Posts Tagged ‘The Messenger’
New Column | The Stream
The Stream is a new column that will act a venue for filmdogs writers to post shorter reviews of movies they have watched on streaming video services such as Netflix, Hulu, or even YouTube. Hopefully, these more concise wrap-ups of said films will help you, the readers, to come to some conclusions about the ever growing library of steaming content on the web. Either that or you’ll at least you’ll know that Princess of Mars isn’t that new Andrew Stanton movie.
First up, Oren Moverman’s moving drama The Messenger. Read the rest of this entry »
The Bearer of Bad News | Rental Review of “The Messenger”
The Messenger premiered last year and was not in any local theaters in my area. I therefore was unable to put it in my official top 10. This is a shame considering it is one of the best films I have seen from 2009. Read the rest of this entry »
Oscar Winners
Overall, this years awards went down as expected and were kind of bland. I kept hoping for an upset, but the biggest one I got was Geoffrey Fletcher winning Best Adapated Screeplay for Precious over Jason Reitman’s script for Up in the Air. It was cool seeing Kathryn Bigelow become the first woman to win in the directing category. Dito, as for seeing “The Dude” himself, Jeff Bridges, win for Crazy Heart. The Hurt Locker had a big night sweeping all the major awards including Best Picture. For me though the best part of the entire show was the cutting of the Best Original Song performances from the telecast. Here’s hoping that change is here to stay. See all the winners below in bold.
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The Pack’s Oscar Picks
Here are some of the Pack’s Oscar picks. Each individual writer’s choices for who they think will win are indicated by their name in Bold to the right of a nominee. See how our staff’s picks stand up against our own and leave your thoughts below in the comments. Also follow the sites official twitter for live updates during the show. Read the rest of this entry »
