The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker

The conflict around separating art from the artist gets a scintillating new entry with The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker. Mel Vaught and Sharon Kisses are two young women who have shot to success as animators with a film that is largely based on Mel’s life. After receiving a Hollingsworth grant, they get a call

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

Shadowhunters Episode 2.04 Recap “Day of Wrath”

Sorry for this recap coming a bit late, but there weren’t screeners available from this ep and given the craziness that ensued I totally see why. Tonight’s episode of Shadowhunters was so incredibly violent and really shocking. I totally enjoyed it. I should have known that the show was setting me up for something awful

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

Top 25 Film Scenes of 2016

Welcome to the finale of my 2016 in Review! Man it almost felt like I would never get here but finally I am at the end. Oscar nominations are set to go out on Tuesday and before all get set to talk about snubs and the such, let us rejoice in the best moments from

If I Had an Oscar Ballot, 2016 Edition

Welcome to my annual Oscar ballot post. Normally this would come post Oscar nominations, but due to them being announced next week rather than this one, it gets an early showcase. After tabulating these results, The Witch leads all films with 9 nominations, followed by Arrival with 7 (surprising even myself, I’ve come to appreciate

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