#best_actor_2015

@AmericanSniper was an acutally rather underwhelming war movie celebrating a hero who does not deserve celebration

The Oscars already seem so long away, but nevertheless I had to complete my mission to see all movies in the race. So there I was after a long week of work in San Francisco, and what would somebody do if he is in SF on a Friday night all by himself, he goes to the movies alone with a total of 10 other folks in a 150+ people theater. But well, it was for “work” and I didn’t really have a choice.…

#Foxcatcher goes into #Oscar2015 with an extremly strong @SteveCarell...my thoughts:

A lot of talking into was required to convince my beloved wife to accompany into the Monday night movies to see Foxcatcher and get an idea about the potential for the Academy Awards on this one. The first thing that came to my mind after watching Foxcatcher was its bleakness. The movie kept a very dull and grim atmosphere throughout its entire duration. The characters, the story, the surrounding…

What an odd and weird movie #Birdmanmovie was...yet my #OscarNom favorite of 2015 for @MichaelKeaton. My thoughts: http://wp.me/p2Xp3P-Gn

Wow, these months are proving out to be pretty exhausting as I actually feel the pressure to watch all the nominated films…so here it was the 3rd movie in 4 days and more are to come. Now, the great thing about this movie initially was that as often as I watched the trailer – I wasn’t able to figure out what this movie is about so there was no risk of being spoiled going in. And now what did I…