Hollywood Mysteries: M Night Shyamalan (Part I: The Rise)
Welcome to “Hollywood Mysteries”, my essay series about things that BAFFLE me in movies and tv. No, I’m not going to be writing about the Black Dahlia, or Bob Crane or George Reeves, or that kind of...
View ArticleHollywood Mysteries: M Night Shyamalan (Part II: The Fall)
(If you missed Part I: The Rise, it’s here.) In the summer of 2004, M Night Shyamalan was the hottest Director in the World. His name was selling tickets to the extent where the promo poster for that...
View ArticleHollywood Mysteries: M Night Shyamalan (Part III: Still Falling)
(You can find Part I here and Part II here) By 2008, I had completely soured on M Night. “The Lady in the Water” was that bad. I honestly had no expectations of him any more, and no anticipation of his...
View ArticleThe 2012 Fall Movie Preview – Part I
With this weekend’s release of “The Expendables 2″ and “ParaNorman”, the summer movie season is pretty much over. One weekend remains in August, and those movies wont have much room to run before...
View ArticleThe Master
Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, “The Master”, is the story of two men. One (Joaquin Phoenix) is an aimless, barely functional alcoholic, who is clearly not in control of his own behavior. His...
View ArticleThe 2012 FMR MAJOR Awards: The Best Actor Nominees
Here we go, here we go! We’re getting into the big categories now, here are the Best Actor Nominees for 2012! The five actors in leading roles who made the most memorable impressions this last year!...
View ArticleThe 2012 FMR MAJOR Awards: The Best Actor Winner
Here we go people, time to award the MAJOR Award for Best Actor. The actor in a leading role who gave us the best performance in 2012! The nominees are: Bradley Cooper, “Silver Linings Playbook”,...
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