Film Review: Monkey Man

In a story as fantastical as the one in the film, Monkey Man is set to arrive in theaters this week after being rescued from just being placed on Netflix when Jordan Peele got a chance to screen it. Thank goodness, as this a film that deserves to be watched and critiqued on the big

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

Oscar Predictions: AFI Fest Detox

So now that AFI Fest has come and gone, seems time to update these Oscar predictions before the avalanche of critics awards start arriving. (Also I need some content for the week.) Main Questions: -Will Patriots Day American Sniper itself into the race? I currently have this film in the sound categories but I would

Oscar Predictions: Viola Davis, Billy Lynn, and Moonlight

New Oscar predictions, who dis? Billy Lynn had it’s premiere at NYFF and the reviews were…mixed at best. However, I find it hard to count an Ang Lee film out of the race, especially given how most people felt about Life of Pi, which wound up with a ton of Oscars, including one for Ang

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