Life Overtakes Me 8/10 Short documentaries like this I always enjoy, despite the rather depressing subject matter, due to the fact that I learn something along the way that I previously was unaware of. Resignation Syndrome, a rather new diagnosed illness, is the center of this short documentary and the heart breaking consequences that ripple … Continue reading Bonus: 2020 Oscar Nominated Short Films – Documentary
Bonus: 2020 Oscar Nominated Short Films – Animation
Hair Love 6/10 “Hair Love” has some things going for it. An emotional ending, beautifully rendered animation and using an absence of dialogue very effectively. However, the story itself is too overly simple and unengaging that I felt no connection to it whatsoever. The short film is literally a girl trying to do her hair … Continue reading Bonus: 2020 Oscar Nominated Short Films – Animation
Bonus: 2020 Oscar Nominated Short Films – Live Action
A Sister 7/10 The shortest of all the live action shorts, “A Sister” excels over the rest in terms of building tension. After a minute of confusion, we finally grasp the situation at hand and are thrust to the edge of our seats. The acting communicates the danger going on and I enjoyed that we … Continue reading Bonus: 2020 Oscar Nominated Short Films – Live Action
Oscar Predictions for the Films of 2019
BEST PICTURE What will win: 1917 What should win: Marriage Story What should have been nominated: Waves BEST DIRECTOR Who will win: Sam Mendes Who should win: Bong Joon Ho Who should have been nominated: James Mangold BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY What will win: Parasite What should win: Marriage Story What should have been nominated: Waves … Continue reading Oscar Predictions for the Films of 2019
Bonus: 2019 Oscar Nominated Animation Shorts
Bao 6.5/10 Easily the most well-known of the nominated shorts here due to it coming from Pixar and playing before “The Incredibles 2”, “Bao” does have some well-crafted animation, emotional elements and a beautiful score that we have come to expect from Pixar. Also being able to tell a story without dialogue is impressive but … Continue reading Bonus: 2019 Oscar Nominated Animation Shorts
Bonus: 2019 Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts
Black Sheep 6.5/10 I found this to be the most well made out of all of these documentary shorts. Cutting back and forth between our main talking head for the documentary portion and then to dramatic reenactments worked really well and the editing was cleverly done with some of the overlapping dialogue. The big problem … Continue reading Bonus: 2019 Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts
Bonus: 2019 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts
Madre 7/10 The best part of “Madre” is how the director can take such a small, contained story in essentially one location and make it extremely gripping and suspenseful using only dialogue to achieve this goal. Very well acted and tense but my biggest complaint comes at the end. Not only do we not get … Continue reading Bonus: 2019 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts
Oscar Predictions for the Films of 2018
BEST PICTURE What will win: Roma What should win: Green Book What should have been nominated: Hereditary BEST DIRECTOR Who will win: Alfonso Cuarón Who should win: Paweł Pawlikowski Who should have been nominated: Ari Aster BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY What will win: The Favourite What should win: Green Book What should have been nominated: Hereditary … Continue reading Oscar Predictions for the Films of 2018
Oscar Predictions for the Films of 2017
BEST PICTURE What will win: The Shape of Water What should win: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri What should have been nominated: Molly's Game BEST DIRECTOR Who will win: Guillermo del Toro Who should win: Christopher Nolan Who should have been nominated: Denis Villeneuve BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY What will win: Get Out What should win: Three … Continue reading Oscar Predictions for the Films of 2017
#19 Film in 2017: Toni Erdmann
7/10 The award for the strangest film of 2016 goes to…Toni Erdmann! This is a three hour long German film with some graphic nudity in one scene and a man masturbating onto some food and then a woman eating that food in another scene. So if any of those things aren’t your cup of tea, … Continue reading #19 Film in 2017: Toni Erdmann