Oscar Predictions 2014: Best Actor (Robert Redford in ‘All Is Lost’) (See also: "Oscar Predictions 2014: Best Picture, Best Director.") The 2014 Academy Awards’ Best Actor field is overflowing with well-received performances by film veterans and super-veterans. No less than ten actors are found on our lists of nominees and immediate runners-up; that means our list of Best Actor "long shots" is all but meaningless, as, barring a miracle, there’s no chance for any of those actors to be shortlisted for an Oscar this year. (See also: “Best Actress 2014 Oscar Predictions: Meryl Streep to Break Another Record?”) Note: Our list of likely Best Actor nominees matches four of the 2014 SAG Awards’ five nominees in that category. Now, it’s good to remember three things regarding the SAG Awards vs. the Academy Awards: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Actors Branch, about 1,100 members, tends to be more "elitist" (or...
- 1/5/2014
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Photo Credit: Daniel Daza. ©2013 Roadside Attractions.
Every once in a great while, a movie comes along that leaves you truly riveted to your seat and resonates with you long after you’ve left the theater. All Is Lost is unlike any other.
It is one of those rare experiences when simplicity of story and intensity of emotions come together consisting entirely of prose description, with no dialogue. What’s most impressive about the film is that All Is Lost does not feature a single shot set on dry land. Camera crews filmed in various parts of the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean, including off the coast of Ensenada, Mexico, about 80 miles south of San Diego.
Where it really triumphs is when Chandor occasionally lets his camera linger on Redford and relish his quiet, simple activities in a way seldom seen on film.
Filmmaker J.C. Chandor knew he wanted to make...
Every once in a great while, a movie comes along that leaves you truly riveted to your seat and resonates with you long after you’ve left the theater. All Is Lost is unlike any other.
It is one of those rare experiences when simplicity of story and intensity of emotions come together consisting entirely of prose description, with no dialogue. What’s most impressive about the film is that All Is Lost does not feature a single shot set on dry land. Camera crews filmed in various parts of the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean, including off the coast of Ensenada, Mexico, about 80 miles south of San Diego.
Where it really triumphs is when Chandor occasionally lets his camera linger on Redford and relish his quiet, simple activities in a way seldom seen on film.
Filmmaker J.C. Chandor knew he wanted to make...
- 10/11/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Photo Credit: Daniel Daza/Roadside Attractions
Academy Award winner Robert Redford stars in the brand new trailer for the film All Is Lost, an open-water thriller about one man’s battle for survival against the elements after his sailboat is destroyed at sea. Written and directed by Academy Award nominee J.C. Chandor (Margin Call) with a musical score by Alex Ebert (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros), the film is a gripping, visceral and powerfully moving tribute to ingenuity and resilience.
In his review from May, Jeffrey Wells over at Hollywood Elsewhere wrote,
“…J.C. Chandor‘s All Is Lost has completely blown everyone away at the Cannes Film Festival. It’s a knockout –a riveting piece of pure dialogue-free cinema, a terrific survival-on-the-high-seas tale and major acting triumph for Robert Redford, who hasn’t been this good since…what, Brubaker? All The President’s Men? A long time. It’s one of the most powerful,...
Academy Award winner Robert Redford stars in the brand new trailer for the film All Is Lost, an open-water thriller about one man’s battle for survival against the elements after his sailboat is destroyed at sea. Written and directed by Academy Award nominee J.C. Chandor (Margin Call) with a musical score by Alex Ebert (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros), the film is a gripping, visceral and powerfully moving tribute to ingenuity and resilience.
In his review from May, Jeffrey Wells over at Hollywood Elsewhere wrote,
“…J.C. Chandor‘s All Is Lost has completely blown everyone away at the Cannes Film Festival. It’s a knockout –a riveting piece of pure dialogue-free cinema, a terrific survival-on-the-high-seas tale and major acting triumph for Robert Redford, who hasn’t been this good since…what, Brubaker? All The President’s Men? A long time. It’s one of the most powerful,...
- 8/2/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Chicago – Steven Soderbergh’s “Che” not only features one of the best recent performances by the excellent Benicio Del Toro but this challenging biopic, unlike any that has been made in years, is one of the best films of 2008.
Rating: 5.0/5.0 Critics and audiences who are constantly lamenting the lack of filmmakers truly willing to take risks and provoke discussion should look no further than the two-part “Che”, opening as one experience in the “Roadshow Edition,” at the Landmark Century in Chicago today.
Read Brian Tallerico’s full review of “Che” in our reviews section. The multi-talented Soderbergh wants to provoke discussion with his complex recreation of what it was like to be in the company of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara. He doesn’t believe that the life of “Che” should be easily disposable entertainment and he has made a film that reflects that artistic mind-set.
In one of the best performances...
Rating: 5.0/5.0 Critics and audiences who are constantly lamenting the lack of filmmakers truly willing to take risks and provoke discussion should look no further than the two-part “Che”, opening as one experience in the “Roadshow Edition,” at the Landmark Century in Chicago today.
Read Brian Tallerico’s full review of “Che” in our reviews section. The multi-talented Soderbergh wants to provoke discussion with his complex recreation of what it was like to be in the company of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara. He doesn’t believe that the life of “Che” should be easily disposable entertainment and he has made a film that reflects that artistic mind-set.
In one of the best performances...
- 1/16/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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