Tag: west side story
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Academy Awards- Last Minute Predictions and Preferences: Expect Major Victories for “Power of the Dog” and (sigh) “CODA”
By Christian DiMartino As someone who, for whatever reason, cares about the Oscars, I gotta say that I’m not really having much interest in the outcome of the 94th Academy Awards, which airs this evening. This was a fine year in movies- the ones I loved were pretty great, and honestly I didn’t seek out…
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The Best Movies of 2021 (a tad late, I know)
By Christian DiMartino Typically when I make a 10 best list for movies, I like to wait until I’ve caught up with everything I deem necessary. In other words, I await the Oscar nominations, and if there is a major nomination that I have missed, I will wait until I’ve caught up with it. I…
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The Oscars: Final Predictions
By Christian DiMartino The Oscar nominations are coming out on Tuesday, February 8th. As we might know, this is always a subject that I find myself getting really invested in. Even though over time I’ve grown to realize more and more that they’re a load of crap. What do I mean? Well they just seem…
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Review: West Side Story
Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story is as joyous as a movie musical can get. It’s a film that aims high and dreams big, and manages to fire on all cylinders. This is Spielberg’s first film since Ready Player One, and by comparison it’s drastically different. In fact, it’s drastically different because this is one of…