Surprises! Shocks! Shutouts! It happens every year, and this year was no different. The Academy threw us some curveballs (and messed up my batting average) but the surprises were at least pleasant ones… Well, some of them. Let’s jump in: DIRECTOR Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris Michel Hanazavicius, The Artist Alexander Payne, The Descendants Martin [ Read More ]
Here we go again! Since beginning my annual guess-fest some fifteen years ago, the internet has absolutely exploded with sites, blogs and columns devoted to the minutiae of predicting Oscar nominations. From how votes are tabulated to the minute-by-minute shifts in momentum, not to mention the numerous guild award nominations and critics associations, Oscar prognostication [ Read More ]
CLICK TO LISTEN: This week on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD: Ryan Gosling and Albert Brooks star in Nicholas Winding Refn’s acclaimed neo-noir thriller Drive, Hugh Jackman trains a robot to box in Real Steel, plus Joseph Gordon Levitt and Seth Rogen’s dramatic comedy 50/50, Revenge of the Electric Car and more! Hosted by Dennis Willis. [ Read More ]
CLICK TO LISTEN: This week on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD: acclaimed baseball drama Moneyball with Brad Pitt, the George Clooney-directed political thriller The Ides of March with Ryan Gosling and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, the action thriller Killer Elite, the Taylor Lautner action vehicle Abducted, Kevin Hart: Feel My Pain and more! Hosted by Dennis Willis. [ Read More ]
CLICK TO LISTEN: Steve Wagner guests with Rosie Allen on KKSF 910 AM and previews the most-anticipated releases of 2012, as well as covers the big weekend releases, including the drama Roadie, the “found footage” exorcism thriller The Devil Inside, Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut In The Land of Blood and Honey, and the outstanding music [ Read More ]









