Something magical occurred at the 92nd Academy Awards Sunday evening. Something that I predicted was going to happen weeks ago. Parasite not only took home four awards - the most of any feature honored at the ceremony. It became the first non-English language film to win the Academy Award for both International Feature Film and [...]
Welcome to the final installment of this season’s Best Picture Challenge. Check out my thoughts on films seven through nine below. Ford v. Ferrari With Le Mans 1966 as the backdrop, officials at Ford look to do the impossible. They plan to construct a race car that can compete against a thoroughbred of car racing: [...]
Welcome to part deux of my Best Picture Challenge in conjunction with the 92nd Oscars. In this post, I’m talking about The Irishman, Jojo Rabbit, and Joker. // The Irishman I was stunned to discover this film had a three-and-a-half hour runtime. Good Lord! If you can get over that - and how the film [...]
The 2020 Oscars ceremony is February 9. It’s a shortened season, but I’m determined to see and review each of the nine Best Picture nominees. In the spirit of a shortened season, I’ve decided to conquer the writing portion of this challenge in three parts, publishing snippet reviews of each of the nine nominees. Let’s [...]
1. Heels Get Big Win at Cameron Indoor UNC traveled to Durham Wednesday evening to take on No. 1 Duke in another installment of the Battle of the Blues. The No. 8 Tar Heels came to play from the jump and defeated the Blue Devils 88-72. Many folks cited an early game injury to Duke [...]
"What the heck did I just watch?" That was my initial thought that came to mind after seeing The Favourite. I'll do my best to explain it, here. Yorgos Lanthimos' film takes us to 18th century England, where Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne. Her confidant Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) remains by her side [...]
From the mind of Adam McKay, here is a half-biopic, half-dark comedy on the life of Dick Cheney. This is Vice. The film chronicles several decades in the life of Cheney (Christian Bale), from his drunken college years to working his way up the ladder of insider Washington politics. Moreover, the film is a commentary [...]
