About Me

I’ve always considered myself a movie person, and I can remember many films at different points in my life. “One Hundred and One Dalmatians” with my mother as a child, or “Star Wars” with my father in 1977. There was “Grease” and “Jaws” at a drive-in theater, and “The Shadow” in 1994 was the first movie I saw by myself. I also shared the experience with another generation when I took my then three-year-old daughter to see “Shark Tale” in 2004.  Like many people, I have a love of film. 

Before marriage and children, if there was a movie that I wanted to see, I’d have to see it over opening weekend—most usually at the $5.00 matinee.  Over time, I even found myself becoming that guy in the office that people would come to and ask, “Is it any good?”. 

Back in the day, I earned a degree in Communications and attended the New York Film Academy. It was my dream to enter the film industry, hopefully as a producer or perhaps even as a director. I’ve also tried my hand at writing a few screenplays. However, it didn’t come to fruition, and life went on. 

Yet that didn’t deter my love of film, and the one thing I took away from my education is that a film revolves around one thing—and that is the story. After all, you can have a one-hundred-million-dollar budget, Oscar-winning talent, and state-of-the-art special effects. But without a strong, concise story, you have absolutely nothing to hold it together.  And I have come to understand that first-hand. 

Perhaps that explains why I have TCM saved as a favorite channel.  And with all the different films that I’ve seen, there are many times I thought to myself that I intended to watch a particular Best Picture but just never got around to it. Eventually, I decided to just take the plunge.  I’ve watched all ninety-six Best Picture winners, and here I am with a review and statistics for each one. I’ve also learned that I tend to gravitate towards suburban melodramas like “Ordinary People,” “Terms of Endearment,” and “American Beauty.” Perhaps I’m a product of my environment, which is suburbia. 

My daughter, who I took to see “Shark Tale” back in 2004, thought it was a cool idea and suggested that if I were going to take on such a task, I should follow up with a blog. I figured, why not? The reviews presented here are my opinion, and the statistical information is sourced from either IMDB or a Google search. 

So, to each their own, and everyone has an opinion.  And here is mine.