Golden Globes 2014: Who Will and Should Win

Best Motion Picture Drama

Who should win: 12 Years a Slave

Who will win: 12 Years a Slave

Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama

Who should win: Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club

Who will win: Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave

Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama

Who should win: Sandra Bullock - Gravity

Who will win: Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine

Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Who should win: American Hustle

Who will win: American Hustle

Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Who should win: Christian Bale - American Hustle

Who will win: Bruce Dern - Nebraska

Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Who should win: Meryl Streep - August: Osage County

Who will win: Amy Adams - American Hustle

Best Animated Feature Film

Who should win: Frozen

Who will win: Frozen

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Who should win: Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle

Who will win: Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Who should win: Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave

Who will win: Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club

Best Director

Who should win: Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity

Who will win: Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity

Best Screenplay

Who should win: American Hustle

Who will win: American Hustle

Best Original Score

Who should win: 12 Years a Slave

Who will win: 12 Years a Slave

Best Original Song

Who should win: Let it Go - Frozen

Who will win: Let it Go - Frozen

Best TV Series Drama

Who should win: Breaking Bad

Who will win: Breaking Bad

Best Actor in a TV Series Drama

Who should win: Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad

Who will win: Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad

Best Actress in a TV Series Drama

Who should win: Tatiana Maslany

Who will win: Juliana Margulies - The Good Wife

Best TV Series Musical or Comedy

Who should win: Parks and Recreation

Who will win: The Big Bang Theory

Best Actor in a TV Series Musical or Comedy

Who should win: Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory

Who will win: Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory

Best Actress in a TV Series Musical or Comedy

Who should win: Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation

Who will win: Julia Louis Dreyfus - Veep

Best TV Supporting Actor

Who should win: Aaron Paul - Breaking Bad

Who will win: Aaron Paul - Breaking Bad

Best TV Supporting Actress

Who should win: Monica Potter - Parenthood

Who will win: Monica Potter - Parenthood

Movie Review: Dallas Buyers Club

Going in to this movie, I really was not quite sure what I would expect. Based on the movie trailers, all I knew was that Matthew McConaughey was supposed to be amazing in it and Jared Leto played a transvestite. And I had an inkling that AIDS may be involved, based on the skin lesion on McConaughey's forehead. Well, my suspicious we're confirmed. What was surprising was the immense power that this film showed. 

If you spoke to me a few years ago about Matthew McConaughey being an all but confirmed Oscar nominee, I may have just laughed in your face. The guy from Fool's Gold and Failure to Launch? That can't be right. In the last few years, however, this man has consistently proved us all wrong in our denial of his talent. All in the span of a few years he thrived in roles in Mud, The Lincoln Lawyer, The Wolf of Wall Street, and even in Magic Mike. Especially in the past year, he is showing a range few believed existed in him, and he once again excels in Dallas Buyers Club. 

McConaughey plays Ron Woodruff, a narrow minded Texas man who lives life recklessly. Early on, we learn that he has HIV, a disease which had causes little known in 1985 when the story takes place. In fact, it seems that almost everybody believes he got the disease from homosexual behavior when, in fact, it was probably due to the immense amount of unprotected sex he had. Knowing he only has a short time to live, Woodruff becomes active in going around the system and supplying medication for those suffering this then fatal and misunderstood disease.

Through this transformation, Woodruff encounters Rayon, played expertly by Jared Leto. Rayon is a transvestite, also suffering from AIDS, who helps Woodruff sell life elongating drugs smuggled from Mexico. Only reason they are smuggled is because they are not FDA approved while AZT, a more toxic choice, is being shipped by the pharmaceutical industry. The two create the Dallas Buyers Club. They don't sell drugs, they sell memberships. Once a member, AIDS sufferers can receive all the pills they need, free of charge.

This film is probably the first film since Philadelphia that teaches the viewing public about the AIDS crisis. It explains that it can infect all types and the lengths that people went to receive care when they felt that the pharmaceutical industry was letting them down. This is an important and powerful film and should be required viewing for all those who do not understand the enormity and desperation that was the early stages of the disease that still captivates the global attention. 

Bottom line: Expert acting and and a powerful storyline makes this a film that must be experienced by everyone. 

Grade: A+