Janes Holzer in Soap Opera

I’m going to keep this week’s update kind of short because I’ve been dealing with allergies and sinus pain and I need to get some rest.  Consider this to be a mini-week in review.

First, and most importantly, my thoughts go out to everyone who has been effected by the two aviation disasters that occurred this week.  It’s just tragic and my heart breaks for the families and friends who have lost those close to them.

The Sundance Film Festival came and went this year.  I usually follow these things pretty closely but there was really next to no interesting news out of Sundance this year.  I even signed up for a membership so I could attend a few online screenings but, because I’ve been feeling sick, I didn’t go to any of them.  To be honest, none of the films available really appealed to me.

After getting 13 nominations (more than The Godfather), Emilia Perez‘s Oscar momentum has apparently been destroyed by the fact that someone finally got around to running a Google translate on all of Karla Sofia Gascon’s old tweets.  Because last year was a difficult one for me and my family and I didn’t have as much time as usual to watch things, I haven’t gotten around to watching Emilia Perez so I don’t know if it’s as good as some say or as terrible as others say.  (I do know that, as someone who has family on the border and who is a fourth-Spanish, I do have to wonder why Jacques Audiard decided to set his story in Mexico as opposed to Marseille.)  But I will say that I always think a film should be judged on its own merits.  Of course, that never happens but I remain an idealist at heart.

Here are the films that I watched this week:

1. America is Sinking (2023)
2. Basquiat (1996)
3. Extreme Justice (1993)
4. Fear City (1984)
5. First Man In Space (1958)
6. The Godson (1998)
7. Groundhog Day (1993)
8. Hot Saturday (1932)
9. The Incident (1967)
10. Ladies’ Man (1931)
11. Poor Little Rich Girl (1965)
12. Soap Opera (1964)
13. The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)
14. Ticks (1993)
15. Vinyl (1965)

News From Last Week:

1. Singer Marianne Faithfull Dies At 78
2. ‘Atropia,’ ‘Twinless’ Win Top Sundance 2025 Awards (Full Winners List)
3. Sundance Likely Moving to Boulder in 2027
4. ‘Emilia Perez’ actress’ unhinged tweets are a huge blow to her movie’s Oscar chances
5. Karla Sofía Gascón Breaks Down In Unauthorized, Hour-Long CNN Interview: “I Have Been Crucified And Stoned”

Links From Last Week:

1. Tater’s Week in Review 1/31/25
2. Journey To Italy With Clint Eastwood! Ready For A Shocking “Black Sunday?” The “Trip To Italy” Movie Blogathon Has More!
3. Any creature can be a Familiar…

Click here for last week!

Rosemary Kelly in Soap Opera