10 Totally Awesome 80s Sci-Fi Movies You Shouldn’t Miss

Night of the Comet

Ah, 1980’s America: a decade where women wore their hair big, people unironically listened to synth-laden pop, and the only mark of success was excess. In this overblown materialistic and consumerist atmosphere, studio-funded “high concept” movies caught fire and were produced in such a volume that video rental stores (remember those?) had their shelves overflowing […]

10 Reasons Why “La La Land” Will Win Best Picture

LaLaLand

Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land” was hotly anticipated long before it even came out. After all, the writer/director was riding off the back of his Oscar winning “Whiplash” and brought with him a slew of talented leads including Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. Despite these high expectations, “La La Land” did not fail to live […]

10 Snubs, Surprises & New Records in the 89th Oscar Nominations

The nominations are in, and as always there is much to discuss involving fun statistics, shocking omissions and inclusions which nobody saw coming. Before we get to the Top 10, here are some other interesting tidbits about the nominations: O.J.: Made in America – technically a miniseries – is among the documentaries recognized, making it […]

The 10 Best Foreign Language Performances Nominated for Oscars

La Vie en Rose

One of the most devastating performances of the last year was Isabelle Huppert’s daring turn in Elle, by Paul Verhoeven. The French actress, already considered one of the greatest alive, delivered a career-defining performance as the victim of sexual assault who plots to get revenge on her assailant. She’s considered a frontrunner in the Best […]

6 Reasons Why “Silence” is Martin Scorsese’s Best Movie Since “Goodfellas”

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Martin Scorsese’s Silence (2016) explores the complex nature of faith through the quest of two priests (Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver) to reunite with their former mentor, Father Ferreira (Liam Neeson). Through the two hour forty-one minute run time Silence proves to be Martin Scorsese’s best film since his 1990 crime film Goodfellas. With Silence […]