23 January
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THE 90th ACADEMY AWARDS – THE NOMINATIONS And the nominees are… BEST PICTURE 1. Call Me By Your Name 2. Darkest Hour 3. Dunkirk 4. Get Out 5. Lady Bird 6. Phantom Thread 7. The Post 8. The Shape of Water 9. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri BEST DIRECTOR 1. Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water 2. Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird 3. Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread 4. Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk 5. Jordan Peele, Get Out 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. Denzel Washington,Read More →

11 January
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PHANTOM THREAD Writer/Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, Vicky Krieps, Harriet Sansom Harris When Daniel Day-Lewis announced he was planning on retiring, there was public outcry knowing that we would never see another performance from out of the greatest actors of our time. If that were indeed the case, than Day-Lewis’ turn as Reynolds Woodcock is an excellent performance to go out on. That really shouldn’t surprise anyone given the three-time Oscar winner’s filmography. One of his Oscars was for his performance in There Will Be Blood from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson. They’ve reunited for Phantom Thread making them one of theRead More →

31 December
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2017: A YEAR IN REVIEW It has certainly been an interesting year at the movies with many unpredictable turns at the box office. Studios may finally be getting the hint that audiences want diverse movies with women and minorities in lead roles. WE WANT THESE STORIES! Two of the biggest box offfice hits of the year had female leads with Beauty and the Beast ($504 million) and Wonder Woman ($412 million). Horror hits like Stephen King’s IT and Jordan Peele’s directorial debut Get Out saw audiences flocking to these for a good fright. Studios should hopefully be getting the hint that we are tired ofRead More →

11 December
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THE 75th GOLDEN GLOBES AWARDS NOMINATIONS And the nominees are… Best Motion Picture – Drama Call Me By Your Name Dunkirk The Post The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy The Disaster Artist Get Out The Greatest Showman I, Tonya Lady Bird Best Director Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk Ridley Scott, All the Money in the World Steven Spielberg, The Post Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name Daniel Day Lewis, Phantom Thread Tom Hanks, TheRead More →