Tag: Hollywood
Courtney Young's Top 10 Movies of 2017
The 2018 Academy Awards are upon us, and the nine nominated movies for best picture are immersed in controversy. 2017 was the year spotlighting hot…
There’s Nothing Funny About Romance: Alternative Films for this Year’s Valentine’s Day
I’m very cynical when it comes to the genre of Romantic Comedies. Whenever I find myself in the position of being forced to watch a…
#Academyaresnobs – Why has The Florida Project Been Snubbed?
And why does the Academy have such an issue with films featuring the lower working class like The Florida Project? Seeing the character of Moonee…
A Look Back At The First Ever Oscars Ceremony
The 90th Oscars ceremony is quickly approaching us. Now such a major part of the film industry that it is almost hard to believe that 90…
Q and A With Writer/Director Scott Fivelson On His Hollywood Satire, Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story
Back in college, studying Media Studies, I delved into a huge project designing a production package for a film, real or not. I would very…
Frankenstein and The Cinematic Legacy of Man as Creator
It was a “wet ungenial summer” in Geneva when the 18-year-old daughter of a political philosopher and a feminist author suggested to her lover and…
Directors' Weekend: The 10 Best Tim Burton Films
So here are the 10 Best Tim Burton films according to the collective bunch of you that voted. And a huge thank you very much indeed…
Alicia Malone's Talk On The Importance Of Female Directors
Remember the impact films had on you when you’re a tiny person absorbing stories in this way for the first time? Moments like in The…
Awards Season Cliques of the Trade
I hated cliques in high school. I hated the idea that you had to be or act a certain way in order to be accepted….
7 Potential Sneaky Oscar Nominations
I don’t do nomination predictions. That’s what I always say. Sometimes I cave, sure. It’s a tough game to resist. Every single year. See Al…
Daniel Smith-Rowsey's Film Brief 2016
Did the studios fiddle while Rome burned in 2016? In other words, should Hollywood have done more to stop Trump and the Republican Party taking…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #27
I’m entitled to promote myself from time to time you know. I don’t endeavor to do that directly, even though I plug my own website…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #14
A great weekend for America in general you might say, what with July 4th celebrations, and then the World Cup victory last night. The women’s…
