Welcome to the 12th annual Danny Awards! Which I promise you’ll be able to read in less time than it takes to watch Killers of the Flower Moon. I’ll also steal shamelessly from the Cannes Film Festival. And I will not drone on too long about Oppenheimer’s brilliance. But I will start with Christopher Nolan’s biopic about the father…
It’s another Oscar Sunday, so it’s time for the Danny’s! In this year’s edition, you’ll hear why my Best Picture winner may not be something you’ll want to see. Once again, I will take the Golden Globes to task. And I’ll let you know what I saw this year that made me rethink the 2017…
It’s Oscar Sunday! Based on last year’s television ratings, many people now treat this with a ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. The Academy has responded with sweeping changes that cheapen certain awards and filmmakers. They should have looked to the Danny’s for inspiration instead. We believe movies are still magic and that everything that goes into making them should…
Tonight, due to the virus that shall not be named, the Academy will be giving out their annual Oscars from a train station. We have not been as impacted here at the Danny’s. Our awards are still being given out from the Lay-Z-Boy where my rapidly expanding behind has spent far too much time over…
Staying at home during the COVID-19 quarantine provides a chance to catch up on your binge-watching. Many people seem to be into the “Tiger King” series on Netflix. Not me. Since I never watched “Parks and Recreation” when it was on NBC, the comedic adventures of the local government in Pawnee, Indiana have been helping…
With everyone staying “Safer at Home” during the Covid-19 pandemic, we’re all looking for ways to occupy our time. There are only so many walks, bike rides, and trips to the supermarket you can take to fill up your day. One great idea for spending a few hours is to catch up on your movie…
In Hollywood, they are getting ready for the 92nd annual Academy Awards, but here in Tampa, we’re preparing to hand out the 8th annual Danny’s. Unlike the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, we’re not set in our ways here at the Danny’s. I make up the rules, create the categories, and award the…
It’s the end of the decade, which means every film critic has to rush out their top movies of the 2010s list. Here at the Danny’s, we can’t let that opportunity go to waste. I’ve been awarding my personal movie awards since 2012. Going back over those, I sometimes found myself wondering what the hell…
The simple genius of the 48 Hour Film Project is that it forces you to make a movie. It’s easy to sit around and think to yourself, “Hey, I should get off my ass and make a film.” It’s much harder to find the time, energy, motivation, and moxie to do so. The 48 Hour…
Last month, I wrote about how Disney’s trend of releasing mainly sequels and ‘re-imaginings’ demonstrated Hollywood’s sad loss of creative risk. Proving that a picture really is worth a thousand words (or 1,165 of them to be exact), this meme has gone viral in the last couple weeks: Judging by the disappointing box office receipts…