“Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes last year, this compact, marvelously made existential thriller from Romanian director Cristian Mungiu is almost the definition of a tough sell. Yeah, it’s all true: It’s a movie about two young women trying to set up an illegal abortion, in Romania...
The film’s perspective is centered around the male characters which risks the film being classified as a “guy’s movie”. Enough melodrama and romance exist to offset the testosterone and masculinity, and as the characters weave in and out of each other’s lives, a broader canvas is painte...
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Superbad:Hands down, the funniest movie of the year. I’m a sucker for raunchy humor with a heart, and this movie has that in spades. Great performances by Jonah Hill and the deadpan Michael Cera, as well as just about everyone else. Of all the movies on this list, this one probably...
(2007) image credit: rex/shutterstock “la vie en rose” the french actress was not well known in the u.s., but made the rounds in hollywood to assure people that she was very unlike edith piaf in the movie. this was the first time since sophia loren that a best-actress winner was...
Adrien Brody became the youngest Best Actor winner at the age of 29 (The Pianist). Henry Fonda became the oldest Best Actor winner at the age of 76 (On Golden Pond). I hope you’ve enjoyed this look at theBest Actor Oscar winners. For more reading joy, be sure to click the followin...
Atonement (2007) Most of Joe Wright’s Oscar winner belongs to Briony, an aspiring writer atoning for a lie she told when she was 13, but the crux of this love-and-wartime film belongs to the romance between Robby and Cecilia. He, a housekeeper’s son, she, the daughter of wealthy ...
- Movie: "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" The third time was the charm for Jessica Chastain, who won her first Oscar on the heels of two previous nominations. It came for her stunning performance as Tammy Faye Bakker, the real-life evangelist whose husband (Andrew Garfield) was indicted on multip...
in the oliver stone movie, michael douglas’ character created the catchphrase (though slightly misquoted line) “greed is good,” which embodied the character and, for many, summed up the decade. douglas had also won an oscar as producer of best-picture winner “one flew over the cuckoo’...
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