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 …
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 …
James Gray's latest film, Armageddon Time (2022), is one that has completely flown under a lot of people's radars. Personally, I had no idea this movie was coming until I saw a trailer for it in front of Don't Worry Darling (2022) back in September. That said, as soon as I saw the trailer and …
My favorite directors, and the directors that I find tend to make the best movies, are the ones that have a very distinct DNA in their films that make it completely theirs: Quentin Tarantino, Taika Waititi, Wes Anderson, Steven Spielberg just to name a few. Another such director is Edgar Wright, whose films such as …
One of the films that I've been waiting to see since I saw its initial trailer is Promising Young Woman. From that first trailer, I knew that this film would be a fun ride from beginning to end, and I am happy to say my intuition was correct. Emerald Fennell, who has previously only acted …
Jane Austen has a vast catalogue of literature that is ripe for retelling in various medium, and one that we seem to keep gravitating towards is Emma (first published in 1815), her final novel to be published during her life. Back in the ‘90s, Hollywood seemed determined to throw the story of Emma at us …
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