Film Review: Waves

Naturalism is the hardest effect to nail in movies. Cinema tends to live above the realm of how things appear in the real world with exaggerated dialogue and situations mean to manipulate the viewer. But to actually mimic what real life feels like is a tough challenge for any film. Waves is one of the

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: SAG Awards Nominations

More awards show nominations! The SAG Awards announced their nominations today and naturally I have many thoughts. Let’s talk about it! The Good 1. Black people everywhere. So many black performers and projects were nominated and it’s such a wonderful sight to see. Gonna be tough watching many of them face off like Sterling and

If I Had an Emmy Ballot: The Best of 2015-2016 TV

It has certainly been a crazy year in TV has it not? There have been so many shows and so little time that its no surprise this will be one of the most competitive Emmy races in recent memory. It was very difficult for me to narrow down all of the shows and movies that