The GOP Debates: Round 3 — The Main Event
OCTOBER 29, 2015 That was just a hot mess. The third Republican Presidential debate took place on Wednesday night in Boulder, CO, sponsored by CNBC in a debate that…
Month: October 2015
Why Do I Still Watch “Survivor?”
OCTOBER 28, 2015 (Almost) everything important in business that I have learned in the last 15 years, I have learned from “Survivor.” Yes, a TV reality/competition show. And in…
A New Out-Of-Left-Field Awards Contender — 1 Mother, 1 Son, 1 “Room”
OCTOBER 27, 2015 No one saw “Room” coming. At this year’s Toronto Film Festival, all the talk was about the Oscar bait, films that use the festival to launch…
Did the Last 12 Days Just Win Hillary Clinton the Election?
OCTOBER 26, 2015 It’s January 20, 2017, and if it is Hillary Clinton standing on that podium about to take the Presidential oath of office, historians will likely look…
Netflix Tries To Crash the Oscar Race With the Brutal and Haunting “Beasts of No Nation”
OCTOBER 22, 2015 Netflix’s new theatrical release “Beasts of No Nation” is a game-changer — not necessarily in the content or execution of the film itself, but in how…
Joe Says No
OCTOBER 21, 2015 This afternoon in the White House Rose Garden, Vice-President Joe Biden announced that time had run out for him to mount a credible campaign and that…
Guillermo del Toro’s Creepy “Crimson Peak” is Absolutely Gorgeous and Just Nuts
OCTOBER 20, 2015 In Mexican cinema circles, they are known as “The Three Amigos.” Alfonso Cuaron, Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Guillermo del Toro came up together in the Mexican…
“The Walk” in 3D — 90 Minutes of Routine Drama, Then Pow!
OCTOBER 19, 2015 I was living in New York in 1974 when Philippe Petit made his famous walk on a wire between the two towers of the then-new World…
Best Actor — Ten Performances To Put On Your Oscar Radar
OCTOBER 16, 2015 In my first two Oscar columns, I highlighted 16 films that currently stand the best chance of making that potential 10-film cut for Best Picture. Happily,…
The Nobel Peace Prize-Winner Deserves a Better Documentary Than “He Named Me Malala”
OCTOBER 15, 2015 There’s a legend of an Afghani hero in 1880 named Malala. In the Battle of Maiwand against the English invaders, the Afghanis began to lose heart…
