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April Showers Oscars 2024 nominees predictions - the earliest round

It's only April, but it's time to make the very first (blind) Oscar predictions. The 76th edition of Cannes Film Festival marks the start of the award-playing movies of this year's award season - the event takes place from May 16th to 27th, 2023 - and it is expected to show the world the new works from Martin Scorsese ( Killers of the Flower Moon ) (not official yet), Wes Anderson ( Asteroid City ) or the Johnny Depp starring vehicle Jeanne Du Barry (the selected movie for the Opening Night).  Still, Sundance Film Festival, SXSW and Berlinale have already launched some award-deserving features that include A Thousand and One (the Sundance champion), Ben Affleck's Air or the latest A24 drama Past Lives - all three received widespread critical acclaim! Other much antecipated movies will only be released by the Fall film festival season (or even Christmas season), but I believe Oppenheimer , Dune: Part II , the musical adaptation of The Color Purple or Universal'...

REVIEW: John Wick: Chapter 4

Genre: Action; Drama. Director:  Chad Stahelski Writers:   Shay Hatten, Michael Finch & Derek Kolstad (based on characters created by) Starring: Keanu Reeves,  Donnie Yen, Ian McShane,  Bill Skarsgård, Laurence Fishburne, Shamier Anderson,  Rina Sawayama &   Hiroyuki Sanada John Wick is not amazing and it won't be featured many TOP 10 film lists at the end of the year, but it is great as an action movie, with impressive fight scenes thanks to eye-popping stunt work and camera work. The action takes place after the events of Parabellum with John Wick seeking revenge against the High Table and it takes a very simple narrative line that's not hard to follow, which allows the audiences to focus on all the action happening on the big screen and to notice the many impressive visual elements the movie offers. Keanu Reeves reprises the role of John Wick and he commands the screen once again. Despite of being a victim of weak writing, he's able to overcom...