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Showing posts with label Catherine O'Hara. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Catherine O'Hara. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Saltzman Sees...A Mighty Wind (2003)

Christopher Guest Presents...A Mighty Wind


Saltzman Sees...Waiting for Guffman (1996)

Christopher Guest Presents...Waiting For Guffman


Saltzman Sees...Best in Show (2000)

Christopher Guest Presents...Best in Show


Saltzman Sees...For Your Consideration (2006)

Christopher Guest Presents...For Your Consideration


Saturday, February 18, 2012

Saltzman Sees...Home Alone (1990)

Home Alone is a classic Christmas movie that spawned a franchise.  Many may be tired of this movie for it's over saturation at the time, but it is still a hilarious movie.  Catherine O'Hara is terrific as a mother who will stop at nothing to make sure her boy is safe.  Macaulay Culkin may have peaked before he became a teenager, but he was still great in this family movie.  Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern are fantastic as the bumbling burglars.  This is a movie that stands the test of time as both a family picture and a Christmas movie.

Both Culkin and O'Hara learn that without family, we have nothing and that until they can makes amends for their mistakes, they can't move forward.

It is the Best Family Picture of 1990.


Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Saltzman Sees...Temple Grandin (2010)

Temple Grandin is the remarkable look at Autism through the eyes of one of its greatest champions.  Claire Danes becomes Temple as we learn what is possible when you have people who believe in your potential.  Julia Ormond, Catherine O'Hara and David Strathairn are all fabulous as we learn that it takes compassion and an open heart to allow people to find their own path.

The movie won several awards, including Clair Danes for Best Actress by both the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild, as well as nearly sweeping the Emmys that year. However, since TV movies don't get nominated for Oscars, a movie like Temple Grandin flies under the radar in movie of the year voting.

It is my Best Picture of 2010, and Claire Danes won my Best Actress of 2010