Sci-fi sequel “Blade Runner 2049”, true story drama “The Post” and family film “Wonder” lead The 2018 LCJ Movie Awards nominations, with 9 each, including Best Picture. Musical “The Greatest Showman” and sports biopic “I, Tonya” follow with 7 nominations each. For the first time in the 7-year history of The LCJ Movie Awards, there […]
Sunday’s BAFTA Awards mark one of the final major awards shows before The Oscars. Will the winners have an impact on who takes home Oscar gold? It’s quite an interesting year. BAFTA only has 5 nominees in their Best Film category. They are “Call Me by Your Name”, “Darkest Hour”, “Dunkirk”, “The Shape of Water” […]
Chadwick Boseman began his career in television around 2003. His breakthrough role on the big screen came 10 years later. He hasn’t been in a lot of films, but with every major role he’s had, Boseman has made a statement. “42” (2013) – As Jackie Robinson, Boseman held his own with Harrison Ford’s Branch Rickey […]
True Story: Last year, a couple weeks before The Academy Awards – a random thought crossed my mind: What if Leonardo DiCaprio opened the Best Actress envelope, and it read “Isabelle Huppert, ‘La La Land’.” A person’s name with the wrong movie underneath. I thought that DiCaprio and the folks on stage would have no idea what […]
Clint Eastwood is 87 years old and he’s still going strong. His latest film, “The 15:17 to Paris”, opens this weekend. It’s the third in a trio of biopic dramas depicting recent real-life events, following 2014’s “American Sniper” and 2016’s “Sully”. “Sniper”, starring Bradley Cooper as U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, was the highest-grossing film […]
My Philadelphia Eagles FINALLY Won A Super Bowl. A long time coming – and an intense, nerve-racking game. But they did it! Shout-out to the Fan MVP: Bradley Cooper, star of “Silver Linings Playbook” and life-long Philly fanatic! NBC cameras took shots of him in the press box throughout the night – and the looks […]
Welcome to Super Bowl LII. The Game is being played in Minnesota. It would’ve been a Homecoming for the Vikings, but they got crushed by the Birds in the NFC Championship game, leaving their fans with a Big Sick feeling. So, it’s the Eagles and the Patriots. Fans of both teams will be Going In Style […]
As Justin Timberlake gets ready to headline the Super Bowl Halftime Show, here’s a look at his best films to date (“Wonder Wheel” Not Included): “INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS” (2013) Timberlake co-starred alongside Oscar Isaac as a musician, performing the Critics Choice and Golden Globe nominated song “Please Mr. Kennedy” … which is now stuck in […]
The highlights from today’s 2018 Oscar Nominations: “Blade Runner 2049”, “Dunkirk” and “Darkest Hour” dominate technical categories. “Baby Driver” also gets 3. “Victoria & Abdul” with 2 and “Wonder” is a Makeup & Hairstyling nominee. The Sound Editing & Sound Mixing nominees are identical – rare. No Hong Chau or Holly Hunter in Supporting Actress […]
First-ever SAG Awards host Kristen Bell opened the show with a brief monologue: a couple jokes, a few important statements and a not-too-early “Frozen 2” plug. She and Maya Rudolph then presented the first award of the night. Bell appeared a few more times during the night, including with a well-written bit midway through featuring […]