The Shape of Water (2017)

Ah, what a treat it is to go into a movie theater and see a lovely film! The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro’s newest fairytale, is just lovely in every way. From the richness of the world to the camera work to the beautiful love story, everything about this movie is crafted for maximum

Oscar Predictions: Still a Murky Race

So guys, can we chat about this Oscar season? I don’t know about you but this year feels both weirdly exciting and incredibly dull at the same time. This might just be a product of the fact that this year has been garbage but every time I have tried to edit these Oscar predictions my

Oscar Predictions: Post-Telluride and Venice

Two film festivals down, many more to go. We have officially entered into the Oscar predicting season. Toronto is ahead followed by NYFF and AFI, which will probably make these predictions hilarious in hindsight. Anyways here are my thoughts and Oscar predictions: The surest thing amongst anyone’s predictions is Dunkirk showing up in a ton

Oscar Predictions: Post Cannes

I have to confess something to you all, this might be the toughest early predictions I’ve ever done. Not because it was tough to select films, but because the prestige fare we seem to be getting looks so boring. Aside from Hugh Jackman’s musical and Call Me By Your Name, the field looks so bland

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

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