The Avengers: Joss Whedon Creates The Perfect Assembly
• May 3, 2012 • 4 CommentsPosted in Film Reviews
Tags: Alan Silvestri, alien invasion, Asgard, Avengers, Black Widow, Bruce Banner, Captain America, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Clark Gregg, Clint Barton, Cobie Smulders, Cosmic Cube, Dark Knight, Dark Knight Rises, DC, epic, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Jeremy Renner, Joss Whedon, Loki, Maria Hill, Mark Ruffalo, Marvel Comics, Marvel film, Marvel movies, Nick Fury, Phil Coulson, Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Seamus McGarvey, SHIELD, Steve Rogers, superhero, superhero film, superhero movies, Tesseract, The Avengers, The Avengers film, The Avengers movie, The Hulk, Thor, Tom Hiddleston, Tony Stark
Mission: Impossible- Ghost Protocol- Accept This Mission In IMAX
• December 21, 2011 • 3 CommentsPosted in Film Reviews
Tags: Brad Bird, IMAX, Jeremy Renner, JJ Abrams, Josh Appelbaum, Josh Holloway, Lea Seydoux, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible- Ghost Protocol, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg, The Incredibles, Tom Cruise
Mini-Reviews: Thor, The Beaver, Hobo With A Shotgun
• May 10, 2011 • Leave a CommentPosted in Film Reviews
Tags: Anthony Hopkins, Anton Yelchin, Chris Hemsworth, Clark Gregg, Cosmic Cube, Destroyer, Frost Giants, Gregory Smith, Grindhouse, Hawkeye, Hobo With A Shotgun, Idris Elba, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Jodie Foster, Kat Dennings, Loki, Marvel Comics, Marvel films, Mel Gibson, Mjolnir, Molly Dunsworth, Natalie Portman, Nick Fury, Odin, Ray Stevenson, Rene Russo, Rutger Hauer, Samuel L. Jackson, scandal, Small Soldiers, Stellan SkarsgÄrd, The Avengers, The Beaver, Thor, Tom Hiddleston, Troma
My Predictions of the 2011 Oscar Nominations
• January 23, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in Listmania, The Thoughts of Russell Hainline
Tags: 127 Hours, 82nd Academy Awards, A.R. Rahman, Academy Award nominations 2011, Academy Awards 2011, Alexandre Desplat, Alice in Wonderland, Amy Adams, Andrew Garfield, Animal Kingdom, Annette Bening, Another Year, BAFTA, Barbara Hershey, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Animated Feature, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Feature-Length Documentary, Best Makeup, Best Original Score, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Song, Best Picture, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Visual Effects, Black Swan, Blue Valentine, Burlesque, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Client 9, Colin Firth, Danny Elfman, Darren Aronofsky, David Fincher, David O. Russell, Despicable Me, Diane Warren, Exit Through The Gift Shop, Geoffrey Rush, Get Low, Hailee Steinfeld, Hans Zimmer, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, Helena Bonham Carter, How To Train Your Dragon, I See The Light, If I Rise, Inception, Inside Job, Jacki Weaver, James Franco, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Jesse Eisenberg, Joel and Ethan Coen, John Hawkes, John Powell, Julianne Moore, Made in Dagenham, Mark Ruffalo, Melissa Leo, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Nicole Kidman, Oscar nominations 2011, Oscar Predictions, Oscar predictions 2011, Oscars 2011, Rabbit Hole, Restrepo, Robert Duvall, Roderick Jaynes, Ryan Gosling, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Shine, Shutter Island, Tangled, The Coen Brothers, The Fighter, The Illusionist, The Kids Are All Right, The King's Speech, The Social Network, The Tempest, The Tillman Story, The Town, The Wolfman, Tom Hooper, Toy Story 3, Trent Reznor, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Tron: Legacy, True Grit, Upset special, Vincent Cassel, Waiting For Superman, We Belong Together, Winter's Bone, You Haven't Seen The Last of Me Yet
The Town: Affleck Continues To Bring The Heat
• September 24, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Film Reviews
Tags: bank robbery, Ben Affleck, Blake Lively, Boston, Boston crime, Charlestown, Chris Cooper, Jeremy Renner, Jon Hamm, Owen Burke, Pete Postlethwaite, Peter Craig, Rebecca Hall, Slaine, The Town, Titus Welliver
Miss LOST Already? Watch These 25 Movies
• May 24, 2010 • 4 CommentsPosted in Film Reviews
Tags: 24, 300, A Perfect Getaway, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Air Force One, Alan Dale, Ana Lucia Cortez, Andrew Divoff, Antwone Fisher, Avatar, Baz Luhrmann, Ben Affleck, Ben Linus, Bernard, Bernard Nadler, Best Picture, Blu Ray, Bolt, Brick, Caesar, Capote, Casey Affleck, Charles Widmore, Charlie Pace, Christian Bale, Claire Danes, Claire Littleton, Clifton Collins Jr., Colonel Upham, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Cynthia Watros, Daniel Dae Kim, Daniel Faraday, Daniel Roebuck, Death Proof, Dennis Lehane, Dennis Quaid, Desmond Hume, Dexter, Dharma Initiative, Dharma Orientation, Dick Hickock, Dominic Monaghan, Elizabeth Mitchell, Emilie de Ravin, Ethan Rom, Evangeline Lilly, Flash Forward, Flocke, For Love of the Game, Francois Chau, Frank Lapidus, Frequency, GI Joe, GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Gone Baby Gone, Grindhouse, Harold Perrineau, Harrison Ford, Henry Ian Cusick, Hugo Reyes, Human Target, Hurley, Ian Somerhalder, Ilana, In Cold Blood, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Jack Shephard, Jacob, James Cameron, James Ford, Jay Leno, Jeff Fahey, Jeremy Davies, Jeremy Renner, Jim Caviezel, Jin Kwon, John Locke, Jorge Garcia, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Josh Holloway, Juliet Burke, Kate Austen, Ken Leung, Kevin Costner, Kevin Durand, Kiele Sanchez, Kurt Russell, L. Scott Caldwell, Laura Linney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Leslie Arzt, Link, Little Dieter Needs to Fly, Locke, Lost, Lost Finale, Lost The End, Love Actually, Machete, Maggie Grace, Malcolm David Kelley, Man In Black, Mark Pellegrino, Martin Keamy, Matthew Fox, MC Gainey, Mercutio, Merry, Michael Dawson, Michael Emerson, Michelle Rodriguez, Mikhail, Miles Straume, Mission: Impossible 2, Mr. Eko, Mr. Friendly, Naveen Andrews, Nestor Carbonelli, Nikki, Oz, Paolo, Paul Giamatti, Pierre Chang, Planet Terror, Primal Fear, Quentin Tarantino, Racer X, Rescue Dawn, Rian Johnson, Richard Alpert, Robert Rodriguez, Robin Hood, Rodrigo Santoro, Romeo and Juliet, Rose, Rose Nadler, SaĂŻd Taghmaoui, Saving Private Ryan, Saw, Sawyer, Sayid Jarrah, Seinfeld, Sideways, Smoke Monster, Smokey, Smokin Aces, Speed Racer, Terry O'Quinn, The Blob, The Brothers Bloom, The End, The Fugitive, The Hurt Locker, The Late Shift, The Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, The Mummy Returns, The Sopranos, Titus Welliver, Tom Cruise, Tom Friendly, Tombstone, Tommy Lee Jones, Truman Capote, V, Val Kilmer, Walt, Werner Herzog, William Mapother, William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Wolverine, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Xerxes
Best of 2009: The Definitive List of Top Tens
• February 20, 2010 • Leave a CommentPosted in Listmania, The Thoughts of Russell Hainline
Tags: (Untitled), 2012, 500 Days of Summer, 9, A Serious Man, Adam, Adrian Younge, Adventureland, Alexandre Desplat, Alfred Molina, Amy Adams, An Education, Anna Kendrick, Anthony Mackie, Anvil: The Story of Anvil, Avatar, Away We Go, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Black Dynamite, Bob Peterson, Bruno Delbonnel, Carey Mulligan, Carter Burwell, Catherine DiNapoli, Chris Miller, Christoph Waltz, Clifton Collins Jr., Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Coraline, Crazy Heart, David Yates, Dion Beebe, District 9, Duncan Jones, Emily Blunt, Ethan Coen, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Gabourey Sidibe, George Clooney, Greg Mottola, Hans Zimmer, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Hugh Dancy, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, In The Loop, Inglourious Basterds, Jackie Earle Haley, James Cameron, Jason Reitman, Jeff Bridges, Jeremy Renner, Joel Coen, Jonathan Parker, Julie & Julia, Karen O., Kathryn Bigelow, Knowing, Lance Acord, Larry Fong, Lily Cole, Marion Cotillard, Mark Isham, Marley Shelton, Marvin Hamlisch, Matt Damon, Mauro Fiore, Maya Rudolph, Meryl Streep, Michael Giacchino, Michael H. Weber, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mo'Nique, Monsters vs. Aliens, Moon, Nathan Johnson, Naturi Naughton, Neill Blomkamp, Nicola Pecorini, Nicolas Cage, Nine, Notorious, Penelope Cruz, Pete Docter, Peter Capaldi, Phil Lord, Ponyo, Precious, Rachel McAdams, Rachel Weisz, Rian Johnson, Rinko Kikuchi, Robert Richardson, Robin Williams, Roger Deakins, Rose Byrne, Ryan Reynolds, Sam Rockwell, Sandra Bullock, Saoirse Ronan, Scott Neustadter, Scott Z. Burns, Sharlito Copley, Sheldon Turner, Sherlock Holmes, Spike Jonze, Stanley Tucci, Star Trek, Stephen Bruton, Steve Yedlin, Sunshine Cleaning, T-Bone Burnett, Terminator: Salvation, Terry Gilliam, The Blind Side, The Brothers Bloom, The Hurt Locker, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Informant, The Lovely Bones, The Princess and the Frog, The Time Traveler's Wife, Thomas McCarthy, Tom Hollander, Tom Waits, Trent Opaloch, Up, Up In The Air, Vera Farmiga, Watchmen, Where the Wild Things Are, World's Greatest Dad, Zombieland
The 2010 Oscar Nominations, and My Thoughts
• February 2, 2010 • Leave a CommentPosted in Listmania
Tags: 2010 Academy Award nominations, 2010 Oscar nominations, A Matter of Loaf and Death, A Serious Man, Academy Award nominations, Academy Awards, Ajami, Alan Rankin, Alessandro Camon, Alexandre Desplat, An Education, Anastasia Masaro, Andrew R. Jones, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Anna Kendrick, Armando Iannucci, Avatar, Barry Ackroyd, Bob Murawski, Bob Peterson, Bruno Delbonnel, Buck Sanders, Burma VJ, Burt Dalton, Carey Mulligan, Caroline Smith, Catherine Leterrier, Chris Innis, Christian Berger, Christoph Waltz, Christopher Boyes, Christopher Plummer, Colin Firth, Colleen Atwood, Coraline, Dan Kaufman, Dave Warren, District 9, El Secreto de sus Ojos, Ethan Coen, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Food Inc., Gabourney Sibide, Gary Summers, Geoffrey Fletcher, Geoffrey Patterson, George Clooney, Gordon Sim, Greg P. Russell, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Hans Zimmer, Helen Mirren, Inglourious Basterds, James Cameron, James Horner, Janet Patterson, Jason Reitman, Jeff Bridges, Jeremy Renner, Jesse Armstrong, Joe Klotz, Joe Letteri, Joel Coen, John Myhre, John Refoua, Julian Clarke, Kathryn Bigelow, Katie Spencer, Kim Sinclair, Lee Daniels, Maggie Gray, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Marco Beltrami, Mark Boal, Mark Stoeckinger, Mark Ulano, Matt Aitken, Matt Damon, Mauro Fiore, Meryl Streep, Michael Giacchino, Michael Jackson, Michael Minkler, Michael Silvers, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mo'Nique, Monique Prudhomme, Morgan Freeman, Neill Blomkamp, Nick Hornby, Nick Park, Oren Moverman, Oscar nominations, Oscars, Paris 36, Patrice Vermette, Paul Kavanaugh, Paul N. J. Ottonson, Penelope Cruz, Peter Devlin, Peter Docter, Peter Muyzers, Precious, Quentin Tarantino, Ray Beckett, Richard Baneham, Rick Carter, Robert Habros, Robert Richardson, Robert Stromberg, Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Sally Menke, Sandra Bullock, Sandy Powell, Sarah Greenwood, Sheldon Turner, Simon Blackwell, Stanley Tucci, Stephen Rivkin, Stephen Rosenbaum, T-Bone Burnett, Terri Tatchell, The Blind Side, The Cove, The Hurt Locker, The Milk of Sorrow, The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, The Princess and the Frog, The Secret of Kells, The White Ribbon, Tom McCarthy, Tom Myers, Tony Johnson, Tony Lamberti, Tony Roche, Un Prophete, Up, Up In The Air, Vera Farmiga, Which Way Home, Woody Harrelson, Wylie Stateman
My Predictions of the 2010 Oscar Nominations
• February 2, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Listmania
Tags: 2010, 2010 Academy Award nominations, 2010 Academy Awards, 2010 Oscar nominations, 2010 Oscars, 500 Days of Summer, A Serious Man, A Single Man, Academy Award nominations, Academy Awards, An Education, Armando Iannucci, Avatar, Best Actor, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Bob Peterson, Carey Mulligan, Christian McKay, Christoph Waltz, Christopher Plummer, Colin Firth, Crazy Heart, District 9, Emily Blunt, Ethan Coen, Gabourney Sibide, Geoffrey Fletcher, George Clooney, Helen Mirren, In The Loop, Inglourious Basterds, Invictus, James Cameron, Jason Reitman, Jeff Bridges, Jeremy Renner, Joel Coen, Jule & Julia, Julianne Moore, Kathryn Bigelow, Lee Daniels, Marion Cotillard, Mark Boal, Matt Damon, Me and Orson Welles, Meryl Streep, Michael H. Weber, Mo'Nique, Morgan Freeman, Neill Blomkamp, Nick Hornby, Oscar nominations, Oscars, Penelope Cruz, Pete Docter, Precious, Quentin Tarantino, Sandra Bullock, Scott Cooper, Scott Neustadter, Sheldon Turner, Stanley Tucci, Terri Tatchell, The Blind Side, The Hurt Locker, The Informant, The Last Station, The Lovely Bones, The Messenger, The Young Victoria, Up, Up In The Air, Woody Harrelson
The Hurt Locker: The Rare Action Film Where The Audience Doesn’t Want Explosions
• August 2, 2009 • 2 CommentsPosted in Film Reviews
Tags: Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Christopher Sayegh, David Morse, Evangeline Lilly, Guy Pearce, Iraq War, Jeremy Renner, Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Oscar buzz, Ralph Fiennes, The Hurt Locker, war films, William James