FORCED PERSPECTIVE, Ep.62 – The Official Summer 2015 Preview Show, Part 2 [July and August]

The Exciting Conclusion is HERE!


On this episode of your favorite movie podcast, join SportsGuy515 & Adolfo, along with returning guest BRANDON DRAVEN, as they conclude their SUMMER 2015 preview by covering the months of July and August, which will see films such as Terminator Genisys, Minions, Ant-Man, Trainwreck, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Fantastic Four, and MORE hit the big screen! The exciting conclusion of the ONLY summer preview show that matters has finally arrived!! DOWNLOAD/STREAM NOW!!!

FORCED PERSPECTIVE, Ep.61 – The Official Summer 2015 Preview Show, Part 1 [May-June]

‘Tis the season of the BLOCKBUSTER…



On this edition of FORCED PERSPECTIVE, join SportsGuy515 and Adolfo, along with guest co-host BRANDON DRAVEN, as they preview the upcoming SUMMER 2015 movie season. In Part 1, the trio discuss such titles as Avengers: Age of Ultron, Hot Pursuit, Mad Max: Fury Road, Tomorrowland, San Andreas, Jurassic World, Ted 2, and MORE! Listen to the ONLY summer preview show that matters! DOWNLOAD/STREAM NOW!!!


Look out for Part 2 coming NEXT WEEK!

FORCED PERSPECTIVE, Ep.60 – The Lunch Bunch

The SKYPE ERA officially begins on FORCED PERSPECTIVE!

On this very special episode of YOUR favorite movie podcast, join SportsGuy515 and Adolfo as they reminisce and give their in-depth analyses on a film that many call the “quintessential film of the 1980s” and John Hughes’ greatest achievement – celebrating it’s 30th anniversary this year, it’s none other than The Breakfast Club! PLUS:

-SportsGuy and Adolfo share their own “detention memories”

-Was Judd Nelson almost FIRED from the film?

-The brilliance of the OPENING SCENE!

-The awesomeness of Paul Gleason

-Did Andrew Clarke truly pack a “wrestler’s lunch?” Adolfo explains!

-The origins of the ‘Brat Pack‘ name

–What happens on Monday? Are the five of them still friends? SportsGuy and Adolfo give their thoughts!

–Allison’s transformation: poignant moment or complete sellout/cop out?

-The film’s transgenerational legacy

-…and MORE!

2 HOURS OF IN-DEPTH BREAKFAST CLUB DISCUSSION (INCLUDING SPOILERS)!! DOWNLOAD/STREAM NOW!!!

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Official Teaser #2

We can't lie. This brought tears to our eyes.

FORCED PERSPECTIVE, Ep.59 – Shades of an American Imitation

#AdolfoIsMyChristian

Your favorite movie podcast returns with a BRAND-NEW episode! On this edition of FORCED PERSPECTIVE, the dynamic duo is BACK! Join SportsGuy515 and Adolfo as they reunite after over a month to (finally) recap the Oscars as well as catch up on the final set of 2014 film reviews – American Sniper, The Imitation Game, and Still Alice, before beginning their 2015 slate of reviews with Hot Tub Time Machine 2 and – that’s right – Fifty Shades of Grey. PLUS:

-SportsGuy talks about his experience at the AMC Best Picture Showcase

-Who DIDN’T cry at the end of Toy Story 3?

-Lady Gaga and The Sound of Music

–Birdman wins Best Picture

-Kirk Cameron sweeps the Razzies

-Hype for It Follows

-Are big budget films and Oscar nominations mutually exclusive?

-Is American Sniper really PROPAGANDA?

-Why the name “Anastasia Steele” is the dumbest f*cking name ever

-The business of NC-17/Unrated films

-…and MORE!

OVER 2 HOURS OF GREAT FILM DISCUSSION!! DOWNLOAD/STREAM NOW!!!

P.S. Let’s all get #AdolfoIsMyChristian trending on Twitter and show the suits in Hollywood that Adolfo is YOUR Christian Grey!

The 2015 Essential Film Awards

Celebrating the cinematic achievements of 2014

Official 2014 Selections

 

 

 

 

 

Best Film of the Year

BOYHOOD

Richard Linklater

165 Minutes • 1.85:1 • United States

Color • English • IFC

Principal Cast: Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Lorelei Linklater

Writer: Richard Linklater

Producers: Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland, Jonathan Sehring, John Sloss

Cinematography: Lee Daniel, Shane Kelly

                              

Best Actor in a Leading Role

BIRDMAN

Michael Keaton

                              

Best Actress in a Leading Role

GONE GIRL

Rosamund Pike

                              

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WHIPLASH

J.K. Simmons

                              

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

NIGHTCRAWLER

Rene Russo

                              

Best Ensemble Cast

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

Ralph Fiennes, Bill Murray, Saoirse Ronan, Tilda Swinton, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, F. Murray Abraham, Edward Norton, Jason Schwartzman, Jeff Goldblum, Jude Law, Owen Wilson, Harvey Keitel, Tony Revolori

                              

Best Director

BOYHOOD

Richard Linklater

                              

Best Screenplay - Original Material

NIGHTCRAWLER

Dan Gilroy

                              

Best Screenplay - Adapted or Historical Material

GONE GIRL

Gillian Flynn

based on her novel Gone Girl

                              

Best Film - Animated Feature

THE LEGO MOVIE

Chris Miller, Phil Lord

                              

Best Film - Documentary Feature

LIFE ITSELF

Steve James

                              

Best Film - Foreign Language Feature

IDA

Pawel Pawlikowski

                              

Best Film - Limited Theatrical Release

ENEMY

Denis Villeneuve

                              

Best Cinematography

IDA

Ryszard Lenczewski, Lukasz Zal

                              

Best Film Editing

BOYHOOD

Sandra Adair

                              

Best Visual Design

SNOWPIERCER

Ondrej Nekvasil - Production Design

Stefan Kovacik - Art Direction

Catherine George - Costume Design

                              

Best Visual Effects

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

Stephane Ceretti

Nicolas Aithadi

Jonathan Fawkner

Paul Corbould

                              

Best Stunts and Stunt Choreography

THE RAID 2

Bruce Law - Car Stunts Coordinator

Yee Man Law  - Assistant Car Stunt Coordinator

Mike Leeder - Stunts

Yayan Ruhian - Fight Choreographer

Larnell Stovall - Guest Fight Choreographer

Iko Uwais - Fight Choreographer

                              

Best Make-Up Effects

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou

David White

                              

Best Music - Original Score

INTERSTELLAR

Hans Zimmer

                              

Best Music - Original Song

THE LEGO MOVIE

"Everything is Awesome"

Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson

                              

Best Music - Soundtrack Compilation

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

Awesome Mix Vol. 1

                              

Best Sound Design

WHIPLASH

Craig Mann

Ben Wilkins

Thomas Curley

                              

Best Action/Adventure Film

THE RAID 2

Gareth Evans

                              

Best Comedy Film

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

Wes Anderson

                              

Best Fantasy Film

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2

Dean DeBlois

                              

Best Horror/Thriller Film

THE BABADOOK

Jennifer Kent

                              

Best Science Fiction Film

INTERSTELLAR

Christopher Nolan

                              

Best Animated Short Film

FEAST

Patrick Osborne

                              

Best Live Action Short Film

THE PHONE CALL

Matt Kirkby

                              

Best Voice Acting Performance

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

Bradley Cooper as "Rocket"

                              

The following films did not win any Essential Film Awards but are noteworthy for their cinematic contributions in 2014:

BIG HERO 6

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER

CHEF

COHERENCE

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

EDGE OF TOMORROW

FORCE MAJEURE

FOXCATCHER

THE GUEST

THE IMITATION GAME

JODOROWSKY'S DUNE

JOHN WICK

ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE

STILL ALICE

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

UNDER THE SKIN

WILD

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

The 25 Greatest Academy Award Winners

In honor of this weekend's Academy Awards, The Essential Films presents the 25 greatest films to ever win an Academy Award. Here they are, in alphabetical order:

                                                           

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
1968 • Stanley Kubrick

Oscar Wins
Best Effects, Special Visual Effects

Oscar Nominations
Best Director - Stanley Kubrick
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

                                                           

ALIEN
1979 • Ridley Scott

Oscar Wins
Best Effects, Visual Effects

Oscar Nominations
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

                                                           

THE APARTMENT
1960 • Billy Wilder

Oscar Wins
Best Picture
Best Director - Billy Wilder
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White
Best Film Editing

Oscar Nominations
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Jack Lemmon
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Shirley Maclaine
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Jack Kruschen
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Best Sound
                                                           

APOCALYPSE NOW
1979 • Francis Ford Coppola

Oscar Wins
Best Cinematography
Best Sound

Oscar Nominations
Best Picture
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Robert Duvall
Best Director - Francis Ford Coppola
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Best Film Editing
                                                           

BACK TO THE FUTURE
1985 • Robert Zemeckis

Oscar Wins
Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing

Oscar Nominations
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Best Sound
Best Music, Original Song - "The Power of Love"



                                                           

CASABLANCA
1942 • Michael Curtiz

Oscar Wins
Best Picture
Best Director - Michael Curtiz
Best Writing, Screenplay

Oscar Nominations
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Humphrey Bogart
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Claude Rains
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Best Film Editing
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
                                                           

CHINATOWN
1974 • Roman Polanski

Oscar Wins
Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Oscar Nominations
Best Picture
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Jack Nicholson
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Faye Dunaway
Best Director - Roman Polanski
Best Cinematography
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Best Costume Design
Best Sound
Best Film Editing
Best Music, Original Dramatic Score
                                                           

CITIZEN KANE
1941 • Orson Welles

Oscar Wins
Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Oscar Nominations
Best Picture
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Orson Welles
Best Director - Orson Welles
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White
Best Sound, Recording
Best Film Editing
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture
                                                           

THE DARK KNIGHT
2008 • Christopher Nolan

Oscar Wins
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Heath Ledger
Best Achievement in Sound Editing

Oscar Nominations
Best Achievement in Cinematography
Best Achievement in Film Editing
Best Achievement in Art Direction
Best Achievement in Makeup
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
                                                           

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
1980 • Irvin Kershner

Oscar Wins
Best Sound
Best Visual Effects (Special Achievement)

Oscar Nominations
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Best Music, Original Score

                                                           

FANNY AND ALEXANDER
1982 • Ingmar Bergman

Oscar Wins
Best Cinematography
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Best Costume Design
Best Foreign Language Film

Oscar Nominations
Best Director - Ingmar Bergman
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
                                                           

THE GODFATHER
1972 • Francis Ford Coppola

Oscar Wins
Best Picture
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Marlon Brando
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

Oscar Nominations
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - James Caan
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Robert Duvall
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Al Pacino
Best Director - Francis Ford Coppola
Best Costume Design
Best Sound
Best Film Editing
Best Music, Original Dramatic Score
                                                           

THE GODFATHER PART II
1974 • Francis Ford Coppola

Oscar Wins
Best Picture
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Robert DeNiro
Best Director - Francis Ford Coppola
Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Best Music, Original Dramatic Score

Oscar Nominations
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Al Pacino
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Michael V. Gazzo
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Lee Strasberg
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Talia Shire
Best Costume Design
                                                           

GOODFELLAS
1990 • Martin Scorsese

Oscar Wins
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Joe Pesci

Oscar Nominations
Best Picture
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Lorraine Bracco
Best Director - Martin Scorsese
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Best Film Editing
                                                           

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
1962 • David Lean

Oscar Wins
Best Picture
Best Director - David Lean
Best Cinematography, Color
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
Best Sound
Best Film Editing
Best Music, Score - Substantially Original

Oscar Nominations
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Peter O'Toole
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Omar Sharif
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
                                                           

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
1976 • Milos Forman

Oscar Wins
Best Picture
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Jack Nicholson
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Louise Fletcher
Best Director - Milos Forman
Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material

Oscar Nominations
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Brad Dourif
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing
Best Music, Original Dramatic Score
                                                           

PULP FICTION
1994 • Quentin Tarantino

Oscar Wins:
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

Oscar Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Actor in a Leading Role - John Travolta
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Samuel L. Jackson
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Uma Thurman
Best Director - Quentin Tarantino
Best Film Editing

                                                           

RAN
1985 • Akira Kurosawa

Oscar Wins
Best Costume Design

Oscar Nominations
Best Director - Akira Kurosawa
Best Cinematography
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
                                                           

THE RED SHOES
1948 • Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Oscar Wins
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

Oscar Nominations
Best Picture
Best Writing, Motion Picture Story
Best Film Editing





                                                           

SCHINDLER'S LIST
1993 • Steven Spielberg

Oscar Wins
Best Picture
Best Director - Steven Spielberg
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Best Cinematography
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Best Film Editing
Best Music, Original Score

Oscar Nominations
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Liam Neeson
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Ralph Fiennes
Best Costume Design
Best Sound
Best Make Up

                                                           

SPIRITED AWAY
2001 • Hayao Miyazaki

Oscar Wins
Best Animated Feature









                                                           

SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS
1928 • F.W. Murnau

Oscar Wins
Best Picture, Unique and Artistic Production
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Janet Gaynor
Best Cinematography

Oscar Nomination
Best Art Direction



                                                           

SUNSET BLVD.
1950 • Billy Wilder

Oscar Wins
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

Oscar Nominations
Best Picture
Best Actor in a Leading Role - William Holden
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Gloria Swanson
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Erich von Stroheim
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Nancy Olson
Best Director
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Best Film Editing
                                                           

THERE WILL BE BLOOD
2007 • Paul Thomas Anderson

Oscar Wins
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Daniel Day-Lewis
Best Achievement in Cinematography

Oscar Nominations
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Best Achievement in Directing - Paul Thomas Anderson
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Best Achievement in Film Editing
Best Achievement in Art Direction
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
                                                           

THE THIRD MAN
1949 • Carol Reed

Oscar Wins
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Oscar Nominations
Best Director - Carol Reed
Best Film Editing