Page Revisions: (November 24, 2019) Original Release Date: December 13, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces the written correspondence he shared with him, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.” Poster Rating: C / C- SEE ALL POSTERS…
Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. With Knives Out, director Rian Johnson tries to go small after the blockbuster Star…
If this seems familiar, it’s because it’s basically a reprint of last year’s Thanksgiving article. Holidays have been celebrated in films since their inception. There have been films about virtually all of them. 1942’s Holiday Inn with Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire is in fact a celebration of all of the U.S. holidays. We have…
There are two wide releases and neither will top the second weekend of Frozen II, but with the all-star cast of Knives Out, it’s very likely that film will win the weekend among new releases over Queen and Slim. Our Highest Rated Films: Knives Out Our Best Awards Ratings: The Two Popes, Queen & Slim…
Page Revisions: (November 24, 2019) Original (February 24, 2020) Added Image Gallery (March 1, 2020) New Poster (#2) Release Date: March 6, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A former HS basketball phenom, struggling with alcoholism, is offered a coaching job at his alma mater. As the team starts to win, he may have a reason to…
New This Week Cold War was nominated for three 2018 Oscars, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Directing, and Best Cinematography, all of which it lost to Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma, the first time two foreign language films had vied for these awards in the same year. Newly released on Blu-ray and DVD by Criterion, Cold War…
The Hollywood Critics Association got out of the gate first among critics organizations, but their newness isn’t something that speaks to credibility. They seemed to love Quentin Tarantino’s film more than others while several titles earned strong nomination sets in spite of earlier letdowns (Waves and The Farewell for example). Still, Bombshell, which earned 9…
We had three films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood In only her third film, director Marielle Heller has proven quite the prolific filmmaker with Oscar attention once again being focused on her. With her first film in 2015, Diary of a Teenage Girl, Heller…