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Gorillas in the Mist
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Sep 16, 2015
The life of Dian Fossey is unique, beautiful and passionate, just like this film. Under Michael Apted’s direction, Gorillas in the Mist is an exotic biopic that immerses us in Fossey’s world among the gorillas and celebrates her life’s work. In 1968 we see Dian (Sigourney Weaver) leave her home, read more
The Boxtrolls
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 23, 2015
Compared to animation giants like Disney and Pixar, Laika is very young and inexperienced. Founded only 10 years ago, their films are mostly a very stylized form of stop-motion animation. However, their films are also consistently well done. I was especially blown away by their debut feature, read more
100 Things I Love About Movies
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 2, 2015
Celebrating 30 years! In celebration of my 30th birthday I decided to do something a little different. I’ve been writing this blog over five years now. Most of what I write here are movie reviews. I don’t think I’ve ever made any movie related lists, so I’ll start in a read more
Hook
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jul 21, 2015
Steven Spielberg’s Hook takes the world of Peter Pan and imagines what happened if he left Neverland and grew up. Robin Williams plays Peter Banning, a lawyer who doesn’t put his children first. When his family travels to England to attend a dedication for a hospital for orphans named after read more
Sleepless in Seattle
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jun 30, 2015
Throughout this blog I have not been shy about my dislike of romantic comedies. The genera overall always felt flimsy, too dreamy and often insulted my intelligence. However, there are a few sprinkled throughout film history that are so charming, sweet or just have some wow factor that makes me read more
Stand By Me
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on May 22, 2015
There’s a short window of time where boyhood seems to peak before snapping off to adolescence and movies like Stand By Me capture it in all its raw glory and terror. Directed by Rob Reiner, the film is based off Stephen King’s story, The Body, where four twelve year old boys take a two day hike read more
Fantasia 2000
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 27, 2015
In the summer of 2000, I was one of the few teenagers begging their parents to see Fantasia 2000 in IMAX. The begging worked. My whole family went to see 70 minutes of top-notch Disney animation set to instrumental pieces, like I had dreamed of for years. My younger siblings seemed happy enough read more
The Lego Movie
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Mar 23, 2015
Back in the 90s, I was a lucky kid who grew up with a big bucket of Legos. For Christmas or birthdays I would sometimes get a little construction set and meticulously labor over the instructions until I had constructed exactly what was on the picture. I took some pride in that. But nothing was read more
Oscar Predictions 2014
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Feb 20, 2015
Brace yourselves, Oscar night is coming. This year, I feel like I have no idea what is about to happen. Yes, I’ve seen all the Best Picture nominees, but I haven’t seen much outside of that prestigious circle. Life as a new mom has made seeing movies tougher. A movie date is much more expensive read more
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Feb 18, 2015
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is one of the most unique and thought provoking films I have seen in years. What’s even better is that it is also one of the most entertaining Oscar nominees in years as well. Not a moment feels stale or boring. The variety of characters feel real read more
American Sniper
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Feb 16, 2015
I cannot in good conscience call Chris Kyle anything but an American hero. He dutifully served his county, made it back to be with his family and his death was a tragic shame. I feel genuine sorrow for his family and can only wish them the best. I genuinely hope that American Sniper is something th read more
The Imitation Game
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Feb 13, 2015
The Imitation Game is a surprisingly thrilling biopic about Alan Turing’s remarkable top secret work during World War II. He and a small team of mathematicians are hired by the British government to crack Germany’s enigma code. The code was considered unbreakable. It could be one of over five read more
The Theory of Everything
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Feb 9, 2015
Prior to seeing The Theory of Everything, I’m hesitant to admit how little I knew about Stephen Hawking. Campy characters from The Big Bang Theory might have described him more eloquently than I. However, after seeing The Theory of Everything I agree that this was a story that needs to be told. read more
Whiplash
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Feb 6, 2015
Whiplash made me relive the recurring nightmares I’ve been having since I was a freshman in my high school marching band. Nightmares where I show up to a competition without my instrument, or the music has been changed to something I’ve never heard of at the last moment. And always, there are read more
Gone Girl
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 29, 2015
David Fincher’s Gone Girl operates on a premises Americans see far too often through our media based news. Broadcasts show a pretty, young woman who disappears under suspicious circumstances and the whole country goes to pieces searching and mourning for her. The explanation for her disappearance, read more
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 29, 2015
Wes Anderson’s latest film, The Grand Budapest Hotel may be his grandest work yet. It spans four different time periods, each with their own color pallets and aspect ratios. Yet, all these periods, points of view and fields of vision gel into one beautiful, energetic and whimsical story. We are read more
Boyhood
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 26, 2015
There is some sort of indescribable magic about Boyhood. In just under three hours, we watch a boy and his family grow and transform over twelve years. Through this massive timespan, the tone, feel and heart of the film is set at a constant. Sometimes its hard to keep the same tone for twelve read more
Selma
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 18, 2015
Ava DuVernay’s Selma focuses on a small chapter of Dr. Martin Luther King’s fight for civil rights. He and a group of activists go Selma, a small town in Alabama, after a church is bombed there, killing four little girls. In Selma, they hope to secure equal voting rights for African Americans read more
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Dec 13, 2014
Traditional Christmas movies have never been my style, but at the height of my childhood (I think I still believed in Santa in 1993) one of my favorite Christmas/Halloween movies came out. The Nightmare Before Christmas is a fun and joyfully creepy celebration of both Christmas and Halloween that read more
The Cabin in the Woods
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Oct 31, 2014
At first glance from previews and posters, The Cabin in the Woods seems to be your typical horror movie. Five college students plan a fun weekend getaway at an old remote cabin. We have Curt (Chris Hemsworth), the tough guy with his girlfriend, Jules (Anna Hutchison), who just dyed her hair blonde read more