
Craig Manning A&E Editor Christoph Waltz accepts Best Supporting Actor for "Django Unchained" at Sunday's 85th Annual Academy Awards They call the show the Academy Awards, but the ac...
Read More →Craig Manning A&E Editor Well it’s been an interesting Awards season, to be sure. I’ve mostly kept out of this conversation since the Screen Actors Guild awards, partially because they essenti...
Read More →Craig Manning A&E Editor Gangster Squad Directed by Ruben Fleischer Starring: Josh Brolin, Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone B- When I first saw the trailers for Ruben Fleischer’s Gangster Squ...
Read More →Craig Manning A&E Editor Ben Affleck accepts the Golden Globe for Best Director after winning for his film "Argo." It was a big evening at the Los Angeles Beverly Hilton Hotel last nigh...
Read More →Craig Manning A&E Editor *Click here for a full list of nominees. The most unpredictable Oscar season in recent memory continued to be just that on Thursday morning, as the Academy of Motion Pict...
Read More →Craig Manning A&E Editor A few days ago, I went through and outlined my thoughts on the most major categories in the Academy Awards race. A few things have happened since then: the DGA (Director...
Read More →Craig Manning A&E Editor Les Misérables Directed by Tom Hooper Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks, Amanda Seyfried B- Contrary to popular belief,...
Read More →Craig Manning A&E Editor Last Friday, members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences submitted their nomination ballots for the 85th annual Academy Awards. The resulting Oscar nominat...
Read More →Craig Manning A&E Editor Django Unchained Directed by Quentin Tarantino Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson A When it comes to the works of American auteur ...
Read More →Michael Reeves A&E Reporter If living in Kalamazoo has taught me anything, it’s that you better be prepared to take a few trips to the relatively nearby cities of Grand Rapids, Detroit and Ch...
Read More →Michael Reeves A&E Reporter “The Sessions” Directed by Ben Lewin Starring John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy C- While walking to my car after leaving the cinema, I often wonder...
Read More →Craig Manning A&E Editor “Lincoln” Directed by Steven Spielberg Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, Sally Field B There are lot of people who would call Daniel Day-Lewis th...
Read More →Craig Manning A&E Editor “Skyfall” Directed by Sam Mendes Starring: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem A- “We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven; that wh...
Read More →Craig Manning A&E Editor Yesterday, I discussed the continuing relevance of Agent 007 and attempted to parse the reasons for his seemingly everlasting place in the public consciousness. I pointed ...
Read More →Craig Manning A&E Editor Before I loved music, long before I could adequately formulate thoughts in writing and prior to building an appreciation of film on any significant level, I was still a f...
Read More →Courtesy Photo Michael Reeves A&E Reporter “Safety Not Guaranteed” introduces us to its protagonist, Darius (Aubrey Plaza of NBC’s “Parks and Recreation”) during a job interview f...
Read More →By Miles Baxter The Secret World of Arrietty is based on Mary Norton’s “The Borrowers” and was another stroke of genius from the same studio that brought us other great films like Spirited Away ...
Read More →By Miles Baxter The thing to remember about horror/suspense films is that they have quite a few bills to pay in the mere hour and half they have to pay them. Films like this have only a short time t...
Read More →By Miles Baxter Let me start by saying that Hugo was an utter masterpiece. A film like Hugo was something a little different from a typical Scorsese film, but he succeeds in making Hugo a wildly ima...
Read More →By Miles Baxter J.Edgar takes us through the life of former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio), and spares us none of the gritty details. No matter how you end up feeling about Hoover...
Read More →By: Miles Baxter Why do we see movies like Rum Diary? Are we provoked by the thought of some psychedelic, rum drunken romp through Puerto Rico? If you’re like, well, anyone who is aware of Hun...
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