I love movies and I watch a LOT of them! Every movie I watch and every season of a TV series I watch will receive between zero and four stars. When I watch with my other half, you will see a (P) after my star grade and an (M) after his. I'm also (very slowly) adding in my "Best of the Year" lists from 1990 on (for both movies and music), as well as eventually adding the results for my yearly movie awards (1998 on).
Apr 27, 2020
Apr 24, 2020
Apr 22, 2020
BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
Born on the Fourth of July (1989) - ***1/2
OSCAR WINS:
- Best Director (Oliver Stone)
- Best Film Editing
OSCAR NOMINATIONS:
- Best Picture
- Best Actor (Tom Cruise)
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Cinematography
- Best Sound
- Best Original Music Score
OSCAR WINS:
- Best Director (Oliver Stone)
- Best Film Editing
OSCAR NOMINATIONS:
- Best Picture
- Best Actor (Tom Cruise)
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Cinematography
- Best Sound
- Best Original Music Score
Apr 17, 2020
Apr 15, 2020
Apr 14, 2020
CHINATOWN
Chinatown (1974) - **** (P) / **** (M)
OSCAR WINS:
- Best Original Screenplay
OSCAR NOMINATIONS:
- Best Picture
- Best Actor (Jack Nicholson)
- Best Actress (Faye Dunaway)
- Best Director (Roman Polanski)
- Best Film Editing
- Best Cinematography
- Best Art Direction
- Best Costume Design
- Best Sound
- Best Original Dramatic Score
OSCAR WINS:
- Best Original Screenplay
OSCAR NOMINATIONS:
- Best Picture
- Best Actor (Jack Nicholson)
- Best Actress (Faye Dunaway)
- Best Director (Roman Polanski)
- Best Film Editing
- Best Cinematography
- Best Art Direction
- Best Costume Design
- Best Sound
- Best Original Dramatic Score
Apr 11, 2020
6TH ANNUAL PRO MOVIE AWARDS (2002)
BEST PICTURE (DOCUMENTARY)
Bowling for Columbine
The Cockettes
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Spellbound - Jeffrey Blitz, Sean Welch
Winged Migration
BEST PICTURE (ANIMATED)
Lilo & Stitch
Metropolis
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Spirited Away - Donald W. Ernst, John Lasseter, Toshio Suzuki
Treasure Planet
BEST PICTURE (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
About Schmidt
Adaptation
All or Nothing
Chicago - Martin Richards
The Good Girl
BEST PICTURE (DRAMA)
Far from Heaven
The Grey Zone
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Peter Jackson, Eric Monette, Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh
Solaris
BEST PICTURE (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
The Crime of Padre Amaro
Late Marriage
Monsoon Wedding
Talk to Her - Agustin Almodovar
Y Tu Mama Tambien
BEST ACTOR (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
About Schmidt - Jack Nicholson
Chicago - Richard Gere
Late Marriage - Lior Ashkenazi
Roger Dodger - Campbell Scott
Talk to Her - Javier Camara
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (DRAMA)
Far from Heaven - Patricia Clarkson
Rain - Sarah Peirse
Spider - Miranda Richardson
White Oleander - Michelle Pfeiffer
White Oleander - Renee Zellweger
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (DRAMA)
Antwone Fisher - Denzel Washington
Far from Heaven - Dennis Haysbert
Far from Heaven - Dennis Quaid
Frailty - Bill Paxton
Insomnia - Robin Williams
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
About a Boy - Toni Collette
About Schmidt - Kathy Bates
Adaptation - Meryl Streep
Chicago - Queen Latifah
Late Marriage - Lili Koshashvili
BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Spirited Away - Daveigh Chase
Spirited Away - Suzanne Pleshette
Stuart Little 2 - Melanie Griffith
Treasure Planet - Laurie Metcalf
Treasure Planet - Emma Thompson
BEST ACTRESS (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
All or Nothing - Lesley Manville
Chicago - Renee Zellweger
The Good Girl - Jennifer Aniston
Real Women Have Curves - America Ferrera
Y Tu Mama Tambien - Maribel Verdu
BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Toby Jones
Ice Age - Denis Leary
Ice Age - John Leguizamo
Ice Age - Ray Romano
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Tower - Andy Serkis
BEST ACTOR (DRAMA)
Auto Focus - Greg Kinnear
Gangs of New York - Daniel Day-Lewis
One Hour Photo - Robin Williams
Solaris - George Clooney
Spider - Ralph Fiennes
BEST ACTRESS (DRAMA)
Far from Heaven - Julianne Moore
The Hours - Nicole Kidman
The Hours - Julianne Moore
The Hours - Meryl Streep
Unfaithful - Diane Lane
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
Adaptation - Chri Cooper
Catch Me If You Can - Christopher Walken
Chicago - John C. Reilly
The Good Girl - John C. Reilly
Nicholas Nickleby - Christopher Plummer
BEST DIRECTION (DRAMA)
Far from Heaven - Todd Haynes
The Hours - Stephen Daldry
The Lord of the Ring: The Two Towers - Peter Jackson
Solaris - Steven Soderbergh
Spirited Away - Hayao Miyazaki
BEST DIRECTION (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
About Schmidt - Alexander Payne
All or Nothing - Mike Leigh
Chicago - Rob Marshall
Late Marriage - Dover Koshashvili
Talk to Her - Pedro Almodovar
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
All or Nothing
Far from Heaven - Todd Haynes
Late Marriage
Spirited Away
Talk to Her
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
About Schmidt
Adaptation
The Hours - David Hare
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Solaris
BEST FILM EDITING
Chicago - Martin Walsh
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Solaris
Talk to Her
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Chicago
Far from Heaven
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Pianist
Road to Perdition - Conrad L. Hall
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Chicago
Far from Heaven
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Grant Major
Pinocchio
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Far from Heaven
Frida
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor
BEST SOUND MIXING
Chicago - David Lee, Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Signs
Solaris
BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Mike Hopkins, Ethan Van der Ryn
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Winged Migration
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Randall Williams Cook, Alex Funke, Joe Letteri, Jim Rygiel
Men in Black II
Spider-Man
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
BEST MAKEUP
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Peter Owen, Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor
Star Trek: Nemesis
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
8 Women
Chicago - Rob Marshall
Devdas
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Monsoon Wedding
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Signs
Solaris - Cliff Martinez
White Oleander
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
8 Mile - "Lose Yourself"
About a Boy - "Something to Talk About" - Badly Drawn Boy
Austin Powers in Goldmember - "Work It Out"
Die Another Day - "Die Another Day"
Treasure Planet - "I'm Still Here (Jim's Theme)"
Bowling for Columbine
The Cockettes
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Spellbound - Jeffrey Blitz, Sean Welch
Winged Migration
BEST PICTURE (ANIMATED)
Lilo & Stitch
Metropolis
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Spirited Away - Donald W. Ernst, John Lasseter, Toshio Suzuki
Treasure Planet
BEST PICTURE (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
About Schmidt
Adaptation
All or Nothing
Chicago - Martin Richards
The Good Girl
BEST PICTURE (DRAMA)
Far from Heaven
The Grey Zone
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Peter Jackson, Eric Monette, Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh
Solaris
BEST PICTURE (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
The Crime of Padre Amaro
Late Marriage
Monsoon Wedding
Talk to Her - Agustin Almodovar
Y Tu Mama Tambien
BEST ACTOR (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
About Schmidt - Jack Nicholson
Chicago - Richard Gere
Late Marriage - Lior Ashkenazi
Roger Dodger - Campbell Scott
Talk to Her - Javier Camara
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (DRAMA)
Far from Heaven - Patricia Clarkson
Rain - Sarah Peirse
Spider - Miranda Richardson
White Oleander - Michelle Pfeiffer
White Oleander - Renee Zellweger
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (DRAMA)
Antwone Fisher - Denzel Washington
Far from Heaven - Dennis Haysbert
Far from Heaven - Dennis Quaid
Frailty - Bill Paxton
Insomnia - Robin Williams
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
About a Boy - Toni Collette
About Schmidt - Kathy Bates
Adaptation - Meryl Streep
Chicago - Queen Latifah
Late Marriage - Lili Koshashvili
BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Spirited Away - Daveigh Chase
Spirited Away - Suzanne Pleshette
Stuart Little 2 - Melanie Griffith
Treasure Planet - Laurie Metcalf
Treasure Planet - Emma Thompson
BEST ACTRESS (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
All or Nothing - Lesley Manville
Chicago - Renee Zellweger
The Good Girl - Jennifer Aniston
Real Women Have Curves - America Ferrera
Y Tu Mama Tambien - Maribel Verdu
BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Toby Jones
Ice Age - Denis Leary
Ice Age - John Leguizamo
Ice Age - Ray Romano
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Tower - Andy Serkis
BEST ACTOR (DRAMA)
Auto Focus - Greg Kinnear
Gangs of New York - Daniel Day-Lewis
One Hour Photo - Robin Williams
Solaris - George Clooney
Spider - Ralph Fiennes
BEST ACTRESS (DRAMA)
Far from Heaven - Julianne Moore
The Hours - Nicole Kidman
The Hours - Julianne Moore
The Hours - Meryl Streep
Unfaithful - Diane Lane
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
Adaptation - Chri Cooper
Catch Me If You Can - Christopher Walken
Chicago - John C. Reilly
The Good Girl - John C. Reilly
Nicholas Nickleby - Christopher Plummer
BEST DIRECTION (DRAMA)
Far from Heaven - Todd Haynes
The Hours - Stephen Daldry
The Lord of the Ring: The Two Towers - Peter Jackson
Solaris - Steven Soderbergh
Spirited Away - Hayao Miyazaki
BEST DIRECTION (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
About Schmidt - Alexander Payne
All or Nothing - Mike Leigh
Chicago - Rob Marshall
Late Marriage - Dover Koshashvili
Talk to Her - Pedro Almodovar
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
All or Nothing
Far from Heaven - Todd Haynes
Late Marriage
Spirited Away
Talk to Her
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
About Schmidt
Adaptation
The Hours - David Hare
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Solaris
BEST FILM EDITING
Chicago - Martin Walsh
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Solaris
Talk to Her
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Chicago
Far from Heaven
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Pianist
Road to Perdition - Conrad L. Hall
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Chicago
Far from Heaven
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Grant Major
Pinocchio
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Far from Heaven
Frida
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor
BEST SOUND MIXING
Chicago - David Lee, Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Signs
Solaris
BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Mike Hopkins, Ethan Van der Ryn
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Winged Migration
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Randall Williams Cook, Alex Funke, Joe Letteri, Jim Rygiel
Men in Black II
Spider-Man
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
BEST MAKEUP
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Peter Owen, Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor
Star Trek: Nemesis
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
8 Women
Chicago - Rob Marshall
Devdas
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Monsoon Wedding
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Signs
Solaris - Cliff Martinez
White Oleander
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
8 Mile - "Lose Yourself"
About a Boy - "Something to Talk About" - Badly Drawn Boy
Austin Powers in Goldmember - "Work It Out"
Die Another Day - "Die Another Day"
Treasure Planet - "I'm Still Here (Jim's Theme)"
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