Brendan Gleeson

10 Oscar-Winning Short Films You Can Watch Right Now

The 85th Academy Awards air next Sunday, and while the major features categories dominate the golden spotlight, there’s also a lot of talent to be found in the shorts group. While we wait for February 24th, travel back in time to look at ten Oscar-winning shorts of the past that you can watch right… Read More

2011′s Most Underrated Films and Performances

As the year winds to a close, you’ve seen plenty of “best of 2011″ lists — and we’ve certainly contributed a few of our own to the mix. Wading through them can lead to a sense of fatigue; yes, we liked The Artist and Hugo and The Descendants and The Tree of Life just fine too, but it feels like we’re reading praise for all the same movies and performances, everywhere we look. So, late in the “best of” season, we wanted to take a moment to spotlight a few films and actors who, we feel, are getting overlooked in the year-end shuffle. Our picks are after the jump; yours (we hope) will join in the comments. … Read More

Trailer Park: Vampires, Crazy People, Don Cheadle, and More Vampires

Welcome to “Trailer Park,” a new Friday feature wherein we’ll collect the week’s new trailers all in one place and do a little “judging a book by its cover,” ranking them from worst to best and taking our best guess at what they may be hiding (for better or worse). For our inaugural week, we’ve got quite the grab bag — six new trailers of wildly varying quality. Check ‘em out after the jump. … Read More