Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Movies

Directors Guild Nominations Clarify Oscar Race Perfectly: Spielberg, Branagh, PTA, Campion, Villeneuve

That's it. The DGA noms are out and they are exactly right. Steven Spielberg for "West Side Story" Paul Thomas Anderson for "Licorice Pizza" Jane Campion for...

Producers Guild Nominates “West Side Story,” “Belfast,” 2 from Netflix, 2 from Warner Bros., Snubs “Gucci”

Here are the films nominated by the Producers Guild of America for 2022:. The PGA is a pretty good indicator of Best Picture nominees,...

Oscar Voting Begins Today, Thursday: Here’s a Crib Sheet for the Top Categories

Oscar voting begins today, Thursday. Here are some handy lists for the top categories. I'll add some more during the day. These are my choices....

French Oscars, the Cesars, Nominate Unwatchable “Annette” for Best Film But Snub Star Marion Cotillard

The French! Sacre bleu! The nominations are out for the Cesar Awards, their version of the Oscars. They nominated the god awful, unwatchable "Annette"...

Review: Dakota Johnson Does Her Best Work So Far in “Cha Cha Real Smooth,” A Perfect Sundance Movie

If Cooper Raiff's "Cha Cha Real Smooth" had played at Sundance for real in the Eccles Auditorium or at the Library, there would have...

More Bad News for “West Side Story”: Dissed by Cinematographer Awards, No Nomination

I'm glad I didn't have money on "West Side Story." But I did think it would sweep all the awards. Now it's been dissed...

Review: Two Time Oscar Winner Mahershala Ali Shouldn’t Be Overlooked This Time Around in “Swan Song”

Oscar voting starts Thursday and one performance that should not be overlooked is Mahershala Ali’s nuanced turn playing two identical characters in the moody...

Baby You’re a Rich Man If You Want to Buy Julian Lennon’s Beatles Memorabilia as NFTs

Julian Lennon is auctioning off some of prized Beatles memorabilia. Well, not really. They're going to be NFTs-- non fungible tokens in the pretend world....