2021 Oscars Projections: Predicting The Winners
Here’s who or what I think will be taking home an Oscar and who or what could upset those predictions…
Category: Movies
The Month in Theaters And Streaming For February 2022
Reviewing eight movies seen in theaters in February, with an additional seven movies on streaming or otherwise
Top 10 Films of 2021: A Funny, Sometimes Infuriating, Year At The Movies
No matter how I came to these top 10 films of 2021, whether through the big or small screen, I thought it was a good year at the movies.
2021 Oscars Projections: Final Predictions As Nomination Morning Closes In
We are now but a moment away from the 94th Academy Awards’ nominees being announced, so here are my 2021 Oscars Projections
“I’m The Forgotten Man”: A Look At 1936’s My Man Godfrey
Thus is the setup to 1936’s My Man Godfrey, a screwball comedy from Director Gregory La Cava which is an adaptation to Eric Hatch’s novel 1101 Park Avenue
My Favorite Movies Of 2021: One Cinephile’s Best Of The Year List
The return of major titles to the release schedule in 2021 made many announce with joy, “The movies are back!”
The Month in Theaters December 2021
I managed to get to the theaters eight times in the month of December, although that included one movie I saw twice.
2021 Oscars Projections: Turn Of The Year Edition
My 2021 Oscars Projections. As of now I believe six or seven films are pretty much locked in to get nominated for Best Picture
The Unbearable Heaviness of Being Spiderman
The most recent Spiderman played by Englishman Tom Holland deals with grief and loss on a major scale in the latest film No Way Home.
Belfast Goes Hollywood
Belfast finally goes Hollywood! Branagh’s approach brings the characters to the forefront, free of distraction, again much like a play
Sunday Morning! “Nightmare Alley” x 3
William Lindsay Gresham heard a story he never forgot. Guillermo Del Toro’s recent adaptation of his “Nightmare Alley” is the latest verion
To Those Who Say Going To The Movies Is Dying, I Say “Well, Bye”
“But the experience of going to the movies with your date and…” no, nah, nope. Sell your cinematic medicine show mythology elsewhere
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn: The Sociosexual Kobayashi Maru
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn is maybe the art-housiest of every art-house movie I’ve seen in at least the past ten years
Regardless What Hollywood Sells You, West Side Story Is Not A Latino Story
Overall, what you get in West Side Story is a better made and slightly less regressive film when it comes to Puerto Rican stereotypes
Sunday Morning: “Come and See” (1985)
The actors in Elem Kllimov’s 1985 film “Come and See” look into the camera until it seems like we’re staring at the bottom of a well
2021 Oscars Projections: Post Fall Film Festivals Edition
2021 Oscars Projections: Where I think the races are with months of more smooching, screenings, premiere weekends, and press leaks to go…
Dune: What I’d Wanted For Almost 35 Years, Finally Here
Now the film is here. And as someone who has been waiting for this a long time, I can say … Dune delivers.
The Movies of September: The Month in Theaters and Streaming
Ten movies in theaters during the month of September, plus movies I watched on physical or streaming so that I could talk about them here
The Month In Movies: In Theaters For August 2021
The way this works is simple. I talk about every movie I saw in theaters in the month in question, in order. This month, 13 movies.
The 2022 Best Picture Race: Pre-Festivals Projections
The Top 25 most likely nominees based on personal subjective views, awards journalism buzz, historic trends, and perhaps a few “insider” tips or two
