The act of splitting a movie's narrative into multiple parts can be pretty tricky. I'm not talking about series like Lord of the Rings that adapted source material with natural breaking points, I'm more referring to The Hobbit, which was a singular story that was planned to be two movies before getting bloated to three. … Continue reading Acceptable – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
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The Human Element – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Whatever your personal opinions may be when it comes to Tom Cruise as a person - and believe me, I have some issues - it's still important to note that over the last few years, he's been the driving force in saving the theatrical model of the film industry. When he insisted that Top Gun: … Continue reading The Human Element – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oscar Blitz 2023 – Best Picture (VIDEO)
We made it! After 22 categories, five videos, and a metric tonne of anxiety over possible typo's (DAMMIT!), we've come at last to the final and most important field of this year's Blitz, Best Picture! It's been exhausting, but oh so satisfying to see votes come in on the polls, views and like totals raise … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2023 – Best Picture (VIDEO)
Oscar Blitz 2023 – Adapted Screenplay
Year in and year out, Adapted Screenplay proves to be the more difficult of the two writing categories to sort out. Mostly this is because it's very hard for me to settle on consistent criteria for myself. I know in the end it all comes down to personal preference, but I get in my own … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2023 – Adapted Screenplay




