by Sean Axmaker | Mar 18, 2014 | Home Viewing
American Hustle (Sony, Blu-ray, DVD, Digital HD, VOD, On Demand) was this year’s Oscar bridesmaid with ten nominations and no wins. No shame in that for it is an entertaining, energetic, and very clever take on the real-life Abscam sting operation put in motion...
by Sean Axmaker | Mar 4, 2014 | Home Viewing
12 Years a Slave (Fox, Blu-ray, DVD, Digital HD), coming hot off an Oscar win for Best Picture as well as Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong’o, whose acceptance speech was a work of art) and Best Adapted Screenplay (by John Ridley), timed this release right....
by Noah Walden | Jan 16, 2014 | Awards, News
12 Years a Slave, Gravity and American Hustle led the way in nominations. See who else is in the running. Best picture Captain Phillips Gravity 12 Years a Slave Philomena American Hustle Her Nebraska The Wolf of Wall Street Dallas Buyers Club Best Director Steve...
by James Rocchi | Jan 7, 2014 | Interviews, Podcast
Eric Singer, the co-writer of American Hustle (alongside director David O. Russell) joins The Lunch Podcast this week; after dining at Hugo’s in West Hollywood, Singer and host James Rocchi discussed everything from his childhood cinema ‘gateway...
by James Rocchi | Dec 4, 2013 | Reviews, What's Hot
After the sappy and slick Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle feels like a breath of fresh air from David O. Russell, the easy laughs first coming with its opening title-card note that “Some of this stuff actually happened.” Written by Russell and...