What Might Have Been: Meg Ryan
Actors careers are shaped by choices. Their performances are made up of small choices; how a character should move, what they should sound like, how they should react. Then there are the big choices...
View ArticleWhat Might Have Been: Kim Basinger
Kim Basinger Kim Basinger was a model-turned actress who went on to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She’s been a Bond girl and Batman’s girlfriend. Not to mention an iconic sex...
View ArticleBest Actor Oscars Bracket Game: Anthony Hopkins vs Tom Hanks
There have been some truly legendary and some sadly under appreciated performers to be named Best Actor at the yearly Oscars party. Which is which? With the 87th annual Academy Awards ceremony...
View ArticleThe Rise and Fall of Orion Pictures
The guys who brought you The Rise and Fall of Carolco are back with another installment of their series looking at Hollywood Studios who eventually flamed out. This time, their subject is Orion...
View ArticleRank the Oscar Winning Movies: the 1990s
This set of Best Picture winners from the 1990s is a step up in my estimation from the previous decade, with two examples of outright great filmmaking and most of the rest of the winners at least...
View ArticleScumbunny Cinema
Joe Queenan articles frequently fell back on a bit of shtick. He would come up with a few witty phrases and then use them repetitively to describe similarly themed movies which he would claim make...
View ArticleBest Actress Bracket Game: Sally Field Vs. Jodie Foster
The fact that we are dealing with actresses who have won multiple Oscars makes the chronology of this bracket game a little wonky. Yesterday, we were dealing with two actresses who had their first...
View ArticleBest Actress Bracket Game: Jodie Foster Vs. Hilary Swank
We’re closing out round two of the Best Actress Bracket Game with a pair of two-time winners. Both of these actresses are known for their portrayals of strong, determined women. In today’s write-up,...
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