Edward Douglas
Writer, Editor, Film Critic, Consultant, Chronic Concert-Goer "Every moment of my life is hell"
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1 month ago |
letterboxd.com | Edward Douglas
★★★★★ Wow! This was an absolutely amazing theatrical experience.
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1 month ago |
letterboxd.com | Edward Douglas
Another John Sayles movie I've known about but never seen. This was an absolutely terrific and powerful film about a West Virginia mining community in the 1920s with miners trying to form a union and being bulldozed by the company, and it's really amazing to watch this knowing some of Sayles' other films like Brother from Another Planet and the recently-watched City of Hope, because this is such a different setting and characters.
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2 months ago |
letterboxd.com | Edward Douglas
★★★½ Even Roger and Me didn't review the new Tsui Hark movie! Losers! :) Pretty cool to have Tsui Hark returning to a genre that he helped master in the '90s, and it's funny seeing this just a few weeks after seeing Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain, a movie he made over 40 years ago, because he's definitely gotten better at making these movies, especially with all the big special effects scenes, though the CG in this is a little wonky still. But otherwise, it's a massive epic set amidst...
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2 months ago |
goldderby.com | Edward Douglas
While Production Design is one of the craft categories that infrequently matches Best Picture race, this year features four films (The Brutalist, Conclave, Dune Part 2, Wicked) that were nominated in both categories. The last movie to win for Production Design and win Best Picture was Guillermo del Toro‘s The Shape of Water in 2017.
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2 months ago |
goldderby.com | Edward Douglas
This is another of the below-the-line Oscar categories that doesn’t necessarily sync up with the Best Picture race. The last movie to win in this category and also win Best Picture was Peter Jackson‘s The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King back in 2003. There are several facets to this category: Prosthetic makeup used to make actors look more like the real people they’re portraying tends to do very well here, as does prosthetic makeup for larger-scale fantasy and science-fiction.
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RT @paulfeig: Thank you @TheAcademy for finally recognizing the amazing work and contributions of the stunt community. They are the unsun…
RT @BilgeEbiri: Finally. FINALLY. The Oscars introduce a Best Stunt Design award. Long time coming, long overdue, but wonderful news.
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