Kempler’s Oscar Pool Picks for the 2006 Academy Awards
Looking for some advice for your office Oscar Pool? Resident film snob, David Kempler chimes in with his Oscar Pool Picks.
Looking for some advice for your office Oscar Pool? Resident film snob, David Kempler chimes in with his Oscar Pool Picks.
An Eastern monster movie with a decidedly Western influence, director Bong Joon-ho’s wildly uneven CGI extravaganza lacks focus but delivers a few chuckles and scares along the way.
The true story of British abolitionist William Wilberforce is told with hammer-strokes and swelling strings instead of subtlety, but it’s a story worth telling.
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If ‘from the creators of Underworld’ doesn’t sell you on this charmless werewolf hokum, nothing in the film will either.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations this morning for this year’s Oscars.
A young Scottish doctor bites off more than he can chew.
Helen Mirren’s flawless performance in the title role is the crowning glory of director Stephen Frears’ piercing portrayal of the British monarchy in the wake of Princess Diana’s death.
Judi Dench gives an ordinary performance for her, a tour de force for most everyone else.
Relentlessly bleak parable from Alfonso Cuarón about a future that finds an infertile human race on the brink of extinction.
| ★★★★★ | Perfection |
| ★★★★☆ | Outstanding |
| ★★★☆★☆ | Excellent |
| ★★★☆☆ | Very good |
| ★★☆★☆☆ | Good |
| ★★☆☆☆ | OK |
| ★☆★☆☆☆ | Pretty Bad |
| ★☆☆☆☆ | Poor |
| ☆★☆☆☆☆ | Blech! |
| No Stars | Fail! |