Tag: tom mccarthy
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Review: Stillwater
Tom McCarthy’s Stillwater is a lot of movie, which is both its flaw and its virtue. By the end of its nearly two and a half hour runtime, you will have felt every minute of it- in other words, there is certainly two and a half hours worth of material. It is long, yet in…
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Oscars 2016: The Final Predictions
By Christian DiMartino The end is near… I start making my Oscar predictions fairly early, and I have to say: This year is a tough one to crack. Why? Simple: There were too many good movies. Things that once seemed like sure things (Steve Jobs) are out. And alas, it has come to the final…
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Review: Spotlight
By Christian DiMartino The Oscar race is heating up quick, though if I had to take a guess at what was going to take home the top prize, I would say that Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight certainly has it down, and with good reason. I hear the term “masterpiece” thrown around quite a lot these days. Spotlight earns such…