The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)
This first feature won Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck the Oscar in 2007 for Best Foreign Film and I can see why. What a wonderful film! It takes place in East…
The Green Zone
The Green Zone is a nice taut political thriller set in Baghdad starring Matt Damon and it feels a lot like Jason Bourne went and joined the army (which isn't…
The Ghost Writer
First, the good news: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan and Olivia Williams deliver solid performances in this political thriller directed by Roman Polanski. The bad news: The Ghost Writer is often…
Alice in Wonderland
With his Alice in Wonderland, Tim Burton is back with a film that may look in some ways like one of his others but in a lot of ways is…
And the winners are
It is all over for this year and there were no big surprises. A woman finally won the Best Director Oscar for a film that no one saw in the…
Best Picture Oscar
It is just days until the Oscars and the ballots are being counted and recounted by those nerdy accountants they always drag out. With 10 pictures in the running for…