Saturday, January 23, 2016

Movie Day


Starting with an Oscar Update 
Red = Have Seen
Best picture
“Spotlight”
“The Revenant”
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
“The Big Short”

“Bridge of Spies” 
( comes out on demand this week )
“Brooklyn”
“Room”
“The Martian”
Actor in a leading role
Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant”
Matt Damon, “The Martian”
Michael Fassbender, “Steve Jobs”
Bryan Cranston, “Trumbo”

Eddie Redmayne, “The Danish Girl”
Actress in a leading role
Brie Larson, “Room”
Saoirse Ronan, “Brooklyn”
Cate Blanchett, “Carol”

Jennifer Lawrence, “Joy”
Charlotte Rampling, “45 Years”
Best director
Alejandro Iñárritu, “The Revenant”
George Miller, “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Tom McCarthy, “Spotlight”
Adam McKay, “The Big Short”

Lenny Abrahamson, “Room”
Actress in a supporting role
Rooney Mara, “Carol”
Jennifer Jason Leigh, “The Hateful Eight”
Alicia Vikander, “The Danish Girl”
Kate Winslet, “Steve Jobs”
Rachel McAdams, “Spotlight”
Actor in a supporting role
Sylvester Stallone, “Creed”
Mark Rylance, “Bridge of Spies”
Mark Ruffalo, “Spotlight”
Christian Bale, “The Big Short”

Tom Hardy, “The Revenant”
Best foreign language film
“Son of Saul”
“Mustang”
“A War”
“Embrace of the Serpent”
“Theeb”
Best animated feature film
“Inside Out”
“When Marnie Was There”
“Anomalisa”
“Boy and the World”
“Shaun the Sheep Movie”
Best original score
“The Hateful Eight”
“Sicario”
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
“Carol”
“Bridge of Spies”

Today was

ROOM




Hmmm ... Im not sure about this one. A 96 on Rotten Tomatoes with Oscar buzz galore for the mother, I just think that maybe I was not the key audience. The little boy is amazing, uncanny for such a young boy. The rest, award season not withstanding , seemed a little Lifetime movie to me.

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