Movie Review – Babylon
Not a fun journey, but it is a fascinating one lined with dark satire.
Damien Chazelle
PIC of the Week – First Man
Ray Schillaci’s PIC of the week at TheMovieGuys.net for 1/24/19 – First Man
Movie Review – First Man
Chazelle is just as adept at handling a more pensive storytelling style as he was when he pulled out all the stops and won the Oscar.
First Man: An Impressive Trailer, But…
Can Damien Chazelle’s FIRST MAN rise above other space epics? Our Movie Guy Ray takes a close look.
La La Land – The Defense Rests
“La La Land” is on its way to a rout at tonight’s Academy Awards, and I welcome it.
Oscar Rant 2017
Paul Preston’s annual, exhaustively-researched, category-by-category breakdown of the entire Oscars for 2017
“La La” Lands Fourteen Nominations…to my astonishment
Ray Schillaci is the first Movie Guy to chime in on the Academy Award nominations. He…didn’t like “La La Land”…
La La Land – A Second Opinion
I know I’ll be vilified by its fans, but “La La Land” may be the most overhyped and over indulgent film since “The Artist”
Movie Review – La La Land
One of those theatre experiences where you realize while you are seeing it that you might be watching an all-time classic.
Awards Watch 2016
All the nominees in the awards race for the movies of 2016, all in one place.
MOVIE REVIEW – 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE
The sum of the efforts of all this talent makes for a wildly enjoyable movie.
THE TOP TEN FILMS OF 2014…A SECOND (AND THIRD) OPINION
It’s Oscar Sunday, and with The Oscar Rant out there, more opinions have popped up about the ten best films of 2014.
OSCAR RANT 2015
Paul Preston’s annual, exhaustive, no-stone-left-unturned once over of all the nominees. All of them.
OSCAR NOMINEE MOVIE REVIEW – WHIPLASH
WHIPLASH is a story about the pursuit of excellence. To me, it was the best picture I saw all of last year.
AWARDS WATCH 2014
Self-congratulation is still the rage in TinselTown. Who are we to not report on it? Agree? Disagree? It doesn’t matter, the awards will go out week after week until the Oscars, February 22nd, 2015.