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The Oscars this year have moved up a few weeks and they will be host-less for the first time in 30 years. No one really knows what to expect from the ceremony, could there be a surprise host? Rumors suggest Whoopi Goldberg. Probably the only thing we have a sense of is who most of … Continue reading Predictions for the 91st Annual Academy Awards
Adam McKay's follow-up to his acclaimed drama about the 2008 financial crisis, The Big Short, takes aim at most liberals' personal Voldermort from this century's first decade: Vice President Dick Cheney. Vice is far from a traditional biopic and embraces the idiosyncrasies that made McKay's The Big Short such a stand-out. Unfortunately, a little style … Continue reading Review: Vice
Barry Jenkins' follow-up to his Oscar-winning film Moonlight, is based off the James Baldwin novel of the same name, and finds the director further refining his style to create a piece that feels more like a free-form jazz composition or a long-form poem than a narrative. Exquisitely shot and wonderfully performed, If Beale Street Could … Continue reading Review: If Beale Street Could Talk
Filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos is about as close we get these days to a surrealist auteur in the Luis Bunuel-traditional sense with his 2015 "romantic comedy" The Lobster being a prime example of his idiosyncratic tendencies. So it's no surprise that his latest is as far from a stuffy period piece as one gets. The Favourite … Continue reading Review: The Favourite
Roma tells the story of a young housekeeper working for a middle-class family living in Mexico City during the 1970's. Roma isn't a traditional narrative but rather an unique experience of life that only a filmmaker like Alfonso Cuarón could create. Cuarón, also serving as his own cinematographer, crafts an endless stream of breathtaking images … Continue reading Review: Roma
Anchored by two terrific performances from Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali, Green Book excels as both a fun buddy road movie and an examination on racial divides that stretches from its 1960's setting to today. Mortensen displays an incredible knack for comic timing we never knew he had while Ali continues his streak of fascinating … Continue reading Review: Green Book
A classic showbiz tale gets a modern retelling and proves that some stories never lose their emotional resonance. After many false starts, that at one time included Clint Eastwood directing Beyonce, Bradley Cooper decided to step behind the camera for his directorial debut and what a debut it is. Cooper does sensational, career-best work in … Continue reading Review: A Star Is Born
The 90th Annual Academy Awards take place this Sunday night, March 4, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. We've gone through a long awards season and will finally hear Hollywood's final say on the best films of the year. Who's taking home Oscar gold this Sunday? Here are my final predictions... Best Picture Will Win: The Shape … Continue reading Predictions for the 90th Annual Academy Awards
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The Oscars will air this coming Sunday, and while Hollywood is readying itself to see who takes home the night’s big prize, we take a look back at the non-winners. The Academy Awards is rich with history, and while the story of the night is usually who won, it can also be about who didn’t … Continue reading Top 10 Best Picture Losers (Past 10 Years)
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