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Oscar Predictions 2020
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 24, 2021
Wow, that was one hell of a year. I have not been out to a theater since early March 2020, so all the Oscar nominated films I watched were all in the comfort of my own home. And while that’s a nice convenience, I miss the theater. The darkness, the huge screen, the trailers, being surrounded by stra read more
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 23, 2021
Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a compelling courtroom drama depicting the infamous trial of seven defendants charged with inciting a riot, conspiracy and other charges relating to their counter-culture movement and anti-Vietnam war protests. In 1968 a large protest took place in Chicag read more
The Father
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 21, 2021
There are a good number of Oscar nominated movies throughout the years about the elderly and dementia, but The Father has a unique way of portraying these ideas. While the audience is not explicitly told, we quickly figure out that we are experiencing the story from the point of view of an elderly m read more
Nomadland
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 17, 2021
I’ll admit, after first watching Nomadland I daydreamed about customizing my small SUV and hitting the road trekking to one national park after another with no end in sight. There’s this uniquely American fantasy about freedom on the open road and never ending road trips that draws us urban and read more
Minari
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 14, 2021
In Minari, a Korean-American family relocates to rural Arkansas to start a farm. Patriarch, Jacob (Steven Yeun) is ambitious, eager to start from scratch and wants to live the American dream. His wife, Monica (Yeri Han) is skeptical of the situation. The dismay is all over her face as she sees her n read more
Judas and the Black Messiah
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 12, 2021
Prior to seeing Judas and the Black Messiah, I had never heard about Fred Hampton, his assassination by the FBI in 1969 or the informant, Willaim O’Neal. For reference, I’m a white woman who grew up in white suburbia. I and others like me need to see and hear these stories and broaden our understand read more
Sound of Metal
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Apr 8, 2021
I first watched Sound of Metal a few weeks before correcting my vision with laser eye surgery. Anything more than a few inches from my face was an intangible blur without glasses. After the movie, I started to question my choice to get LASIK. I worried how my vision would be after surgery. Would it read more
Promising Young Woman
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Mar 30, 2021
In her debut feature film, Emerald Fennell takes us on a wild, thrilling ride of trauma fueled revenge. Seven years after losing her best friend, Cassandra (Carrey Mulligan) refuses to move on with her life and instead makes it her mission to scare self-described “nice guys” and would-be rapists read more
Mank
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Mar 26, 2021
David Fincher has been trying to make Mank happen since the early 1990s. The script was actually written by Fincher’s late father, Jack Fincher. One of the big battles that kept this film on the back burner for decades was the fact that studios were not on board to see a black and white movie filmed read more
Soul
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Mar 18, 2021
In Soul a middle aged substitute band teacher, Joe (voiced by Jamie Foxx) finally gets his big chance to play jazz with a famed musician only to find himself suddenly dead. Feeling cheated and unwilling to accept his back luck, Joe tries to run from the great beyond. He escapes the path to the grea read more
2020: A Year With Women Directors
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 1, 2021
Back in the faraway, happier world of January 2020, I took on a new film challenge: Watch 52 films directed (or codirected) by women. At just one movie a week, I thought it would be no big deal. It began innocently enough, I enjoyed heading out to my local theater to support my fellow woman and look read more
Death Becomes Her
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Oct 30, 2020
Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis star in this wonderfully weird, dark comedy about vanity, revenge and immortality. When talentless stage-starlet Madaline (Streep) steals Helen’s (Hawn) fiance, Ernest (Willis), Helen goes mad plotting revenge. Several years of marriage later, Ernest is a read more
Annabelle
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Oct 23, 2020
Branching out The Conjuring series, Annabelle tells the story of a young couple and a doll that becomes possessed with evil. Mia (Annabelle Wallis) and John (Ward Horton) are a picture perfect couple living in the California suburbs. Mia is adorably pregnant and John is dutifully sweet, even giving read more
Summer of ’84
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Oct 21, 2020
François Simard and Anouk Whissell’s 2018 film Summer of 84 is a surprisingly dark tale of American suburbia. The 80s nostalgia factor makes it kind of like a Stranger Things grounded in reality. The story of a kid across the cul-de-sac spying on his neighbor gives the film a suspenseful Rear Window read more
Oculus
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Oct 16, 2020
In Oculus two siblings try to defeat the supernatural entity within a mirror that hung in their childhood home. Kaylie (Karen Gillan) the older sister has done extensive research on the history of the mirror’s past owners. It’s grizzly and full of strange, awful deaths. After her younger brother, read more
The Conjuring 2
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Oct 9, 2020
My expectations of sequels are usually lower than their originals, especially in the horror genre. When I first watched The Conjuring two years ago I was surprised how well crafted and effectively scary the film was. Since then the sinister ideas and dark images have crept into my mind at night more read more
Little Shop of Horrors
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Oct 2, 2020
If you’re looking for a fun, kooky musical with a taste for blood, Little Shop of Horrors might be exactly what you need. Based off an off Broadway musical, the film stars Rick Moranis as the poor, nerdy Seymour, and Ellen Greene as Audrey his coworker-crush, this story of a strange plant at a flowe read more
August and September 2020
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Sep 30, 2020
Summer is gone, hello autumn! Through August and September I found little time to devote to movies thanks to my two year old’s sleep regression. It’s hard to watch a movie when your kid is up screaming for attention all evening. Thankfully my husband is super supportive, better at the whole bedtime read more
July 2020
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 1, 2020
Just trying to have a safe and relaxing summer. Happy August, readers! Hope you’re staying safe in this world savaged by a pandemic and about a dozen other threats. If you’re anything like me, you like to take a break from all that with a few movies. Here are the new-to-me films I watched in July: read more
June 2020
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jul 1, 2020
My children asking for snacks….again. Hello summer! In between keeping my kids busy, fetching them popsicles and avoiding a certain plague I’ve found a little time to watch some new movies: I’m a little behind on my quest to watch 52 films directed by women this year, but plan to c read more