The official nominations for the 91st Academy Awards were revealed this morning by presenters Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross. The Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network.
by Kevin Muller
From the halls of renowned musical school to the hills of Hollywood, Academy Award winning director, Damien Chazelle, who still is the youngest director to win the award, has a love affair with ambition and what it takes to be the best. Andrew, from Whiplash, and Mia and Sebastian, from La La Land, sacrificed their wants and needs in order to attain their dreams. This time, the stakes are a bit higher. This life or death mission to space shows the many lives lost from countless failures to one of America’s proudest moments. Does Chazelle pull it off?
by Kevin Muller
My personal favorite time of the year is upon us. These next few months will present us with movies that will provide escape, but most will be running for Oscar gold come February 2019. This list contains films from both groups.
Logan Myerz reviews the 2017 Pixar animated film Coco that won an Oscar for ‘Best Animated Feature’ this year at the Academy Awards.
One of the most talented directors in the film industry – our friend
Guillermo Del Toro – will now be memorialized as a Pop!, alongside characters from his Oscar-award winning film The Shape of Water!
by Kevin Muller
Most people get excited for the beginning of the year due to the proximity of the Superbowl to the New Year. For me, I also get the Academy Awards, which is the Superbowl for film fans. Though the Patriots, and Brady, losing to a team who never won and that no one believed in, was maybe the greatest narratives of the year. Let’s see who is nominated in each of these major categories, along with my personal picks, and who I think will take an Oscar home.
2017 was a fantastic year for movies. Like most years, the Academy left out many Oscar worthy contenders. For example, I personally thought The Florida Project was snubbed for a Best Picture nomination, along with a few other categories. Brigsby Bear, A Ghost Story, Good Time, Killing of a Sacred Deer, and It are few others to name that were completely robbed. Continue reading
Logan Myerz reviews the Oscar nominated film, 3 Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri starring Frances McDormand, Sam Rockwell, and Woody Harrelson.
Logan Myerz reviews the Oscar nominated film The Post that is directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep.
FLYING INTO THEATERS ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2017!
In honor of the film’s 40th anniversary, director Steven Spielberg’s remaster of Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 4K will be in theaters for one week ONLY!
Originally released in December 1977, Close Encounters was nominated for eight Academy Awards, winning best cinematography and best sound effects editing through special achievement.
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