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 the HFPA & 2023 Golden Globes + My Favorite Acceptance Speeches

Confession: I actually forgot the Golden Globes telecast was happening last night, so I went to a press screening of Gerry Butler's PLANE movie instead. I don't have cable anyways but I did catch some of the speeches that were posted on YouTube and honestly, I'd rather just watch the winners' acceptance speeches than sit …

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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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