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Winnie the Pooh (2011) (1)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Oct 26, 2011
Unlike many animated films today, Winnie the Pooh seems to have been made for one reason: to bring back the familiar characters in some of their most classic tales with no new gimmicks. It’s really quite refreshing and reminded me of the older cartoons I had not even thought of since I was a child. read more
Houdini’s Magic Ticket Blogathon: What Movies Would You Visit?
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Oct 24, 2011
Over at Top 10 Films, Dan Stephens has turned the idea from 1993’s Last Action Hero and turned it into a fun blogathon for us film fanatics. In the film, starring Arnold Schwartznegger, a teenage boy uses the power of a magic ticket to transport himself into his favorite movie. Stephens has posed read more
Being John Malkovich
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Oct 17, 2011
I first saw Being John Malkovich for a film class in college. This was supposed to help us focus on the aspects of acting. Before this film, I guess I saw acting as a simple thing. Get in costume, say some lines, make it sound convincing, right? No way. The ideas the film presents about being read more
Bambi (1)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Oct 13, 2011
I’m proud to say that my first movie theater experience was seeing Bambi during its re-release in 1988. At roughly three years old, I don’t remember any of it. These are facts of my life that my mother has told me: We went to see Bambi with my aunt and grandma, then I experienced ice cream. read more
Anthony Adverse
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Sep 29, 2011
Anthony Adverse is based off the novel by Hervey Allen about the trials of an orphan that only get more intense in his adulthood. Before we can meet the little orphan Anthony, the details surrounding his unfortunate circumstances must be made clear. The film begins as a young woman is leaving on read more
Five Star Final (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Sep 17, 2011
Just like the tabloids of today, every now and then some old scandalous case is slapped across the front page just to sell copies. That’s how the Gazette operates here in Mervyn LeRoy’s Five Star Final. With the competitive circulation dropping, publisher Hinchcliffe (Oscar Apfel) pushes the read more
Post #499: An Unofficial End to the Project
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 26, 2011
This is me, days before starting my project. Early one morning, while visiting my family for the weekend, my dad found me at the kitchen table, typing up the day’s review over coffee. When he realized I wasn’t just checking facebook, (he loves to annoy my mom while she’s playing Farmville), read more
American Beauty (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 25, 2011
Just recently my husband and I have made a major move over five hundred miles, into a cute little suburban neighborhood. All the houses are made of brick, with matching brick mailboxes. We now have trees, a gas fireplace, and a dining room with a big window that begs to be slightly formal. But read more
The Green Mile
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 24, 2011
Based on a novel by Stephen King, The Green Mile focuses on the experiences Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) has while working as a prison guard on a death row block in Louisiana during the depression. He’s a more soft spoken man than you expect to find in this line of work and the way he approaches his read more
The Cider House Rules
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 23, 2011
In St. Cloud, Maine, Dr. Wilbur Larch (Michael Caine) runs an orphanage. It’s also the remote destination where unwed mothers come for safe (but still illegal) abortions or give birth to their unwanted children. The children are left, named by Larch, and grow among the other children, all wishing read more
The Sixth Sense
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 22, 2011
In the fall of 1999, I felt like the last person on Earth to see The Sixth Sense. With the multiplex charging a ghastly five bucks per ticket, my dad said he would take me to see it, when it came to the cheap theater that showed movies after the big theaters had moved on. It was a long time to wai read more
The Insider
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 21, 2011
Having been an early teen of the late 90’s, the words ‘big tobacco’ will always hold a variety connotations. Not only were we systematically being taught every year in school the whole drugs-are-bad campaign, but we were also reminded in the news what terrible people were trying to sell us cigarett read more
Oliver!
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 19, 2011
This may be my last musical to review here, and what a note to end on. Oliver! is one of those rare musical films that carries enough whimsy and charm to make the songs a delightful interjection to the action. And through this charm, the film becomes universally enjoyable. Children will enjoy read more
The Lion in Winter
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 17, 2011
I watched A Lion in Winter with my mom and sister, while I spent a little time at home. Supportive of my blogging mission, they were excited to watch a best picture nomination with me. Shortly into the film, they both had their questions and comments. “Which Henry is he again? John looks like read more
Romeo and Juliet (1)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 9, 2011
Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet is usually the more favored film version of Shakespeare’s play. The filming feels wonderfully modern, while only showing us a long ago period. The actors are young, full of uninhibited youthful energy, just as their characters are. Best of all, this read more
Funny Girl
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jul 31, 2011
Loosely based on the life of Fanny Brice, Funny Girl tells the story of the young Jewish girl’s rise to becoming the star of Zeigfeld’s Follies through her comedic talent, not necessarily her looks. When I say loosely, I mean the film takes a lot of liberties leaving out many events in Brice’s read more
Rachel, Rachel
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jul 30, 2011
The Rachel (Joanne Woodward) in Paul Newman’s directorial debut, Rachel, Rachel, has let her life go nowhere. She is thirty-five, living with her overbearing, widowed mother (Kate Harrington) in the same baby-pink room she grew up in. Her job as a second grade school teacher surrounds her with read more
Gone with the Wind (1)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jul 26, 2011
As a young, slightly cynical film lover, I approached the four hours of epic Southern drama that Gone with the Wind would bring with caution. A big part of me was afraid that I would hate it, and that would make for a long and miserable afternoon. But when that huge title scrolled across the scree read more
The Wizard of Oz (1)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jul 21, 2011
If there’s one film that kids are nearly obligated to become familiar with, it’s The Wizard of Oz. Moments from that film have become like small institutions within our culture that we begin to understand at an early age. We commonly joke that small people are Munchkins, that three cli read more
Wuthering Heights (Missing) & Nearing the End of the Project
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jul 20, 2011
Well darn, so close to the end of the project I hate to tell you that I’ve come across another film out of my grasp, but that’s just how it goes. After getting roped into the first five minutes available on YouTube, I realized that the rest of the film was no where to be found. So once again, read more