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Film Review: Train Dreams
Welcome back to the blog readers. As you know, I am currently on my "Best Picture Expedition" where I strive to watch all ten films nominated for Best Picture. I am more than halfway through the field now, and I am working full steam ahead to get the last four taken care of. With this film being regarded as one of the weaker nominees, I went into it with the full confidence that I would like it. Would I be proven right, or would I be disappointed? Stick around to find out. Tr
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2 days ago3 min read
Film Review: Bugonia
Welcome back to the blog readers. As you know, I am well into my "Best Picture Expedition," where I venture to watch all ten films nominated for Best Picture. This is the film I was the most nervous about because I did not know at all if I was going to love or hate it in the end. Alas, the time has come for me to watch the film and share my opinion. What would I think of the film? Stick around to find out. Bugonia was directed by Yorgos Lanthimos from a screenplay by Will Tra
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4 days ago4 min read
Film Review: Frankenstein
Welcome back to the blog readers. Now that the dust has settled on the Academy Award nominations, I get to start up my Best Picture Expedition proper. In case you were not around last year, the Best Picture Expedition is where I venture to watch every film nominated for the highest honor: Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Watching this film was going to put me at halfway since I had already seen F1, Sinners, Marty Supreme, and One Battle After Another (all 2025). Would this
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Feb 104 min read
Film Review: Marty Supreme
Welcome back to the blog readers. Now that I am approaching the three-year anniversary of this blog, there should at this point be a small group of people who do not know at this point that I love Timothée Chalamet. While I may or may not be joking about him being the love of my life (we will never know), I really do believe he will be the next Daniel Day-Lewis. With this oddball film being his next film, would it move him closer or further from my proclamation? Stick around
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Dec 31, 20254 min read
Film Review: One Battle After Another
Welcome back to the blog readers. As you know by now, action films are one of my favorite kinds of films. Over these almost three full years that I have been doing this blog, these are the films I am most critical of because I love the genre so damn much. This film has been in the back of my mind for a while now, especially with the early awards buzz it seems to be getting coming out of the festivals. Would the universal love this film is getting be enough to win this cynical
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Sep 29, 20255 min read
Film Review: F1 the Movie
Welcome back to the blog readers. One of the biggest surprises of 2022 was the release of Top Gun: Maverick (2022). That film put the director on the map and revitalized the theater industry, raking in over $1.5 billion at the box office, becoming only the second film to make over $1 billion since the pandemic. Would this film be another worthy addition to the director's filmography? Stick around to find out. F1 the Movie was directed by Joseph Kosinski from a screenplay by E
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Jun 30, 20254 min read
Film Review: Sinners
Welcome back to the blog readers. Even though I have liked some of the ones that came out so far in 2025, the horror genre has admittedly gotten off to a slow start this year. This is one of those horror films that have been on my radar all year because I absolutely love Ryan Coogler as a director. I have loved every film he has made. Can he make it 5 for 5 (I did not see Fruitvale Station (2013)) with this film? Stick around to find out. Sinners was written and directed by R
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Apr 22, 20254 min read
Ranking: 97th Oscars Best Picture Nominees
Welcome back to the blog readers. Well, I have finally did it. For the first time since the 92nd Academy Award ceremony, I have seen all ten Best Picture nominees. What made this one even more special for me is the fact that I was able to see eight out of the ten nominees in theaters. With that out of the way, I wanted to do something special and rank them before the Oscars ceremony airs and give my definitive pick on who I think should win the award and who I think will take
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Mar 1, 202511 min read
Film Review: Nickel Boys
Welcome back to the blog readers. As you know by now, I love me a good drama film as you could probably tell. But that truly is not the...
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Feb 26, 20254 min read
Film Review: Anora
Welcome back to the blog readers. As you guys currently know, I am on a "Best Picture Expedition" in which I venture to watch all 10 Best...
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Feb 13, 20253 min read
Film Review: I'm Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui)
Welcome back to the blog readers. As you know, I am currently on a Best Picture Expedition, in which I venture to see all of the Best...
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Feb 11, 20253 min read
Film Review: The Brutalist
Welcome back to the blog readers. As you know by now, Oscar nominations are out now and this is one of those films that is up for a good...
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Jan 31, 20255 min read
Film Review: Emilia Pérez
Welcome back to the blog readers. As you all know, Oscar nominations have come out and this film has gotten an astounding (for one reason...
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Jan 27, 20254 min read
Film Review: A Complete Unknown
Welcome back to the blog readers. I don't really talk a whole lot about my music tastes too much on this blog because I feel it is not...
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Dec 31, 20244 min read
Film Review: Wicked
Welcome back to the blog readers. Musical films have never really been my forte, but there have been some I have enjoyed. The Greatest...
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Nov 22, 20245 min read
Film Review: Conclave
Welcome back to the blog readers. We are thick in the middle of Oscar season, in which all of the big contenders release and attempt to...
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Nov 7, 20243 min read
Film Review: The Substance
Welcome back to the blog readers. You already know how I feel about horror films in general, with each one being a mixed bag until I...
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Sep 22, 20244 min read
Film Review: Dune: Part Two
Welcome back to the blog readers. I do apologize for the hiatus, but there have not been too many juicy films to be able to sink my teeth...
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Mar 15, 20244 min read
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