I watched Blonde last night, the new film about Marilyn Monroe. By now I’m sure most people already know she had a terrible life, was abused by Hollywood and died tragically. Although Ana de Armas does a commendable job with a script that only really allows her to, a) cry, b) suffer gratuitously, and c) recreate famous iconic moments of her career, that is the beginning and end of what is good about this movie. I really hated this movie. That doesn’t happen often. A film about the exploitation of Marilyn becomes itself the epitome of exploitation. I don’t think the male director even likes Marilyn, with a cold gaze he seems only interested in dissecting her suffering like a surgeon of misery. A one note litany of pain and woe that reduces all of Marilyn’s psychological complexity and intelligence into a daddy issues and fear of abandonment soap opera. Marilyn spends the choppily edited film lurching from one horror to the next, searching for her daddy, and being abused in the most unsettling and gruesome ways. What is the point of this film? Beyond showing us that she suffered terribly, it feels so hollow and empty. One of the greatest movie stars of all time in Blonde is a victim to predations of men, and the predations of its own director. I highly doubt a woman director could have made a film like this. Despite its 2hour and 40 min run time I felt I knew less about Marilyn than when I started. There’s so much more to Marilyn, her art, her mind and her impact. This misery porn is a betrayal of her and the incredible performance of Ana de Armas. Do yourself a favour and avoid this film. 3/10
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Film Review: Blonde (2022)
Posted by mrsmith44 on September 30, 2022
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Film Review: Everything, Everywhere, All At Once (2022)
Jaw drop. Just finished watching the new film ‘Everything, Everywhere All At Once’. When the credits rolled I was speechless trying to comprehend what I had just seen. Having had time to think about it, I think it’s the most fun I’ve had in the cinema in years. Hilarious, insane, shocking, a wild ride of sci fi, fantasy, martial arts action and comedy that ends with something moving and profound. The plot is hard to describe, but in the simplest terms it follows an anxious Asian American woman as she set on a bonkers adventure to save the universe by accessing multiple versions of herself through the multiverse. Yet the feeling of watching the film is hard to put into words. Some of the images I saw I couldn’t believe I was seeing in a cinema. I laughed along with the whole cinema harder and longer than any other movie in years. It’s unbelievably original, like a Rick and Morty episode meets the Matrix meets an acid trip. But more than the action and comedy it’s real power lies in its philosophical message that was so wise and profound I teared up. The editing is like bullets, Michelle Yeoh is Olympic in her acting feats, the zany humour is unlike anything I’ve seen in years. The word of mouth of the film is growing. This film is one of the most original films of this century. Do yourself a favour and watch movie history being made. 10/10
Posted by mrsmith44 on April 16, 2022
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Final Predictions for the 94th Academy Awards:
Best Picture:
Will win: The Power of the Dog
Could win: CODA
Should win: The Power of the Dog
Best Director:
Will win: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Should win: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog.
Best Actress:
Will win: Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Could win: Nicole Kidman, Being The Ricardos
Should win: Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Best Actor:
Will win: Will Smith, King Richard
Could win: Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Should win: Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Best Supporting Actress:
Will win: Ariana DeBose, Westside Story
Could win: Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Should win: Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Best Supporting Actor:
Will win: Troy Kotsur, CODA
Could win: Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Should win: Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Will win: The Power of the Dog
Could win: CODA
Should win: The Power of the Dog
Best Original Screenplay:
Will win: Belfast
Could win: Licorice Pizza
Should win: Licorice Pizza
Best Cinematography:
Will win: Dune
Could win: The Power of the Dog
Should win: Dune
Best Costume Design:
Will Win: Cruella
Could win: Dune
Should win: Dune
Best Film Editing:
Will win: Dune
Could win: The Power of the Dog
Should win: The Power of the Dog
Best Hair and Makeup:
Will win: The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Could win: Dune
Should win: Dune
Best Production Design:
Will win: Dune
Could win: Nightmare Alley
Should win: Dune
Best Score:
Will win: Dune
Could win: The Power of the Dog
Should win: Dune
Best Song:
Will win: No Time To Die
Could Win: Dos Oruguitas, Encanto
Should win: No Time To Die
Best Visual Effects:
Will win: Dune
Should win: Dune
Best Sound:
Will win: Dune
Should win: Dune
Best Animated Feature:
Will win: Encanto
Could win: The Mitchell’s vs the Machines
Should win: The Mitchell’s vs the Machines
Best Documentary Feature:
Will Win: Summer of Soul
Could Win: Flee
Should win: Summer of Soul
Best International Feature:
Will win: Drive My Car
Could win: The Worst Person In The World
Should win: Drive My Car.
Posted by mrsmith44 on March 27, 2022
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Film Review: Drive My Car (2021)
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s film Drive My Car is one of the most haunting films about grief, art imitating life and the mystery of human beings that I have ever seen. Based on the short story of the same name my one of the great authors Murakami, the slow burn plot follows the journey of a screenwriter/actor mourning the recent death of his wife who is directing a play of Uncle Vanya and through a growing bond with his young female driver simultaneously comes to terms with his wife’s death and uncovers mysteries she left behind. The film is very long, almost 3 hours, though never feels unnecessary, each scene building slowly towards a profound conclusion that brought me to tears. As an adaptation of a short story the film’s power is less in its visuals and more in its dialogue, slowly revealing itself like a novel. Ryusuke cleverly intertwines the lines from Uncle Vanya into the narrative as the main character rehearses the lines via a tape in the car. As the production of the play takes places the lines from the play seem to mirror the interior lives of characters in the film. Chekhov’s play is not for the faint heart and grapples with the mysteries and suffering of life as much as the film does. In reserved Japanese emotions we incrementally peel away layers of meaning to get a portrait of heartbreak, of love and of living on after the death of a loved one. Epic in its scope and study of human emotions the final destination will confront you with hard truths as it comforts you with wisdom. This is a long film full of mysteries to solve and hidden meanings to analyse. The film makes you work as a viewer, but if you submit yourself to its runtime and enigma the reward is profound. With Sonyas monologue from Uncle Vanya, one of the most profound and moving in all literate, as an epitaph to the film we come to terms with our suffering and sorrow: ‘And when our final hour comes, we shall meet it humbly, and there beyond the grave, we shall say we know suffering and tears, that our life was bitter. And God will pity us. And then dear, dear Uncle we shall enter on a bright and beautiful life. We shall rejoice and look back upon our grief here. A tender smile – and we shall rest’. One of the best films of the year 10/10
Posted by mrsmith44 on February 11, 2022
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94th Academy Awards Final Nomination Predictions
Final Predictions for the 94th Academy Awards:
Best Picture:
1. The Power of the Dog
2. Belfast
3. West Side Story
4. Dune
5. Licorice Pizza
6. King Richard
7. CODA
8. Tick, tick… Boom!
9. Drive My Car
10. Don’t Look Up
Alt: Nightmare Alley
.
Best Director:
1. Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
2. Denis Villeneuve, Dune
3. Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
4. Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
5. Steven Speilberg, West Side Story
Alt: Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
.
Best Actress
1. Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
2. Nicole Kidman, Being The Ricardos
3. Kirsten Stewart, Spencer
4. Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
5. Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Alt: Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
.
Best Actor:
1. Will Smith, King Richard
2. Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
3. Andrew Garfield, tick, tick… BOOM!
4. Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
5. Peter Dinklage, Cyrano
Alt: Javier Bardem, Being The Ricardos
.
Best Supporting Actress:
1. Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
2. Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
3. Caitriona Balfe, Belfast
4. Ruth Negga, Passing
5. Cate Blanchett, Nightmare Alley
Alt: Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
.
Best Supporting Actor:
1. Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
2. Ciaran Hinds, Belfast
3. Troy Kotsur, CODA
4. Bradley Cooper, Licorice Pizza
5. Mike Faist, West Side Story
Alt: Jamie Dornan, Belfast
.
Best Adapted Screenplay:
1. The Power of the Dog
2. The Lost Daughter
3. CODA
4. Dune
5. Drive My Car
Alt: West Side Story
.
Best Original Screenplay:
1. Belfast
2. Licorice Pizza
3. King Richard
4. Being The Ricardos
5. Don’t Look Up
Alt: Parallel Mothers
.
Best Documentary:
1. Summer of Soul
2. Flee
3. Procession
4. Ascension
5. The Rescue
Alt: The First Wave
.
Best Foreign Language Film:
1. Drive My Car
2. Flee
3. The Worst Person In The World
4. A Hero
5. The Hand of God
Alt: Compartment No. 6
.
Best Animated Film:
1. The Mitchells vs the Machines
2. Encanto
3. Luca
4. Flee
5. Raya and the Last Dragon
Alt: Sing 2
.
Best Cinematography:
1. The Power of the Dog
2. Dune
3. The Tragedy of Macbeth
4. Belfast
5. West Side Story
Alt: Nightmare Alley
.
Best Costume Design:
1. Dune
2. Cruella
3. West Side Story
4. Nightmare Alley
5. Cyrano
Alt: House of Gucci
.
Best Film Editing:
1. Dune
2. The Power of the Dog
3. Belfast
4. Licorice Pizza
5. West Side Story
Alt: King Richard
.
Best Production Design:
1. Dune
2. Nightmare Alley
3. The French Dispatch
4. Nightmare Alley
5. The Tragedy of Macbeth
Alt: Belfast
.
Best Sound:
1. Dune
2. West Side Story
3. No Time To Die
4. The Power of the Dog
5. Tick, tick… Boom!
Alt: Spiderman: No Way Home
.
Best Hair And Makeup:
1. Dune
2. The Eyes of Tammy Faye
3. Cruella
4. House of Gucci
5. Cyrano
Alt: Nightmare Alley
.
Best Original Score:
1. Dune
2. The Power of the Dog
3. The French Dispatch
4. Parallel Mothers
5. No Time To Die
Alt: Don’t Look Up
.
Best Song:
1. No Time To Die, No Time To Die
2. Encanto, Dos Oruguitas
3. King Richard, Be Alive
4. Belfast, Down To Joy
5. Don’t Look Up, Just Look Up
Alt: Respect, I Am Signing My Way Home
.
Best Visual Effects:
1. Dune
2. Spiderman: No Way Home
3. Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
4. The Matrix Resurrections
5. No Time To Die
Alt: Godzilla vs. Kong
Posted by mrsmith44 on February 8, 2022
https://jeremysmithmovieblog.com/2022/02/08/94th-academy-awards-final-nomination-predictions/
Film Review: Don’t Look Up (2021)
Don’t Look Up has to be the most disappointing film of 2021. With some of the best actors in Hollywood, Adam McKay the director of Vice and the Big Short and an important and timely premise it promised to be the Dr. Strangelove of our time. I wanted to love this film. How did it end up so horribly wrong? In one of my all time fav films, the 1964 black comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove, Kubrick addressed one of the most dire issues of the time: mutually assured destruction through nuclear war between the US and Russia, through comedy. The film artfully reduced the two opposing superpowers into squabbling ego driven children, loaded with dark political satire, a comedy of errors that never lost sight of what was really at stake, with one of the best endings in film history. Hoping to be the Strangelove of our time McKay’s vision of our modern world faced with the impending annihilation from an asteroid which is a metaphor for our global inaction on climate change. Instead of biting political satire we get a insufferable movie long joke that gets less and less funny. Trivialising the dire climate change to the point of a cartoon with a totally ridiculous ending. The brilliant cast cannot save the film from its heavy handed metaphor, cynicism and tritness. It revels in its own ugliness and itself becomes part of the endless culture war it portrays. The people who need change their beliefs and behaviours won’t watch this film as it’s smugness and depiction of them will turn them off. And for the rest of us who actually care about the situation it leaves us with a hollow joke that isn’t funny or true. Cheap, crass, cynical and most depressing of all a great missed opportunity. 5/10
Posted by mrsmith44 on January 4, 2022
https://jeremysmithmovieblog.com/2022/01/04/film-review-dont-look-up-2021/
Film Review: The Lost Daughter (2021)
Maggie Gyllenhaal with her directorial debut has created a film in ‘The Lost Daughter’ that is so unsettling that it could be considered one of the best psychological horror films of 2021. The film centres on a middle aged woman on holiday in Greece who becomes fixated on young mother she encounters on the beach which slowly reveals her tortured past with motherhood. Olivia Colman once again proves she is one of the best actresses in Hollywood with a performance as nuanced, tragic and complex as her Oscar winning role in ‘The Favourite’. Perhaps the best part of the film is its meditations on motherhood itself. Unique among films about motherhood it shows a woman who buckles under the pressure of being a ‘good mother’ and how unattainable the ideal of motherhood can be. As a son I found myself being confronted with the notion that sometimes mothers can’t bare to be around their own children which reminded me of the film ‘We Need To Talk About Kevin’. Perhaps most mothers at some point fantasies about escaping the pressures of motherhood. The film also mediates on the cost of selfish acts and the idea that the grass isn’t always greener. The Lost Daughter shows us the unsettling grey truth of motherhood between the Maddona and Whore dichotomy of our culture. There is no such thing as a bad mother or good mother just degrees of women coping and struggling with an unrealistic ideal. The film builds through powerful flashbacks of Olivia Colman’s past to a tragic ending. A film not for easy viewing or easy answers. But if you brave the grey world of The Lost Daughter you will find a film with a powerful message and and even more powerful performance. Highly recommend it. 9/10
Posted by mrsmith44 on January 4, 2022
https://jeremysmithmovieblog.com/2022/01/04/film-review-the-lost-daughter-2021/
Movie Reviews 2021
Updated Top Films of 2021:
1. The Power of the Dog 10/10
2. Dune 10/10
3. Drive My Car 10/10
4. West Side Story 10/10
5. Belfast 9/10
6. Licorice Pizza 9/10
7. Flee 9/10
8. Nitram 9/10
9. The Tragedy of Macbeth 9/10
10. Procession 9/10
11. The Lost Daughter 9/10
12. The Mitchell’s Vs The Machines 9/10
13. The Green Knight 9/10
14. Ascension 8/10
15. CODA 8/10
16. Nightmare Alley 8/10
17. Tick, tick, BOOM! 8/10
18. Passing 8/10
19. King Richard 8/10
20. Luca 8/10
21. The French Dispatch 8/10
22. Spider-Man: No Way Home 8/10
23. In The Same Breath 8/10
24. Encanto 8/10
25. White Tiger 7/10
26. Pray Away 7/10
27. Val 7/10
28. Dance of the 41 7/10
29. Matrix Resurrections 7/10
30. Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 7/10
31. Fauci 7/10
32. The Eyes of Tammy Faye 7/10
33. Everybody’s Talking About Jamie 7/10
34. The Last Duel 7/10
35. Cruella 7/10
36. The Dig 7/10
37. I Care A Lot 7/10
38. No Time To Die 6/10
39. Eternals 6/10
40. Being The Ricardos 6/10
41. Hating Peter Thatchell 6/10
42. Coming 2 America 6/10
43. House of Gucci 5/10
44. Don’t Look Up 5/10
45. Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal and Greed 5/10
46. Jungle Cruise 5/10
47. 2067 4/10
48. Thunder Force 4/10
49. The Woman In The Widow 3/10
Posted by mrsmith44 on December 9, 2021
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Final Predictions for the 93rd Academy Awards:
Best Picture: Nomadland
Best Director: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Best Actress: Francess McDormand, Nomadland
Best Actor: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best Supporting Actress: Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Adapted Screenplay: Nomadland
Best Original Screenplay: Promising Young Woman
Best Documentary: Collective
Best Foreign Language Film: Another Round
Best Animated Film: Soul
Best Cinematography: Nomadland
Best Costume Design: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best Film Editing: Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Production Design: Mank
Best Sound: Sound of Metal
Best Hair And Makeup: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best Original Score: Soul
Best Song: Husavik, Eurovision
Best Visual Effects: Tenet
Posted by mrsmith44 on April 25, 2021
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Oscar Predictions December 2020
Oscar Predictions December 2020:
Best Picture:
1. Nomadland
2. Minari
3. Mank
4. Trial of the Chicago 7
5. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
6. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
7. First Cow
8. The Sound of Metal
9. One Night In Miami
10. Soul
Best Director:
1. Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
2. David Fincher, Mank
3. Lee Issac Chung, Minari
4. Regina King, One Night In Miami
5. Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
Best Actress:
1. Francess McDormand, Nomadland
2. Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
3. Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
4. Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of A Woman
5. Sidney Flanigan, Never, Rarely, Sometimes Always
Best Actor:
1. Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
2. Anthony Hopkins, The Father
3. Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
4. Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
5. Gary Oldman, Mank
Best Supporting Actress:
1. Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
2. Olivia Colman, The Father
3. Amanda Seyfried, Mank
4. Ellen Burstyn, Pieces of a Woman
5. Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Movie Film
Best Supporting Actor:
1. Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
2. Leslie Odom Jr, One Night In Miami
3. Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
4. Bill Murray, On The Rocks
5. David Strathairn, Nomadland
Best Adapted Screenplay:
1. Nomadland
2. First Cow
3. One Night In Miami
4. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
5. I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Best Original Screenplay:
1. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
2. Trial of the Chicago 7
3. Minari
4. Mank
5. Promising Young Woman
Best Documentary:
1. Collective
2. Time
3. Dick Johnson Is Dead
4. Welcome To Chechnya
5. City Hall
Best Cinematography:
1. Nomadland
2. Mank
3. Tenet
4. First Cow
5. News of the World
Best Costume Design:
1. Mank
2. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
3. Emma
4. Ammonite
5. News of the World
Best Film Editing:
1. Nomadland
2. Mank
3. Trial of the Chicago 7
4. Minari
5. Tenet
Best Production Design:
1. Mank
2. Tenet
3. Emma
4. Mulan
5. News of the World
Best Sound:
1. Tenet
2. Sound of Metal
3. Mank
4. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
5. Soul
Posted by mrsmith44 on December 21, 2020
https://jeremysmithmovieblog.com/2020/12/21/oscar-predictions-december-2020/
Oscar Predictions November 2020:
Best Picture:
1. Nomadland
2. Mank
3. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
4. One Night In Miami
5. The Father
6. Trial of the Chicago 7
7. Soul
8. Minari
9. News of the World
10. Da 5 Bloods
Best Director:
1. Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
2. David Fincher, Mank
3. Regina King, One Night In Miami
4. Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods
5. George C. Wolf, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best Actress:
1. Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
2. Francess McDormand, Nomadland
3. Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of A Woman
4. Kate Winslet, Ammonite
5. Michelle Pfeiffer, French Exit
Best Actor:
1. Anthony Hopkins, The Father
2. Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
3. Gary Oldman, Mank
4. Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
5. Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Supporting Actress:
1. Olivia Colman, The Father
2. Ellen Burstyn, Pieces of a Woman
3. Amanda Seyfried, Mank
4. Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
5. Saorise Ronan, Ammonite
Best Supporting Actor:
1. Leslie Odom Jr, One Night In Miami
2. Charles Dance, Mank
3. David Strathairn, Nomadland
4. Mark Rylance, Trial of the Chicago 7
5. Bill Murray, On The Rocks
Best Adapted Screenplay:
1. Nomadland
2. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
3. One Night In Miami
4. The Father
5. News of the World
Best Original Screenplay:
1. Mank
2. Trial of the Chicago 7
3. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
4. Soul
5. Minari
Posted by mrsmith44 on November 17, 2020
https://jeremysmithmovieblog.com/2020/11/17/oscar-predictions-november-2020/
October Oscar Predictions
Early Oscar Predictions October 2020:
Best Picture:
1. Nomadland
2. Mank
3. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
4. One Night In Miami
5. Soul
6. Trial of the Chicago 7
7. The Father
8. Hillbilly Elegy
9. News of the World
10. Da 5 Bloods
Best Director:
1. Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
2. David Fincher, Mank
3. Regina King, One Night In Miami
4. Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods
5. Paul Greengrass, News of the World
Best Actress:
1. Francess McDormand, Nomadland
2. Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
3. Amy Adams, Hillbilly Elegy
4. Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of A Woman
5. Kate Winslet, Ammonite
Best Actor:
1. Anthony Hopkins, The Father
2. Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
3. Gary Oldman, Mank
4. Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
5. Tom Hanks, News of the World
Best Supporting Actress:
1. Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
2. Olivia Colman, The Father
3. Ellen Burstyn, Pieces of a Woman
4. Saoirse Ronan, Ammonite
5. Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Best Supporting Actor:
1. Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
2. Leslie Odom Jr, One Night In Miami
3. Charles Dance, Mank
4. David Strathairn, Nomadland
5. Mark Rylance, Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Adapted Screenplay:
1. Nomadland
2. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
3. One Night In Miami
4. The Father
5. Hillbilly Elegy
Best Original Screenplay:
1. Mank
2. Trial of the Chicago 7
3. Soul
4. Minari
5. Da 5 Bloods
Posted by mrsmith44 on October 20, 2020
https://jeremysmithmovieblog.com/2020/10/20/october-oscar-predictions/
My Top 9 Favourite Living Actresses
1. Cate Blanchett
2. Tilda Swinton
3. Maggie Smith
4. Meryl Streep
5. Kate Winslet
6. Judi Dench
7. Sigourney Weaver
8. Julianne Moore
9. Saoirse Ronan
Posted by mrsmith44 on September 28, 2020
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Early Oscar Predictions September 2020:
Best Picture:
1. Nomadland
2. Mank
3. One Night In Miami
4. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
5. Hillbilly Elegy
6. Trial Of The Chicago 7
7. The French Dispatch
8. Dune
9. News Of The World
10. The Father
Best Director:
1. Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
2. David Fincher, Mank
3. Regina King, One Night In Miami
4. Denis Villeneuve, Dune
5. Wes Anderson, The French Dispatch
Best Actress:
1. Francess McDormand, Nomadland
2. Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
3. Kate Winslet, Ammonite
4. Vanessa Kirby, Pieces Of A Woman
Best Actor:
1. Delroy Linda, Da 5 Bloods
2. Gary Oldman, Mank
3. Anthony Hopkins, The Father
4. Timothee Chalamet, Dune
5. Tom Hanks, News of the World
Best Supporting Actress:
1. Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
2. Olivia Colman, The Father
3. Saoirse Ronan, Ammonite
4. Amanda Seyfried, Mank
5. Zendaya, Dune
Best Supporting Actor:
1. Charles Dance, Mank
2. Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
3. Lucas Hedges, French Exit
4. David Strathairn, Nomadland
5. Leslie Odom Jr, One Night In Miami
Best Adapted Screenplay:
1. Nomadland
2. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
3. Hillbilly Elegy
4. One Night In Miami
5. Westside Story
Best Original Screenplay:
1. Mank
2. Trial of the Chicago 7
3. The French Dispatch
4. Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always
5. On The Rocks
Posted by mrsmith44 on September 12, 2020
https://jeremysmithmovieblog.com/2020/09/12/early-oscar-predictions-september-2020/
Top 20 Millennial Actors and Actresses (1980-1996)
Top 10 Millennial Actors (born 1980-1996)
- Timothee Chalamet (1995)
- Ryan Gosling (1980)
- Jake Gyllenhaal (1980)
- Eddie Redmayne (1982)
- Joesph Gordon Levitt (1981)
- Adam Driver (1983)
- Lucas Hedges (1996)
- Andrew Garfield (1983)
- Tom Holland (1996)
- Dev Patel (1990)
- Rami Malek (1981)
- Robert Pattinson (1984)
- Daniel Kaluuya (1989)
- Nicholas Hoult (1989)
- Ezra Miller (1992)
- Paul Dano (1984)
- Dane DeHaan (1986)
- Domhnall Gleeson (1983)
- Jesse Eisenberg (1983)
- Freddie Highmore (1992)
Top 10 Millennial Actresses (born 1980-1996)
- Saoirse Ronan (1994)
- Natalie Portman (1981)
- Emma Stone (1988)
- Rooney Mara (1985)
- Jennifer Lawrence (1990)
- Michelle Williams (1980)
- Margot Robbie (1990)
- Lupita Nyong’o (1983)
- Brie Larson (1989)
- Alicia Vikander (1988)
- Carey Mulligan (1985)
- Scarlett Johansson (1984)
- Felicity Jones (1983)
- Ellen Page (1987)
- Kiera Knightley (1985)
- Florence Pugh (1996)
- Amanda Seyfried (1985)
- Emily Blunt (1983)
- Anne Hathaway (1982)
- Abigail Breslin (1996)
Posted by mrsmith44 on August 29, 2020
https://jeremysmithmovieblog.com/2020/08/29/top-20-millennial-actors-and-actresses-1980-1996/
2020 Movie Reviews
1. Nomadland 10/10
2. Collective 10/10
3. Never Rarely Sometimes Always 10/10
4. Soul 10/10
5. Lovers Rock 10/10
6. Sound of Metal 9/10
7. First Cow 9/10
8. Mank 9/10
9. Promising Young Woman 9/10
10. Mangrove 9/10
11. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom 9/10
12. Da 5 Bloods 8/10
13. The Trial Of The Chicago 7 8/10
14. One Night In Miami 8/10
15. Ammonite 8/10
16. Palm Springs 8/10
17. News of the World 8/10
18. Pieces of a Woman 8/10
19. Bad Education 8/10
20. David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet 8/10
21. The Social Dilemma 8/10
22. His House 8/10
23. Disclosure 7/10
24. The Prom 7/10
25. The Boys In The Band 7/10
26. Tenet 7/10
27. A Secret Love 7/10
28. Circus of Books 7/10
29. Emma 7/10
30. Mucho, Mucho Amour 7/10
31. The Old Guard 6/10
32. Mulan 6/10
33. Becoming 6/10
34. Midnight Sky 5/10
35. Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga 5/10
36. Wonder Woman 84 4/10
37. Hillbilly Elegy 3/10
38. Rebecca 2/10
Posted by mrsmith44 on August 29, 2020
https://jeremysmithmovieblog.com/2020/08/29/2020-movie-reviews/
Most Anticipated Films 2020
Most Anticipated Films 2020:
- Nomadland (director: Chloe Zhao, starring: Frances McDormand)
- Dune (director: Dennis Villenevue, starring: Timothee Chalamet)
- Ammonite (starring: Kate Winslet, Saorise Ronan)
- Never, Sometimes, Always
- Mank (director: David Fincher, starring: Gary Oldman)
- The French Dispatch (director: Wes Anderson, starring: Timothee Chalamet, Tilda Swinton)
- Hillbilly Elegy (director: Ron Howard, starring: Glenn Close, Amy Adams)
- I’m Thinking of Ending Things (director: Charlie Kauffman)
- Westside Story (director: Steven Spielberg)
- Soul (Pixar film)
- The Father (starring: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Coleman)
- Trial of Chicago 7 (director: Aaron Sorkin, starring: Eddie Redmayne)
- News of the World (director: Paul Greengrass, starring: Tom Hanks)
- Next Goal Wins (director: Taika Waititi, starring: Michael Fassbender, Elizabeth Moss)
- Rebecca (starring: Armie Hammer)
- Stillwater (director: Tom McCarthy)
- Nightmare Alley (director: Guillermo Del Toro, starring: Cate Blanchett, Bradley Cooper)
- No Time To Die (starring: Daniel Craig)
- The Boys In The Band (director: Joe Mantello, starring: Jim Parsons, Matt Bomer)
- On The Rocks (director: Sophia Coppola, starring: Bill Murray)
- Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
- The Prom (director: Ryan Murphy, starring: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman)
- In The Heights (director: Lin Manuel Miranda)
- Respect (starring: Jennifer Hudson)
- The Eyes of Tammy Faye (starring: Jessica Chastain)
- Death On The Nile
- The Woman In The Window (Starring: Amy Adams)
- Palm Springs (starring: Andy Samberg)
- Wonder Woman 1984
- Black Widow
Posted by mrsmith44 on August 29, 2020
https://jeremysmithmovieblog.com/2020/08/29/most-anticipated-films-2020/
Final Predictions For the 92nd Academy Award Winners
FINAL PREDICTIONS FOR THE 92ND ACADEMY AWARD
| BEST PICTURE | |
| Will Win: 1917 | |
| Should Win: Parasite | |
| BEST DIRECTOR | |
| Will Win: Sam Mendes, 1917 | |
| Should Win: Bong Joon Ho, Parasite | |
| BEST ACTOR | |
| Will Win: Joaquin Pheonix, Joker | |
| Should Win: Joaquin Pheonix, Joker | |
| BEST ACTRESS | |
| Will Win: Renee Zellweger, Judy | |
| Should Win: Renee Zellweger, Judy | |
| BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR | |
| Will Win: Brad Pitt, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood | |
| Should Win: Al Pacino, The Irishman | |
| BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS | |
| Will Win: Laura Dern, Marriage Story | |
| Should Win: Laura Dern, Marriage Story | |
| BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY | |
| Will Win: Jo Jo Rabbit | |
| Should Win: The Irishman | |
| BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY | |
| Will Win: Parasite | |
| Should Win: Parasite | |
| BEST ANIMATED FEATURE | |
| Will Win: Klaus | |
| Should Win: Toy Story 4 | |
| BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM | |
| Will Win: American Factory | |
| Should Win: American Factory | |
| BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM | |
| Will Win: Parasite | |
| Should Win: Parasite | |
| BEST FILM EDITING | |
| Will Win: Parasite | |
| Should Win: Parasite | |
| BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN | |
| Will Win: 1917 | |
| Should Win: Parasite | |
| BEST CINEMATOGRAHPY | |
| Will Win: 1917 | |
| Should Win: 1917 | |
| BEST COSTUME DESIGN | |
| Will Win: Little Women | |
| Should Win: Little Women | |
| BEST MAKE UP | |
| Will Win: Bombshell | |
| Should Win: Bombshell | |
| BEST ORIGINAL SCORE | |
| Will Win: Joker | |
| Should Win: 1917 | |
| BEST ORIGINAL SONG | |
| Will Win: I’m Gonna Love Me Again, Rocketman | |
| Should Win: I’m Gonna Love Me Again, Rocketman | |
| BEST SOUND MIXING | |
| Will Win: 1917 | |
| Should Win: 1917 | |
| BEST SOUND EDITING | |
| Will Win: 1917 | |
| Should Win: 1917 | |
| BEST VISUAL EFFECTS | |
| Will Win: 1917 | |
| Should Win: The Irishman | |
Posted by mrsmith44 on February 10, 2020
https://jeremysmithmovieblog.com/2020/02/10/final-predictions-for-the-92nd-academy-award-winners/
Final Predictions For the 92nd Academy Award Nominations
FINAL PREDICTIONS FOR THE 92ND ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS
88/109 = 80.7% CORRECT PRECIDTIONS
| RANK | BEST PICTURE |
| 1. | Once Upon A Time In Hollywood |
| 2. | The Irishman |
| 3. | 1917 |
| 4. | Parasite |
| 5. | Marriage Story |
| 6. | Jojo Rabbit |
| 7. | Joker |
| 8. | Little Women |
| 9. | Ford Vs Ferrari |
| 10. | Knives Out |
| 9/9 | |
| Alternative: The Farewell | |
| RANK | BEST DIRECTOR |
| 1. | Bong Joon-Ho, Parasite |
| 2. | Martin Scorsese, The Irishman |
| 3. | Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood |
| 4. | Sam Mendes, 1917 |
| 5. | Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story x |
| 4/5 Missing: Todd Phillips, Joker | |
| Alternative: Todd Phillips, Joker | |
| RANK | BEST ACTOR |
| 1. | Joaquin Pheonix, Joker |
| 2. | Adam Driver, Marriage Story |
| 3. | Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood |
| 4. | Antonio Banderas, Pain And Glory |
| 5. | Robert De Niro, The Irishman x |
| 4/5 Missing: Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes | |
| Alternative: Taron Egerton, Rocketman | |
| RANK | BEST ACTRESS |
| 1. | Renee Zellweger, Judy |
| 2. | Charlize Theron, Bombshell |
| 3. | Scarlet Johansson, Marriage Story |
| 4. | Saoirse Ronan, Little Women |
| 5. | Awkwafina, The Farewell x |
| 4/5 Missing: Cynthia Erivo, Harriet | |
| Alternative: Lupita Nyong’o, Us | |
| RANK | BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR |
| 1. | Brad Pitt, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood |
| 2. | Al Pacino, The Irishman |
| 3. | Joe Pesci, The Irishman |
| 4. | Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood |
| 5. | Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes |
| 5/5 | |
| Alternative: Song Kang Ho Parasite | |
| RANK | BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS |
| 1. | Laura Dern, Marriage Story |
| 2. | Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers X |
| 3. | Margot Robbie, Bombshell |
| 4. | Florence Pugh, Little Women |
| 5. | Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell X |
| 3/5, Missing: Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell, Scarlet Johansson, Jojo Rabbit | |
| Alternative: Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell | |
| RANK | BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 100 |
| 1. | The Irishman |
| 2. | Jojo Rabbit |
| 3. | Little Women |
| 4. | The Two Popes |
| 5. | Joker |
| 5/5 | |
| Alternative: A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood | |
| RANK | BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY |
| 1. | Once Upon A Time In Hollywood |
| 2. | Marriage Story |
| 3. | Parasite |
| 4. | 1917 |
| 5. | The Farewell x |
| 4/5 Missing, Knives Out | |
| Alternative: Knives Out | |
| RANK | BEST ANIMATED FEATURE |
| 1. | Toy Story 4 |
| 2. | Frozen 2 x |
| 3. | Missing Link |
| 4. | How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World |
| 5. | I Lost My Body |
| 4/5 Missing: Klaus | |
| Alternative: Abominable | |
| RANK | BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM |
| 1. | American Factory |
| 2. | Apollo 11 X |
| 3. | For Sama |
| 4. | Honeyland |
| 5. | One Child Nation X |
| 3/5 Missing: The Edge of Democracy, The Cave | |
| Alternative: Midnight Family | |
| RANK | BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM |
| 1. | Parasite |
| 2. | Pain And Glory |
| 3. | Les Miserables |
| 4. | Atlantics X |
| 5. | The Painted Bird X |
| 3/5 Missing: Corpus Christi, Honeyland | |
| Alternative: Corpus Christi | |
| RANK | BEST FILM EDITING |
| 1. | The Irishman |
| 2. | Once Upon A Time In Hollywood x |
| 3. | Ford Vs Ferrari |
| 4. | Parasite |
| 5. | Joker |
| 4/5 Missing: Jojo Rabbit | |
| Alternative: 1917 | |
| RANK | BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN |
| 1. | 1917 |
| 2. | Irishman |
| 3. | Once Upon A Time In Hollywood |
| 4. | Parasite |
| 5. | Jojo Rabbit |
| 5/5 | |
| Alternative: Joker | |
| RANK | BEST CINEMATOGRAHPY |
| 1. | 1917 |
| 2. | Once Upon A Time In Hollywood |
| 3. | The Irishman |
| 4. | Portrait Of A Lady On Fire X |
| 5. | Joker |
| 4/5 Missing: The Lighthouse | |
| Alternative: Ford Vs Ferrari | |
| RANK | BEST COSTUME DESIGN |
| 1. | Once Upon A Time In Hollywood |
| 2. | Dolemite Is My Name X |
| 3. | Little Women |
| 4. | Rocketman X |
| 5. | The Irishman |
| 3/5 Missing: Jojo Rabbit, Joker | |
| Alternative: Jojo Rabbit | |
| RANK | BEST MAKE UP |
| 1. | Bombshell |
| 2. | Joker |
| 3 | Judy |
| 4 Rocketman X | |
| 5 Dolemite Is My Name X | |
| 3/5 Missing: 1917, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | |
| Alternative: Once Upon A Time In Hollywood | |
| RANK | BEST ORIGINAL SCORE |
| 1. | 1917 |
| 2. | Joker |
| 3. | Little Women |
| 4. | Marriage Story |
| 5. | Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker |
| 5/5 | |
| Alternative: None | |
| RANK | BEST ORIGINAL SONG |
| 1. | Rocketman |
| 2. | Frozen 2 |
| 3. | Harriet |
| 4. | Wild Rose x |
| 5. | Breakthrough |
| 4/5 Missing: Toy Story 4 | |
| Alternative: The Lion King | |
| RANK | BEST SOUND MIXING |
| 1. | 1917 |
| 2. | Ford Vs Ferrari |
| 3. | Rocketman X |
| 4. | Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker X |
| 5. | Joker |
| 3/5 Missing: Ad Astra, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood | |
| Alternative: Avengers Endgame | |
| RANK | BEST SOUND EDITING |
| 1. | 1917 |
| 2. | Ford Vs Ferrari |
| 3. | Joker |
| 4. | Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker |
| 5. | Avengers Endgame X |
| 4/5 Missing: Once Upon A Time In Hollywood | |
| Alternative: Once Upon A Time In Hollywood | |
| RANK | BEST VISUAL EFFECTS |
| 1. | The Irishman |
| 2. | Avengers: Endgame |
| 3. | The Lion King |
| 4. | 1917 |
| 5. | Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker |
| 5/5 | |
| Alternative: Gemini Man | |
Posted by mrsmith44 on January 13, 2020
https://jeremysmithmovieblog.com/2020/01/13/final-predictions-for-the-92nd-academy-award-nominations/
Top 100 Films of the 2010s decade
Top 100 Films of the 2010’s
(Updated 14th December 2019)
| No. | Title | Rating | Year |
| 1 | The Tree of Life | 10/10 | 2011 |
| 2 | Call Me By Your Name | 10/10 | 2017 |
| 3 | Boyhood | 10/10 | 2014 |
| 4 | Moonlight | 10/10 | 2016 |
| 5 | Roma | 10/10 | 2018 |
| 6 | Carol | 10/10 | 2015 |
| 7 | Melancholia | 10/10 | 2011 |
| 8 | Mad Max: Fury Road | 10/10 | 2015 |
| 9 | Parasite | 10/10 | 2019 |
| 10 | The Social Network | 10/10 | 2010 |
| 11 | Amour | 10/10 | 2012 |
| 12 | A Separation | 10/10 | 2011 |
| 13 | The Act of Killing | 10/10 | 2012 |
| 14 | The Favourite | 10/10 | 2018 |
| 15 | La La Land | 10/10 | 2016 |
| 16 | Gravity | 10/10 | 2013 |
| 17 | The Master | 10/10 | 2012 |
| 18 | Her | 10/10 | 2013 |
| 19 | The Artist | 10/10 | 2011 |
| 20 | 12 Years A Slave | 10/10 | 2013 |
| 21 | The Great Beauty | 10/10 | 2013 |
| 22 | Toni Erdmann | 10/10 | 2016 |
| 23 | Inside Out | 10/10 | 2015 |
| 24 | Manchester By The Sea | 10/10 | 2016 |
| 25 | The Irishman | 10/10 | 2019 |
| 26 | Portrait Of A Lady On Fire | 10/10 | 2019 |
| 27 | The Handmaiden | 10/10 | 2016 |
| 28 | I Am Not Your Negro | 10/10 | 2016 |
| 29 | Zero Dark Thirty | 10/10 | 2012 |
| 30 | Dunkirk | 10/10 | 2017 |
| 31 | Blue Is The Warmest Colour | 10/10 | 2013 |
| 32 | Wolf Of Wall Street | 10/10 | 2013 |
| 33 | Inside Llewyn Davis | 10/10 | 2013 |
| 34 | The Kings Speech | 10/10 | 2010 |
| 35 | Toy Story 3 | 10/10 | 2010 |
| 36 | Birdman | 10/10 | 2014 |
| 37 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | 10/10 | 2014 |
| 38 | OJ: Made In America | 10/10 | 2016 |
| 39 | Levithan | 10/10 | 2014 |
| 40 | Spotlight | 10/10 | 2015 |
| 41 | Shoplifters | 10/10 | 2018 |
| 42 | Shape Of Water | 10/10 | 2017 |
| 43 | Phantom Thread | 10/10 | 2017 |
| 44 | Lady Bird | 10/10 | 2017 |
| 45 | A Star Is Born | 10/10 | 2018 |
| 46 | A Fantastic Woman | 10/10 | 2017 |
| 47 | The Rider | 10/10 | 2018 |
| 48 | Eight Grade | 10/10 | 2018 |
| 49 | Beasts Of The Southern Wild | 10/10 | 2012 |
| 50 | Cold War | 10/10 | 2018 |
| 51 | Drive | 10/10 | 2011 |
| 52 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri | 9/10 | 2017 |
| 53 | Get Out | 9/10 | 2017 |
| 54 | Stranger By The Lake | 9/10 | 2013 |
| 55 | The Hunt | 9/10 | 2013 |
| 56 | Before Midnight | 9/10 | 2013 |
| 57 | Winters Bone | 9/10 | 2010 |
| 58 | Elle | 9/10 | 2016 |
| 59 | Black Swan | 9/10 | 2010 |
| 60 | Silver Linings Playbook | 9/10 | 2012 |
| 61 | Moonrise Kingdom | 9/10 | 2012 |
| 62 | Marriage Story | 9/10 | 2019 |
| 63 | Arrival | 9/10 | 2016 |
| 64 | First Reformed | 9/10 | 2018 |
| 65 | The Descendants | 9/10 | 2011 |
| 66 | Interstellar | 9/10 | 2014 |
| 67 | Foxcatcher | 9/10 | 2014 |
| 68 | Whiplash | 9/10 | 2014 |
| 69 | The Farewell | 9/10 | 2019 |
| 70 | Blade Runner: 2049 | 9/10 | 2017 |
| 71 | Shame | 9/10 | 2011 |
| 72 | Hugo | 9/10 | 2011 |
| 73 | God’s Own Country | 9/10 | 2017 |
| 74 | Another Year | 9/10 | 2010 |
| 75 | The Florida Project | 9/10 | 2017 |
| 76 | Pain & Glory | 9/10 | 2019 |
| 77 | Amy | 9/10 | 2015 |
| 78 | Brooklyn | 9/10 | 2015 |
| 79 | The Kids Are Alright | 9/10 | 2010 |
| 80 | Argo | 9/10 | 2012 |
| 81 | Ex Machina | 9/10 | 2015 |
| 82 | BPM (Beats Per Minute) | 9/10 | 2017 |
| 83 | In A Better World | 9/10 | 2010 |
| 84 | Animal Kingdom | 9/10 | 2010 |
| 85 | Nebraska | 9/10 | 2013 |
| 86 | Blue Jasmine | 9/10 | 2013 |
| 87 | Blancanieves | 9/10 | 2012 |
| 88 | Weekend | 9/10 | 2011 |
| 89 | Lincoln | 9/10 | 2012 |
| 90 | Blue Valentine | 9/10 | 2010 |
| 91 | The Souvenir | 9/10 | 2019 |
| 92 | If Beale Street Could Talk | 9/10 | 2018 |
| 93 | Vice | 9/10 | 2019 |
| 94 | Looper | 9/10 | 2012 |
| 95 | Skyfall | 9/10 | 2012 |
| 96 | The Lobster | 9/10 | 2015 |
| 97 | Holding The Man | 9/10 | 2015 |
| 98 | We Need To Talk About Kevin | 9/10 | 2011 |
| 99 | Bridesmaids | 9/10 | 2011 |
| 100 | Dallas Buyers Club | 9/10 | 2013 |
Posted by mrsmith44 on December 15, 2019
https://jeremysmithmovieblog.com/2019/12/15/top-100-films-of-the-2010s-decade/
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