Nobody Knows Hollywood

ADD:*THE POLITICKING AND MARKETING EFFORT PUT INTO GETTING THE AWARD *IF I WAS TO PICK ONE MASSIVE SNUB IT WOULD BE DAVID OYELOWO B/C OF THE DEPTH OF THE ROLE, IMPORTANCE OF THE CHARACTER AND SKILL DISPLAYED IN THE PORTRAYAL Every year, the greatest drama about the greatest film dramas of that year (because comedies aren't allowed to win Oscar) occurs right after the nominations are announced: the Snubbies. These are the famous howlings of those who didn’t get nominated or those on behalf of those who didn’t get nominated. This year is no different. The outcry of Jennifer Aniston’s lack of nomination for her role in Cake seems to miss the point that most people just didn’t like the movie that much. SCREAM: But it's about her performance! Not the film! Retort: How many Oscar Winning performances come from films that were received with a largely lukewarm response? The howling about Selma’s Director Ava DuVernay not getting a nod (thank you Rev. Al Sharpton) seems to b...

Director: Dan Gilroy Year: 2014 Nightcrawler is a dark, society-charging, character-driven film that will land Jake Gyllenhaal a well-deserved Oscar nomination. With shades of Robert DeNiro’s Rupert Pupkin in “The King of Comedy”, Gyllenhaal’s performance is a chilling reflection of the opportunist in our information-starved society, rolling business platitudes and half-baked ideas off his tongue that allow him to rationalize his sordid behavior to himself and, shockingly, others with varying degrees of success. Louis Bloom (Gyllenhaal) is a common thief in search of a job, a life an identity he can latch on to. His leach-like desire is palpable from the first moment we see him. He is calm, too calm, for what he’s doing and the authority he’s facing. His coolness continues to give him what some might write off as beginner’s luck. But there’s more than that at play with him – he’s fearless. He has nothing to lose and a handful of self-taught, internet-based knowledge that giv...