Rating: R Runtime: 2 hours, 11 minutes Director: Aaron Sorkin Quick Impressions: I got very excited this Christmas when I was able to convince my sister to watch Being the Ricardos. (It helped that a contestant on Jeopardy! told a story about eating bugs, so I was able to show …
Rating: R Runtime: 2 hours, 13 minutes Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Quick Impressions: What I love about Paul Thomas Anderson’s work is that every one of his films is so atmosphere-rich and set in a completely different world from his last movie. Back when Phantom Thread was a Best Picture …
Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 2 hours, 28 minutes Director: Jon Watts Quick Impressions: This movie could have been called Spider-Man: Wish Fulfillment, but I like seeing my wishes fulfilled, so I thoroughly enjoyed it. To be honest, I wasn’t that excited to go. We used to take the whole family to …
Rating: R Runtime: 2 hours, 30 minutes Director: Guillermo del Toro Quick Impressions: I could not have loved this movie more. I liked it far more than I expected. I loved every minute, and it’s currently tied with the new West Side Story for the 2021 movie I’m most excited …
Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 2 hours, 36 minutes Director: Steven Spielberg Quick Impressions: I’m trying to be rational about this (and failing), but do you know how immensely gratifying it would be to some primitive part of me if Rita Moreno won an Oscar again for the same movie sixty years …
Rating: R Runtime: 2 hours, 18 minutes Director: Adam McKay Quick Impressions: We do have Netflix, but we couldn’t wait until December 24th to watch Don’t Look Up. My husband has been dying to see it since the first trailer. He’s been recommending it to everyone (before we had even …
Rating: R Runtime: 2 hours, 6 minutes Director: Jane Campion Quick Impressions: I have a new life goal to add to my bucket list. If The Power of the Dog ever becomes a stage play, I want the part of the housekeeper. (Note: this would have to be community theater …
Best Picture #: 77 Original Release Date: December 15, 2004 Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 2 hours, 12 minutes Director: Clint Eastwood Quick Impressions: Back in 2004, I was a huge fan of Katharine Hepburn (and that hasn’t changed) and Cate Blanchett (and that hasn’t changed, either). The Aviator may not have …
Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 2 hours, 24 minutes Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green Quick Impressions: I went to this movie only because Will Smith’s lead performance as Richard, the father of Venus and Serena Williams, is generating so much Oscar buzz. The whole time I was watching Andrew Garfield sing his heart …
Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 1 hour, 55 minutesDirector: Lin-Manuel Miranda Quick Impressions:tick, tick…BOOM! depressed me so much that I find writing about it difficult, but I do think Andrew Garfield has a real shot at winning Best Actor this year. In fact, so far, his is the only performance I’ve seen …
