Dear Healthy People, My, how our knickers got into a twist after the Academy Awards Sunday, which may go down as the liveliest memorial service of the 21st Century. Funerals can get testy. But that’s not the takeaway from the slap-happy ceremony. This is: Enough with the bogus indignation over jokes about medical ailments. And …
Oscars
Well, that changed everything. In 2019, Netflix scored its first Oscar nomination for best picture. A year later, the streaming service is leading the field in total nominations. Movies released by Netflix earned 24 nominations this year, nearly doubling its all-time total. Leading the way for the company this year are The Irishman and Marriage Story, which earned 10 …
It’s either a sign of Guillero del Toro’s genius or the lackluster slate of films (or both, of course) that Shape of Water has become the film du jour in Hollywood’s pre-Oscar hysteria. The odd fairy tale has already racked up seven Golden Globe nominations, a raft of other nods, and it’s expected to …
There’s a certain anticipation — and dread — that comes with every Oscar season. On the one hand, the Academy Awards are a clear demonstration of film as art. On the other, that art often sucks. But this year will mark a seismic shift, at least in tenor, to the annual self congratulations: Expect …
The Hollywood Bowles 