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| The Academy Awards |
So I know I missed the one yesterday but hey, it’s the big day! Time to get cracking because I have some serious predictions to make! We’re talking actresses, who might be winning the director award, and which movie will be bringing home the ultimate prize! Will there be any surprises this time? We’ll see!
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| The Academy Awards |
Today, on my newly minted Oscar predictions rundown series, we’re going to talk about one of
the most competitive Oscar races and one that is probably the most predictable one: the
actors races! Could there be any surprises in this lineup of nominees? Or should we
just go ahead and give it to Daniel Day-Lewis now? Let’s find out!
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| The Academy |
March 5th is the big day, folks: Oscar night! All the best (arguably) movies of the last year come together to be celebrated by Hollywood’s elite and to be skipped by everyone else. Yes, it’s very self-celebratory, but for a film nerd like me I do like to see how the awards go down and who walks away the big winner. With that being said, from this day until Sunday I will be posting my predictions and thoughts on the nominees. Today, let’s take a look at the nominees for the two big writing awards: Adapted and Original Screenplay!
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| Paramount Pictures |
Paramount Pictures is in a bit of a rut right now, having faced the loss of a major production partner and a couple years of mostly duds. Just in the past year, the company has not released a film that you would consider a hit, with a few being barely profitable and others downright bombing. This has included films that are actually good like mother!, but in the face of these difficulties they have decided to remove the risk by dumping Annihilation onto Netflix (ala The Cloverfield Paradox) in every country except America, Canada and China. So does that mean that this film, from the writer-director of Ex Machina, is a dud? Let’s find out!
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| Marvel Studios |
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that Marvel’s Black Panther is coming out this Friday, and word on the street is that people really really love it. So, because I personally care more about the comics than the films based on them, I want to use this hype to try and bring some attention to the best stories featuring our favorite African monarch. This is your homework, folks, and you wouldn’t want to let the king down, would you? Let’s get started!
No need to beat around the bush here, I know what we’re all here for! 2017 was a great year for movies, and this was an interesting list to make. Just to get it out of the way, you will probably not agree with everything on this list, and there are plenty of movies I did not see. Enough intro-ing, let’s do this!
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| Lucasfilm |
It’s hard to believe that one of the most divisive things in 2017 would be a Star Wars film, but here we are. The eighth installment in the main series, not counting Rogue One, is brought to us by Rian Johnson (Looper, The Brothers Bloom), and features the continuing adventures of Rey and Finn while also featuring the return of Luke Skywalker. So what could have possibly gone wrong with this to earn such a harsh audience reaction? Let’s try to answer that here.
