Thor (2011) Lauren Smith Lauren Smith 2011 7 action adventure anthony hopkins chris hemsworth clark gregg colm feore fantasy kat dennings kenneth branagh marvel natalie portman rene russo stellan skarsgard super hero tom hiddleston 0 My first association with Thor came when I was just a kid. My comic-book loving brother had Marvel characters galore coating his walls...
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) Lauren Smith Lauren Smith 2011 7 action chris evans haley at well joe johnston marvel sebastian stan stanley tucci super hero tommy lee jones 0 Scrawny Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) just wants to heed the plea of Uncle Sam and join the United States Army to fight Nazis in World War II....
10 Movies that Should Have Won Best Picture Lauren Smith Lauren Smith lists oscars 0 I'm sure we'll be talking about Oscars 2k17 for a very, very long time. Poor Warren Beatty just looks at the camera like plz help me when given...
Arrival (2016) Lauren Smith Lauren Smith 2016 amy adams best picture nominee denis villeneuve drama forest whitaker jeremy renner sci-fi 0 *major spoilers lie ahead Denis Villeneuve, the bright director who brought us "Sicario" and "Prisoners," now delivers a mysterious alien...
Moonlight (2016) Lauren Smith Lauren Smith 2016 7 alex hibbert ashton sanders barry jenkins coming of age drama mahershala ali naomie harris teen trevante rhodes 0 In this intense coming of age story, "Moonlight" takes the story of Chiron in three stages. We watch him grow from "Little," a shy child...
89th Oscar Picks and Predictions Lauren Smith Lauren Smith 2016 denzel washington emma stone mahershala ali oscar predictions oscars viola davis 0 I saw almost every single summer blockbuster in theaters before our son was born and then didn't see a single nominated movie until this...
La La Land (2016) Lauren Smith Lauren Smith 2016 9 best picture nominee damien chazelle emma stone jk simmons john legend musical ryan gosling tom everett scott 0 "Here's to the ones who dream, foolish as they may seem. Here's to the hearts that ache. Here's to the mess we make." Since I recently...
Spotlight (2015) Lauren Smith Lauren Smith 10 2015 best picture nominee brian d'arcy james drama history journalism mark buffalo michael keaton rachel mcadams true story 0 In 2001 the "spotlight" team at The Boston Globe comprised of editor Walter "Robby" Robinson (Michael Keaton), and reporters Mike Rezendes...
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011) Lauren Smith Lauren Smith 2011 5 best picture nominee drama john goodman max von shadow sandra bullock stephen daldry thomas horn tom hanks viola davis 0 "I would find the lock because that was the only way to extend my 8 minutes with him. Maybe I could extend them forever." This quote accurately...
Hugo (2011) Lauren Smith Lauren Smith 2011 9 adventure asa butterfield ben kingsley childrens chloe grace moretz family georges melies history jude law martin scorsese sacha baren cohen 0 I remember hearing that Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas, The Departed) was directing a movie called Hugo, rated PG. To say I was skeptical...
Blade Runner (1982) Lauren Smith Lauren Smith 1982 afi top 100 darryl hannah harrison ford neo-noir ridley scott rutger hauer sci-fi sean young 0 It's funny watching old sci-fi movies in the Year Of Our Lord 2016 to see how far off we predicted the future. "Back to the Future II" brought...
Unforgiven (1992) Lauren Smith Lauren Smith 1992 afi top 100 anna levine clint eastwood david webb peoples gene hackman jack n green jaime woolvett joel cox morgan freeman richard harris william munny 0 Twenty-four years after the release of “Unforgiven,” Clint Eastwood is widely recognized as a decorated director, actor, and producer. He’s...