https://youtu.be/qncQavvG6kQ 7/10 When 2022’s “Scream” AKA Scream 5 came out last year, I decided to check out all three season of the “Scream” TV show. Since I finished that and had nothing officially “Scream” related to watch in preparation for the recent release of “Scream VI”, I figured I would check out “Scream Queens”, which … Continue reading Scream Queens Season 1
#2 VOD Film in 2023: To Leslie
https://youtu.be/D_k63vvm3mU 8/10 Nominated for Best Actress from Andrea Riseborough’s phenomenal, career best performance at the recent Academy Awards, “To Leslie” is a heartbreaking but uplifting true story of a lottery winner who squanders all of her money, abandons her son and becomes an alcoholic to drown the sorrows of her poor decisions. True stories of … Continue reading #2 VOD Film in 2023: To Leslie
#25 Film in 2023: The Quiet Girl
https://youtu.be/LGWyqty2m-A 6/10 Ireland’s entry to the recent Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film (rightfully losing to the best film of the year in “All Quiet on the Western Front”), “The Quiet Girl” tells a sweet but all too familiar story. Taking place in 1981 in rural Ireland, “The Quiet Girl” focuses on a neglected, shy, … Continue reading #25 Film in 2023: The Quiet Girl
#24 Film in 2023: Missing
https://youtu.be/seBixtcx19E 6/10 A loose sequel to the 2018 film “Searching”, this Nicholas D. Johnson and Will Merrick directed follow up (they edited “Searching”) repeats some of the same plot points from the first film and connects to it when it really doesn’t need to but has a solid third act to thrill and excite viewers. … Continue reading #24 Film in 2023: Missing
#23 Film in 2023: Cocaine Bear
https://youtu.be/DuWEEKeJLMI 3.5/10 Director Elizabeth Banks had a promising start with her feature length directorial debut with 2015’s “Pitch Perfect 2”. Unfortunately for everyone, she followed it up with the horrendous “Charlie’s Angels” (3/10) reboot in 2019 before taking a few years away from directing to continue acting. Banks returns with “Cocaine Bear” which may have … Continue reading #23 Film in 2023: Cocaine Bear
#22 Film in 2023: Jesus Revolution
https://youtu.be/8vmHFvnjPDw 7/10 The true story of pastor Chuck Smith (Kelsey Grammer), youth minister Greg Laurie (Joel Courtney), Christian hippie Lonnie Frisbee (Jonathan Roumie) and the Jesus movement in the late 1960s that started in California but spread throughout America. “Jesus Revolution” is largely successful, despite trying to cover a little bit too much ground. While … Continue reading #22 Film in 2023: Jesus Revolution
#21 Film in 2023: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
https://youtu.be/Y5zqweZAEKI 7.5/10 One of the biggest surprises of 2022, “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” comes 11 years after the original “Puss in Boots”, itself a spin-off to the Shrek franchise. While fans have been clamoring for a fifth Shrek film for over a decade as opposed to this film, audiences have been pleasantly surprised … Continue reading #21 Film in 2023: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Bonus: 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films – Animation
https://youtu.be/E_sWJNh4Zqk An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It 2/10 The story of a telemarketer who is informed by a talking ostrich that he lives in an orchestrated, stop motion universe, this weak short film looks good but completely rips off the plot from “The Matrix”. The framing also … Continue reading Bonus: 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films – Animation
Bonus: 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films – Live Action
https://youtu.be/E_sWJNh4Zqk Ivalu 3/10 The story of a missing girl in Greenland with a father who doesn’t seem to care but a sister desperately searching for her, “Ivalu” mainly fails due to its 16 minute running time. With such a limited amount of screen time, there is no development for the missing girl or even both … Continue reading Bonus: 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films – Live Action
Oscar Predictions for the Films of 2022
https://youtu.be/HjeAKoKPyG8 BEST PICTUREWhat will win: Everything Everywhere All at OnceWhat should win: All Quiet on the Western FrontWhat should have been nominated: Decision to LeaveBEST DIRECTORWho will win: The DanielsWho should win: Martin McDonaghWho should have been nominated: Edward BergerBEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYWhat will win: Everything Everywhere All at OnceWhat should win: The Banshees of InisherinWhat … Continue reading Oscar Predictions for the Films of 2022
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