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The dominating news out of the Oscars this year was not that a deaf actor won an Oscar for only the second time in history, an LGBTQ Afro-Latina actress won Best Supporting Actress and an African American man won Best Actor. The problem was the latter launched the “slap heard […]

Oscar Watch: Grading the 94th Academy Awards, Who Won, Who ...

March 28, 2022 in Academy Awards / Opinion Piece / Oscar Watch tagged Academy Awards / Chris Rock / CODA / Oscar Watch / Oscars / Will Smith by joeldamos

The 94th Oscars are in the books and for this writer, the right movie won Best Picture, CODA. It won all three categories it was nominated for—Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay. Even though it didn’t win the top 6 awards, the big winner of the night […]

Academy Awards Gives CODA Best Picture, Dune Leads All Winners

March 27, 2022 in Academy Awards tagged Academy Awards / CODA / Dune / Oscars by joeldamos

It may seem like an uphill battle to unset the front-runner for this year’s Oscars—Netflix’s The Power of the Dog—but lately the seismic momentum has been changing to another streaming service’s offering. The Jane Campion-directed epic western scored twelve nominations for Hollywood’s biggest night. Does the film that earned the […]

Oscar Watch 2022: Predicting Every Academy Awards Winner: Will CODA ...

March 24, 2022 in Academy Awards / Nominations / Opinion Piece / Oscar Watch tagged Academy Awards / Academy Awards predictions / Belfast / CODA / Nightmare Alley / Oscar Predictions / Oscars / The Power of the Dog by joeldamos

Filmed in the harshest conditions, Infinite Storm captures the true story of Pam Bales, a mountain climber who left to hike up Mt. Washington in New Hampshire one day and wound up at the peak during a major blizzard that came out of nowhere. It is there that she discovers […]

Infinite Storm Exclusive: Director Malgorzata Szumowska Talks Capturing the Impossible ...

March 23, 2022 in Interviews by joeldamos

After winning an Oscar for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for his work on The Imitation Game (an eight-time nominee), what to do next was an important question for Graham Moore. Winning an Oscar gives you a certain amount of clout. Moore smartly used that gift and parlayed that into making […]

The Outfit Review: Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, and Dylan O’Brien ...

March 18, 2022 in Movie Reviews tagged Dylan O'Brien / Mark Rylance / Movie Reviews / The Outfit / Zoey Deutch by joeldamos

It may seem like there’s been a million Cheaper by the Dozen films, but there are actually only five. Two of those are sequels to the 2003 Steve Martin hit that was a remake of the 1950 classic. The fifth is the new Disney+ film starring Zach Braff and Gabrielle […]

Cheaper by the Dozen Review: The Stellar Sauce’s Secret Ingredient ...

March 18, 2022 in Movie Reviews tagged Cheaper by the Dozen / Gabrielle Union / Movie Reviews / Zach Braff by joeldamos

A true treasure has arrived on DVD, Blu-ray, and digital formats in the form of A Journal for Jordan. The based on a true story feature comes from Denzel Washington, who steps behind the camera and impresses with his fourth effort as a director. Washington made his directorial debut in […]

A Journal for Jordan Blu-ray Review: Michael B. Jordan Stars ...

March 17, 2022 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged A Journal for Jordan / Denzel Washington / DVD Reviews DVD/Blu-ray / Michael B. Jordan by joeldamos

Ryan Reynolds is on a roll, and he’s been a busy, busy boy. His latest is the greatest of all his recent flicks the Deadpool star has been a part of in the last two years. The Adam Project debuts on Netflix on March 11 and is a sci-fi-centric thriller […]

The Adam Project Review: Ryan Reynolds Dazzles in a Heartstring ...

March 11, 2022 in Movie Reviews tagged Movie Reviews / Ryan Reynolds / Shawn Levy / The Adam Project by joeldamos

It’s been 18 years since Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss loved and fought together in what was generally thought to be the final Matrix movie from the Wachowskis siblings. Fast forward to Christmas 2021 and guess who is gliding back into that life simulator once again? Reeves and Moss, along […]

The Matrix Resurrections 4K Ultra HD Review: Whoa, Neo’s Back!

March 10, 2022 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray / Keanu Reeves / The Matrix Resurrections by joeldamos