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Brainiac? You callin’ me a nerd?
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on May 23, 2011
Over the weekend, it seems a council of movie bloggers have counted the votes and determined that The Best Picture Project has been nominated for the Large Association of Movie Blogs Brainiac Award, in their annual awards, The Lammys. Described as the award for “Most intelligent/insightful/ac read more
David Copperfield
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on May 22, 2011
Reading the title and forgetting the year, some people may think this film has to do with the cheesy magician. Long before magic Davey was levitating Ferraris, Charles Dickens thought up a character very dear and near his heart and named him David Copperfield. Though the film adaptation directed read more
Captain Blood
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on May 21, 2011
This weekend, after begin subjected to the whopping two-star reviewed newest installment of Pirates of the Caribbean, people may be looking for a more satisfying swashbuckling movie. Something with classic action, not the kind that melts your eyeballs and all laws of physics. A wholesome hero you read more
Naughty Marietta
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on May 20, 2011
Originally an operetta, Naughty Marietta is the story of a rebellious eighteenth century French princess, Madame d’Annard (Elsa Lanchester). When told that she is being forced to marry Don Carlos de Braganza (Walter Kingsford) and will be imprisoned for refusing, she takes the identity of read more
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on May 19, 2011
If you just want to sing and dance without being bothered with much plot, this film is for you. And that is not a bad thing to want. Reporter Bert Keeler (Jack Benny) needs to dig up some juicy stories for his column, so he snoops (with his partner Snoops) around the Broadway producer Robert Gordon read more
Alice Adams (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on May 19, 2011
Don’t most girls feel vulnerable or counted out due to their socioeconomic status at some point? There is always an emphasis on wearing the right clothes to the right places and having things or a home to reflect a high enough status to be accepted. When this film begins, Alice (Katharine Hepburn) read more
Driving Miss Daisy (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on May 18, 2011
Growing up, my dad would often deal with backseat driving by playfully swerving the car and saying, “Look, I’m driving Miss Daisy, woohoo!” Somehow, this manifested the idea in my small mind that the Academy Award winning film Driving Miss Daisy was a slapstick comedy comparable to Mr. Toad’s read more
Dead Poets Society
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on May 17, 2011
“We are all destined to be worm food.” I have understood all too well that we only have so much time to live, but there’s a thought that comes after that quote that makes it all better, “Not yet.” At this glorious moment we are alive, breathing, with blood rushing through fueling our minds read more
Field of Dreams (1)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on May 16, 2011
Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) has an interesting, baseball-laced background. His father had a brief career as a minor league baseball player and tried to pass down the traditional American love of baseball down to Ray, but as a rebellious teen about to throw himself completely into the hippie lifest read more
Born on the Fourth of July
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on May 15, 2011
Born on the Fourth of July is partly a coming of age film and partly an anti-war film based on Ron Kovic’s biography. It opens with a look at Ron’s childhood in 1956, on his birthday, the Fourth of July. He watches the parade on top of his father’s shoulders and excitedly points out, “Look read more
My Left Foot
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on May 14, 2011
Based off Christy Brown’s autobiography, My Left Foot tells the story of his life as an artist, poet and writer in Ireland with cerebral palsy. Christy (Daniel Day-Lewis as an adult, Hugh O’Conor as a child) was born into a poor Irish Catholic family who tend to have a new child every year or read more
The Deer Hunter
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on May 13, 2011
Under Michael Cimino’s Oscar winning direction, The Deer Hunter is a film about three friends from a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania who experience the horrors of the Vietnam War together. The film starts with a good long look at the men on the eve of their departure. After a hard day’s read more
An Unmarried Woman
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on May 12, 2011
Erica (Jill Clayburgh) seems to be the one woman she knows in a steady, loving marriage. After sixteen years, she and Martin (Michael Murphy) seem to just complete each other. They look safe, refreshing and stable compared to Erica’s friends, a band of middle-aged women, constantly on the prowl read more
Midnight Express
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on May 11, 2011
Midnight Express is based on a true story about Billy Hayes (Brad Davis), a man who in 1970 was arrested in Turkey for attempted drug smuggling and made into a harsh example in a Turkish prison. After being caught trying to board an airplane with two kilos of hashish strapped to his body, he is giv read more
Coming Home
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on May 10, 2011
Coming Home examines three types of people affected by the Vietnam war. There are the soldiers who come home crippled, unappreciated for their sacrifice and in horrible care. Then there are the soldiers still out there or about to leave, full of pride and little anxiety at first and then disillusi read more
Heaven Can Wait (1)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on May 9, 2011
Wait, didn’t we review this already? Nope, there are two Best Picture nominations named Heaven Can Wait, one in 1943 and the other here in 1978. In the earlier Heaven Can Wait, a man tells his life story to Satan. Here is a completely different story, the remake of the 1941 film, Here Comes read more
On the Waterfront
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on May 8, 2011
In On the Waterfront, Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando), once a promising prize fighter, is messenger and errand runner for Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) and the corrupt men who run the docks. One night, his job is to coax Joey Doyle, a well liked young man who plans on testifying against the mob, to go read more
Three Coins in the Fountain
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on May 7, 2011
Ah Rome, there’s something about that timeless city that brings romance to the heart. For Maria (Maggie McNamara), Anita (Jean Peters) and Frances (Dorothy McGuire), love cannot come so easily. Maria has just arrived to be the secretary replacing Anita at the USDA, where there is an office rule read more
The Country Girl
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on May 6, 2011
Based off the Broadway play of the same name, George Seaton’s The Country Girl tells the story of three people. There is the young Broadway director, Bernie Dodd (William Holden), who is in desperate need of a leading man for his new play. He wants to hire Frank Elgin (Bing Crosby), who Bernie read more
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on May 5, 2011
From the way I ranted and fumed over the pompous plot of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, my husband half suggested I do a video review, but I don’t think I could let the same amount of authentic rage flow for a second time. It’s best to just to cleanse my mind with the meditation of writing. read more