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THE 90th ACADEMY AWARDS – THE WINNERS And the WINNERS are… BEST PICTURE The Shape of Water BEST DIRECTOR Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water BEST ACTOR Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour BEST ACTRESS Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Allison Janney, I, Tonya BEST EDITING Dunkirk BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Jordan Peele, Get Out BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM A Fantastic Woman BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Roger Deakins, Blade Runner 2049 BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN The Shape of Water BEST SOUND MIXING Dunkirk BEST SOUNDRead More →

01 March
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PAUL PREDICTS (SOME OF) THE OSCARS WINNERS This year’s Oscar race will no doubt come with some surprises. The acting categories seem pretty locked in place given that the four frontrunners (Oldman, McDormand, Janney, and Rockwell) have won every other major award so far. It’s the Best Picture and Best Director races that seem a bit more ambiguous as you can make cases for a variety of the nominees. Here are my thoughts on the top six categories And the nominees are… BEST ACTOR 1. Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name 2. Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread 3. Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out 4. Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour 5. DenzelRead More →

21 January
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The 24th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS – THE WINNERS OUSTANDING ENSEMBLE THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Abbie Cornish Peter Dinklage Woody Harrelson John Hawkes Lucas Hedges Željo Ivanek Caleb Landry Jones Frances McDormand Clarke Peters Sam Rockwell Samara Weaving OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Gary Oldman, The Darkest Hour OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Alison Janney, I, Tonya OUTSTANDING ACTIONRead More →

11 January
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THE 23RD ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS – THE WINNERS And the winners are… BEST PICTURE The Shape of Water BEST ACTOR Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour BEST ACTRESS Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Allison Janney – I, Tonya BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS Brooklynn Prince – The Florida Project BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri BEST DIRECTOR Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Jordan Peele – Get Out BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY James Ivory – Call Me by Your Name BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Roger DeakinsRead More →

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THE 75th GOLDEN GLOBES AWARDS – THE WINNERS And the award goes to… Best Motion Picture – Drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Lady Bird Best Director Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy James Franco, The Disaster Artist Best Supporting Actor Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards OutsideRead More →

05 January
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I, TONYA Director: Craig Gillespie Starring: Margot Robbie, Allison Janney, Sebastian Stan, Julianne Nicholson, Paul Walter Hauser, Bobby Cannavale If you thought you knew the story of Tonya Harding then think again. I, Tonya takes unique approach at telling her side of the story. The film is structured around on-camera interviews with key players in Harding’s life and those involved in the infamous battle between her and Nancy Kerrigan. It starts off going back to Tonya’s early skating days as she grew up to become one of the greatest skaters to hit the ice. Yes, you read that correctly. She was the first American femaleRead More →

06 October
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THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN Director: Tate Taylor Starring: Emily Blunt, Justin Theroux, Haley Bennett, Luke Evans, Rebecca Ferguson, Allison Janney, Edgar Ramírez, Laura Prepon, Lisa Kudrow It’s the fall release that book lovers have been waiting for as the Paula Hawkins page-turner finally gets the big screen treatment. Rachel Watson (Blunt) takes the train into work every day. She passes the time by sketching and daydreaming about other people she sees along the way. Every day the train goes by a gorgeous house with a beautiful couple inside who always look deeply in love. The house happens to be just a few houses downRead More →

29 September
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MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN Director: Tim Burton Starring: Asa Butterfield, Eva Green, Samuel L. Jackson, Kim Dickens, Chris O’Dowd, Allison Janney, Rupert Everett, Terence Stamp I go into each Tim Burton movie with the hope that it feels like the Tim Burton I grew up on. I want that gothic and morose look with that gentle love for the innocent characters at hand. 2012’s Frankenweenie was a nice surprise sandwiched between lesser films like Big Eyes, Alice in Wonderland, and Dark Shadows. He’s been relying too heavily on gimmicky 3D effects and questionable Johnny Depp performances. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children isRead More →

21 April
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THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN Director: Tate Taylor Starring: Emily Blunt, Justin Theroux, Allison Janney, Luke Evans, Edgar Ramírez, Laura Prepon, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson, Lisa Kudrow Now I know what book I’ll be picking up the next time I swing through Barnes & Noble. Maybe that will be tomorrow. Readers that were obsessed with Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl were looking for their next female-driven page turner and found it with Paula Hawkins book The Girl on the Train. It was only a matter of time before we saw it adapted for the big screen. The “teaser trailer” has now been released, and the beginningRead More →

10 July
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MINIONS Directors: Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin Starring: Pierre Coffin, Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Jennifer Saunders, Geoffrey Rush, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Katy Mixon The scene-stealers from the Despicable Me movies have received their own movie, and it’s a prequel! The minions are continually in search for a proper master that they can work for which ends up being a harder task than they had envisioned. Centuries pass taking them from dinosaurs to world leaders, but none of them work out. Without a master, they feel like they have no purpose. After spending time in frozen tundra, Bob, Stuart, and Kevin (all voiced by director PierreRead More →