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Review – Minari

In our continuing coverage of Oscar-nominated films, guest reviewer themovieguy_ng has a look at Minari, nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Score, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. Set in the 1980s Arkansas, Minari was written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung, who wrote this based on

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Review – Mulan (2020)

In our continuing coverage of Oscar-nominated films, guest reviewer Michele D of raccoonandpossum has a look at Mulan, nominated for Best Visual Effects and Best Costume Design. I already promised myself NOT to write a review about the big budget Mulan remake that absolutely none of my friends care about. Well, guess what: I’m on

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Review – Promising Young Woman

In our continuing coverage of Oscar-nominated films, guest reviewer PopC has a look at Promising Young Woman, nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing. “Wow” did I say after one of the strongest openings in recent film history, and “wow” did I say when

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Review – The Father

In our continuing coverage of Oscar-nominated films, guest reviewer 420filmclub has a look at Father, starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman, and has been nominated for six Oscars. One of the finest psychological horror films I’ve ever seen. There’s no need for blood, jump scares or supernatural chills here; it’s the realistic horrors of dementia

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Review – Sound of Metal

The Oscars are less than two weeks away where the heck did the time go?! In our continuing coverage of this year’s Oscars, guest reviewer Fourth Wall Film Reviews has a look at Sound of Metal, nominated for six Oscars! A heavy-metal drummer’s (Riz Ahmed) life is thrown into freefall when he begins to lose

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llyzabeth

Oscar 2021 Nominations announced!

EDIT – Updated with all the winners! The nominations for the 2021 Oscars have been announced! See below for the full list, including links to movie reviews we’ve already posted. Check back often, as we’ll update the list with even more reviews to come. Best Picture The FatherJudas And The Black MessiahMankMinariNomadland – WINNERPromising Young

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Leland Pierce

REVIEW: Raya and the Last Dragon

Raya and the Last Dragon is the 59th Walt Disney Animated feature film to be released, and the first animated film to be released in 2021; the film’s release was simultaneously on Disney+ with their Premier Access and will become free to subscribers on June 4.  In the mystical world of Kumandra the lands are

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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Soul

Directed by Pete Docter, Soul follows Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx), a middle school music teacher, who has dreamed of performing jazz music onstage, and finally gets a chance after impressing other jazz musicians during an opening act at the Half Note Club. However, an untimely accident causes Gardner’s soul to be separated from his body

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Leland Pierce

Review: Soul

Disney+ has given us many things this past year to be thankful for. The Mandalorian for sure. But on Christmas this year Disney+ and Pixar gave us their newest movie, Soul. An enjoyable movie that stars Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Questlove, Phylicia Rashad and Angela Bassett, and music by Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus

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