This year’s Oscars race continues to see late surprises the closer we get to the official nominations. Between the various guilds recognitions, the return of the Golden Globes telecast, and an ever-widening diversity of films in contention has kept the race interesting and hard to predict in a few key areas. Based on the current … More Reel Talk: Oscar Predictions 2023
Coming off the heels of 2020, I didn’t know what to make of the current landscape of filmmaking or filmgoing. Though uncertainty still remains regarding what stories get told on the big screen and how the theater experience might change with streaming digging a deeper foothold, one important change between 2020 and 2021 is that … More The Year in Review: Top 10 Films of 2021
It’s been a long gap between Academy Awards shows, but now that the ceremony has finally arrived, I am left with my annual, self-assigned task of predicting every category correctly. We are down to 23 major categories this year (with Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing having been combined into one Sound category), and … More Reel Talk: 2021 Oscar Winners Predictions
The Academy Awards nominations announcement comes to us much later in the year than it normally does, pushed back to reflect the release date delays which plagued so many would-be contenders. This year’s awards season understandably looks much different now than it did at the beginning of 2020, but there are still plenty of wonderful … More Reel Talk: 2021 Oscar Predictions
Nominations for the 2020 Academy Awards are set to be announced early tomorrow morning. 2019 was a great year for films, but it was an especially strong year for the creatives in front of and behind the camera, making it a fun challenge to home in on which films and individuals will earn the nomination. … More Reel Talk: 2020 Oscar Predictions
Welcome to the ’20s! A new year and a new decade means new movies coming right around the corner. Here are are my 15 most anticipated movies of 2020: Birds of Prey (February 7) Throughout the 2010s, DC comic book adaptations have been inconsistent, but even in at their lowest point with 2016’s Suicide Squad, … More The Year Ahead: 15 Most Anticipated Films of 2020
It’s the beginning of a new year and a new decade, which means it’s time for one last look at some of my favorite films from 2019. Admittedly, 2019 was a slow start for the movies, but in the second half of the year, we were given a slew of excellent outings from equally wonderful … More The Year in Review: Top 10 Films of 2019
“Part of the journey is the end” — wait, wrong Disney franchise… “It’s time for Star Wars…to end” — wait, that’s not the line… With the release of Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker, the Star Wars saga will end…for a third time. In anticipation of the final conclusion of the “Skywalker Saga,” I rewatched … More Reel Talk: Every Live-Action Star Wars Film, Ranked Worst to Best
After an agonizing year-and-a-half-long wait, Stranger Things Season Three is finally upon us. And, if you’re like me, you finished the entire season in the first 24 hours of its release on Netflix. Let’s unpack what’s up with the Upside Down, Hawkins, Indiana and our favorite group of ‘80s kids. The story picks up in … More TV Review: ‘Stranger Things’ packs in the thrills and ’80s nostalgia for a slow-building, emotional third season
After 11 years, 21 films and countless hours of entertainment, the Marvel Cinematic Universe as we currently know it is poised to close with a bang with the release of Avengers: Endgame. With that in mind, there’s no better time to look back on each of these films. Here is my definitive ranking of every … More Reel Talk: Every MCU Film, Ranked Worst to Best
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