It's been just over a week since the Oscar nominations were announced, and the annual Blitz is already in progress. The timeline is extremely tight this year, with only five and a half weeks between the nominee release and the ceremony itself, which as I've previously mentioned is the shortest window since the pandemic. Normally … Continue reading Back Row Thoughts – A Compressed Blitz
It is a rare thing when I am truly offended by a movie, even rarer when it's an independent one. There are usually a couple of mainstream pictures each year that fill me with rage because of how craven the corporate cash grab may be, or the overabundance of fart jokes in lieu of a … Continue reading Forget About It – Memory
The "Best Actress Showcase" film is a common thing during Awards Season, typically in the form of a story uniquely suited to a female lead character, and often cast and shot in a way that heavily features the top line actress in an attempt to garner some hardware at the expense of everything else. It's … Continue reading The Parent Trap – The Lost Daughter
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