Hello everyone, and welcome back to THE MATTY’S! Everyone’s favorite movie awards show! And do you know why it’s everyone’s favorite movie awards show? Because I tell it like it is. I don’t sugar coat it here at THE MATTY’S. I, [I mean,] WE, here at “The Matty Academy” take our movies VERY seriously. We don’t just pick the five Oscar contenders and spit out a winner for you. We see these films, we disect them, study them, and stitch them back together. Then, and only then, do we decide if we like them or hate them, (or something in between) and then we tell you exactly what we think about them. We care about our movies, and we MOST DEFINITELY care about the inegrity of our awards show. We will not kowtow to these holier-than-thou awards galas that think their shows are better than any others. Let’s remember now that these are all just opinions, and no one is wrong when it’s an opinion. Continue reading THE MATTY’S: “Best Supporting Actor- 2014”
Month: January 2014
THE MATTY’S: “Best Supporting Actress- 2014”
It’s that time of year again. The time when all of your favorite celebrities get dolled up in their custom designed Tom Ford tuxedos and their Vera Wang down-to-the-ground gowns (haha, I said “Wang”) and head off to the hoitiest of the tiotiest award show galas.
Yup, it’s the time for celebrities to congratulate other celebrities on a job well done at the box office throughout the year… and deservedly so. It’s a HUGE business the entertainment industry is. Just last year the domestic box office total alone was a whopping $10,546,489,975. That’s a lot of scratch, Melvin. (and that’s not even including the international market.) Continue reading THE MATTY’S: “Best Supporting Actress- 2014”
The Wolf of Wall Street
Leonardo DiCaprio. Did you ever think he could achieve anything greater than “Growing Pains”?
Of course you did! With his dashing good looks, his salon quality hair, and his penchant for taking characters from a script and breathing extrordinary life into them, how could you not think he had a blockbuster future on the big screen?
And that is exactly what Leo has done with his career. He has taken roles, worked his acting magic, and made his characters into larger than life phenoms. Just look at Jack Dawson, Titanic’s doomed hero. You can’t say the name Jack Dawson around a group of ladies without them getting all weak in the knees. Hell, when I go out to pick up dames I always use the fake name “Jack Dawson”. Chicks dig it. But once they get to know me I quickly become “Jack Goff”.
Anyways, enough about me, let’s talk Leo. Continue reading The Wolf of Wall Street
August: Osage County
Chick flicks. What the hell are they? From what I’ve gathered over the years is that they meet one (or more) of three criteria.
- The cast must be predominantly woman, with the lead being a strong female character.
- The film must be filled with heavy emotional issues, usually relationship based. And usually the movie will make you want to cry… or laugh… or angered… or sad… or happy… or all of this at once. (Yes, its usually an emotional roller coaster.)
- The film is typically designed to appeal to women. This is the film’s main target audience. (and if the movie just so happens to pull in a male viewing audience because they were dragged to the theatre to see it by their girlfriends, well then more power to you.)
So that’s what I think a “chick-flick” is.
Are men allowed to like chick-flicks? Let’s let the men answer that for themselves. Continue reading August: Osage County
47 Ronin
What an amazing year it’s been at the movies. We’ve been littered with all types of films this year. We’ve had some great movies (Blue is the Warmest Color), and some not so great movies (Anchorman 2). We’ve had laughter (We’re the Miller’s) and we’ve had pain (12 Years a Slave). We’ve had underrated films (Spring Breakers) and we’ve also had overrated duds. (The Lone Ranger).
And let’s not forget that we also had “Sharknado”. Yeah that’s right, that wretched display of a film actually played in theatres for one night. (And I’m the idiot that went and saw it.)
I could talk about all of this year’s releases for days on end, but I won’t today. I’ll save that article for my upcoming movie awards column, “The Matty’s”.
Nope, today we’re going to review a movie. And it’s my choice. A sort of pot-luck of what I have seen in the past week. You see, on Christmas morning I had tallied up my movie total for the year and I was at 90 films. I needed ten movies to hit the coveted century mark. And I was going to do it. So in the past seven days I’ve seen, The Wolf of Wall Street, American Hustle, Her, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Grudge Match, Lone Survivor, Saving Mr. Banks, Mandela, Frozen, and 47 Ronin. Nine out of these ten movies were very good to great. Guess which one wasn’t.