Maria Bakalova Age: 24Film: Borat Subsequent MoviefilmRole: Tutar Sagdiyev, daughter of the (in)famous Borat, who travels with him to America where he hopes to give her as a gift to Mike Pence but keeps running into obstacles as Covid-19 presents novel challenges to his schemes. Nomination History:This is Bakalova’s first …
Riz Ahmed Age: 38Film: Sound of MetalRole: Ruben, the drummer in a two-person punk band who suddenly begins losing his hearing. Ruben’s music is quite literally his life since his bandmate is also his trailer mate and (in his mind) his soul mate, so when his hearing loss rapidly deteriorates, …
Rating: PG-13Runtime: 1 hour, 37 minutesDirector: Florian Zeller Quick Impressions:What a sad movie! I don’t know where to begin! If Chadwick Boseman hadn’t tragically died young of cancer, I’ll bet the Oscar discussion right now would be, “Boseman is fantastic in his first nominated performance, but Anthony Hopkins is raw …
Best Picture: # 48Original Release Date: November 19, 1975Rating: RRuntime: 2 hours, 13 minutesDirector: Milos Formos Quick Impressions:I’ve never read Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and this was my first time watching the film, but I did see the stage play in high school when my …
Rating: Not RatedRuntime: 1 hour, 57 minutesDirector: Thomas Vinterberg Quick Impressions:There’s something you need to know about Druk before you watch, something I wish I had known. I’ve wanted to see this film for quite a while because I love Mads Mikkelsen, and even though I hadn’t seen the performance …
Viola Davis Age: 55Film: Ma Rainey’s Black BottomRole: Ma Rainey, early Blues legend and vaudeville star who comes to Chicago on a sweltering day in July, 1927, to make a record of some of her hit songs. Though Ma lives up to her reputation for being difficult, she’s the one …
Rating: RRuntime: 4 hours, 2 minutesDirector: Zack Snyder Quick Impression:I’m obsessing over Oscar nominees right now and busy in general, so when I heard the much demanded, once allegedly fictional Snyder cut of Justice League was now available on HBO Max, I planned to watch but not review it. (I’ve …
Best Picture: #47Original Release Date: December 18, 1974Rating: RRuntime: 3 hour, 22 minutesDirector: Francis Ford Coppola Quick Impressions:Watching this movie with my daughter made me realize sadly that we will never get to watch Godfather III together and finish out the series. (Well, I mean, I guess there’s no law …
Rating: RRuntime: 2 hours, 10 minutesDirector: Lee Daniels Quick Impressions:I’m relieved that I’ve finally seen Andra Day’s Oscar nominated performance as Billie Holiday because I hate finding myself in the awkward position of unintentionally rooting against an actor just because I haven’t seen her performance yet. For weeks now, I’ve …
Sacha Baron Cohen Age: 49Film: The Trial of the Chicago 7Role: Abbie Hoffman, the charismatic and controversial political activist/comedian/leader of the Youth International Party accused (with six or seven others) of conspiracy and crossing state lines to incite a riot near the Democratic National Convention in Chicago the summer of …
