Oscars 2023 Recap + Highlights – The Good, The Bad + The WTF

Happy Post-Oscars Day, everyone!! Did you watch the ceremony last night? I wish the Oscars telecast didn't happen during daylight savings time when we actually LOST one hour :\ Anyhoo, I made my predictions at the last minute of who will win and who SHOULD win, here are my predictions post. I didn't predict ALL …

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2023 Oscars Predictions – Who Will Win, Who Should Win

Well, it's Oscars eve… and like last year, I'm down to the wire in getting my predictions as I was preoccupied the last two days. But hey, it's still Saturday night where I am and there are about 20 hours left until those Oscars envelopes are opened. This year I have actually managed to see …

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10 favorite Michelle Yeoh performances – in honor of her historic 2023 SAG Best Actress win

What a historic night!!! This award season has pulled a ton of 'firsts' for performers of Asian descent, and as an Indonesian-born critic, that is something to celebrate! I don't usually blog about SAG Awards but I'll make this post a first because of Michelle Yeoh's historic win. Thankfully the event was streamed LIVE this …

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Catching up with Oscar-nominated Movies – Searches for ‘Everything Everywhere’ + ‘Banshees of Inisherin’ soar after noms announcement

The dust hasn't quite settled on the Oscars nomination for pundits and cinephiles… I mean, I'm still reeling from the fact that my #1 film of 2022, The Woman King was grossly overlooked. Not even a nomination for Viola Davis which I thought would've been a shoo-in! In any case, you can read my gripes …

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Musings on 2023 Oscars Nominations – The biggest snubs + surprises

Happy #OscarsNominations2023! I actually woke up exactly at 7 AM this morning to watch the LIVE announcement on my phone. I don't know why as I had never done that before but my hubby usually is up by then so I thought I'd tune in to see the presenters announce the nominees. In any case, …

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Musings on Golden Globes 2023 Nominees – 5 Egregious Snubs + 5 Things I’m Excited About

Hey, look who's back! Not that I've missed the Golden Globes when NBC decided not to air last year's event following the LA Times exposé that reported about the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's sheer lack of diversity (there were no Black journalist members) and unethical business practices. Major studios threatened to boycott unless they made …

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FlixChatter Review: Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)

With a title like Everything Everywhere All At Once, one cannot expect a tidy movie where everything is in place and an ending tied with a big red bow. It’s a movie perfectly timed for its release… tax season is upon us and everyone is into the multiverse. The two completely unrelated things are somehow …

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