After seeing the success of my girlfriend’s travel blog, I decided to start a blog of my own. This blog is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time: reviewing each of the winners of the Academy Award for Best Picture. If you like this, share it. If you don’t, tell me why. Either way, please read and enjoy my new movie blog, 89 & Counting.
Out of Africa: Streep Shines
If you’ve followed this blog with any regularity, then you know that I love history. I love it so much,…
Gigi: It’s a Bore
I’ve written several times on this blog about the influence of the Cold War and McCarthyism on the movies that…
Green Book: Navigating Civil Rights
After the abolition of slavery at the end of the Civil War, there was a short period of time, during…
An American in Paris: Musical and Ballet
When World War II ended in 1945, there was an exceptionally brief period of time when America had unchecked power…
The English Patient: It’s Certainly Something
For early humans, painting in caves, protected environments from the outside influences of heat and moisture, proved to be essential…
All Quiet on the Western Front: The Great War
When it comes to war, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has a love affair with films about…
American Beauty: The American Frustration
I think it’s reasonable to assume that we all know what the “American Dream” is: our simple yet strangely complex…
12 Years a Slave: A Dark Chapter
When it comes to the history of the United States, we haven’t been around for a long time. Sure, it’s…
Spotlight: Break the Silence
Last week, in my review of Going My Way, I wrote about Bing Crosby’s Father O’Malley character and how much…
Going My Way: Uplifting During Wartime
Last week, I wrote some about the American musical, a genre that’s so ingrained within our film history, that it…
