Tag: Oscar
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2015 OSCAR BEST PICTURE NOMINATIONS: THEMES AND THOUGHTS
What do American Sniper and Boyhood have in common? The answer might be BBQ
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WHAT IS OSCAR (2014) THINKING WITH THESE 9 NOMINATIONS?
Back when I was a local church pastor one of the things I had to do was get inside of people’s heads. This was true of the weekly work of preaching but also true of individual one on ones. It was my job to figure out not what people were saying, but what they meant. …
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2014 OSCAR BEST PICTURE PREVIEW
What was the best movie of 2014? As you might imagine I have some definite ideas about that question, but before I attempt to answer it let me first tell you a little of how I perceived the 9 nominees. To see what Greenbean thought of previous years films, click here, here, here, and here. …
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2013 BEST PICTURE PART TWO: FROM PI TO ZERO
Okay, so yesterday I posted my brief review of the alphabetical first five 2013 nominees for best picture at the Academy Awards. Today I finish the list. The back four are much stronger than the first five. Tomorrow or maybe Thursday I will post my ‘summary’ of the themes and make some predictions. Life of…