Cinema and Popcorn

The Oscar night! So, it's time for the winners predictions! We have to keep in mind: I believe when a movie gets nominated across the board, it means the movie is appreciated and people will go for it, so I am not expecting The Power of the Dog to just win Best Director and I believe the enthusiasm around Dune might earn it a win in some unexpected category (I say it will be in Best Costume Design). Word of mouth pays off and campaigns are landed by studios, so there's a lot of things going on for the Oscars that don't happen for other awards - so I am expecting surprises.  All members are allowed to vote for the winner across all categories, and the nominee with the most votes wins. However, there are a few categories – such as Best International Feature Film – where members have to have seen all of the nominees in order to vote. For Best Picture, picking the winner is trickier because of the preferential ballot, but that would make for an entire post of its own! So, le

Dune: Part One was the most awarded film during this year's edition of the British Academy Film Awards, picking up 5 prizes - but the ceremony's big winner was Jane Campion 's The Power of the Dog , which took home Best Film and Best Director. There were no big surprises besides an unexpected CODA win in the Best Adapted Screenplay category over the favorites The Power of the Dog , Drive My Car and The Lost Daughter . On the "chaos making" side, the Best Editing winner - No Time to Die - which gives us no clue about which will be the Oscar pick since 007's latest installment isn't nominated in this category.  It was great to see Joanna Scanlan winning Best Actress for After Love over the favorites Lady Gaga ( House of Gucci ) and Alana Haim ( Licorice Pizza )... and since After Love didn't get a USA release... will it be released this year in the US, which makes Scanlan an early (and strong) contender for next season's Best Actress race? Maybe

Genre: Drama; Crime; Thriller; Sci-fi; Fantasy. Director: Matt Reeves Writers: Matt Reeves, Peter Craig (screenplay by) & Arthur Laurents (based on the character by) Starring: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell, Paul Dano, John Turturro and Andy Serkis I waited 2 weeks in order to write this review, because my level of excitement around the latest Batman installment could overrate the movie (since I am a big fan of the character)... But 2 weeks have past and I am still marveled by a lot of elements of Matt Reeves' The Batman . No... it's not perfect since it can feel overlong right before the final act, but this movie nails the horror element of the Batman stories and embraces the character's inner darkness and sorrow. It is not an origins tale. It is not "a hero came to save us all" kind of movie. The Batman is an investigation crime movie that unites a masked vigilante and a cop in the pursue of a serial killer - it kind of r