‘Phantom Thread’ has played to such rave reviews that I am loathe to dissent, but I found the main characters so morally repellent that I could not enjoy myself despite the movie’s production qualities.
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‘The Insult’ is ably directed by Ziad Doueiri, who has a fine sense of tension and human drama.
The 2018 Oscar ceremonies take place on March 4 and here’s your guide to the major categories.
With his Oscar nominated ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,’ Martin McDonagh tried to make a provocative movie like Flannery O’Connor’s story ‘A Good Man Is Hard to Find’ – and he didn’t.
‘The Greatest Showman’ was mostly snubbed by the Academy and it is terrific entertainment. It dazzles the eye, engages your heart, and convincingly takes us back to a wonderful place and time.
Grab the kids of almost any age and go to see this inspiring film starring Julia Roberts and the unexpectedly compelling Owen Wilson.
‘Darkest Hour’ is nominated for six Academy Awards and it is a masterpiece because had Churchill opened talks with Hitler, morale would have collapsed, Germany would have won the war, and this movie shows how close he came.
In the hands of director Guillermo del Toro, formulaic and sometimes silly material in ‘The Shape of Water’ becomes a delight and sets us cheering for the 13-fold Oscar nominee.
The ‘I, Tonya’ biopic of figure skating star Tonya Harding leaves truth of her involvement in attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan in doubt. Allison Janney plays Tonya’s mother, she is superb and nominated for an Oscar.
This poignant, honest, affectionate look at young adulthood in a California Catholic school shatters stereotypes and makes us laugh.
