Category Archives: Leonardo DiCaprio

Revolutionaries…

“Revolutionary Road” was another great project from director Sam Mendes who won an award for his work on “American Beauty” a few years back… It’s amazing how he, a British chap (!), has a knack for bringing unhappy suburban Americana to the big picture…


“Revolutionary Road” isn’t a joyful movie, yet a real one… Watching my favorite actors Kate and Leo for two whole hours isn’t something I would complain about… How on earth Mr. DiCaprio didn’t get a nomination for this year’s Oscars is beyond me… In my opinion, he absolutely gave one of his best performances ever… Nothing new for him, and nothing new either for the Academy Awards not to notice…

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And the Oscar goes to:

The moment I saw the three giants of cinema direction on stage, I and everyone else knew that this year the Oscar was going to Martin Scorsese. It was certainly about time, if not long overdue, and it was one of my only right predictions this year!!! So the best picture of 2006 was “The Departed”, which I still haven’t seen! It’s funny how all the films starring Leo win big at the Academy Awards… He’s got the right charisma and acting chops I guess…

The Oscar party at Sam and Talayeh’s was fun… Not to mention that I lost not only among friends, but in the “Oscar Prediction Contest” – a family tradition going back several years – to Judge Saber (i.e. mon papa) and my movie buff sis… In my defense, that’s all because I haven’t been to any movie theatre since the TIFF 2006 and somehow stuck with those few foreign films this year… Seems I have some major catching up to do!

Marj, who won the contest last night, was over the moon… How on earth she knew who would win the best short film documentary or sound editing is beyond me!

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