Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino’s latest bloodfest, explores slavery, revenge, love, loyalty, and friendship. It’s a pre-Civil War Western set in the times of slavery when Northerners had very different viewpoints about race and freedom than their Southern counterparts. There’s heaps of violence, stellar acting (more on that later), classic QT quips, diverging dialogues, and beautiful…
Nominations are in for the 2013 Academy Awards and like most years, there aren’t too many surprises…except for that Ben Affleck snub for Best Director, Argo (what WHAAAAT!?). Speaking of Best Director, Zero Dark Thirty’s Kathryn Bigelow is also egregiously missing from the list. Yikes. Beasts of the Southern Wild fared way better than most probably predicted…
Until a tiny sail named Titanic came into view, All About Eve was the mothership of the Academy Awards. The 1950 film grabbed 14 nominations and won six of them, truly making it one of the first powerhouses to ever take down the awards ceremony (Titanic tied it in noms, and beat it in wins,…
One wouldn’t think that an Indie Drama with only three primary characters ensconced in a small getaway home would elicit such dynamic performances from its cast, but Your Sister’s Sister delivers this and more. After the untimely death of his brother, Jack (Mark Duplass) has an emotionally challenging year, and takes up his friend Iris’s…
Musicals aren’t my favorite type of movie, but this stop on my Watch-Every-Best Picture-Film-or-Die-Trying quest was a quite satisfying one! Based on the original British play of the same name (which was based on Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens), the film version of Oliver! was directed by Carol Reed, released in 1968, and housed the Oscars,…
When the Foo Fighters set out to record their latest release, Wasting Light, frontman Dave Grohl and his bandmates went old school, digging the art of analog from its grave and recording straight to tape. No computers, no bells, no whistles. With the upcoming Rock-Doc Sound City, Grohl is still celebrating analog from the vantage…
I am prepared for the inevitable backlash that this post is going to cause me. I have finally seen Braveheart. For the first time. Alright, already…let me have it. I’m not really sure what I was doing in 1995 that may have prevented me from seeing this Mel Gibson-led and directed Oscar winner. Maybe I…
Readers, friends, foes, and followers: Apologies for the radio silence! I was conquering the island of Oahu on a two week excursion of awesomeness. I jumped out of a plane, surfed Waikiki, hiked up a volcano and as a result, sadly neglected this ol’ blog here. However, The Winslow was in my thoughts as we…
Released in theaters back in April, the long overdue Bob Marley documentary entitled Marley is finally out on DVD and Blu-ray. The film is a lengthy 145 minutes, leaving no part of Marley’s life unturned. Starting with his early days in St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica, we follow Marley from his move to Kingston, foray into…
What do Gregory Peck, the gays and vegan “play” cheese have in common? Absolutely nothing at all! Welcome to another installment of The Littlest Winslow’s Epic Film Quest extraordinaire! This time, Gentleman’s Agreement (1947) was on the docket, we giggled about how silly the 40’s were, and I ate some surprisingly awesome pseudo-cheese made by Zoe…