The Hurt Locker Explodes With Oscar Win
The Hurt Locker wins the Best Original Screenplay Oscar, along with Best Picture, Best Director and three other naked statuettes. Wow. I’m both thrilled for the filmmakers and kinda stunned at the same time. I love the fact that this “little movie that could” has, in fact, “did.” But is it really better than other [...]
Adding The Hurt Locker: A Review
In my typical revisionistic fashion, I’ve rewritten my list of “Best Produced Screenplays of 2009” after finally watching The Hurt Locker. My Top 8 now becomes a Top 9. I didn’t bump anybody off the list because they’re all stellar work. But at the same time, I didn’t put Kathryn Bigelow’s intense drama (about a [...]
Oscar Win Validates My Top Screenplays List
Who doesn’t like a little bit of self-congratulatory backslapping? I certainly ain’t dishonest enough to deny that I do. So I’m going to slap my back and congratulate myself for listing Slumdog Millionaire as No. 1 on my list of the best screenplays of 2008 and then watching the Oscars last Sunday as it won [...]