Film Review: Babylon

The year’s Most movie Babylon crashes into theaters this holiday season with all the aplomb of a splashy big budget studio picture and none of the nuance, storytelling verve, or consideration for the audience that would make it a good film. A three hour slog of a picture, Babylon is Damien Chazelle’s ode to the

Film Review: <em>First Man</em>

Space travel is incredibly difficult, but not as difficult as dealing with overcoming the human condition. This is something that Neil Armstrong must face in the film First Man. Chronicling the life of the first man to walk on the moon, as well as the space race with Russia, First Man is a technically accomplished,

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Oscar Nominations

Well wonderful people, the Oscar nominations are in and for the most part, they’re exactly what we thought they would be give or take a few. So here’s my quick analysis of them. The Good 1. All of the love for Hell or High Water, Moonlight, and Hidden Figures. 2. A record 6 black actors

Final Pre-Nomination Oscar Predictions

The Oscar nominations are tomorrow morning and aside from La La Land racking up a ton of nominations, not much else seems certain. How many Best Picture nominees will we get? I have the 10 listed that I think have a strong chance of being nominated, but I think we’ll get 8, with Fences and

Oscar Predictions: Shook

Shakeup time! Naturally, when you do Oscar predictions, and you don’t really care, you end up having to do some dramatic shakeups once the big awards voting bodies come in with their nominations. Critics Choice had their awards so damn early this year, I honestly don’t know if they had any impact on these Oscar