I currently do not have any Rita Hayworth or S.Z. Sakall movies on my watchlist, so I decided to take yesterday and the day before off and do as much work as possible, so I have more time for movies during the rest of the month. I know there are going to be days I …
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All That Heaven Allows (1955), dir. Douglas Sirk We finished Day 1 of Summer Under the Stars 2020 with a Douglas Sirk film and we are starting Day 2 with a Douglas Sirk film. And I think many people consider All That Heaven Allows THE Douglas Sirk film. It is weird that I have not …
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OK. Let’s do this. The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933), dir. Frank Capra At this point I have seen most of the Barbara Stanwyck biggest hits. I’m pretty sure this is the most famous of her movies we have here today. If I’m not mistaken, The Bitter Tea of General Yen is (or was) …
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We did it. We have reached the finale of the Oscar season 2020. All that remains is tomorrow’s ceremony. I feel like throughout the last few weeks I have made my opinions on the nominated films pretty clear so there is no real need for me to write too much today. All I am going …
We’re almost done now! This is most likely going to be my penultimate Oscar post (unless I write some sort of reaction on Monday, but something tells me I am going to be way too upset for that until next year). Sadly, all signs point towards to me not being able to complete at least …
We are almost there. Only a few days left and the Oscar season will be over. I am glad because it has been mostly a struggle. Today is no different, as the quality of the nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay is significantly lower than those who compete for the Original Screenplay. Three of the five …
And for my final acting category: the actresses in lead roles. I am very disappointed that this category does not include Lupita Nyong’o and Awkwafina. I am upset that we pretty much knew who was going to win months ago and the Academy did not even make the effort to seek out different performances. Oh …
I finally saw Little Women! I loved it! And now I can pity the actresses against each other. 5. Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit I absolutely disliked Johansson’s characterization in Jojo Rabbit, from the absolutely bizarre accent choice to weird attempts at comedy. I fail to see how this nomination came to be, especially when taken …
I am not too happy with this batch of nominations (it feels like I say this with every category) so I am not too enthusiastic today. Best Costume Design 5. Mark Bridges, Joker I guess the red suit is recognizable? 4. Mayes C. Rubeo, Jojo Rabbit It feels weird to rank a work that is …
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5. 1917, Krysty Wilson-Cairns & Sam Mendes Not to be THAT guy, but – what screenplay? There are surely things worthy of praise when it comes to 1917 (and most of them concern the technical, visual side of things) but there is absolutely nothing remarkable about the dialogues or the story itself. 4. Once Upon …
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