The Oscar nominations are finally out! Every year, I love to wake up early and celebrate the Oscar nominations as they are announced, and every year, there are always surprises and films being recognized that I haven't yet gotten the chance to watch. For example, Netflix's All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) and The …
Every year, Hollywood celebrates the best films at the Oscars ceremony, and I am eagerly awaiting the nominations announcement tomorrow. Alongside the celebration of the best films of the year, Hollywood also enjoys throwing jeers at the worst films of the year at the Razzie Awards. This year's pack of Razzie nominations just came out, …
Every year we are brought a new slew of holiday films that seek to catch our attention and be added to our yearly Christmas movie traditions. Normally, the season is filled with corny Hallmark or Lifetime movies and only a small handful of bigger Christmas films. Surprisingly, this year there were five different Christmas films …
Continue reading What To Watch This Christmas: Ranking the 5 Christmas Films I Saw This Year (2022)
Back during the week of Thanksgiving, I was one of the lucky people to go see Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) in theaters. Netflix is known to never release their films in theaters (outside of New York and L.A. for the sake of Oscars contention), and as this was their first time going …
Continue reading Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)—Review
Yesterday marked the beginning of Hanukkah this year and it was also the birthday of the greatest filmmaker to ever live, Steven Spielberg. From his early beloved films (such as Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)) to his modern masterpieces (such as Lincoln (2012), The Post (2017), …
There are several key moments in my life that cemented my love for movies: my aunt and uncle taking me to see Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), wearing out a VHS of The Beatles' Yellow Submarine (1968) movie, watching Kill Bill (2003) on television for the first time, and the list goes on. …
A film that had me salivating in anticipation ever since its announcement was Mark Mylod's newest, The Menu (2022). From its all-star cast to its dark, witty mystery presented in the trailer, everything about this movie appeared appetizing to my movie palette. After the busy horror months of September and October this year, I was …
Right before the pandemic hit, I graduated college with a B.M. in music education, and while my job fully utilizes the education part, my opportunities to use the music portion have been limited. I always get really excited when films about the artform of music are on the horizon because I can put my knowledge …
Perhaps the most critically lauded film under the Marvel Studios banner is 2018's Black Panther as it was widely loved by audiences and critics alike as well as being nominated for seven Oscars, winning three. So, the character of T'Challa, Black Panther and king of the fictional Wakanda, became one of the most beloved and …
Continue reading Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)—Review
A film coming out of all the major festivals this year with rave reviews has been Martin McDonagh's latest film, The Banshees of Inisherin (2022). Being described as dark, absurd, and riotously funny, I knew that I absolutely had to go out and see this film. The festival crowd was not wrong: The Banshees of …
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