Draft Day Trailer

Sure this was released last Friday, but I've been a busy camper and with the crazy weekend to end the
season in the NFL -- seeing both of my favorite teams the San Diego Chargers and Green Bay Packers eek into the playoffs, what better way to get into the 2014 Hollywood slate than with the trailer and poster for the April release of Draft Day starring Kevin Costner.

You may remember that I had a post last year when the NFL draft was going on to watch the floor for the movie as it was being shot in and around the festivities. Now the movie is ready to head to theaters on April 11. Just in time to get your Draft Day fix in theaters before the real NFL Draft Day in early May.

Take a look at the trailer below.

19th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards - Full Nomination List

Here it is, the list of nominees for the this year's Critics' Choice Movie Awards - Airing on CW on January 16, 2014. This is just the raw list -- commentary coming later including who I think was missed and who I absolutely love that was nominated.

NOMINATIONS FOR THE 19th ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS

BEST PICTURE
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Saving Mr. Banks
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ACTOR
Christian Bale – American Hustle
Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford – All Is Lost

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Judi Dench – Philomena
Brie Larson – Short Term 12
Meryl Streep – August: Osage County
Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
Daniel Bruhl – Rush
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
James Gandolfini – Enough Said
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Scarlett Johansson – Her
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts – August: Osage County
June Squibb – Nebraska
Oprah Winfrey – Lee Daniels’ The Butler
  
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Asa Butterfield – Ender’s Game
Adele Exarchopoulos – Blue Is the Warmest Color
Liam James – The Way Way Back
Sophie Nelisse – The Book Thief
Tye Sheridan – Mud

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
American Hustle
August: Osage County
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Nebraska
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuaron – Gravity
Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips
Spike Jonze – Her
Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell – American Hustle
Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Eric Singer and David O. Russell – American Hustle
Woody Allen – Blue Jasmine
Spike Jonze – Her
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – Inside Llewyn Davis
Bob Nelson – Nebraska

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Tracy Letts – August: Osage County
Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke – Before Midnight
Billy Ray – Captain Phillips
Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope – Philomena
John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave
Terence Winter – The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Lubezki – Gravity
Bruno Delbonnel – Inside Llewyn Davis
Phedon Papamichael – Nebraska
Roger Deakins – Prisoners
Sean Bobbitt – 12 Years a Slave

BEST ART DIRECTION
Andy Nicholson (Production Designer), Rosie Goodwin (Set Decorator) – Gravity
Catherine Martin (Production Designer), Beverley Dunn (Set Decorator) – The Great Gatsby
K.K. Barrett (Production Designer), Gene Serdena (Set Decorator) – Her
Dan Hennah (Production Designer), Ra Vincent (Set Decorator) – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Adam Stockhausen (Production Designer), Alice Baker (Set Decorator) – 12 Years a Slave

BEST EDITING
Alan Baumgarten, Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers – American Hustle
Christopher Rouse – Captain Phillips
Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger – Gravity
Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill – Rush
Joe Walker – 12 Years a Slave
Thelma Schoonmaker – The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Michael Wilkinson – American Hustle
Catherine Martin – The Great Gatsby
Bob Buck, Lesley Burkes-Harding, Ann Maskrey, Richard Taylor – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Daniel Orlandi – Saving Mr. Banks
Patricia Norris – 12 Years a Slave

BEST MAKEUP
American Hustle
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Rush
12 Years a Slave

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
Pacific Rim
Star Trek into Darkness

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Frozen
Monsters University
The Wind Rises

BEST ACTION MOVIE
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Iron Man 3
Lone Survivor
Rush
Star Trek into Darkness

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Henry Cavill – Man of Steel
Robert Downey Jr. – Iron Man 3
Brad Pitt – World War Z
Mark Wahlberg – Lone Survivor

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Evangeline Lilly – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Gwyneth Paltrow – Iron Man 3

BEST COMEDY
American Hustle
Enough Said
The Heat
This Is the End
The Way Way Back
The World’s End

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Christian Bale – American Hustle
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
James Gandolfini – Enough Said
Simon Pegg – The World’s End
Sam Rockwell – The Way Way Back

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Amy Adams – American Hustle
Sandra Bullock – The Heat
Greta Gerwig – Frances Ha
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Enough Said
Melissa McCarthy – The Heat

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
The Conjuring
Gravity
Star Trek into Darkness
World War Z

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Blue Is the Warmest Color
The Great Beauty
The Hunt
The Past
Wadjda

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The Act of Killing
Blackfish
Stories We Tell
Tim’s Vermeer
20 Feet from Stardom

BEST SONG
Atlas – Coldplay – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Happy – Pharrell Williams – Despicable Me 2
Let It Go – Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez – Frozen
Ordinary Love – U2 – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Please Mr. Kennedy – Justin Timberlake/Oscar Isaac/Adam Driver – Inside Llewyn Davis
Young and Beautiful – Lana Del Rey – The Great Gatsby

BEST SCORE
Steven Price – Gravity
Arcade Fire – Her
Thomas Newman – Saving Mr. Banks
Hans Zimmer – 12 Years a Slave


NOMINEES BY PICTURE FOR
THE 19th ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS

12 Years a Slave – 13 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Actor / Chiwetel Ejiofor
Best Supporting Actor / Michael Fassbender
Best Supporting Actress / Lupita Nyong’o
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Director / Steve McQueen
Best Adapted Screenplay / John Ridley
Best Cinematography / Sean Bobbitt
Best Art Direction / Adam Stockhausen (Production Designer), Alice Baker (Set Decorator)
Best Editing / Joe Walker
Best Costume Design / Patricia Norris
Best Makeup
Best Score / Hans Zimmer

20 Feet from Stardom – 1 Nomination
Best Documentary

The Act of Killing – 1 Nomination
Best Documentary

All is Lost – 1 Nomination
Best Actor / Robert Redford

American Hustle – 13 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Actor / Christian Bale
Best Supporting Actor / Bradley Cooper
Best Supporting Actress / Jennifer Lawrence
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Director / David O. Russell
Best Original Screenplay / Eric Singer and David O. Russell
Best Editing / Alan Baumgarten, Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers
Best Costume Design / Michael Wilkinson
Best Makeup
Best Comedy
Best Actor in a Comedy / Christian Bale
Best Actress in a Comedy / Amy Adams

August: Osage County – 4 Nominations
Best Actress / Meryl Streep
Best Supporting Actress / Julia Roberts
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Adapted Screenplay / Tracy Letts

Before Midnight – 1 Nomination
Best Adapted Screenplay / Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke

Blackfish – 1 Nomination
Best Documentary

Blue is the Warmest Color – 2 Nominations
Best Young Actor/Actress / Adele Exarchopoulos
Best Foreign Language Film

Blue Jasmine – 2 Nominations
Best Actress / Cate Blanchett
Best Original Screenplay / Woody Allen

The Book Thief – 1 Nomination
Best Young Actor/Actress / Sophie Nelisse

Captain Phillips – 6 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Actor / Tom Hanks
Best Supporting Actor / Barkhad Abdi
Best Director / Paul Greengrass
Best Adapted Screenplay / Billy Ray
Best Editing / Christopher Rouse

The Conjuring – 1 Nomination
Best Sci-fi/Horror Movie

The Croods – 1 Nomination
Best Animated Film

Dallas Buyers Club – 3 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Actor / Matthew McConaughey
Best Supporting Actor / Jared Leto

Despicable Me 2 – 2 Nominations
Best Animated Film
Best Song / Happy – Pharrell Williams

Ender’s Game – 1 Nomination
Best Young Actor/Actress / Asa Butterfield

Enough Said – 4 Nominations
Best Supporting Actor / James Gandolfini
Best Comedy
Best Actor in a Comedy / James Gandolfini
Best Actress in a Comedy / Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Frances Ha – 1 Nomination
Best Actress in a Comedy / Greta Gerwig

Frozen – 2 Nominations
Best Animated Film
Best Song / Let It Go – Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez

Gravity – 10 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Actress / Sandra Bullock
Best Director / Alfonso Cuarón
Best Cinematography / Emmanuel Lubezki
Best Art Direction / Andy Nicholson (Production Designer), Rosie Goodwin (Set Decorator)
Best Editing / Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger
Best Visual Effects
Best Actress in An Action Movie / Sandra Bullock
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie
Best Score / Steven Price

The Great Beauty – 1 Nomination
Best Foreign Language Film

The Great Gatsby – 3 Nominations
Best Art Direction / Catherine Martin (Production Designer), Beverley Dunn (Set Decorator)
Best Costume Design / Catherine Martin
Best Song / Young and Beautiful – Lana Del Rey

The Heat – 3 Nominations
Best Comedy
Best Actress in a Comedy / Sandra Bullock
Best Actress in a Comedy / Melissa McCarthy

Her – 6 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Supporting Actress / Scarlett Johansson
Best Director / Spike Jonze
Best Original Screenplay / Spike Jonze
Best Art Direction / K.K. Barrett (Production Designer), Gene Serdena (Set Decorator)
Best Score / Arcade Fire

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – 5 Nominations
Best Art Direction / Dan Hennah (Production Designer), Ra Vincent (Set Decorator)
Best Costume Design / Bob Buck, Lesley Burkes-Harding, Ann Maskrey, Richard Taylor
Best Makeup
Best Visual Effects
Best Actress in an Action Movie / Evangeline Lilly

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – 3 Nominations
Best Action Movie
Best Actress in an Action Movie / Jennifer Lawrence
Best Song / Atlas – Coldplay

The Hunt – 1 Nomination
Best Foreign Language Film

Inside Llewyn Davis – 4 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Original Screenplay / Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Best Cinematography / Bruno Delbonnel
Best Song / Please Mr. Kennedy – Justin Timberlake/Oscar Isaac/Adam Driver

Iron Man 3 – 4 Nominations
Best Visual Effects
Best Action Movie
Best Actor in an Action Movie / Robert Downey Jr.
Best Actress in an Action Movie / Gwyneth Paltrow

Lee Daniels’ The Butler – 3 Nominations
Best Supporting Actress / Oprah Winfrey
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Makeup

Lone Survivor – 2 Nominations
Best Action Movie
Best Actor in an Action Movie / Mark Wahlberg

Man of Steel – 1 Nomination   
Best Actor in an Action Movie / Henry Cavill

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – 1 Nomination
Best Song / Ordinary Love – U2

Monsters University – 1 Nomination
Best Animated Film

Mud – 1 Nomination
Best Young Actor/Actress / Tye Sheridan

Nebraska – 6 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Actor / Bruce Dern
Best Supporting Actress / June Squibb
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Original Screenplay / Bob Nelson
Best Cinematography / Phedon Papamichael

Pacific Rim – 1 Nomination
Best Visual Effects

The Past – 1 Nomination
Best Foreign Language Film

Philomena – 2 Nominations
Best Actress / Judi Dench
Best Adapted Screenplay / Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope

Prisoners – 1 Nomination
Best Cinematography / Roger Deakins

Rush – 4 Nominations
Best Supporting Actor / Daniel Bruhl
Best Editing / Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
Best Makeup
Best Action Movie

Saving Mr. Banks – 4 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Actress / Emma Thompson
Best Costume Design / Daniel Orlandi
Best Score / Thomas Newman

Short Term 12 – 1 Nomination
Best Actress / Brie Larson

Star Trek into Darkness – 3 Nominations
Best Visual Effects
Best Action Movie
Best Sci-fi/Horror Movie

Stories We Tell – 1 Nomination
Best Documentary

This Is The End – 1 Nomination
Best Comedy

Tim’s Vermeer – 1 Nomination
Best Documentary

Wadjda – 1 Nomination
Best Foreign Language Film

The Way Way Back – 3 Nominations
Best Young Actor/Actress / Liam James
Best Comedy
Best Actor in a Comedy / Sam Rockwell

The Wind Rises – 1 Nomination
Best Animated Film

The Wolf of Wall Street – 6 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Acting Ensemble  
Best Director / Martin Scorsese   
Best Adapted Screenplay / Terence Winter
Best Editing / Thelma Schoonmaker
Best Actor in a Comedy / Leonardo DiCaprio

World War Z – 2 Nominations
Best Actor in an Action Movie / Brad Pitt
Best Sci-fi/Horror Movie

The World’s End – 2 Nominations
Best Comedy
Best Actor in a Comedy / Simon Pegg

Submit The Documentary Contest

As I mentioned on Real Milwaukee this morning.

Win a DVD and Tshirt here or at the Facebook page - email me you name it - just get in touch with me somehow for your chance to win. If you don't win you can watch the movie here through my site. 

If you are a school/parents group that would like to show this movie in a group setting you can get in touch with me and I will put you in touch with the producers.

Home Screening Room - It's Monsters This Week

It's Monsters This Halloween Week. 

Big Releases from Theaters

Monsters University – Rated G (voices of Billy Crystal, John Goodman)

R.I.P.D – Rated PG-13 (Jeff Bridges, Ryan Reynolds)

Two movies that had totally different results in the box office both come home on the same day. R.I.P.D. bombed at the theaters, but that can sometimes mean good things for the DVD release. Haven’t seen the extras here just yet, but the movie itself…well it bombed for a reason. On the other hand, Monsters University comes from a successful run in the theaters with a Blu-ray that is loaded with extras. I HAVE explored this one and will have more about it in another column.

Also New This Week

The Bible: The Eipc Miniseries – Not Rated (Diogo Morgado, Amber Rose Revan)

Byzantium – Rated R (Gemma Arterton, Saoirse Ronan)

Don’t Trust the B…in Apartment 23: The Complete Series

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist – Not Rated R (Christian Martyn, Eddie Steeples)

Raising Hope: The Complete Third Season

What a cross-section here. From the Bible to another B and yet another turn with Home Alone? Remember the first Home Alone took the box office by storm in November of 1990 (23 years ago now).  

Final Score

The Monsters University Blu-ray / DVD combo pack needs to be in your collection. Every fan of Disney / Pixar films should see the background here that looks behind the scenes of the absolutely cool Pixar Studios..

Pop Popcorn, Do the DietDew, and Bust out the Blu and remember to Save Me A Seat!

Review - Bad Grandpa

Not Your Father's Grandpa

Sitting down to view the newest film starring Johnny Knoxville as the stereotypical “dirty old man” Irving Zisman was the bane of many film critics’ existence. But Why?

Sure the film is raw, raunchy and over the top, but didn’t we expect that knowing how Zisman has been portrayed in earlier Jackass films? Maybe, many of the critics haven’t seen one of the earlier Jackass films and maybe they don’t realize how funny those skits were in the context of everything. But I digress…

Let’s get to the thin story that exists. Irving’s wife has passed away and he sets out to take his daughter’s son (she’s on her way to jail) across the country to his father. Along the way the two encounter a variety of individuals and a variety of situations.

That’s the thin plot that exists here and the real thing wrong with the film. Because the plot is so thin, it actually detracts from the fun that is here.

Look, I’m not going to tell you everyone will like this film. They won’t. But what I am going to say is Johnny Knoxville and the rest of the cast delivers a mix of belly laughs, chuckles and downright funny moments to go alongside the cringe inducing turns.

Yes, I went home right after the movie and showered, but only once. Compared to some of the Jackass gags, this is actually kind of tame.

I don’t apologize for laughing out loud at the screening as Johnny Knoxville can deliver that. This would have been even funnier if it were in the context of just the Irving Zisman chronicles…it didn’t need the road trip aspect.

If it’s over the top raucous laughs you are looking for, you won’t get much badder than this grandpa. This is definitely NOT your father's grandpa.

B-

Bad Grandpa

Paramount Pictures

Director: Jeff Tremaine

Cast: Johnny Knoxville, Jackson Nicoll

Rating: R for strong crude and sexual content throughout, language, some graphic nudity and brief drug use.

Runtime: 1 hour 32 minutes

Submit the Documentary - Watch Now

A couple weeks back, during the midst of the Milwaukee Film Festival, I took time out of that busy

schedule to talk about a film I found to be important for parents to see. The film is Submit The Documentary and it takes a very real look at Cyber bullying.

Take a look at what I said here. A Closer Look - Submit The Documentary.

This post comes to you as a two fold absolutely impressive thing. The creators behind the film agree and have always agreed that this is a film that needs to be seen by a wide variety of people. So they went to an even crazier step and released it in a number of outlets for FREE to watch online.

I agree - this is a title that needs to be seen and so I've embedded the You Tube link to the complete film below. Please take an hour and watch it. It is enlightening and a bit scary. But as parents we need to be prepared to fight for our kids wherever harm may find them. You may have a Facebook page, be on Twitter, post to Instagram or text regularly, but you probably won't believe what happens in the same forums when you are middle school or high school student.

If you are an educational insititution or a parents group (PTO and the like). Please contact the producers directly - they have educational materials available to help you with this and can make sure the impact is felt.

I don't have a vested interest in this film. I asked to see it'; it wasn't pitched to me. Do I think it is the best documentary you will see this year, not really. But I think it is as important if not more important that most of what you will watch for the year. I have a 9 year old daughter and although she isn't involved in Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Texting and the like....I need to prepare for the future as we all should.

Watch the movie below -- and underneath that please find the contact information to find out more on educational screenings.




You can always contact me directly through this site.

Or visit the film's website - http://www.submitthedocumentary.com/

Or to book the film, questions, for more info go directly to the contact page. http://www.submitthedocumentary.com/contact/ 

All bullying is wrong...you will be able to see physical bullying, but the bullying that is done online can be much worse.

Do me a favor, watch the film and talk to your kids. You can help. Don't be afraid.

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Midweek Fun - Anchorman 2 Trailer and More

I'm not gonna lie -- this has been a long, slow week....

I've been getting a lot accomplished, but man....how i needed this. I'm hungry and what shows up in my email. A release announcing Scotchy Scotch Scotch...I'm hungry and could use some ice cream and I get an email on Ron Burgundy's flavor? Send me some...I want some!! Ben? Jerry? Ron? Paramount? Are you listening? YUMM!!!

Roun Burgundy himself is quoted as saying. “Scotchy, Scotch, Scotch is a delicious ice cream and I hope Ben and Jerry consider my other suggestions...Malt liquor marshmallow, well liquor bourbon peanut butter, and cheap white wine sherbet.” 

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues is in theaters this December from Paramount Pictures.

But that's not all this column has on Anchorman 2... The new trailer is below, and yes I laughed a lot!




Not into Anchorman news, ok, though you should be. The Los Angeles Times broke the story yesterday that The Monuments Men (scheduled to open this December as well) has moved to 2014. Visual effects that weren't completed in time is listed as part of the reason.

For those of you that think this job is all easy (it is fun)... I had to go from the tone of 12 Years A Slave this week to seeing Bad Grandpa the very next day. Yep - 2 very different movies and the mindset leaving the theater was 180 degrees different. But I wouldn't trade it for the world.

Last but not least, let me leave you with this...

When walking my daughter to the bus this morning, with a light layer of frost on the surface we had the following discussion.

Dad: Looks like Jack Frost came over night...
Daughter: Do you think Jack Frost gets the other characters from Rise Of The Guardians to help him when there is this much frost around?

Maybe he does....maybe he does. (Movies are life in my household). I love the innocence of youth!

Until next time.

Hug those special to you and be nice to someone!

Oh and enjoy the show!

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