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Taxi Driver
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 19, 2010
A word of caution to the more conservative audience: Taxi Driver is set in a city where all the shady creatures and sights are all out crawling the filthy streets and it takes a lonely, insomnia stricken, socially inept young man slowly sinking into a moment of insanity to “flush it all down the read more
Rocky (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 18, 2010
Film confession: This was the first time I had ever seen Rocky, start to finish. I know I have caught the ending and the training montage a few times, but never enough to really know the story. That being said, this was a very satisfying check mark on my list. We first meet Rocky, a.k.a The Itali read more
Bound for Glory
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 17, 2010
This film is an biopic of Woody Guthrie, but captures the essence of the Great Depression and shows a spirit that helped so many people through such a tough time. In 1936 Woody (David Carradine), his wife and two small daughters live in Texas. He does work now and then as a sign painter, but he nev read more
Network (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 16, 2010
“We could make a series of it. “Suicide of the Week.” Aw, hell, why limit ourselves? “Execution of the Week.” “Terrorist of the Week.” I love it. Suicides, assassinations, mad bombers, Mafia hitmen, automobile smash-ups: “The Death Hour.” A great Sunda read more
Oscar Films for Kids?
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 16, 2010
Realizing I had accidentally forgotten about the LAMB’s Summer Blog-a-thon event starting today, I searched for a way to celebrate my childhood film experiences while keeping to the theme of my Oscar nominations blog. Thing is, there aren’t many kid-friendly movies nominated for Best Picture. read more
All the President’s Men
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 15, 2010
All the President’s Men is hailed for being a movie of great historical significance, integrity in journalism and the power of the honest written word. It is the story of two real life Washington Post investigative journalists, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who slowly uncover details about the read more
Scent of a Woman
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 14, 2010
Have you ever been at a nice family dinner and one of the elder men at the table starts to tell old war tales, or long stories from the past and they just start to get a little…out of hand? You know, their children try to clear their throat to quiet them and finally their wives flat out tell read more
Unforgiven (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 13, 2010
In Unforgiven, the romantic ideas of the gun slinging cowboy are brought to a much darker light. After a couple of cowboys cut up the face of a whore, their punishment is just to give the saloon owner a few horses. The poor girl will be labeled hideous and useless for the rest of her life, so to read more
The Crying Game
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 12, 2010
At a carnival, Jody (Forest Whitaker), a British Soldier, is lured away by Jude (Miranda Richardson), who seems like a prospective fling, but turns out to be a member of the Irish Republican Army. Jody is bound, blindfolded and taken out to the middle of the woods where other IRA members wait for read more
Howard’s End
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 10, 2010
Based on the novel by E.M. Forster, set in turn of the century London there are three families, each representing a different rank within social classes. The film mainly concerns the Schlegel family, consisting of sisters Margaret (Emma Thompson), Helen (Helena Bonham Carter) and brother Tibby (Adr read more
A Few Good Men (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 8, 2010
The film starts with a dark, brutal scene at Guantanamo Bay, as Private Santiago is assaulted in his room and before you can contemplate what just happened, it transitions to a military fanfare on a beautiful sunny day. This is A Few Good Men, a military courtroom drama where evils are forced to be read more
Million Dollar Baby (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 7, 2010
Let’s be honest, no one wants to watch women fight unless there’s going to be bikinis and jello. But let’s set that horribly sexist world aside for a moment and dream that a woman who was nothing but trash all her life can become something bigger than herself. A fighter. Champion of the read more
Sideways
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 6, 2010
Give two middle aged men a week in California wine country and you’ve got a story. Make one an overgrown party boy looking for one last notch on his belt before getting married and the other a depressive downer anxiously waiting to hear if his novel is being published, then you’ve got a movie. read more
Ray
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 5, 2010
The first image I remember of Ray Charles is probably that scene in The Blues Brothers where he plays Shake a Tail Feather. As a kid, I don’t think my first thought was concerning Ray’s blindness, bur rather how he played with such enthusiasm and could really move to the music just sitting behind read more
The Aviator (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 4, 2010
The Aviator is a biopic about Howard Hughes, the director, producer and aviator. We first meet him (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) as a young man, stubbornly trying to direct his feature film Hell’s Angels. The movie is bigger than any film ever attempted before, way over budget and Howard keeps exte read more
Finding Neverland
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 2, 2010
Growing up is all in your head and the faster you accept adulthood and let all the tragedies that come with it, the faster the magical beauty of life will end. On a personal note, I turn twenty-five today and I’ve accumulated more gray hairs than many people in their thirties. But those are just read more
The Magnificent Ambersons (Found!)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 1, 2010
Written, directed and narrated by the amazing Orson Welles, The Magnificent Ambersons tells the story of a well-to-do family in a changing world. In a time where young men would serenade pretty girls under their window, Eugene Morgan (Joseph Cotten) accidentally crushed a cello, embarrassing his gi read more
A Streetcar Named Desire (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jul 31, 2010
“Stella!” I grew up with this cry holding a slightly comedic element. My dad would jokingly yell, “Stella!” from across the house to get my mom’s attention, usually to get him another beer or some other mundane task. I don’t think my dad has ever seen A Streetcar Named Desire or realizes read more
A Place in the Sun
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jul 30, 2010
When George Eastman (Montgomery Clift) arrives in town, he doesn’t seem to have much compared to his rich uncle who owns a large factory. The whole Eastman family seems very high class compared to simple young George. His uncle gives him a job in the factory and as his cousin goes over a few rules read more
Quo Vadis
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jul 29, 2010
The film takes place in ancient Rome just after the Crucifixion. Marcus Vinicius (Robert Taylor) has just returned home after three years at war for Rome. He meets the beautiful Lygia (Deborah Kerr) who once was a hostage is now considered a daughter in her home. Marcus tries to pursue her, with read more