Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG Awards) Are Coming to Netflix

Thanks to a new partnership, the Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will stream live on Netflix globally beginning in 2024. SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland said: “We are thrilled to embark on this exciting new partnership with Netflix and we look forward to expanding the global audience for our show. As the only televised awards program exclusively honoring the performances of actors, whose work is admired by millions of fans, the SAG Awards are…

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2023 EE BAFTA Film Awards: Longlists Announced

BAFTA announced the longlists for a number of categories and will determine the nominations for the 2023 EE BAFTA Film Awards. The announcement kicks off the start of Round 2 voting and will end on January 13. On January 19, the nominations announcement will take place at 12 PM GMT. Following the nominations, the third round of voting will determine the winners at the EE BAFTA Films Awards ceremony on February 19, 2023. BAFTA Film…

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The Menu Arrives On Digital, Physical Media To Follow

The Menu is now available for audiences to relish and savor from the comforts from their home as the comedy arrives on Digital (UHD, HD, SD). It will also arrive on Blu-ray and DVD on January 17, 2022. Feel free to also check out my interviews with screenwriters Seth Reiss and Will Tracy along with composer Colin Sexton. What follows is my original review from TIFF: The Menu isn’t a dish that you can eat…

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The Best Films of 2012: Revisiting the Rankings

After revisiting the best films of 2011 a year ago, Solzy at the Movies is revisiting the rankings for the best films of 2012. These lists have a way of evolving through the years. Some films have a way of growing on you while one may start wondering what they ever saw in another film. As such, a few films have completely dropped out of my list altogether. I might looked at a film like Ted…

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Oscars Shortlists Announced for 10 Categories

The 95th Oscars might not be until March but the Academy of Motion Picture sciences announced shortlists for 10 categories. We’re closer to knowing who will make up the nominees of the 95th Academy Awards in the following categories: Documentary Feature Film Documentary Short Film International Feature Film Makeup and Hairstyling Music (Original Score) Music (Original Song) Animated Short Film Live Action Short Film Sound Visual Effects I’m making a quick update to express my…

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28th Annual Critics Choice Awards: Film Nominations

The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced the film category nominees for the 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards. The winners will be revealed at the star-studded Critics Choice Awards gala, which will broadcast LIVE on The CW from the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles on Sunday, January 15, 2023 (7:00 – 10:00 pm ET, delayed PT – check local listings). FILM NOMINATIONS FOR THE 28TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS BEST PICTUREAvatar: The Way of WaterBabylonThe…

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The Solzy Awards for 2022: The Best in Film

An annual tradition, Solzy at the Movies presents the Solzy Awards for 2022 as a way of honoring the best achievements this year in film. I need to say something specific about my top films list–The Fabelmans is #1 and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is #1A. I’ve yet to figure out how to change the numbering on WordPress. While many films fell short of my top 36 features, there are those that came…

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Ticket to Paradise Arrives on Blu-ray, DVD

Ticket to Paradise is now available for audiences to bring the George Clooney and Julia Roberts comedy home on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital. What follows is my original review with some modifications: Ticket to Paradise reteams George Clooney and Julia Roberts as they try and stop their daughter’s wedding in the new romantic comedy. If you’re expecting to see Paradise from the classic John Prine song, I’m sorry to disappoint you. This film has nothing…

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The Velvet Underground Joins The Criterion Collection

The Velvet Underground, a 2021 documentary directed by Todd Haynes, is now available on Blu-ray and DVD through the Criterion Collection. Nominated for multiple Critics Choice Documentary Awards in 2021, the Color/Black-and-White film is presented in a 1.77:1 aspect ratio with Dolby Atmos/5.1 surround sound. Synopsis Emerging from the primordial soup of glamour, gutter sleaze, and feverish creativity that was New York’s 1960s underground culture, the Velvet Underground redefined music with its at once raw and exalted…

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AFI AWARDS 2022 Honorees Announced

The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the recipients of AFI AWARDS 2022, honoring ten outstanding films and ten TV programs. The honorees are culturally and artistically representative of this year’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving image. An additional honoree was selected for an AFI Special Award, designated for works of excellence that fall outside of AFI AWARDS’ eligibility criteria. AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER ELVIS…

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