Some of my earliest (and fondest) memories are of Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers martial arts films made in Hong Kong that my family would rent from video rental stores. Tales of martial arts clans torn apart by betrayal, quests for vengeance, and actors with very obvious hair extensions abounded. Just as ubiquitous as these …
Howard Ratner utters this memorable phrase in the late stages of Uncut Gems in a scene where he is explaining his game to costar Kevin Garnett. “This is how I win KG” Adam Sandler delivers this line in the middle of a dialogue about his world of gems and betting. His path to winning is …
The Irishman, The Two Popes, and Dolemite Is My Name went home empty-handed last night at the 77th Golden Globes ceremony while Marriage Story left with one award, Laura Dern in a supporting role. Netflix combined had 17 film nominations. Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story and Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman were frontrunners in nearly every category …
While we still have a month to speculate, these are some early predictions for who will take home the statue in each of select twelve categories.
This morning, Black Panther made history by being the first superhero or comic book film to be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Fifteen years after The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King became the first fantasy film to take home the statue, and one year after The Shape of Water cleaned …
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The Oscars: How do you measure the popularity of a movie? Give it its own special Oscar! We take a look at the recent controversial Academy rulings.
Take a moment and pour one out for some of the best movies and performances that didn’t get the love from the Oscars that they were due this year.
With the 90th Academy Awards less than two weeks away, speculation has grown rampant regarding who will be taking home the coveted Oscars. Tired of speculating, three film writers from LWOS Life decided to get together and take fate into their own hands. Acting as their own Academy, they picked ten of their favorite categories, …
