Tag Archives: Academy Awards

Movie Review: Caberet

Posted on February 25, 2014 by TBM

Cabaret is one of my favorite musicals, but I’ve only seen it performed on the stage. For some reason, the movie never appealed to me, even though it has been recommended to me on countless occasions considering I love the … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Academy Awards, AFI, American Film Institute, Bob Fosse, Broadway Productions, Joel Grey, Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Movies, Musicals, Reviews | 56 Comments

Movie Review: The African Queen

Posted on January 29, 2014 by TBM

I can’t remember how many times I’ve seen this movie and it never disappoints. This 1951 adventure film has it all: a great cast, excellent writing, romance, adventure, and humor. For those of you who have been living under a … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Academy Awards, Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Movie Reviews, Movies, The African Queen | 99 Comments

Movie Review: Unforgiven

Posted on October 31, 2013 by TBM

Happy Halloween! I know today’s movie review should be a scary movie, but I’m rubbish when it comes to planning. You would think I would be better with dates since I was a history major, but I’m not. Today’s movie, … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Academy Awards, AFI, American Film Institute, Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Movie Review, Movies, Richard Harris, Unforgiven, Westerns | 52 Comments

A Clockwork Orange — The Film

Posted on July 31, 2013 by TBM

I have avoided watching this movie all of my life. Several years back I thought I should watch it and I asked my friend if I could borrow his copy. My friend is a film buff and loves Kubrick. He … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged A Clockwork Orange, Academy Awards, AFI, American Film Institute, Anthony Burgess, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Picture, Movie Review, Stanley Kubrick, The French Connection | 50 Comments

The Shawshank Redemption

Posted on March 25, 2013 by TBM

Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free. The above is the tagline for the film The Shawshank Redemption. I saw this movie when it came out in 1994 and to be honest, it didn’t have a huge impact on me. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 50 Year Project, Academy Awards, AFI, American Film Institute, Blog, Blogging, Morgan Freeman, Movie Reviews, Movies, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, Saving Private Ryan, Stephen King, The Shawshank Redemption, Tim Robbins | 47 Comments

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Posted on March 6, 2013 by TBM

When the idea for my 50 year project began to germinate I looked over the American Film Institute’s top 100 movies list. I saw the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on it. That weekend the movie was on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 50 Year Project, Academy Awards, Action and Adventure, AFI, American Film Institute, Best Cinematography, Best Music (Song), Best Original Score for a Motion Picture, Best Writing, Blog, Blogging, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Comedy, Katharine Ross, Movie Reviews, Movies, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Westerns | 53 Comments

The Silence of the Lambs

Posted on February 13, 2013 by TBM

I remember the first time I saw The Silence of the Lambs in the theater. I was seventeen and I was visiting my best friend in California. Four years earlier I had moved from California to Colorado. Each year I … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged 50 Year Project, Academy Awards, AFI, American Film Institute, Anthony Hopkins, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Picture, Best Writing, Blog, Blogging, Hannibal Lecter, Horror Films, Jodie Foster, Jonathan Demme, Movies, Scott Glenn, Serial Killers, Ted Levine, Ted Tally, The Silence of the Lambs, Thomas Harris, Thrillers | 50 Comments

In the Heat of the Night

Posted on February 5, 2013 by TBM

In the Heat of the Night, released in 1967, won five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor (Rod Steiger), Film Editing, Sound, and Writing for Adapted Screenplay. The film is based on a novel by John Ball. Sidney Poitier, Rod … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged 50 Year Project, Academy Awards, AFI, American Film Institute, Best Actor, Best Picture, Blog, Blogging, In the Heat of the Night, John Ball, Lee Grant, Movie Review, Movies, Norman Jewison, Racial Tension in Small Towns, Racism, Rod Steiger, Sidney Poitier, Warren Oates | 28 Comments

The Scent of the Green Papaya

Posted on January 22, 2013 by TBM

I mentioned that I wanted to travel more via foreign films this year. My first destination was Vietnam. The Scent of the Green Papaya is a Vietnamese-language film that was produced in France. Tran Anh Hung, who is Vietnamese and … Continue reading →

Posted in World Cinema Series | Tagged 50 Year Project, Academy Awards, Best Foreign Language Film, Blog, Blogging, Camera d’Or prize, Cannes Film Festival, Films, Foreign Films, Man San Lu, Movie Reviews, Movies, Pre Vietnam War, Saigon, The Scent of the Green Papaya, Thi Loc Truong, Tran Anh Hung, Travel, Vietnam, Vietnamese Life and Society, World Cinema Series | 25 Comments

Forrest Gump

Posted on January 9, 2013 by TBM

The 76th movie on the AFI’s top 100 movies is Forrest Gump, released in 1994. Really, has it been that long. I can still remember seeing the film in the theatre. I have seen bits and pieces of it over … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged 50 Year Project, Academy Awards, AFI, American Film Institute, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Picture, Best Visual Effects, Blog, Blogging, Bubba Gump, Forrest Gump, Movie Review, Movies, New York, New York City, NYC, Photography, Robert Zemeckis, Times Square, Tom Hanks | 43 Comments