So there's the best overall movie, and then you have these secondary best pictures, each representing their niche corner of the cinema-sphere... unless your Parasite and take home the secondary and the main prize. But more often than not, I enjoy the movies in these categories better than the main Best Picture pool. Best Animated... Continue Reading →
Ranking the 2023 Oscars: Best Costume Design and Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Certainly these two categories have their fans. People like to ogle at all the pretty dresses in all the period pieces, and they love to critique the make-up and judge if a movie's art department has made an actor or an actress look better or worse or appropriate for the part. I believe that subtle... Continue Reading →
Ranking The 2023 Oscars: Best Original Score
I'll be honest, music isn't really my strong suit, even though I have played a synthesizer and some percussion instruments in the past - poorly, I might add. In my youth, instead of listening to pop music on the radio, I spent my time listening to movie scores. I owned quite a few CD's at... Continue Reading →
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
I can't believe it's been a decade since this movie came out. It feels like it came out just a few years ago. It's been on my watchlist forever. The reason I didn't watch it back in 2013 is because it got so much hype that I didn't think that the movie could meet my... Continue Reading →

