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- Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:10 am
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Last predictions before precursors
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13110
Re: Last predictions before precursors
My friend who saw The Color Purple last Tuesday night at the NYC screening (with the cast in attendance) said that all instances of rape and incest have been pretty much deleted from the storyline. Considering how much those crimes wreak havoc on the women in both the book and 1985 film (think Oprah...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 3:17 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Indie Spirit Nominations
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1759
Re: Indie Spirit Nominations
I really don’t understand the lumping together of male and female performances in separate lead and supporting rosters. It seems like a total overreaction to the “gender issue” yet deprives two additional actors of potential recognition. So it’s basically just dumb. That said, these are great nomina...
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 1:07 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: 2023 Michigan Film Critics Guild Awards
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7355
Re: 2023 Michigan Film Critics Guild Awards
I love the Sterling K. Brown nomination. That category seems too crowded for him to make it in this year but he is hysterical in American Fiction and steals every scene he’s in.
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 2:16 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: NYFCC Winners
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6954
Re: NYFCC Winners
I’ll write about this later since I think I might be the only person who has seen it on this board, but I think American Fiction could be the eventual Best Picture winner.
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 5:00 pm
- Forum: The People
- Topic: R.I.P. Frances Sternhagen
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8609
Re: R.I.P. Frances Sternhagen
My college friend is Frances’s cousin and I texted her earlier when I heard the news. She said that the whole family thinks of her as a “legend.” And she was! My favorite is her role in Misery but she had so many memorable roles to choose from. R.I.P.
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 3:14 pm
- Forum: 2023
- Topic: Saltburn reviews
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10555
Re: Saltburn reviews
Yes it’s Talented Mr. Ripley meets Brideshead Revisited meets, oh I don’t know, the maze in The Shining ? But it’s more than a rip-off of any one of those and it is a heck of a lot of fun. I’m going to focus on the performances: Barry Keoghan completely goes there in this film, pushing his chameleon...
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 5:38 pm
- Forum: 2023
- Topic: The Official Review Thread of 2023
- Replies: 161
- Views: 2477925
Re: The Official Review Thread of 2023
Mister Tee wrote To wit: I'd already done The Bear on my previous trip, so I was marginally acquainted with actress Molly Gordon for her Claire role. . I honestly think it's an act of insecurity that we can only observe them in a state of panic. Like, I haven't worked in that kind of restaurant but...
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 2:13 pm
- Forum: 2023
- Topic: All of Us Strangers reviews
- Replies: 6
- Views: 101914
Re: All of Us Strangers reviews
I saw All of Us Strangers yesterday. This film is an absolute masterpiece. One of the most real and genuinely stunning depictions of loneliness, grief, love, and longing that has ever been put onto film. Bring a BOX of tissues. There are major plot points that occur in this film that are not even hi...
- Fri Nov 17, 2023 11:09 am
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: The Post-Festival Landscape
- Replies: 72
- Views: 40632
Re: The Post-Festival Landscape
Someone on Twitter who I trust just saw The Color Purple and said that Danielle Brooks could become the frontrunner now for Best Supporting Actress.
- Wed Nov 01, 2023 9:37 am
- Forum: Broadcast Media
- Topic: R.I.P. Suzanne Sommers
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11869
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 11:44 am
- Forum: 2023
- Topic: Killers of the Flower Moon reviews
- Replies: 26
- Views: 15592
Re: Killers of the Flower Moon reviews
There's a little bit of talk going around about how the "birth of the FBI" angle was minimized in the film. Did you find the movie that we ended up with lacking in any way? Or needing something like that? Refresh my memory, how did you feel about Scorsese's last handful of projects and ho...
- Sat Oct 21, 2023 12:54 pm
- Forum: 2023
- Topic: The Official Review Thread of 2023
- Replies: 161
- Views: 2477925
Re: The Official Review Thread of 2023
Having also seen it, I’m pretty sure he means the former. It has a really great ending/coda.Sonic Youth wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 12:53 pmJust to clarify. By 'over the top' you mean it makes a great film even better, not 'over the top' meaning 'overdone', yes?
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 1:49 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: The Post-Festival Landscape
- Replies: 72
- Views: 40632
Re: The Post-Festival Landscape
flipp525 wrote Not to be a schoolmarm again but Ariana DeBose won just two years ago for West Side Story. Meant to write “not up for Best Picture.” Copy that. With the expansion of the Best Picture category, I feel like I have to add an *asterisk to a lot of those milestones. I was not a huge fan o...
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 12:34 pm
- Forum: 2023
- Topic: Killers of the Flower Moon reviews
- Replies: 26
- Views: 15592
Re: Killers of the Flower Moon reviews
Sabin, the “birth of the FBI” storyline (which, as I’ve gathered is a HUGE part of the book) is minimized in favor of telling the emotional story of this extended family and what happens to them. I felt like it was just the right amount of it and that Scorsese struck the right balance between the tw...
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 11:03 am
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: The Post-Festival Landscape
- Replies: 72
- Views: 40632