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
Oscar Predictions for the Films of 2016
BEST PICTURE What will win: La La Land What should win: Manchester by the Sea BEST DIRECTOR Who will win: Damien Chazelle Who should win: Damien Chazelle BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY What will win: Manchester by the Sea What should win: Manchester by the Sea BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY What will win: Moonlight What should win: Arrival BEST ACTOR … Continue reading Oscar Predictions for the Films of 2016
Bonus: 2017 Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts
“Joe’s Violin” 8/10 This short but sweet documentary short is about a Holocaust survivor who passes down his violin to a 13-year-old girl in the Bronx and their encounter. It packs a lot of emotion into its short runtime and pulls on your heart (wait for it) strings! It equally focuses its time on the … Continue reading Bonus: 2017 Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts
#9 Film in 2017: Hidden Figures
9/10 The trailer for this film was a bit underwhelming and didn’t appeal to me all that much and I have never heard of the director of this film so my expectations were somewhat low. But after glowing reviews and a Best Picture Oscar nomination, I had to check this out and I was glad … Continue reading #9 Film in 2017: Hidden Figures
#76 Film in 2016: Allied
7.5/10 It is too bad that this film didn’t do better at the box office because it is actually pretty good. The technical aspects like the costumes, production design, hair and makeup, cinematography, etc. were all top notch quality. Brad Pitt does a good enough job but it is really Marion Cotillard who is the … Continue reading #76 Film in 2016: Allied
