The 85th Annual Academy Awards will take place Sunday February 24th at 7pm Eastern time. This is our overview of the major awards nominees in case you didn’t get to see them yourself.
There’s always a lot of talk leading up to the big day about who will win what awards. We try to make our predictions based on trends from the past, but we can’t help to be swayed by our own personal opinions. Some movies truly strike a chord with us, while others aren’t interesting at all. Furthermore, Oscar films are usually heavy in the drama department and therefore they aren’t always the easiest or most entertaining movies to watch.
That’s why we’re here. Here is your guide to the nominees of this year’s Academy Awards. I’ve compiled the following brief summaries, interesting facts, and critical reviews for all these films and people.
There’s always a lot of talk leading up to the big day about who will win what awards. We try to make our predictions based on trends from the past, but we can’t help to be swayed by our own personal opinions. Some movies truly strike a chord with us, while others aren’t interesting at all. Furthermore, Oscar films are usually heavy in the drama department and therefore they aren’t always the easiest or most entertaining movies to watch.
That’s why we’re here. Here is your guide to the nominees of this year’s Academy Awards. I’ve compiled the following brief summaries, interesting facts, and critical reviews for all these films and people.
- 2/22/2013
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (G.S. Perno)
- Cinelinx
Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Stars: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Lowell Landes, Pamela Harper, Gina Montana | Written and Directed by Benh Zeitlin
There are films that people just sometimes don’t understand, they take them on face value and almost lazily don’t try to understand the characters. This isn’t through stupidity, it’s just that the film does not catch their interest and when that happens, it’s a case that they just don’t get it. I’ve seen this reaction from some when it comes to Beasts of the Southern Wild .
Beasts of the Southern Wild is the story of Hushpuppy and her father Wink. They live in a little community known as the Bathtub. Wink is dying and to prepare his daughter for the world outside he uses a mixture of tough love and life experience to protect her. As his health declines...
Stars: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Lowell Landes, Pamela Harper, Gina Montana | Written and Directed by Benh Zeitlin
There are films that people just sometimes don’t understand, they take them on face value and almost lazily don’t try to understand the characters. This isn’t through stupidity, it’s just that the film does not catch their interest and when that happens, it’s a case that they just don’t get it. I’ve seen this reaction from some when it comes to Beasts of the Southern Wild .
Beasts of the Southern Wild is the story of Hushpuppy and her father Wink. They live in a little community known as the Bathtub. Wink is dying and to prepare his daughter for the world outside he uses a mixture of tough love and life experience to protect her. As his health declines...
- 2/11/2013
- by Pzomb
- Nerdly
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Directed by: Benh Zeitlin
Cast: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Gina Montana
Running Time: 1 hr 31 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: July 13, 2012 (Chicago)
Plot: A young girl named Hushpuppy (Wallis) learns to survive in her Louisiana island (called The Bathtub) with her father (Henry) after a large hurricane hits.
Who’S It For? If you like unique indie movie experiences, this one is for you. Fans of movies that tackle man vs. nature would especially be interested in this one.
Overall
There’s certainly a bleakness to the self-sufficient, raw-pig-meat-eating, shack home environment that a filmmaker looking to explore (or expose) such a very non-Hollywood environment as The Bathtub could embrace. Beasts of the Southern Wild has the setting that stereotypically could be made for something that looks at events from an outsider’s perspective – or in this case, those who think residents of such...
Directed by: Benh Zeitlin
Cast: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Gina Montana
Running Time: 1 hr 31 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: July 13, 2012 (Chicago)
Plot: A young girl named Hushpuppy (Wallis) learns to survive in her Louisiana island (called The Bathtub) with her father (Henry) after a large hurricane hits.
Who’S It For? If you like unique indie movie experiences, this one is for you. Fans of movies that tackle man vs. nature would especially be interested in this one.
Overall
There’s certainly a bleakness to the self-sufficient, raw-pig-meat-eating, shack home environment that a filmmaker looking to explore (or expose) such a very non-Hollywood environment as The Bathtub could embrace. Beasts of the Southern Wild has the setting that stereotypically could be made for something that looks at events from an outsider’s perspective – or in this case, those who think residents of such...
- 7/13/2012
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Chicago – If director Benh Zeitlin had written a list of the most outlandishly formidable challenges that a film crew could ever possibly face, he could’ve easily come up with an outline for “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” Loosely based on Lucy Alibar’s play, “Juicy and Delicious,” the film pays tribute to the indomitable spirit of New Orleans citizens as they continue to defy the odds.
It’s that same spirit that appears to have fueled this tremendously ambitious picture, the first feature made by the self-dubbed, “Independent Filmmaking Army” known as “Court 13.” Set in a tight-knit southern village known as the Bathtub, the tale is viewed through the eyes of a strong-willed six-year-old, Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis). As her father, Wink (Dwight Henry), grows weak with illness, environmental catastrophes flood the village while unleashing an assortment of fearsome prehistoric creatures. Thus, Hushpuppy embarks on a journey of survival that...
It’s that same spirit that appears to have fueled this tremendously ambitious picture, the first feature made by the self-dubbed, “Independent Filmmaking Army” known as “Court 13.” Set in a tight-knit southern village known as the Bathtub, the tale is viewed through the eyes of a strong-willed six-year-old, Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis). As her father, Wink (Dwight Henry), grows weak with illness, environmental catastrophes flood the village while unleashing an assortment of fearsome prehistoric creatures. Thus, Hushpuppy embarks on a journey of survival that...
- 7/4/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – Wink (Dwight Henry) and Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané “Nazie” Wallis) don’t have a typical father-daughter relationship in Benh Zeitlin’s visionary fantasy, “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” With his body ailing and his hometown underwater, Wink resorts to tough-love parenting skills in order to teach his daughter self-sufficiency. That includes catching her own food while chanting phrases like, “I’m the man!”
The bond between Wink and Hushpuppy forms the heart of Zeitlin’s film, which won two awards at the Sundance Film Festival, including the Grand Jury Prize, and went on to snag the Camera d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Neither Henry nor Wallis had acted in a film prior to “Beasts,” and have been on a whirlwind festival tour ever since, acquiring widespread acclaim for their work. Zeitlin’s tale of an environmental crisis that unleashes prehistoric creatures known as “aurochs,” while threatening to tear Wink and Hushpuppy from their homeland,...
The bond between Wink and Hushpuppy forms the heart of Zeitlin’s film, which won two awards at the Sundance Film Festival, including the Grand Jury Prize, and went on to snag the Camera d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Neither Henry nor Wallis had acted in a film prior to “Beasts,” and have been on a whirlwind festival tour ever since, acquiring widespread acclaim for their work. Zeitlin’s tale of an environmental crisis that unleashes prehistoric creatures known as “aurochs,” while threatening to tear Wink and Hushpuppy from their homeland,...
- 7/2/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Title: Beasts of the Southern Wild Directed By: Benh Zeitlin Starring: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Jonshel Alexander, Marilyn Barbarin, Kaliana Brower, Nicholas Clark, Henry D. Coleman, Levy Easterly, Philip B. Lawrence Should a storm blow in tomorrow with the power to devastate New York City, I’d up and leave in a heartbeat, doing anything necessary to ensure my family’s safety and well-being. While the characters from Beasts of the Southern Wild have a very similar mentality, it’s nearly impossible for someone from a big city or a well-to-do area to truly understand what compels them to make certain decisions and while the film may not be entirely convincing in that [ Read More ]...
- 6/26/2012
- by Perri Nemiroff
- ShockYa
Monthly Movie Preview – June 2012
No offense to people who like the month of June, but this might be the weakest month of the summer movie season. Especially with G.I. Joe: Retaliation going Mia from the month’s slate, this one doesn’t have the firepower of May (The Avengers, Men in Black 3), July (The Amazing Spider-Man, The Dark Knight Rises) or possibly even August (The Bourne Legacy, The Expendables 2).
Instead, this month looks to have some of the most random offerings of them all. Sure, Prometheus, Brave, and Rock of Ages are mixed in there, but so is another Tyler Perry movie (Madea’s Witness Protection), Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and yup, that Channing Tatum stripping movie Magic Mike. Oh, and a movie in which Mark Wahlberg hangs out with a raunchy teddy bear (Ted) for good measure. Add a Pixar movie on top, (Brave), and you’ve got June.
No offense to people who like the month of June, but this might be the weakest month of the summer movie season. Especially with G.I. Joe: Retaliation going Mia from the month’s slate, this one doesn’t have the firepower of May (The Avengers, Men in Black 3), July (The Amazing Spider-Man, The Dark Knight Rises) or possibly even August (The Bourne Legacy, The Expendables 2).
Instead, this month looks to have some of the most random offerings of them all. Sure, Prometheus, Brave, and Rock of Ages are mixed in there, but so is another Tyler Perry movie (Madea’s Witness Protection), Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and yup, that Channing Tatum stripping movie Magic Mike. Oh, and a movie in which Mark Wahlberg hangs out with a raunchy teddy bear (Ted) for good measure. Add a Pixar movie on top, (Brave), and you’ve got June.
- 6/1/2012
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Beasts of the Southern Wild Trailer. Benh Zeitlin‘s Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) movie trailer stars Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Jonshel Alexander, and Marilyn Barbarin. Beasts of the Southern Wild‘s plot synopsis: “In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a [...]
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- 5/3/2012
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
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