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La La Land
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Feb 8, 2017
When I first started this blog, seven years ago now, I didn’t like musicals. What a dumb thing to say, it’s like telling Ryan Gosling’s character in La La Land that you don’t like jazz. Sure, some musicals can let you down, just like bland jazz elevator music. But once you give jazz, or musicals, read more
Hell or High Water
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Feb 4, 2017
A western set in the twenty-first century is like finding a rattlesnake curled up around the gearshift of your car. It’s rare, an unusually beautiful thing to come across and keeps you on your toes. Director David Mackenzie and writer Taylor Sheridan have created a taut new modern western worthy of read more
Hidden Figures
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 31, 2017
There are quite a few Oscar nominated films about the civil rights era. There are also many about the space race. And there are even more about the importance of feminism, in one way or another. Until Hidden Figures, I cannot think of another great film capturing the importance of all three at the s read more
Moana
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 10, 2017
Disney’s latest animated film takes us on amazing journey through Polynesian folklore as a young girl fulfills an ancient prophecy and saves her island home. Her name is Moana, and she is another amazing character in Disney’s girl power movement. Moana (Auli’i Cravalho) is the daughter of read more
Swiss Army Man
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Dec 5, 2016
In the first few minutes of Swiss Army Man, our shipwrecked protagonist rides a washed up corpse like a fart propelled jet ski to land. While the moment is strange and may make viewers question what kind of movie they’re watching, it is equally funny and uplifting. Many people complain about how read more
Happy October!
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Oct 1, 2016
For the past few Octobers I have enjoyed binging on horror movies and writing new reviews here at The Best Picture Project. However, this year my October is going to be very different. My husband and I are having our first real family vacation with our 2 year old son at Disney World! And just read more
Kubo and the Two Strings
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Sep 14, 2016
Great filmmakers and true film lovers are fierce advocates for sharing stories. There is real power and legacy in storytelling, whether we reminisce about loved ones over dinner. Or we read our old favorite picture books to children. And of course we tell everyone we can to go see this movie or read more
Taking a Toddler to the Movie Theater
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 15, 2016
Accurate depiction of toddlers after midnight. This summer I have enjoyed taking my son to the local movie theaters to see cheap kids movies they play on weekend mornings. It sounded like paradise at first; sit in a comfy air conditioned theater with my 2 year old as we share popcorn and enjoy some read more
Zootopia
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jul 29, 2016
Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) is a young, optimistic rabbit who dreamed her whole life of being a police officer. She’s the daughter of a carrot farmer from her little country town and plans to move to Zootopia, where anyone can be anything. But there are big obstacles for this little read more
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jul 21, 2016
When I first heard that there was going to be a film based on Disney World’s classic ride, Pirates of the Caribbean, teenage me had some doubts. What kind of silly story could be told based on animatronic pirates who plunder, pillage, auction off women and sing? But under the direction of Gore read more
Finding Dory
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jul 1, 2016
For the past thirteen years Dory (voiced by the wonderful Ellen DeGeneres) has been the world favorite forgetful fish. Between speaking whale, befriending sharks and forgetting the whole thing, she stole the show in Finding Nemo. And let’s face it, Marlin wouldn’t have gotten far without her. read more
Tarzan
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jun 24, 2016
Many of Disney’s films feature anthropomorphic animals. In most we are either completely in an animal world (The Lion King) or a in human’s world with animals who band together (101 Dalmatians, The Aristocats). While The Jungle Book comes close, 1999’s Tarzan beautifully bridges the human read more
Sleeping Beauty
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jun 17, 2016
In 1959, after nearly ten years in production and Disneyland’s castle named in its honor, Disney’s Sleeping Beauty was finally released. It was the first film animated in 70mm and a true feat of artistic achievement. To this day, many consider it to be the visual high point of animation in the read more
The Good Dinosaur
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jun 10, 2016
In The Good Dinosaur, the minds at Pixar have imagined a world where the meteor that killed the dinosaurs has missed Earth. The result, a few million years later, are more evolved dinosaurs. They farm the land, are ranchers, or sometimes just scavengers. And the humans that have come along the read more
Hercules
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jun 3, 2016
When my mom took us kids to see Hercules in the summer of ‘97, I had already picked up a few mythology books and was well versed in the story of Hercules. I let out a few early eye rolls, especially at Hera being portrayed as Herc’s loving mother, but it didn’t take the film long to win me read more
Summer of Disney
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on May 30, 2016
Grab your mouse ears and stock up on pixie dust, because The Best Picture Project is going to dive into some Disney films! Over the summer I’ll post my reviews of classic and new Disney (and Pixar) films. I’ve been putting off a lot of these classic and modern Disney films for years and now seems read more
The Story of Louis Pasteur
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 7, 2016
In our modern world, it can be baffling the way people used to think about modern medicine. Over and over in The Story of Louis Pasteur we hear doctors and scientists scoff and laugh at Pasteur’s ideas. Washing your hands after treating a sick patient? Silly! Boiling your surgical tools between read more
Oscar Predictions 2015
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Feb 25, 2016
Oscar Sunday is almost here! Which means we are all making our guesses and predictions on what films will go down in history as Oscar winners. Personally, I think this year has been a bit bland, but let’s have fun with it anyway. First off, let’s have some fun and pretend this is before 2010 read more
Bridge of Spies
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Feb 18, 2016
Steven Spielberg’s newest film, Bridge of Spies, lands us in the late 1950s and early 1960s in the tense Cold War. When Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance) is arrested for supposedly being a Soviet spy, Brooklyn lawyer James Donovan (Tom Hanks) takes the case to defend him. Donovan quickly realizes the read more
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Feb 15, 2016
To say I enjoyed Mad Max: Fury Road is an understatement. I was thrilled, enthralled, mesmerized and by the end, freakin’ pumped up! This film is an intense, fun and sprawling modern epic that lands us in a crazy, yet surprisingly beautiful post apocalyptic world. Usually, I like most best pictu read more