Category: Acting
Dear Pablo Larraín, Have You Considered These Famous Women?
With the recent Academy Award nomination for Kristen Stewart’s performance in Spencer, Pablo Larraín is two for two in Best Actress nominations. In Spencer, Kristen…
Running on Empty (1988): River Phoenix’s Legacy is Immortalised in Family Drama
It was only until this year that I saw for the first time Running on Empty. A family drama that is best known as the…
Campaign Writings To Oscars Academic For Make Consideration Of Glorious Maria Bakalova
As I delved enthusiastically into this very piece in late February, I could already hear the echoes that Maria Bakalova can’t win the Best Supporting…
Can We Expect the Unexpected When the 2021 Screen Actors Guild Nominations are Announced?
The 2021 Screen Actors Guild nominations are almost upon us. Imagine, Sacha Baron Cohen nominated, but for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. Whether or not that kind…
Scenes, Performances, Movies – A Random Review of 2019 in Film
I personally struggle to sum up such a year in film as 2019. Whatever your tastes, your passions, your guilty pleasures, there was greatness for…
Best Supporting Actress 2019: Dern v. Robbie?
Now that awards season has kicked into high gear, it’s time for some pre-precursor Oscar predictions. For this post, we’ll be discussing the Best Supporting…
Matt St.Clair’s Top 10 Films of 2019 So Far
Since the first half of 2019 has come to a close, it’s now a good time to reflect on the best that cinema has offered…
2019 in Film Halftime Report: The Performances
The Halftime Report for 2019 in Films continues with the boys and girls that have graced our screens (big or small), and left a lasting…
Premature 2019 Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actress
We may have put the 91st Academy Awards behind us. However, it’s never too early to look ahead into what lies ahead next season. For…
For Your Consideration: Marina de Tavira, Best Supporting Actress for Roma
As I drifted off into a kind of cinematic trance after experiencing Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, one of my most prominent thoughts was why people were…
For Your Consideration: Melissa McCarthy, Best Actress for Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Melissa McCarthy’s portrayal of the real-life document forger Lee Israel in Can You Ever Forgive Me? could not be further from the foul-mouthed Megan from…
For Your Consideration: Olivia Colman, Best Actress for The Favourite
What Olivia Colman does so wonderfully in The Favourite is create a lead performance that has all of the scene-stealing strengths of a supporting performance….
For Your Consideration: Adam Driver, Best Supporting Actor for BlacKkKlansman
As the old adage goes “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” Something that rings true in BlacKkKlansman, a film that captures…
For Your Consideration: Christian Bale, Best Actor for Vice
There are actors, and then there is Christian Bale. This is an actor who is a living embodiment of The Method. Bale transforms himself into…
