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Dallas Honors The Holdovers!

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Reunion Tower (photograph by Erin Nicole Bowman)

My hometown has spoken!

The Dallas-Forth Worth Film Critics Association has named The Holdovers as the best picture of the year!  This is actually a little bit of a surprising result.  In the past, the DFWCA has usually gone with the clear front-runners, which in his case would be Oppenheimer and Killers of the Flower Moon.  That they picked The Holdovers makes me even more excited about watching that movie either this week or next.

Here are the Dallas winners!

BEST PICTURE
Winner: THE HOLDOVERS
Runners-up: OPPENHEIMER (2); KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (3); POOR THINGS (4); AMERICAN FICTION (5); PAST LIVES (6); MAESTRO (7); ANATOMY OF A FALL (8); BARBIE (9); MAY DECEMBER (10)

BEST ACTOR
Winner: Cillian Murphy, OPPENHEIMER
Runners-up: Paul Giamatti, THE HOLDOVERS (2); Bradley Cooper, MAESTRO (3); Jeffrey Wright, AMERICAN FICTION (4); Leonardo DiCaprio, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (5, tie); Colman Domingo, RUSTIN (5, tie)

BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Lily Gladstone, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Runners-up: Emma Stone, POOR THINGS (2); Carey Mulligan, MAESTRO (3); Greta Lee, PAST LIVES (4); Sandra Huller, ANATOMY OF A FALL (5)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Robert Downey Jr., OPPENHEIMER
Runners-up: Charles Melton, MAY DECEMBER (2); Robert De Niro, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (3); Mark Ruffalo, POOR THINGS (4); Dominic Sessa, THE HOLDOVERS (5)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, THE HOLDOVERS
Runners-up: Danielle Brooks, THE COLOR PURPLE (2); Emily Blunt, OPPENHEIMER (3); Jodie Foster, NYAD (4); Julianne Moore, MAY DECEMBER (5)

BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Christopher Nolan, OPPENHEIMER
Runners-up: Martin Scorsese, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (2); Alexander Payne, THE HOLDOVERS (3); Yorgos Lanthimos, POOR THINGS (4); Celine Song, PAST LIVES (5)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Winner: ANATOMY OF A FALL
Runners-up: THE ZONE OF INTEREST (2); THE TASTE OF THINGS (3); SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (4); FALLEN LEAVES (5)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: AMERICAN SYMPHONY
Runners-up: 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL (2); STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE (3); THE DEEPEST BREATH (4); THE PIGEON TUNNEL (5)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Winner: THE BOY AND THE HERON
Runner-up: SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE

BEST SCREENPLAY
Winner: David Hemingson, THE HOLDOVERS
Runner-up: Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, ANATOMY OF A FALL

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Hoyte van Hoytema, OPPENHEIMER
Runner-up: Rodrigo Prieto, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Winner: Robbie Robertson, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Runner-up: Ludwig Goransson, OPPENHEIMER

RUSSELL SMITH AWARD (best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film)
Winner: THE ZONE OF INTEREST

 

Oppenheimer Wins In North Texas!

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The North Texas Film Critics Association has announced their picks for the best of 2023 and it was a good day for Oppenheimer!  The winners are listed, in bold, below!

BEST PICTURE
American Fiction
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Saltburn

BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Barry Keoghan – Saltburn
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

BEST ACTRESS
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Cailee Spaeny – Priscilla
Emma Stone – Poor Things

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Willem Dafoe – Poor Things
Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Glenn Howerton – Blackberry
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
America Ferrera – Barbie
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Rosamund Pike – Saltburn
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

BEST DIRECTOR
Emerald Fennell – Saltburn
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Alexander Payne – The Holdovers
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Anatomy of a Fall
Godland
Perfect Days
The Taste of Things
The Zone of Interest

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
20 Days in Mariupol
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
A Disturbance in the Force
Judy Blume Forever
Little Richard: I Am Everything
The Mission
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Wish

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Robert Yeoman – Asteroid City
Rodrigo Prieto – Barbie
Rodrigo Prieto – Killers of the Flower Moon
Dariusz Wolski – Napoleon
Hoyte van Hoytema – Oppenheimer
Robbie Ryan – Poor Things
Linus Sandgren – Saltburn

BEST NEWCOMER
Halle Bailey – The Little Mermaid/The Color Purple
Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Charles Melton – May December
Allison Oliver – Saltburn
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers

BEST SCREENPLAY
Alex Convery – Air
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
David Hemingson – The Holdovers
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Celine Song – Past Lives

GARY MURRAY AWARD (BEST ENSEMBLE)
Air
Asteroid City
The Holdovers
The Iron Claw
Oppenheimer
Saltburn

Here Are The 2023 Satellite Award Nominations!

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Apparently, the Satellite Awards are still a thing.  The Satellites are given out by the International Press Academy so I guess they are the rivals of the Hollywood Foreign Press, the former owners of the Golden Globes.

Anyway, the Satellite nominations were announced today.  Ferrari picked up a nomination for Best Picture but I wouldn’t change your Oscar predictions just yet because the Satellites aren’t exactly the best precursor around.

Here are the film nominations!  The winners will be announced on January 27th, by which time we’ll all probably be pretty sick of the awards season in general.

Motion Picture, Drama
Killers of the Flower Moon (Paramount Pictures)
Maestro (Netflix)
May December (Netflix)
Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
Past Lives (A24)
Ferrari (Neon)

Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Scrapper (Kino Lorber)
Barbie (Warner Bros)
The Holdovers (Focus Features)
American Fiction (MGM)
Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
Dream Scenario (A24)

Motion Picture, International
United Kingdom – The Zone of Interest
Finland – Fallen Leaves
Germany – The Teacher’s Lounge
Spain – Society of the Snow
Bulgaria – Blaga’s Lessons
Italy – Io Capitano
France – Anatomy of a Fall

Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media
Suzume (Crunchyroll)
The Boy and the Heron (GKIDS)
Elemental (Pixar)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Columbia Pictures)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Paramount Pictures)
Robot Dreams (Neon)

Motion Picture, Documentary
Little Richard: I Am Everything (Magnolia Pictures)
20 Days in Mariupol (PBS)
Close to Vermeer (Kino Lorber)
Stamped from the Beginning (Netflix)
American Symphony (Netflix)
Bad Press (Context Move)
Love to Love You, Donna Summer (HBO Max)
Lakota Nation vs. United States (IFC Films

Director
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest
Alexander Payne – The Holdovers
Greta Gerwig – Barbie

Actress in a Motion Picture Drama
Natalie Portman – May December
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Penélope Cruz – Ferrari
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall

Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Franz Rogowski – Passages

Actress in Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Alma Pöysti – Fallen Leaves
Cailee Spaeny – Priscilla

Actor in Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Barry Keoghan – Saltburn
Nicolas Cage – Dream Scenario
Joaquin Phoenix – Beau Is Afraid

Actress in a Supporting Role
Rosamund Pike – Saltburn
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Julianne Moore – May December
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Juliette Binoche – The Taste of Things
America Ferrera – Barbie

Actor in a Supporting Role
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Robert DeNiro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Charles Melton – May December
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers

Screenplay, Original
David Hemingson – The Holdovers (Focus Features)
Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach – Barbie (Warner Bros)
Samy Burch (story by Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik) – May December (Netflix)
Celine Song – Past Lives (A24)
Justine Triet & Arthur Harari – Anatomy of a Fall (Neon)
Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer – Maestro (Netflix)

Screenplay, Adapted
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction (MGM)
Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon (Paramount Pictures)
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
Tony McNamara – Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest (A24)
Andrew Haigh – All of Us Strangers (Searchlight Pictures)

Original Score
Daniel Pemberton – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Columbia / Sony Pictures)
Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
Robbie Robertson – Killers of the Flower Moon (Paramount Pictures)
Jerskin Fendrix – Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
Michael Giacchino – Society of the Snow (Netflix)
Laura Karpman – American Fiction (MGM)

Original Song
“It Never Went Away” – Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson from American Symphony
“I’m Just Ken” – Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt from Barbie
“Road to Freedom” – Lenny Kravitz from Rustin
“The Fire Inside” – Diane Warren from Flamin’ Hot
“What Was I Made For?” – Billie Eilish & Finneas from Barbie
“Peaches” – Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond & John Spiker from The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Cinematography
Rodrigo Prieto – Killers of the Flower Moon
Linus Sandgren – Saltburn
Hoyte van Hoytema – Oppenheimer
Matthew Libatique – Maestro
Erik Messerschmidt – Ferrari
Dariusz Wolski – Napoleon
Fraser Taggart – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Film Editing
Thelma Schoonmaker – Killers of the Flower Moon
Nick Houy – Barbie
Kevin Tent – The Holdovers
Jennifer Lame – Oppenheimer
Michelle Tesoro – Maestro
Yorgos Mavropsaridis – Poor Things

Sound (Editing and Mixing)
Oppenheimer
Maestro
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
American Symphony
Ferrari

Visual Effects
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Michael Lasker, Alan Hawkins, Bret St. Clair & Pav Grochola
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Alex Wuttke, Jeff Sutherland, Simone Coco & Neil Corbould
Oppenheimer
The Creator
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Napoleon

Production Design
Maria Djurkovic & Sophie Phillips – Ferrari
Jack Fisk & Adam Willis – Killers of the Flower Moon
Kevin Thompson & Rena DeAngelo – Maestro
Ruth De Jong & Claire Kaufman – Oppenheimer
Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer – Barbie
Arthur Max – Napoleon

Costume Design
David Crossman, Janty Yates – Napoleon
Jacqueline West – Killers of the Flower Moon
Jacqueline Durran – Barbie
Holly Waddington – Poor Things
Francine Jamison-Tanchuck – The Color Purple
Ellen Mirojnick – Oppenheimer

Ensemble Motion Picture
Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)

Retro Television Reviews: Miami Vice 1.15 “Golden Triangle: Part Two”

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Welcome to Retro Television Reviews, a feature where we review some of our favorite and least favorite shows of the past!  On Mondays, I will be reviewing Miami Vice, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989.  The entire show is currently streaming on Tubi!

This week’s episode is all about Castillo!

Episode 1.15 “Golden Triangle: Part Two”

(Dir by David Anspaugh, originally aired on January 18th, 1985)

Last week’s episode revealed a little bit about Castillo’s past and what actually goes on underneath his stoic facade.  This week’s episode exposed even more of Castillo …. literally!

Part two of Golden Triangle opens with Castillo very much out of uniform as he strips down to a black speedo and swims in the ocean.  To be honest, it was a bit strange to see because …. well, he’s Castillo.  Castillo shows no emotion.  Castillo never smiles.  Castillo, up until last week, had no life outside of his work.  Now, suddenly, the viewer learns that Castillo has kept himself in pretty good shape.  It’s weird to see someone with that good of a body and that strange of a mustache.

After his swim, Castillo meets with Crockett and Tubbs.  They tell him that they are searching Miami for both Lao Li and May Ying.  Castillo tells them not to, saying that “This department is not my private detective agency,” but Crockett and Tubbs insist on being allowed to help.  As they explain it, Lao Li is a heroin dealer so they’re actually doing their job by searching for him.

It turns out to be much easier to track down Dale Menton (John Santucci), a former CIA agent who knew Castillo in Thailand and who was Lao Li’s handler.  Menton reveals that Lao Li and his entire family is in Miami and they’re all hiding in plain sight.  He even gives Lao Li’s phone number to Castillo.  Menton also mentions that he was the one who, years ago, informed Lao Li that Castillo was planning on raiding one of his drug shipments.  As a result, most of Castillo’s men were killed and, after his house was blown up, Castillo wrongly believed that May Ying had been killed.

Castillo meets with Lao Li (Keye Luke), who explains that he is only in Miami because he is retired and that he’s no longer in the drug business.  (Needless to say, Castillo sees right through him.)  Castillo also meets May Ying (Joan Chen) and discovers that she is now remarried and has a son.  Somewhat touchingly, Castillo is happy for her.  However, Castillio also knows that May Ying and her husband have been brought to Miami to serve as hostages.  If he goes after Lao Li (or Menton), May Ying will be killed.

Lao Li is very clever but his dumbass grandsons (played by Peter Kwong and Kevin Gray) are not.  They ignore Lao Li’s order to lay low and instead, they start dressing like Sonny Crockett and driving around town in a White Lamborghini.  When they’re arrested while in the middle of a drug deal, Castillo realizes that he finally has the leverage to take Lao Li down.

This episode was pretty much a showcase for Edward James Olmos, who played Castillo has being the one man in Miami who was not willing to compromise his values.  At the end of the show, Lao Li suggested that there might be a mutual respect between him and Castillo just for Castillo to inform him that no, Castillo had absolutely no respect for Lao Li.  The episode ended with Castillo watching as May Ying and her husband returned to Thailand, happy to know that she was alive and doing well but also resigned to the fact that she could no longer be with him.  It was an emotionally powerful moment.

Next week, Crockett and Tubbs head to Colombia!

Monday Live Tweet Alert: Join Us For Homicide: The Movie and Yes, Virginia There Is A Santa Claus!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

As some of our regular readers undoubtedly know, I am involved in hosting a few weekly live tweets on twitter and occasion ally Mastodon.  I host #FridayNightFlix every Friday, I co-host #ScarySocial on Saturday, and I am one of the five hosts of Mastodon’s #MondayActionMovie!  Every week, we get together.  We watch a movie.  We snark our way through it.

Tonight, for #MondayActionMovie, the film will be 2000’s Homicide: The Movie, starring the great Andre Braugher!

Then, on twitter, #MondayMuggers will be showing 1991’s Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus, starring Charles Bronson!  The film is on Prime and it starts at 10 pm et!

It should make for a night of fun viewing and I invite all of you to join in.  If you want to join the live tweets, just hop onto Mastodon, pull up Homicide: The Movie on YouTube, start the movie at 8 pm et, and use the #MondayActionMovie hashtag!  Then switch over to twitter, pull Yes Virginia There Is A Santa Claus up on Prime, and use the #MondayMuggers hashtag! 

Enjoy!

 

Through The Shattered Lens Wishes A Happy Birthday To Steven Spielberg

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Today the Shattered Lens is happy to wish the great Steven Spielberg a happy birthday!

It’s perhaps impossible to pick just one scene or just four shots to represent the career and the talent of Steven Spielberg.  So, in honor of his birthday, I am going to share the moments when Steven Spielberg won his first two competitive Oscars, for directing and producing 1993’s Schindler’s List.  His words are even more important today.

Late Night Retro Television Reviews: Degrassi Junior High 2.1 “Eggbert”

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Welcome to Late Night Retro Television Reviews, a feature where we review some of our favorite and least favorite shows of the past!  On Sunday, I will be reviewing the Canadian series, Degrassi Junior High, which aired on CBC and PBS from 1987 to 1989!  The series can be streamed on YouTube!

It’s time to start the second term!

Episode 2.1 “Eggbert”

(Dir by Kit Hood, originally aired on January 4th, 1988)

It’s time to start the second term at Degrassi Junior High and a few things have changed.

For instance, both Voula and Rick are no longer enrolled at the school, though they still appear in the opening credits.  Two new students have enrolled at the school.  Scooter Webster (Christopher Charlesworth) is a young genius who has skipped ahead a few grades.  Meanwhile, the enigmatic Simon Dexter (Michael Carry) is blonde, handsome, and apparently is already working as a male model.  Stephanie and the Farrell twins are excited when Simon joins their class.  Yick and Arthur, meanwhile, are excited that Scooter’s presence means that they are no longer the nerdiest kids at school.

Lucy is still on probation as a result of getting arrested for shoplifting and she has decided to tone things down until she’s finished her sentence.  She still wants to throw a party at her house but she now has very firm rules about what her classmates can do — i.e., no drinking and no breaking the furniture.

Stephanie has given up her trampy look and is now determined to be the best school president that she can be.  She gives all of her old school clothes to Alexa (Irene Courakos), just to then watch as Simon starts flirting with Alexa because, as he tells Snake, “I love the way she dresses.”  When Stephanie later asks Alexa to return her clothes, Alexa refuses.

One thing that hasn’t changed is that Spike is pregnant and still trying to decide whether she wants to keep her baby or not.  The counselor at her support group suggests that Spike carry around and take care of an egg for two weeks so that she can experience what it would be like to have to spend all of her time taking care of a baby.  Spike agrees.  At school, Alexa takes the egg, draws a face on it, and names it Eggbert.

Shane, who has still not even told his parents that Spike is pregnant, begs Spike to forgive him and to let him be a part of her life again.  Spike tells Shane that if he really wants to be a part of her life, he needs to spend a week taking care of Eggbert.  Shane is hesitant but agrees.  And while all the girls thought it was cute when Spike had the egg, all of the boys are quick to make fun of Shane when they see him carrying around Eggbert.

Lucy throws the first party of the term and everyone’s miserable because she won’t allow them to have any fun.  To Spike’s surprise, Shane shows up at the party and he brings Eggbert with him.  Soon, Eggbert is getting tossed from person to person.  Even Shane tosses Eggbert to Joey.  Somehow, Eggbert survives.  However, when Spike and Shane have an argument outside about Shane not being responsible, the egg falls to the ground and breaks.

YIKES!

I swear, I nearly cried when that egg hit the sidewalk.  It was a powerful symbol of the fact that neither Spike nor Shane was ready to be a parent.  While it was irresponsible for Shane to bring Eggbert to the party, it was also irresponsible for Spike to leave the egg with someone who she knew would not be able to properly take care of it.  At the end of the episode, Shane finally tells his parents about Spike but it really does feel like a case of too little too late.  Shane had his chance to step up and he failed.

What a sad episode!  Still, this episode is an example of what set the Degrassi franchise apart from other teen shows.  Whereas other teen shows would have resolved this storyline as quickly and as patly as possible, Degrassi Junior High portrays the subject matter with realism and sensitivity.  There are no easy solutions in Toronto and it doesn’t matter how well-intentioned or optimistic everyone tries to be.  Sometimes, you just end up with a broke egg on a frozen sidewalk.

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 12/11/23 — 12/17/23

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Christmas is coming!  Starting on Monday, I’m looking forward to all of the Bowman sisters being together for the next two weeks!  There are so many movies to watch and presents to wrap and love to give.

Here’s what I watched, read, and listened to this week!

Films I Watched:

  1. Assassin (2023)
  2. Bob and Don: A Love Story (2023)
  3. M3GAN (2023)
  4. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
  5. Rustin (2023)
  6. Knight and Day (2010)
  7. Little Miss Millions (1993)
  8. Night Partners (1983)
  9. Scrooge (1935)
  10. Total Reality (1997)
  11. Training Day (2001)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. All In the Family
  2. Baywatch Nights
  3. Check It Out!
  4. CHiPs
  5. Degrassi Junior High
  6. Fantasy Island
  7. Friday the 13th: The Series
  8. Frosty the Snowman
  9. Frosty’s Return
  10. Hell’s Kitchen
  11. Highway to Heaven
  12. Jennifer Slept Here
  13. The Love Boat
  14. Monsters
  15. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
  16. Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town
  17. T and T
  18. Welcome Back, Kotter

Books I Read:

  1. Prophet Song (2023) by Paul Lynch
  2. Romantic Comedy (2023) by Curtis Sittenfeld

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. Armin van Buuren
  3. Ashlee Simpson
  4. Billy Squier
  5. Britney Spears
  6. Elton John
  7. Exit Eden
  8. Fiona Apple
  9. Fletcher
  10. Florence + The Machine
  11. Gwen Stefani
  12. Hazel English
  13.  Jennifer Lopez
  14. Jessica Simpson
  15. Jessie Ware
  16. Jungle
  17. Kylie Minogue
  18. Lili Refrain
  19. Paul McCartney
  20. Rita Coolidge
  21. Saint Motel
  22. Shakira
  23. Taylor Swift
  24. Tiesto
  25. Tomoyasu Hotei
  26. Tracey Thorn
  27. Yvonne Elliman

Live Tweets:

  1. Total Reality
  2. Knight and Day
  3. Miracle on 34th Street
  4. M3GAN

Awards Season:

  1. Golden Globe Nominations
  2. Chicago Film Critics Association Winners
  3. Indiana Film Journalists Association Nominations
  4. North Texas Film Critics Association Nominations
  5. Phoenix Critics Circle Nominations
  6. Critics Choice Award Nominations
  7. Florida Film Critics Circle Nominations
  8. Las Vegas Film Critics Society Winners
  9. New York Film Critics Online Winners
  10. Phoenix Critics Circle Winners
  11. Black Reel Awards Nominations
  12. Boston Online Film Critics Association Winners
  13. Utah Film Critics Association Nominations
  14. San Diego Film Critics Society Nominations
  15. Toronto Film Critics Association Winners
  16. Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Winners
  17. St. Louis Film Critics Association Winners

Trailers:

  1. Dune: Part Two
  2. Civil War
  3. American Star
  4. Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
  5. IF

News From Last Week:

  1. Actor Andre Braugher Dies At 61
  2. Actress Shirley Anne Field Dies At 87

Links From Last Week:

  1. New York Dresses Up For The Holidays! Plus NYC’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Up Close!
  2. 2023 Dickens Faire
  3. Tater’s Week in Review 12/16/23

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin shared Snappy, Argosy, The Great Snow, The Deadly Streets, Marvel Science Fiction, A Woman’s Game, and Film Fun!
  2. Leonard shared the trailer for Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F!
  3. I shared my week in television!
  4. I shared music videos from Saint Motel, Exit Eden, Jungle, Vince Vance and the Valiants, Taylor Swift, Fletcher, and Lili Refrain!
  5. I reviewed Rustin, Assassin, and Night Partners!
  6. I reviewed Degrassi Junior High, Miami Vice, CHiPs, Fantasy Island, Baywatch Nights, The Love Boat, Monsters, Jennifer Slept Here, Highway to Heaven, T and T, Friday the 13th, Welcome Back Kotter, and Check it Out!

More From Us:

  1. At Day Without Incident, Leonard shared Richard Carter’s La Monde!
  2. At my music site, I shared songs from Armin Van Buuren, Tiesto, Fiona Apple, Jessica Simpson, Ashlee Simpson, Vince Vance and the Valiants, and Fletcher!
  3. At her photography site, Erin shared Ice, Christmas Past, Icicles, Deep Snow, Snow In The Trees, Sign of Life, and Table Snow!

Click here to see what I watched last week!

Oppenheimer Wins In St. Louis

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

The St. Louis Film Critics Association have announced their picks for the best of 2023!  The winners are listed below in bold.

BEST FILM

American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie (RUNNER-UP)
Oppenheimer (WINNER)
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
May December
Past Lives
The Zone of Interest

BEST DIRECTOR
Greta Gerwig – Barbie (RUNNER-UP)
Todd Haynes – May December
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer (WINNER)
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Celine Song – Past Lives

BEST ACTRESS
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon (WINNER)
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Natalie Portman – May December
Margot Robbie – Barbie (RUNNER-UP)
Emma Stone – Poor Things

BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers (RUNNER-UP)
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer (WINNER)
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Viola Davis – Air
Rachel McAdams – 
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret (RUNNER-UP)
Julianne Moore – May December
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers (WINNER)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Ryan Gosling – Barbie (WINNER)
Charles Melton – May December (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers

BEST ENSEMBLE
Asteroid City
Barbie (RUNNER-UP TIE)
The Holdovers (WINNER)
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer (RUNNER-UP TIE)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Fiction (RUNNER-UP)
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer (WINNER)
The Zone of Interest

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Air
Barbie (WINNER)
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers (RUNNER-UP)
Past Lives

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Asteroid City (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Killers of the Flower Moon (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Maestro (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Oppenheimer (WINNER)
The Zone of Interest

BEST EDITING
The Holdovers

The Killer (RUNNER-UP)
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer (WINNER)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Asteroid City
Barbie (WINNER)
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things (RUNNER-UP)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Barbie (WINNER)
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things (RUNNER-UP)
Priscilla

BEST MUSIC SCORE
Killers of the Flower Moon (RUNNER-UP TIE)
May December (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Oppenheimer (WINNER)
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
The Zone of Interest

BEST MUSIC SOUNDTRACK
Air
Barbie (WINNER)
The Holdovers

The Killer (RUNNER-UP)
Maestro

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

The Creator (WINNER)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Godzilla Minus One
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer (RUNNER-UP)

BEST STUNTS
Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
The Iron Claw
John Wick: Chapter 4 (RUNNER-UP)
The Killer
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (WINNER)




BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Anatomy of a Fall (WINNER)
Fallen Leaves
Perfect Days
The Teachers’ Lounge
The Zone of Interest (RUNNER-UP)

BEST ACTION MOVIE
Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
John Wick: Chapter 4 (WINNER-TIE)
The Killer
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (WINNER-TIE)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Boy and the Heron (RUNNER-UP)
Elemental
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (WINNER)

BEST COMEDY
American Fiction
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret
Barbie (RUNNER-UP)
Bottoms
The Holdovers (WINNER)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
American Symphony (WINNER-TIE)
Beyond Utopia
It Ain’t Over
Menus Plaisirs Les Troisgros
Still A Michael J. Fox Movie (WINNER-TIE)

BEST HORROR
Evil Dead Rise
Knock at the Cabin
M3GAN
Talk to Me (WINNER)
Skinamarink (RUNNER-UP)



BEST SCENE
Barbie – Gloria (America Ferrara)’s monologue on impossible standards for women (WINNER)
John Wick: Chapter 4 – Staircase Fight (RUNNER-UP)
Killers of the Flower Moon – The radio show finale
Maestro – Leonard Bernstein conducting London Symphony in Mahler’s Second Symphony in Ely Cathedral
Oppenheimer – Trinity Test