THE 86th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS

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Best Direction by Martin Scorsese, writing from Terence Hill, acting from Leo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill. It's an obnoxious, edgy, hard-core movie about Wall Street. It's not my favorite. But on the flip side, it was produced by my favorite collaborative team of Martin Scorsese and Terence Hill who wrote and produced the chic and violent "Boardwalk Empire" for HBO. Brilliant? Yes, but it's over the top. (My favorite about Wall Street is Oliver Stone's Wall Street2 with Michael Douglas.) This is a no-holds barred film from the Scorsese-Hill collaboration about hard-core sex, drugs, and financial manipulation.

I'm not a DiCaprio fan other than his performance in J. Edgar. It's interesting to note that Scorsese has brought together talent that are locked horns in Hollywood. For one thing, it's a known fact that Mark Wahlberg and Leo DiCaprio are enemies in real life. Yet, Wahlberg is the executive producer for Boardwalk Empire along with Scorsese. Scorsese has produced The Wolf of Wall Street with DiCaprio without any fences against his power and influence. What can I say? He's a formidable, influential producer and director.

I don't know whether The Wolf of Wall Street deserves Best Picture. The writing by Terence Hill and direction by Martin Scorsese are great, but I'm not a fan of Leo DiCaprio in the title role.