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- Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:28 am
- Forum: 2024
- Topic: The Official Review Thread of 2024
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1620
Re: The Official Review Thread of 2024
DUNE PART II Cast: Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Stellan Skarsgaard, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Lea Seydoux, Charlotte Rampling. Dir: Denis Villenueve. The continuation of the story of Paul Atreides and his rise to pow...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:07 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Categories One-by-One: Production Design
- Replies: 2
- Views: 138
Categories One-by-One: Production Design
The nominees: Barbie Killers of the Flower Moon Napoleon Oppenheimer Poor Things I agree with people here that this is The Favourite v. Black Panther Part 2 when it comes to both design awards. Oppenheimer is firmly in third place. It could win if the Academy decides to give it everything. Killers a...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:46 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Categories One-by-One: Adapted Screenplay
- Replies: 10
- Views: 593
Categories One-by-One: Adapted Screenplay
The nominees: Cord Jefferson, American Fiction Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer Tony McNamara, Poor Things Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest This is another contentious which I think is a genuine three-way race. Let's eliminate the ones with minimal chances: ...
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 8:04 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Best Picture Ballot
- Replies: 17
- Views: 809
Re: Best Picture Ballot
I can now finally share my Best Picture ballot. Strong year. Numbers 1-6 are in my Top 10.
1. Past Lives
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
3. Oppenheimer
4. Anatomy of a Fall
5. The Holdovers
6. Poor Things
7. Barbie
8. The Zone of Interest
9. American Fiction
10. Maestro
1. Past Lives
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
3. Oppenheimer
4. Anatomy of a Fall
5. The Holdovers
6. Poor Things
7. Barbie
8. The Zone of Interest
9. American Fiction
10. Maestro
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:08 am
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Categories One-by-One: Visual Effects
- Replies: 4
- Views: 281
Categories One-by-One: Visual Effects
The nominees: The Creator Godzilla Minus One Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One Napoleon Ever since Dune Part II decided to move to 2024 and Oppenheimer failed to make the bake-off list, this category has become one of the most contentious and confusing of a...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:44 am
- Forum: 2023
- Topic: The Official Review Thread of 2023
- Replies: 161
- Views: 2800509
Re: The Official Review Thread of 2023
AMERICAN FICTION Cast: Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, Issa Rae, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Tracee Ellis Ross, Adam Brody, Leslie Uggams. Dir: Cord Jefferson. An African-American writer is having getting his works published and decides to write a stereotypical "black" book then experi...
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:32 pm
- Forum: 2023
- Topic: The Official Review Thread of 2023
- Replies: 161
- Views: 2800509
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POOR THINGS Cast: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichael, Kathryn Hunter, Christopher Abbott, Hannah Schygulla, Suzy Bemba, Margaret Qualley. Dir: Yorgos Lanthimos A young woman who's been brought back to life by a deformed scientist through a brain transplant from h...
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:30 pm
- Forum: 2024
- Topic: The Official Review Thread of 2024
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1620
Re: The Official Review Thread of 2024
SUNCOAST Cast: Nico Parker, Laura Linney, Woody Harrelson, Matt Walsh. Dir: Laura Chinn. This is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama about a teenage girl befriending a right-to-life activist during the Terri Schiavo controversy and trying to have fun after helping to care for her terminally ...
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:58 am
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: DGA Nominees & Winner
- Replies: 26
- Views: 531378
Re: DGA Nominees
Christopher Nolan has won DGA.
Celine Song wins First-Time Feature Director.
Celine Song wins First-Time Feature Director.
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:46 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Categories One-by-One: Documentary Short Film
- Replies: 3
- Views: 187
Re: Categories One-by-One: Documentary Short Film
Finished this category as well. The ABC's of Book Banning - A group of children are interviewed and give their thoughts on the issue of banning certain books. This is what I call a "no shit, Sherlock" documentary, meaning if you already agree with the premise, it just reinforces it. But it...
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:17 pm
- Forum: 2024
- Topic: The Official Review Thread of 2024
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1620
Re: The Official Review Thread of 2024
MEAN GIRLS Cast: Angourie Rice, Renee Rapp, Auli'i Cravalho, Jaquel Spivey, Christopher Briney, Avantika, Bebe Wood, Jenna Fischer, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows. Dirs: Samantha Jayne & Arturo Perez Jr. This is the film version of the stage musical adaptation of the 2004 teen comedy where a homeschooled...
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 9:24 pm
- Forum: 2024
- Topic: The Official Review Thread of 2024
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1620
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LISA FRANKENSTEIN Cast: Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse, Liza Soberano, Carla Gugino, Henry Eikenberry, Joe Chrest. Dir: Zelda Williams. A sullen teenage girl whose mother has been murdered gets obsessed with a dead musician in an abandoned cemetery then after lightning strikes, this dead musician come...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:10 am
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Categories One-by-One: Live-Action Short Film
- Replies: 6
- Views: 295
Categories One-by-One: Live-Action Short Film
Here's my assessment of the live-action shorts: The After - David Oyelowo plays a man who becomes an Uber driver after an unspeakable tragedy happens to him. The main thing this film has it going for it is David Oyelowo's truly great performance. I don't know if this one works as a short, it feels l...
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 8:39 pm
- Forum: 2024
- Topic: The Official Review Thread of 2024
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1620
The Official Review Thread of 2024
ORION AND THE DARK Cast: Jacob Tremblay, Paul Walter Hauser, Angela Bassett, Colin Hanks, Mia Akemi Brown, Natasia Demetriou, Nat Faxon, Ike Barinholtz, Carla Gugino, Werner Herzog (voices). Dir: Sean Charmatz A young boy who's afraid of most everything especially the dark is visited by the actual e...
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 8:27 pm
- Forum: 2023
- Topic: The Official Review Thread of 2023
- Replies: 161
- Views: 2800509
Re: The Official Review Thread of 2023
PRISCILLA Cast: Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Dagmara Domińczyk, Ari Cohen. Dir: Sofia Coppola. Based on her memoirs, this film chronicles Priscilla Presley's relationship and marriage to Elvis Presley from the time she met him when she was 14 through their separation/divorce in the early '70s. This ...