Monthly Archives: March 2022

There's a reason why I call this series "The Slacker's Guide to the Oscars." As the minutes tick by, it's less and less likely this is the year I get…

Having no expectations or knowing little about the movie you're going to see might not seem advantageous, but sometimes it can stop you from avoiding movies you will enjoy. Tennis…

It's rare to see one reboot in the Best Picture race, let alone two. Or four. For a cherry on top, one of these is a sci-fi flick. For this…

They say don't judge a book by its cover, but I maybe should have in the case of Licorice Pizza. Does anyone else have directors or actors where the majority…

It might seem like an unlikely coupling of movies or a joke from Lewis Carrol with no punchline - Why is Nightmare Alley like Don't Look Up? But the Oscar…

Just the other night during movie club, the question "what movie surprised you" was posed. At the time, we weren't talking specifically about Oscar-nominated movies. Still, two in the Oscar…