Musings on 2025 Oscar Nominations – The egregious snubs + enchanting surprises

After being delayed due to the California wildfires, the long-awaited Oscars nominations were announced this morning by Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang, live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. It looks like the Oscar-nominated songs won’t be performed at the ceremony this year. Instead, the Academy is choosing to recognize Los Angeles as the city …

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FlixChatter Review: A Complete Unknown (2024) – Timothée Chalamet captures Bob Dylan’s freewheelin’ vibe in James Mangold’s engrossing musical biopic

I’m going to preface this review by saying I have a huge blindspot about Bob Dylan. I probably shouldn’t feel too bad as Timothée Chalamet himself didn’t know much about the world-famous singer/songwriter when he got offered the part. The fact that I live in Minnesota, it’s hard to escape the Dylan effect. Just like …

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FlixChatter Review – TOP GUN: Maverick (2022)

After more than three decades, Maverick's got to fly once again. You'd think that when a movie grosses more than $350 Mil at the box office (on a mere $15 Mil budget no less), we'd have a franchise by now. There are far less profitable movies that have spun numerous sequels by Hollywood's franchise machine. …

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New Trailer Spotlight – TOP GUN: Maverick

I feel the need...the need for speed! Woo wee!! I needed something to get my mind off the fiasco that was Oscars 2022! This proved to be the kind of distraction I needed! Boy, can you believe it's been 36 years since the first Top Gun came out? I was still a pre-teen at the …

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