It’s time for you to go and buy some DVDs, but you don’t know what’s good or bad?  You want me to tell you what I’m getting?  Well, here you go: Read the full story

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of doing an exclusive interview with the amazing Korean auteur filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho, director of the wildly successful The Host and the critically acclaimed Memories of a Murder, who is best known for his unique method of subverting genres. His new film Mother releases this weekend and is no different in continuing his style, subverting the Korean family drama into a taught web of mystery and suspense worthy of Hitchcock,  anchored by a phenomenal performance from the titular character Hye-ja Kim. Enjoy the following interview which offers some interesting insight into the film and the process behind some of his choices. Read the full story

With the release of Paul Greengrass’ new film starring Matt Damon, Green Zone, here are the TOP TEN ONE MAN ARMIES in film. Read the full story

At the Academy Awards this past Sunday, The Cove, a documentary which details the annual killing of dolphins in a National Park at Taiji, Wakayama, Japan, took home the 2009 Oscar for Best Documentary. In a category that is often filled with heart-felt stories about important issues, this writer felt it important to highlight elements about the film that made it worthy of taking the trophy home. Read the full story

At last Sunday’s Academy Awards Jeff Bridges was finally rewarded for his illustrious career with a Best Actor Oscar for his performance in Crazy Heart. The actor, who has amassed 5 nominations, has long been considered ‘due’ for a win at the illustrious award show. Meryl Streep, already a two-time winner, was passed over for 1st time nominee Sandra Bullock despite growing buzz that she is deserving of a 3rd trophy. In fact, outside of Best Actor, all of the top 8 categories went to 1st time nominees. The Oscars can sometimes be sentimental, especially in Best Supporting Actor, when handing out awards to perennially passed over veterans. Unfortunately, some actors have yet to benefit from these wins that are often more about rewarding the career of a performer more so than their specific performance. Read the full story

It’s that time of the week when we all head to our local stores to spend money on silly circular thingies that put moving pictures on our televisions whenever we don’t want to watch the news. Here’s what I’d buy, rent and ignore. Read the full story

The newest trailer for Tron Legacy, which debuted along with Alice in Wonderland in IMAX 3D, is now online. The follow-up to the 1982 cult classic is directed by Joseph Kosinski and stars Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner, James Frain and Beau Garrett. The trailer was unveiled from solving an online viral game. First Showing has an embed below or you can check it out in HD over at program-glitch-esc.net. Read the full story

To continue on the Oscars,  Here are some of the top ten films that they missed when handing out the nominations about a month ago.

Here are the rules: If a film is nominated already for something I cannot use it.  Even if it’s that the film wasn’t nominated for the proper award. Therefore I can only nominate films that have completely omitted from the list at this year’s awards ceremony. Read the full story

It’s time to finally end this sucker. With the Academy Awards this weekend after a month filled with coverage, who will come out on top? Read the full story

With the expansion to ten Best Picture nominees, many thought that “anything has a shot now!” But that is, of course, horrifically incorrect seeing as how the still-five-nominees-Best Director category essentially reveals what the “real” Best Picture nominees are. Read the full story