The 91st Academy Awards are coming up toward the end of the month, and this year there are a few nominees in the acting categories who are receiving the latest of their many Oscar nominations. So to lead up to the ceremony this year, I wanted to look back at all the actors and actresses…
Today is a sad day for cinephiles, as the streaming service FilmStruck officially shuts down after two years. It was a true treasure trove of films, highlighting little-known and hard-to-find movies alongside more popular titles. What made this service so special was the curated themes that really let users explore and discover instead of letting…
Happy Oscar weekend! As is my annual tradition on this blog, it’s now time for me to make my predictions on which films will take home the Academy Award. And for the top eight categories (the four for acting, the two screenplay categories, Best Director, and of course, Best Picture), I’ll be including which of…
For my final post on nominees that never won an Academy Award, I’m looking at films nominated for Best Picture and at least one other category that ended up not winning anything. So while these films received multiple Oscar nominations, I still find them memorable today despite not taking home any gold. Note: I narrowed…
Today’s post concludes my look at the Oscar nominees who never won among the four acting categories, with what’s probably my favorite of those categories: Best Actress! More often than not, it’s the acting category that’s the strongest to me in just about any year in the Academy Awards’ 90-year history. Note: I narrowed it…
We’re now just a couple of weeks away from this year’s Oscar ceremony! Last week I posted about my favorite nominees in the Best Supporting Actress and Actor categories, specifically the ones that never won an Academy Award. This weekend, I’ll be taking a look at those types of nominees in the leading categories. As…
As I mentioned yesterday, every weekend this month (leading up to the 90th Academy Awards) I’m taking a look at Oscar nominees that I feel are still memorable today, despite not taking home the Academy Award. Note: I narrowed it down to just 20 favorites from each category, so of course, there are several great…
With the 90th Academy Awards coming up in less than a month, I wanted to commemorate the milestone in film history with a look back at some of my favorite nominees that unfortunately never took home an Oscar, whether they received multiple nominations throughout their career or just one. So every weekend for the rest of…
MOONLIGHT (2016) Directed by Barry Jenkins Cinematography by James Laxton The Film Experience’s Hit Me With Your Best Shot series returns for another season! I had a lot of fun participating a few times last year, and I’m so glad this new season kicks off with Moonlight, 2016’s most beautiful movie in both story and imagery. First…
Oscar Sunday is finally upon us! Though I don’t always agree with what film the golden boy goes to, I always enjoy watching the Academy Awards. And as I’ve always done before the show, I watched all the films nominated in the night’s top eight categories: the four for acting, the two screenplay categories, Best…