This was a HUGE decade for Best Original Song. Movie soundtracks were hot sellers in stores, perhaps responding to the fact that the craft was hitting an apex of talent. It helps that animated Disney movie musicals were also in their prime. There just isn’t a bad song on this list. It’s quite a shame … More Ranking Every Best Original Song Oscar Winner of the 1990s
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri generated a lot of heat during award season after it was released in 2017. It won Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture Drama, Best Screenplay, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor. It scored again at the SAG Awards, winning Best Cast in addition to awards for Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell. … More Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a Garbage Movie
Given the heights the 90s took Best Original Songs to at the Oscars, it’s surprising how quickly the category lost momentum. There’s still some great work to be found, but the highs definitely aren’t as soaring–indicating the direction the category would continue to go in the 2010s. 10. “It’s Hard out Here for a Pimp,” Hustle … More Every Best Original Song Oscar Winner of the 2000s Listed and Ranked
Ranking every Academy Award winner for Best Original Song from 2010-2019. … More Every Best Original Song Oscar Winner of the 2010s Listed and Ranked
If ever there was a book that seemed to have been written specifically for me, this is it. And it did not disappoint. I’ve been fascinated by the Academy Awards since childhood, when I would get sent to bed before the show was over, then sneak out of my room to finish watching with the … More Pictures at a Revolution is Porn for Film Buffs
I should start by saying that I’ve never responded to a Guillermo del Toro movie–not even Pan’s Labyrinth. Given the hype around The Shape of Water and what I had heard about it, I was hoping this would be the movie to turn things around for me and Guillermo. Alas. Less than thirty minutes in, I turned … More The Shape of Water Movie Review
The 1970s gets a lot of credit for being full of great cinema, but the 1960s had some surprisingly great movies, too. This top ten is pretty darned good, and perfectly showcases the massive transition Hollywood was undergoing. … More Ranking Every Best Picture Oscar Winner of the 1960s
The Last Jedi requires a give and a take most Star Wars movies don’t possess, but the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Here’s a list of the positives and negatives. … More The Pros and Cons of Star Wars: The Last Jedi
I thought ranking the Best Actors of the 1970s was hard, but any one of the top 8 Actresses here could have been the top in another decade. It’s about to get brutal. … More Ranking Every Best Actress Oscar Winner of the 1970s
There are some truly iconic performances in the Best Actor category in the 1970s, which makes it a very difficult decade to rank. But we’re about to do it anyway. Here we go… … More Ranking Every Best Actor Oscar Winner of the 1970s
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