Jessica Chastain Age: 44 (but 45 by March 27th) Film: The Eyes of Tammy Faye Role: Tammy Faye Bakker (later Messner), the charismatic wife and partner in puppetry (but apparently not in crime) of rising star televangelist Jim Bakker. Trying to overcome a confusing early childhood that made her feel like an …
Rating: R Runtime: 2 hours, 1 minute Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal Quick Impressions: Olivia Colman is a great actress, and I’m always happy to see a movie if she’s in it. (Seriously my husband and I went to that Appalachian snake-handling movie mostly because of her. It’s called Them That Follow …
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 …
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 …
