It's that time of the year when quality films hit the theater, many vying to be nominated for an Oscar on January 25th. Though most still cost $10 to see, there are a few available at the Redbox or already on Instant Netflix worth checking out this week.
Why the Academy will nominate it:
Character driven, led by the breakout teen Jennifer Lawrence.
Set in a depressed area, somewhere in the Missouri Ozarks.
The script, with lines like "I got two kids can't feed themselves, yet. My momma's sick and she's always gonna be sick. Soon the laws are coming to take our house and throw us out in the fields like dogs…."
Possible nomination categories: Best film, Best adapted screenplay, Best actress (Jennifer Lawrence)
Exit Through the Gift Shop
In a trip to London, the French L.A.-resident Guetta stumbled into the street art movement and ended up compiling hundreds of hours of footage of various artists making illegal art on city streets and buildings all over the world. Guetta managed to track down Banksy, the mysterious artist known for the work he created on the Palestinian West Bank wall, among many other controversial works of art. What Banksy did was take over the film, turning the camera on Guetta, and the result is a complex and moving history of the evolution of street art. Or is the whole film just an elaborate hoax?
Why the Academy will nominate it:
It's three films in one - the story of street art, the search for Banksy, and the rise of Guetta.
Banksy is the most gripping character no one knows.
It's an LA documentary for an LA Awarads show
Definite nomination category: Best documentary
Character driven, led by the breakout teen Jennifer Lawrence.
Set in a depressed area, somewhere in the Missouri Ozarks.
The script, with lines like "I got two kids can't feed themselves, yet. My momma's sick and she's always gonna be sick. Soon the laws are coming to take our house and throw us out in the fields like dogs…."
Possible nomination categories: Best film, Best adapted screenplay, Best actress (Jennifer Lawrence)
Exit Through the Gift Shop
In a trip to London, the French L.A.-resident Guetta stumbled into the street art movement and ended up compiling hundreds of hours of footage of various artists making illegal art on city streets and buildings all over the world. Guetta managed to track down Banksy, the mysterious artist known for the work he created on the Palestinian West Bank wall, among many other controversial works of art. What Banksy did was take over the film, turning the camera on Guetta, and the result is a complex and moving history of the evolution of street art. Or is the whole film just an elaborate hoax?
Why the Academy will nominate it:
It's three films in one - the story of street art, the search for Banksy, and the rise of Guetta.
Banksy is the most gripping character no one knows.
It's an LA documentary for an LA Awarads show
Definite nomination category: Best documentary
The Kid's are All Right
Two teenage siblings conceived by artificial insemination get the notion to seek out their birth father and introduce him into the family life with their two mothers (Annette Bening and Julianne Moore). Once the donor is found, the family ties are defined, re-defined, and re-re-defined.
Why the academy will nominate it:
Stunning ensemble cast, especially the two lead actresses.
The plot searches for more meaning to the debate of nature versus nurture.
The non-traditional family dynamics look and feel credible.
Definite nomination categories: Best film and Best actress (for both Bening and Moore)
Two teenage siblings conceived by artificial insemination get the notion to seek out their birth father and introduce him into the family life with their two mothers (Annette Bening and Julianne Moore). Once the donor is found, the family ties are defined, re-defined, and re-re-defined.
Why the academy will nominate it:
Stunning ensemble cast, especially the two lead actresses.
The plot searches for more meaning to the debate of nature versus nurture.
The non-traditional family dynamics look and feel credible.
Definite nomination categories: Best film and Best actress (for both Bening and Moore)
Possible nomination categories: Best supporting actor (Mark Ruffalo) and Best original screenplay
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