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SILENT NIGHT Cast: Joel Kinnaman, Scott Mescudi, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Harold Torres. Dir: John Woo. After his son is hit and killed by stray bullet caused by a gunfight between two rival gangs during Christmas Eve, a man becomes hellbent on revenge. This is John Woo's first American film in a lo...

Let me join the fray: BEST FILM : Poor Things BEST DIRECTOR : Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon BEST ACTOR : Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers BEST ACTRESS : Sandra Huller, Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR : Charles Melton, May December BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS : ...

CASSANDRO Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Roberta Colindrez, Perla de la Rosa, Raul Castillo, Bad Bunny, Joaquin Cosio, El Hijo del Santo. Dir: Roger Ross Williams. This film tells the true story of Saul Armendariz, a gay amateur wrestler who gained fame in the Mexican wrestling circuit as the titular &qu...

Fallen Leaves , Finland (Aki Kaurismaki) 8/10 - Two blue collar workers try to make a romantic connection despite all the problems they have in the world. This is the latest from quite possibly the most famous Finnish director working today, Aki Kaurismaki. It is a romantic comedy but done of cours...

The Taste of Things , France (Tran Anh Hung) 10/10 - In 1885, a famous chef and his female cook/sous-chef have worked together for years and develop romantic feelings with one another as they cook their decadent dishes. I loved this film. It is very old-fashioned in the best way possible. It is a g...

ALL OF US STRANGERS Cast: Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy, Jamie Bell. Dir: Andrew Haigh. As a man begins a new relationship with a mysterious stranger, he encounters the ghosts/visions of his parents who died when he was very young. There are moments in this film that even though both my pare...

WISH Cast: Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine, Alan Tudyk, Angelique Cabral, Victor Garber, Natasha Rothwell, Jennifer Kumiyama, Harvey Guillien, Niko Vargas, Ramy Youssef, Jon Rudnitsky, Della Saba (voices). Dirs: Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn. In a faraway magical island, a kingdom is ruled by a sorcerer ...

City of Wind , Mongolia (Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir) 7/10 - In present-day Mongolia, a 17-year-old boy acts as his community's shaman, channeling the "Grandpa Spirit" all the while balancing the stuff that average present-day 17-year-old boys do. But things get complicated when he falls for...

Sweet Dreams , The Netherlands (Ena Sendijarević) 8/10 - A Dutch sugar plantation owner in turn of the century Dutch Indies drops dead. Things get complicated when his adult son from the Netherlands arrives with his pregnant wife and the owner wills all his properties to his little bastard son with...

RUSTIN Cast: Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, Aml Ameen, Jeffrey Wright, Audra McDonald, Gus Halper, Johnny Ramey, CCH Pounder, Michael Potts, Da'Vine Joy Randolph. Dir: George C. Wolfe. This is the biopic of Bayard Rustin, Martin Luther King's friend and right-hand man who pretty conceived...

Perfect Days , Japan (Wim Wenders) 9/10 - A man working as a public toilet cleaner in Tokyo goes about his everyday routine and as we watch him from day to day, we start to see glimpses and hints of his character and past. The film's structure feels repetitive by design so it can be challenge for s...

THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES Cast: Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage, Jason Schwartzman, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andres Rivera, Fionnula Flanagan, Burn Gorman. Dir: Francis Lawrence. This is the prequel to the Hunger Games series and it focuses on a young Cor...

THE MARVELS Cast: Brie Larson, Teyonnah Parris, Iman Vellani, Samuel L. Jackson, Zawe Ashton, Gary Lewis, Park Seo-joon, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur, Saagar Shaikh. Dir: Nia DaCosta. Yet another entry into the MCU has the three Marvel women teaming up to fight a threat from the original Captain Marv...

THE KILLER Cast: Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Arliss Howard, Charles Parnell, Sophie Charlotte, Sala Baker, Gabriel Polanco, Kerry O'Malley, Emiliano Pernía. Dir: David Fincher. Based on a French graphic novel, this is about a skillful hired assassin who must deal with the consequences after h...

The nominees for those of you who care.

Although it is worth noting that the Barbie soundtrack got a lot of nominations.