Chile, the Academy will always zig when you expect them to zag. The Oscar nominations for this hybrid 2020/2021 year were announced today and they are full of little idiosyncrasies that show the Academy as one of the more fascinating voting bodies. Naturally there’s lots to talk about so lets dig in. The Good Nine
The final 2020 in review piece is here! The Oscar voters have finished voting, so this piece won’t necessarily influence anyone but I do love to do it as an exercise to choose my favorites in the various categories. As I mentioned in my top 10 movies post, this year has had incredible riches and
The longest year ever is wrapping up for me as I drop my final two posts of the year for film. 2020 was about as insane a year to hit the film industry as it has ever seen and yet the movies we were able to see were incredible. No matter if they played on
The Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) announced today the winners of the 4th Annual HCA Film Awards Ceremony including Promising Young Woman winning Best Picture, Best Female Director to Chloé Zhao for Nomadland, Best Male Director to Darius Marder for Sound of Metal, Best Actor to Delroy Lindo in Da 5 Bloods and Best Actress to
Raya and the Last Dragon, Disney’s newest animated adventure comes with a lot of anticipation due to it featuring a Southeast Asian princess and mythology pertaining to those cultures. Raya is the titular character of this story and she is the daughter of the chief of the Heart kingdom. Long before she was the land
The first major awards show of the year the Golden Globes announced their nominations. Naturally I have some observations. Lets dive in! The Good Ted Lasso, The Flight Attendant, and Lovecraft Country getting noms is nice. 3 women in best director! The nominations aren’t a total train-wreck, a new feeling for the globes. The Bad