TRASH IN MY EYE Reviews

Monday, December 21, 2015

"Spotlight" Named Best Film of 2015 by Washington DC Area Film Critics Association

Sunday, December 20, 2015

New Teaser Trailer for "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows"

Meet Casey Jones, Bebop, and Rocksteady in the new teaser trailer for: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS

https://youtu.be/HeaugHGd1Kw

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS is in-theaters June 3rd, 2016!

#TMNT2

“TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS” is the sequel to the 2014 hit film “TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES.” The film is based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters created by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman and is directed by David Green (“EARTH TO ECHO”). Michael Bay (the “TRANSFORMERS franchise) returns to produce alongside his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form (“ TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES”), with Galen Walker and Scott Mednick (“TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES”) also producing.

Also returning for the sequel is Megan Fox (“TRANSFORMERS”) as April O’Neil, Will Arnett (“Arrested Development”) as Vernon Fenwick and the Turtles: Alan Ritchson as Raphael, Noel Fisher as Michelangelo, Pete Ploszek at Leonardo, and Jeremy Howard as Donatello. Rounding out the cast is Stephen Amell (“Arrow,”) as Casey Jones, Tyler Perry ("GONE GIRL", the "MADEA" franchise) as Baxter Stockman, Academy Award nominated actress Laura Linney (“The Big C”, “LOVE ACTUALLY”) as Chief Rebecca Vincent, Brian Tee (“JURASSIC WORLD”) as Shredder, WWE World Heavy Weight Champion Stephen “Sheamus” Farrelly as Rocksteady and Gary Anthony Williams (“THE INTERNSHIP”) as Bebop.

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Poster and Trailer for "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot"

See Tina Fey in the new trailer for WhiskeyTango Foxtrot

Link - https://youtu.be/dxAcIWDi8ps

WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT is in-theaters March 4, 2016!

Directed By: Glenn Ficarra & John Requa
Starring: Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina and Billy Bob Thornton

Website - http://www.whiskeytangofoxtrotthemovie.com/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/WTFTheMovie
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2015 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award Nominations

Founded in 2002, The Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) is comprised of professional DC-based film critics with affiliations in television, radio, print and the internet. As of 2013, WAFCA has grown to include 58 dedicated members from the District, Maryland and Virginia.

2015 WAFCA Award nominees:

Best Film:
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario
Spotlight

Best Director:
Alex Garland (Ex Machina)
Todd Haynes (Carol)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu (The Revenant)
George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Ridley Scott (The Martian)

Best Actor:
Matt Damon (The Martian)
Johnny Depp (Black Mass)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)

Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett (Carol)
Brie Larson (Room)
Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)
Sarah Silverman (I Smile Back)
Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Supporting Actor:
Paul Dano (Love & Mercy)
Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation)
Tom Hardy (The Revenant)
Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)
Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

Best Supporting Actress:
Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)
Rooney Mara (Carol)
Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)
Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)
Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

Best Acting Ensemble:
The Big Short
The Hateful Eight
Spotlight
Steve Jobs
Straight Outta Compton

Best Youth Performance:
Abraham Attah (Beasts of No Nation)
Raffey Cassidy (Tomorrowland)
Oona Laurence (Southpaw)
Güneş Şensoy (Mustang)
Jacob Tremblay (Room)

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Nick Hornby (Brooklyn)
Phyllis Nagy (Carol)
Drew Goddard (The Martian)
Emma Donoghue (Room)
Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs)

Best Original Screenplay:
Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen (Bridge of Spies)
Alex Garland (Ex Machina)
Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley (Original Story by Pete Docter and Ronnie Del Carmen) (Inside Out)
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)
Amy Schumer (Trainwreck)

Best Animated Feature:
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie

Best Documentary:
Amy
Best of Enemies
Cartel Land
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
The Look of Silence

Best Foreign Language Film:
The Assassin (Taiwan, Hong Kong, China)
Goodnight Mommy (Austria)
Mustang (Turkey, France, Germany)
The Second Mother (Brazil)
Son of Saul (Hungary)

Best Production Design:
Production Designer: François Séguin, Set Decorators: Jennifer Oman and Louise Tremblay (Brooklyn)
Production Designer: Judy Becker, Set Decorator: Heather Loeffler (Carol)
Production Designer: Dante Ferretti, Set Decorator: Francesca Loschiavo-Ferretti (Cinderella)
Production Designer: Thomas Sanders, Set Decorators: Jeffrey Melvin and Shane Vieau (Crimson Peak)
Production Designer: Colin Gibson, Set Decorator: Lisa Thompson (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Cinematography:
Yves Bélanger, CSC (Brooklyn)
Ed Lachman, ASC (Carol)
John Seale, ASC, ACS (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC (The Revenant)
Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC (Sicario)

Best Editing:
Margaret Sixel (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Pietro Scalia, ACE (The Martian)
Stephen Mirrione, ACE (The Revenant)
Joe Walker, ACE (Sicario)
Elliott Graham, ACE (Steve Jobs)

Best Original Score:
Michael Brook (Brooklyn)
Carter Burwell (Carol)
Ennio Morricone (The Hateful Eight)
Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Jóhann Jóhannsson (Sicario)

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112 Competitors, But Only 5 Original Score Nominations at 88th Oscars

112 ORIGINAL SCORES IN 2015 OSCAR RACE

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 112 scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2015 are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 88th Academy Awards®.

The eligible scores along with their composers are listed below, in alphabetical order by film title:

"Adult Beginners," Marcelo Zarvos, composer
"The Age of Adaline," Rob Simonsen, composer
"Altered Minds," Edmund Choi, composer
"Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip," Mark Mothersbaugh, composer
"Anomalisa," Carter Burwell, composer
"Ant-Man," Christophe Beck, composer
"Beasts of No Nation," Dan Romer, composer
"The Big Short," Nicholas Britell, composer
"Black Mass," Tom Holkenborg, composer
"Bridge of Spies," Thomas Newman, composer
"Brooklyn," Michael Brook, composer
"Burnt," Rob Simonsen, composer
"By the Sea," Gabriel Yared, composer
"Carol," Carter Burwell, composer
"Cartel Land," H. Scott Salinas and Jackson Greenberg, composers
"Chi-Raq," Terence Blanchard, composer
"Cinderella," Patrick Doyle, composer
"Coming Home," Qigang Chen, composer
"Concussion," James Newton Howard, composer
"Creed," Ludwig Goransson, composer
"The Danish Girl," Alexandre Desplat, composer
"The Divergent Series: Insurgent," Joseph Trapanese, composer
"Dukhtar," Peter Nashel, composer
"The End of the Tour," Danny Elfman, composer
"Everest," Dario Marianelli, composer
"Ex Machina," Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow, composers
"Far from the Madding Crowd," Craig Armstrong, composer
"Fifty Shades of Grey," Danny Elfman, composer
"5 Flights Up," David Newman, composer
"Frame by Frame," Patrick Jonsson, composer
"Freedom," James Lavino, composer
"Furious Seven," Brian Tyler, composer
"The Good Dinosaur," Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna, composers
"Goosebumps," Danny Elfman, composer
"Grandma," Joel P. West, composer
"The Hateful Eight," Ennio Morricone, composer
"He Named Me Malala," Thomas Newman, composer
"Hot Pursuit," Christophe Beck, composer
"Hot Tub Time Machine 2," Christophe Beck, composer
"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2," James Newton Howard, composer
"The Hunting Ground," Miriam Cutler, composer
"I Smile Back," Zack Ryan, composer
"I'll See You in My Dreams," Keegan DeWitt, composer
"In the Heart of the Sea," Roque Baños, composer
"Inside Out," Michael Giacchino, composer
"The Intern," Theodore Shapiro, composer
"It Follows," Disasterpeace, composer
"Jalam," Ouesppachan, composer
"Jurassic World," Michael Giacchino, composer
"Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet," Gabriel Yared, composer
"Kingsman: The Secret Service," Henry Jackman and Matthew Margeson, composers
"Krampus," Douglas Pipes, composer
"La Jaula de Oro," Jacobo Lieberman and Leonardo Heiblum, composers
"The Lady in the Van," George Fenton, composer
"The Last Witch Hunter," Steve Jablonsky, composer
"Learning to Drive," Dhani Harrison and Paul Hicks, composers
"Legend," Carter Burwell, composer
"Little Accidents," Marcelo Zarvos, composer
"The Longest Ride," Mark Isham, composer
"Mad Max: Fury Road," Tom Holkenborg, composer
"The Man from U.N.C.L.E.," Daniel Pemberton, composer
"The Martian," Harry Gregson-Williams, composer
"Max," Trevor Rabin, composer
"Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials," John Paesano, composer
"Meru," J. Ralph, composer
"Minions," Heitor Pereira, composer
"Mr. Holmes," Carter Burwell, composer
"Mistress America," Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips, composers
"My All American," John Paesano, composer
"Nachom-ia Kumpasar," Ronnie Monsorate, composer
"99 Homes," Antony Partos and Matteo Zingales, composers
"Our Brand Is Crisis," David Wingo, composer
"Pan," John Powell, composer
"Paper Towns," Son Lux, composer
"Paranoid Girls," Javier del Santo, composer
"Pawn Sacrifice," James Newton Howard, composer
"The Peanuts Movie," Christophe Beck, composer
"Pixels," Henry Jackman, composer
"Poached," Mark Orton, composer
"Pod," Giona Ostinelli, composer
"Poltergeist," Marc Streitenfeld, composer
"Racing Extinction," J. Ralph, composer
"Room," Stephen Rennicks, composer
"Salt Bridge," Marciano Telese, composer
"San Andreas," Andrew Lockington, composer
"The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," Thomas Newman, composer
"Set Fire to the Stars," Gruff Rhys, composer
"Shaun the Sheep Movie," Ilan Eshkeri, composer
"Sicario," Jóhann Jóhannsson, composer
"Southpaw," James Horner, composer
"Spectre," Thomas Newman, composer
"The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water," John Debney, composer
"Spotlight," Howard Shore, composer
"Spy," Theodore Shapiro, composer
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens," John Williams, composer
"Steve Jobs," Daniel Pemberton, composer
"Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans," Jim Copperthwaite, composer
"Stonewall," Rob Simonsen, composer
"Suffragette," Alexandre Desplat, composer
"Taken 3," Nathaniel Mechaly, composer
"Ted 2," Walter Murphy, composer
"Testament of Youth," Max Richter, composer
"The 33," James Horner, composer
"Tomorrowland," Michael Giacchino, composer
"True Story," Marco Beltrami, composer
"Trumbo," Theodore Shapiro, composer
"Truth," Brian Tyler, composer
"Victor Frankenstein," Craig Armstrong, composer
"The Walk," Alan Silvestri, composer
"The Water Diviner," David Hirschfelder, composer
"Wolf Totem," James Horner, composer
"Z for Zachariah," Heather McIntosh, composer

A Reminder List of works submitted in the Original Score category will be made available with a nominations ballot to all members of the Music Branch, who shall vote in the order of their preference for not more than five achievements. The five achievements receiving the highest number of votes will become the nominations for final voting for the award.

To be eligible, the original score must be a substantial body of music that serves as original dramatic underscoring, and must be written specifically for the motion picture by the submitting composer. Scores diluted by the use of tracked themes or other preexisting music, diminished in impact by the predominant use of songs, or assembled from the music of more than one composer shall not be eligible.

The 88th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 14, 2016, at 5:30 a.m. PT at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

The 88th Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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Review: "Mad Max: Fury Road" is the Real Fast and Furious

TRASH IN MY EYE No. 48 (of 2015) by Leroy Douresseaux

[A version of this review originally appeared on Patreon.]

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Running time: 120 minutes (2 hours)
MPAA – R for intense sequences of violence throughout, and for disturbing images
DIRECTOR: George Miller
WRITERS: George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, and Nico Lathouris
PRODUCERS: George Miller, Doug Mitchell, and PJ Voeten
CINEMATOGRAPHER: John Seale
EDITORS: Margaret Sixel
COMPOSER: Junkie XL (Tom Holkenborg)

ACTION/SCI-FI/THRILLER

Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Josh Helman, Nathan Jones, Zoë Kravitz, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, Abbey Lee, and Courtney Eaton

Mad Max: Fury Road is a 2015 post-apocalyptic action film from director George Miller. Written by Miller, Brendan McCarthy, and Nico Lathouris, Fury Road is the fourth film in the Mad Max film franchise, which began with the 1979 Australian film, Mad Max. Actor Tom Hardy replaces actor Mel Gibson as the title character; Gibson portrayed Max in the franchise's first three movies. Mad Max: Fury Road follows a warrior who escapes with a group of female prisoners and takes them on a search for her homeland, with the aid of a drifter named Max.

Mad Max: Fury Road is set some years after a nuclear holocaust has left civilization collapsed and the world a desert wasteland. One oasis is The Citadel, which is ruled over by the tyrannical Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne), who has an army of “War Boys” to carry out his orders. Early in the story, Joe sends one of his lieutenants, Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron), in an armored truck to collect gasoline. After she goes off-route, Joe realizes that Furiosa has escaped with his five wives: Angharad (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley), Capable (Riley Keough), Cheedo (Courtney Eaton), The Dag (Abbey Lee), and Toast (Zoë Kravitz).

Immortan Joe leads his entire army in pursuit of Furiosa and her armored truck, a “war rig.” A sick War Boy named, Nux (Nicholas Hoult), seeks to make his name stopping Furiosa. But the fate of Furiosa and her fellow escapees may rest in the hands of a drifter recently caught by the War Boys, the former “Road Warrior,” Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy).

If Mad Max: Fury Road is not the best genre film of the year, it is one of the best and sits near the top. Compared to its summer action movie competitors, Fury Road features relatively little use of CGI and other computer-generated special effects. What is even more surprising is that the hero of Fury Road is really a female character, Charlize Theron's Imperator Furiosa. Tom Hardy's Max is, at best, a partner, if not a kind of sidekick.

The Furiosa-Max dynamic allows Miller and his co-writers to drive this film with themes of survival and redemption, rather than with male-centered, goal-oriented themes like revenge or the pursuit of something (like gas and guns). Thus, Fury Road seems more hopeful than the other films in this franchise, which were about the desperation to survive. In fact, this film's thoughtful approach to both character and to the drama of the big “Fury Road” chase, allows even an ostensible villain, Nux the War Boy, to have an arc of redemption.

I could talk more about the performances, the characters, and the drama, which are all good, but I would rather talk about the action. Mad Max: Fury Road is a whirling dervish of action sequences and scenes. I see, at least, a best editing Oscar nomination in Fury Road's future, and some love from whatever awards that are given for the men and women who perform stunt work in movies. The road races and vehicle pursuits surpass even the amazing chases in 1981's Mad Max 2 (known as The Road Warrior for its 1982 U.S. release). The action is so good that it makes Fury Road seem like one long action scene, which it most certainly is not.

Mad Max: Fury Road is one of those films that has to be seen to be believed. I don't think I can convey in a review how awesome an action movie it is and how surprisingly good a post-apocalyptic drama it also is. Director George Miller proves once and for all that he is one of the great film directors and that he only gets better with age.

9 of 10
A+

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

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Saturday, December 19, 2015

7 Films Vie for 3 Makeup and Hairstyling Nominations at 2016 Oscars Ceremony

7 FEATURES ADVANCE IN RACE FOR MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING OSCAR®

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that seven films remain in competition in the Makeup and Hairstyling category for the 88th Academy Awards®.

The films are listed below in alphabetical order:

   "Black Mass"
   "Concussion"
   "Legend"
   "Mad Max: Fury Road"
   "Mr. Holmes"
   "The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared"
   "The Revenant"

On Saturday, January 9, 2016, all members of the Academy's Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch will be invited to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the seven shortlisted films. Following the screenings, members will vote to nominate three films for final Oscar consideration.
The 88th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 14, 2016, at 5:30 a.m. PT at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

The 88th Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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