I’ve been sitting here all week trying to motivate myself to create another Slacker’s Guide to the Oscars. I’ve, obviously, been coming up dry. I’ve watched all of the Best…
Barbie is supposed to be a firefighter, not the arsonist lighting the inferno. But, here we are. Barbie really can be anything. Barbie, the doll, has a fair share of controversy…
The long-awaited final chapter of Indiana Jones' Adventures has hit the big screen. And the haters are out in force. Honestly, I can't remember the last movie release that didn't…
With a title like Women Talking, you'd assume that more people would be talking about this film. But we all know that saying about assuming. I've sat on this one…
Both Elvis and The Fabelmans might have been Oscar darlings in award seasons past. Yet, in 2023 they are both at the back of the Best Picture pack. Let's do…
I had no interest in seeing Top Gun: Maverick even before its nomination. I watched the first one, but it didn't strike me as anything special. This could be because…
All Quiet On The Western Front doesn't have an easy path to victory, which is rather poetic. There are plenty of precedents for remakes to hit the Best Picture nominations…
Triangle of Sadness is one of the least talked about of the Best Picture contenders. At least, I haven't seen many articles come across my news feed, which feels odd…
Banshees of Inisherin is another contender with quite a lot of buzz around it. If I had better planning, I might have paired this review with Tár, as these two…
I didn't go into watching Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio with great expectations. I hadn't even seen a preview before Adam hit play. I'm not the biggest fan of Disney's adaptation.…
When Cate Blanchett is involved in a movie, awards buzz always seems to follow, so I wasn't surprised that Tar made the (not so) short Best Picture list. Even if…
An adorable talking shell with shoes? Count me in. Marcel The Shell With Shoes On was the nominee in the Animated Film category I could not miss. Marcel The Shell…
At three hours and twelve minutes, Avatar: The Way of Water doesn't make it easy to continue the journey of Jake Sully and the Na'vi. The fourteen-year age gap between…
Turning Red churned up quite the controversy when it hit the big screen. An animated movie alluding to periods? How dare they! Given the track record of issues Pixar has…
Anyone else feel like we need a WandaVision season two? Or a movie to explain how the Wanda we saw at the end of WandaVision became the Wanda in Doctor…