This Sunday marks the 77th Golden Globes ceremony, where we get our first taste for what films and performances industry voters are truly drawn towards! What surprises will we see? Will any of the films bowl over the competition, or will the HFPA spread the love?
We’re less than a month away from the Oscar nominations now, and we have a clearer picture than ever as to which films will be in the conversation! With the Globes nominations behind us and the guilds beginning to announce theirs, who are the frontrunners for the biggest award of the night?
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As we draw near the end of the decade, I’ve been looking back at the past ten years of cinema and gathering my thoughts on each film released within each of them. In the leadup to my Best Films of the 2010’s list, I will also be sharing a Top 10 for every year this decade that I didn’t get a chance to before starting this blog. So here are my top 10 films of 2011!
Ad Astra (2019) is a sci-fi space flick from James Gray, starring Brad Pitt as an astronaut tasked with travelling to the edge of the solar system to find his father. The Heart of Darkness-inspired tale is more brooding and introspective than action-adventure, though the film still has its share of action-adventure. It became a surprise favorite at Venice Film Festival last month and got critics buzzing even more about Brad Pitt’s Oscar prospects this winter. Is this truly one of his finest works to date?
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It’s still early in awards season (if you can even call it that at this point), but by now most or all of the major awards players have premiered on the festival circuit. I’ve already given my thoughts on the results of the major film festivals (Sundance, Cannes, Venice, and TIFF), but before I see most of the films for myself, I want to give my updated early predictions. Here are my best guesses for how the major categories will look at the 92nd Academy Awards next February!
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) is Quentin Tarantino’s ninth film, a sprawling tale of crime and cinema in 1960’s Los Angeles. It stars an ensemble cast that includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Al Pacino, Dakota Fanning and many, many more. It is quite possibly one of Tarantino’s final films before his rumored retirement, and has so far drawn rave reviews from critics. How does it stack up against his best offerings over the past two and a half decades?
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The Oscars are still seven months away, but it’s never too early to make totally baseless and incorrect predictions for the ceremony! I did the same thing last year and was pretty off-base on most categories while getting fairly close on a few. Let’s check in on the state of the major races before awards season starts, and begin tracking how it all goes down!
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2018 is over, which means it’s time to look ahead towards the coming year of cinema! What exciting new projects are on the horizon?
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