It’s getting down to the wire folks! Usually, the Film Independent Spirit Awards takes place the afternoon before the Oscars, but in this unprecedented time of a pandemic, they switched their usual plan of attack by airing in a prime time slot during the week (a Thursday to be exact). Hey, I don’t care when they air, I promise I’ll be there to watch it. Normally, I would not be catching the Spirit Awards until after the fact, but this year, yours truly was a voting member, so I had to tune in!
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Cleveland International Film Festival 45
After missing out on a live event last year, CIFF decided to take it’s festival to the virtual world by calling it CIFF Streams this year! Hey, no skin off my back. I still get to participate, and I get to do it all from the comfort of my home! Not as many titles jumped out at me as Sundance did this year, but I still made some solid and pretty exciting choices. Let’s get reviewing!
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Another weekend means more movies! I’ve decided to hold off on watching my Cleveland International Film Festival selections for next weekend since there were some new ones out this weekend. Plus, I finally got the chance to hang out indoors with a trusted friend since we’re all vaccinated! Majority rules.
Read more2021 SAG Awards
Another new awards ceremony format entered the fold, as the SAG awards were also held at home. In fact, unlike most of the other that have tried a loose hybrid, the SAG awards were basically all from Zoom. No one interacted with anyone really. It was also the weakest attendance from the nominees I have seen thus far. Anyway, more recapping coming your way.
Read moreThis Weekend’s Movies in Review
Aside from the Monsterverse’s latest, there wasn’t really anything new that came out this past week. With all that freedom, I became a bit nostalgic and decided to give a couple titles a re-watch. One of those was a good idea, and the other really wasn’t, but I never claimed to make good decisions all the time! Anyway, this week’s slate was a pretty decent one all around.
Read moreNostalgic Movie Weekend
I say nostalgic because most of what I watched was on the older side. Some were new to me, while others I just revisited, but you know I made time for some new films, too. Who would I be if I didn’t? Let’s take a stroll down memory lane first.
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So many long movies! Okay, really just the one. And I suppose it wasn’t a long weekend for anyone really, but it was for me! That means I got to spend some quality time with my television (and one abandoned theater). Let’s review!
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I think it will be hard to beat the amount of movies that I did in January (thank you, Sundance), but that does not mean what I’m watching isn’t of quality and that’s all that really matters. While a good chunk of these are new, I did swing back to one of my favorites from 2020. I also managed to get the last best picture nominee in over the weekend! Let’s take a look, shall we?
Read moreMega Movie Weekend
I let you all down last week! Although, I promise you, I did in fact watch movies. Just not as many as I have been cranking out recently. With that in mind, I’ve got last week’s films below, as well as the ones that made the cut this week. Because voting for the Independent Spirit Awards will start in just a couple weeks, I’ve been sent screeners for a lot of the nominees, and while I’ve seen most of them, there are still a small handful I’ve been wanting to watch. Now’s my chance!
Read moreWinners & Losers: Critics’ Choice Awards 2021
Ah yes, the awards ceremonies roll on. But boy did I forget how long this one was! And what’s even crazier is that they don’t really mess around with filler segments, plus they even just skip the song and dance for some categories, like foreign film and soundtrack. Anyways, I’m going to summarize as best I can!
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