In January 2021, I watched a handful of Best Picture winners and decided that it was time to focus on watching the remaining 69 movies I needed to see to complete the list. By the time you read this review, I’ll have watched and reviewed over 70 of those films, with some amazing stories and … More An American in Pairs (1951)
It Happened One Night has to be one of my favourite early Best Picture winners. I had no clue what to expect from this movie, except that it starred Clark Gable and should be in for a treat. Gable did not disappoint, and his chemistry with Claudette Colbert made for some very entertaining moments. Colbert … More It Happened One Night (1934)
I am well aware that most people think I am crazy about my taste in movies and the scores I give to certain movies. I’ve said it time and time again that some of the Academy’s choices for Best Picture are head-scratchers, and I know for a fact that I am not the only one … More Marty (1955)
As I continue to finish up all the Academy Award winners for Best Picture, I got to admit that there was a handful that I dreaded. One of them was The Last Emperor because, at 2:48, I didn’t think I had the patience to sit through a film that did not appeal to me in … More The Last Emperor (1987)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has gone down as one of the most prolific composers the world has ever known. Amadeus won Best Picture in 1985 and is a fictional look into the great composer’s life as he struggled to write and orchestrate in the late 1800s. Considered one of the greatest films of all-time, this play … More Amadeus (1984)
Several years ago, I challenged myself to watch All About Eve, the Best Picture winner from 1950, and the film hailed as one of Hollywood’s greatest stories. For the life of me, I can’t remember why I watched it. There’s no review on the blog, so if I viewed it for someone’s blog, there’s no … More All About Eve (1950)
Last summer, I watched what I thought was the worse musical of my life, Into the Woods. That film didn’t stay at the top of the list for long because there’s a new champion: Oliver!. The majority of the world is familiar with the story of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Some of you may … More Oliver! (1968)
If you research the movie “Mutiny on the Bounty,” you will find two blockbuster movies out there, this 1935 Best Picture winner with Clark Gable and a 1965 version starring Marlon Brando. Both films feature heavyweights as the leads, but today I will focus on the 1935 version, one of only Best Picture winners to … More Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
A Gentleman’s Agreement was a story way ahead of its time in 1947. Based on a novel that focused on anti-semitism, this Best Picture winner turned out to one of the Academy’s least successful Best Picture Winners, collecting only three statues. When you research the movie, you will learn the movie was considered a disaster, … More Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)
It may have seemed like an eternity, but I finally got around to watching My Fair Lady, one of the Academy’s most successful and highly regarded Best Picture Winners (1964). Audrey Hepburn was Hollywood’s “it” girl back in the day, and she beat out Julie Andrews for the role of Miss Eliza Doolittle, a peasant … More My Fair Lady (1964)
Ten Stars or Less 