Tag: the father
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Oscars 2020: Final Predictions and Preferences
By Christian DiMartino Nobody could’ve predicted at the start of 2020 that it would be as ghastly as it turned out to be. Talk about unpredictable. Speaking of unpredictable, here we are with less than a week before the Academy Awards- last year was a much quicker Oscar season, this one is much longer- and…
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2020 in Film: A Very Delayed Overview
By Christian DiMartino 2020 was uh… it was a weird one, for a lot of reasons. For this though, we’re talking movies. The year began as usual, with plenty of theatrical releases- some good, some duds. Then… the world shut down, as did movie theatres, and suddenly everything turned upside down. All of the big…
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Oscar Talk: Look Out for a “Promising Young Woman”
By Christian DiMartino As the immortal Beyoncé once said: Girls, they run the world. In terms of this year’s Oscars, yeah, they do. It’s rare for a female to get a Best Director nomination- in fact, until this year, only five had been nominated, with only one winner (Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker). This…
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2021 Oscar Nominations: Yes! No?! What?
By Christian DiMartino Whew, what a morning it has been. Despite never receiving recognition of my own (someday, hopefully), Oscar morning is very nerve-wracking for me. I thought this year would be different, considering my lack of interest in movies in general recently. Yet I’d seen a decent amount so I guess something within me…
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Review: The Father
By Christian DiMartino Ladies and gentlemen, let’s hear it for Sir Anthony Hopkins. The man needs no introduction, and is of course a legend. But it’s not often that you hear of an actor, well into his 80s, delivering career-defining work. Hopkins masterpiece might always be The Silence of the Lambs, because let’s be real:…
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The Golden Globes: What Was That?
By Christian DiMartino Despite having little interest in the awards season this year, once I made the realization that the Golden Globes were coming on, I couldn’t resist. The Golden Globes are basically the Oscars’ drunken cousin, and despite how unorthodox the show can be at times, it is usually a decent forecast for how…
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