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WATCH THIS TRAILER: "Minari"

A24's main awards push and 2020's Sundance Film Festival champion (it took home the Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic and the Audience Award) - Minari has its trailer released! And it looks even better than I was expecting...!

Academy Awards 2021 nominees predictions: Best Supporting Actor (1st ROUND)

 A note to the reader: I really had a hard time trying to order the contenders! But Best Supporting Actor nominees predictions are here. First, let me say I will revise these predictions if Sacha Baron Cohen and/or Kingsley Ben-Adir are announced to be campaigned for Best Supporting Actor instead of Best Actor in a Leading Role. The men of The Trial of Chicago 7 and One Night in Miami seem to share equal screen-time, which means category placement can be a mess... but that's the fun of Oscar predictions! The number 1 contender is Chadwick Boseman (RIP) for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom . He plays Levee, the trumpeter of Ma Rainey's band who happens to be a very ambitious man and who also happens to develop an interest for Ma Rainey's girlfriend. It's a co-lead role on paper, but it has already gotten the "supporting" treatment on Broadway (Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, nom) - so, it might be the right role for Boseman's talents and if the ...

Academy Awards 2021 nominees predictions: Best Actor in a Leading Role (1st ROUND)

Since I'm a gentleman, it was "ladies first!" matter, but now it's time to analyse the Best Actor in a Leading Role contenders. Right now, Sir Anthony Hopkins leads this race with his performance as Anthony in The Father , an aging man who refuses the assistance of his own daughter while he struggles with his own reality as dementia starts to mess with his mind, but it seems these little description is not rich enough to describe his layered character! The final result is one of the most acclaimed performances of Hopkins' long career - his work is described as "unforgettable", "astonishing" or "stunning" and it seems hard to have another performance able to match Hopkins' this year. Yet, I'm sensing Daniel Kaluuya might be some serious competition as Fred Hampton in the upcoming Judas and the Black Messiah . In case you've watched the movie's trailer, you can't deny how he fills the screen with charisma in what m...

TIFF: "Nomadland" wins Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award!

AUDIENCE PRIZES PEOPLE'S CHOICE: Nomadland (dir. Chloé Zhao)  / First runner up: One Night in Miami (dir. Regina King); Second runner up: Beans (dir. Tracey Deer.) PEOPLE'S CHOICE, DOCUMENTARY: Inconvenient Indian  (dir. Michelle Latimer)  PEOPLE'S CHOICE, MIDNIGHT MADNESS: Shadow in the Cloud (dir.  Roseanne Liang)  WHY IS IT SUCH A BIG DEAL? Great news for Nomadland - it now takes the clear frontrunner position in the Best Picture race (and in the Oscar race overall). I think it is the first movie ever to win both Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion and TIFF's People Choice Award (but I've to do some research before really state that). Also good news for Regina King's One Night in Miami , which went from Venice's critical darling (out of competition) to one of the audiences favorites in Toronto. The People's Choice Award has a direct correlation with the Best Picture category at the Oscars, since 90% of its winners in the last 10 years have l...

TOP 210 Performances of the 21st Century: Mads Mikkelsen as Lucas in "Jagten" / "The Hunt" (#9)

The moment you look at Mads Mikkelsen, the general first impression is how much he looks like the stereotype of a movie villain, yet you'll change your mind about it when you watch The Hunt . The movie is hard to watch because of how harsh it deals with rumour and how it might poison a man's life! And that's exactly what happens to Mikkelsen's character, Lucas - he's a victim of a rumour that pursues him wherever he goes, all the time. The actor uses this tale about the social murder of a once respectable man as his most striking acting showcase ever! There's a key scene set in a church where you can see Mikkelsen open his character right in front of your eyes: his fear, his desperation, his anger, his sadness...! It's THE SCENE of The Hunt and delivers such a punch thanks to the actor's magic. Stripped away from the sex symbol in his 40's status, Mikkelsen creates one of the most empathetic characters you'll ever seen - he's flawed, he'...

SHOT OF THE WEEK: "Heat" (1995)

 

Biennale Cinema 2020 / Venice Film Festival 2020: "Nomadland" wins the Golden Lion!

  And so it begins for Nomadland ! One of the most well reviewed movies of this year (by far and so far)!!! Congratulations to all the team members involved!