Oscar Nominations Announcement | Thursday, 5:30 am PT

Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards will be announced by the show’s host, Seth MacFarlane, and actress Emma Stone on Thursday, January 10, at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, where hundreds of media representatives from around the world will be gathered.