Tips from Chip

I saw 17 new movies in the month of March, I had 1 re-watch, and I rewatched a TV season.  I finished off the last of the movies that appea...

Stoker was one of my most pleasant surprises when I was working my way through a bunch of 2013 films I had heard good things about.  It’s t...

Here is my list of the ten best 2013 movies.  I believe I’ve seen all the big mainstream movies and critically acclaimed films of the year ...

Among the handful of films that appeared for the first time on IMDB’s 2013 year end Top 250 list was Rang De Basanti.  Along with Incendies...

Sullivan’s Travels was written and directed by Preston Sturges, a man known for his comedy (The Lady Eve, The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek.)  ...

The Big Parade may be the oldest film I’ve seen that shows the horrors of war rather than the “glories” of it.  It was released only seven ...

After the triumph that was 1928’s The Last Command, which helped garner Emil Jannings the first Best Actor Oscar in history, he and directo...

“And if I laugh at any mortal thing, ‘Tis that I may not weep.” – Don Juan, Lord Byron “Some things are of that nature as to make O...

I mentioned in my Picks post that I hadn’t had the time this year to really dig into the nominees, but that the prior two years when I had ...

The Academy Awards ceremony is tonight on ABC.  Check your local listings.  I first tried to pick the Oscar winners three years ago.  I...

I saw 11 new movies in the month of February and I had 1 re-watch.  As I expected, my new job, coupled with the book I am working on, sever...

Here’s a little quiz to see how well you know your Oscar nominees.  I will list a series of real film names, grouped by related titles.  So...

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug improves on the first Hobbit film.  Director Peter Jackson evidently learned from the reaction to some ...

The Danish film The Hunt, nominated this year for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, is a true horror movie.  Please don’t mistake this ...

I have now posted reviews for all nine films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar.  I am not done yet.  I intend to write reviews for those...

Philomena is based on the book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith.  It tells the story of how the title character tried to ...

In the tradition of Oklahoma ! (1955), Kansas (1988), Texas (1994), and South Dakota (2013), comes Nebraska (2013), a movie that takes ...

Gravity was the first of this year’s Oscar nominees to make a splash at the box office and it ended up tying with American Hustle for the m...

About a month ago I alluded to the fact that I might have some news to report soon.  It took longer than I expected, but I can finally talk...

I saw 53 new movies in the month of January, I re-watched 3 others, and I watched a season of a TV show.  A majority of these films were fo...