The Critics Choice Association announced the film nominations for the 26th Annual Critics Choice Awards ahead of the March 7 ceremony. The winners will be revealed LIVE on The CW on Sunday, March 7, 2021 from 7-10pm ET/PT, with acclaimed film, television, and stage star Taye Diggs returning to host for his third consecutive time. The show will continue its combined Film and Television awards format, honoring the finest in both cinematic and televised/streaming achievement. In response…
"Critics Choice Awards: 26th Annual Film Nominations"Category: Movies
The Court Jester, the 1956 musical starring Danny Kaye, recently arrived on Blu-ray for the first time through the Paramount Presents line. Writing in his Classic Movies Guide, film critic/historian Leonard Maltin refers to the musical comedy as “one of the best comedies ever made.” In the 1950s, every studio was doing what they could to compete with the rise of television. For Paramount, this meant releasing films in the superior VistaVision format. Here is…
"The Court Jester Gets Blu-ray for 65th Anniversary"
The 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards nominations were announced by Lilly Collins and Daveed Diggs on Instagram. The SAG Awards are one of the pre-cursors to focus on heading into the Oscar nominations announcement because they have the biggest overlap with the actors’ branch of the Academy. One quick takeaway is that critics and the SAG-AFTRA voting body have a very different take on Hillbilly Elegy. Hillbilly Elegy’s gain is Amanda Seyfried’s loss.…
"27th SAG Awards: Screen Actors Guild Nominations"
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) announced the first round of award nominations ahead of the 2021 Writers Guild Awards on March 21. The feature film nominations will be announced on February 16. Final voting will runs February 19-March 5, 2021. Los Angeles and New York – Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, new media, news, radio/audio, and promotional writing…
"Writers Guild Awards: First Round of WGA Noms"
The 2021 Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony, honoring CODA and Summer of Soul among others was held tonight virtually over YouTube. Patton Oswalt hosted the ceremony tonight in a way that only he can. In typical Patton Oswalt fashion, the comedian took swipes at Pfizer and Moderna for what they would do with wooing A-list stars to their suites. Tonight’s ceremony followed the World, International, North American, U.S., or Utah premieres of 73 feature films…
"2021 Sundance Film Festival Awards"
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese is among the latest Netflix titles to join The Criterion Collection. This is a film that film allows audiences to revisit some of our nation’s best poets during the height of their prime. It’s a blast to the past as we travel all the way back in a time machine to 1975. This is when Bob Dylan starts to put together this musical revue. What…
"Rolling Thunder Revue Heads Home On Criterion"
A Demi Lovato docuseries is among the first wave of titles announced for the 2021 SXSW Film Festival, which will take place March 16-20, 2021. Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil was announced as the Opening Night headliner to kick off this year’s Online program. SXSW is taking its festival online this year because of the continuing Covid-19 pandemic. If you recall, SXSW was the first major film festival to cancel last March. This force…
"SXSW 2021: First Wave of Titles Announced"
The Critics Choice Super Awards aired on Sunday night and as a voting member, I would like to present how I voted for the movie awards. Voting took place over December 4-5, 2020. Some categories were not easy when some of your favorite films were so close together. In other categories, the decision was a no-brainer. All in all, seven of my choices were the winners in their category. Like so many others, I have…
"Critics Choice Super Awards: My Ballot" The Critics Choice Super Awards are airing tonight on The CW and Solzy at the Movies will be posting up the winners throughout the ceremony. Kevin Smith and Dani Fernandez are hosting the ceremony, which was taped while following Covid-19 protocols. The Critics Choice Association will also present the Legacy Award to the Star Trek franchise, recognizing the cultural impact it has had across multiple decades while continuing to appeal to and grow its loyal…
"Critics Choice Super Awards: The Winners"
The coming-of-age apocalyptic adventure comedy, Love and Monsters, is now available for audiences to watch on physical media. Content Warning: there are several nerve-wracking scenes involving a dog. In most instances, we don’t know what is going to happen. I don’t like watching films where the dog dies so I’m going to let you know what happens. When the film came to an end, the dog was very much still alive. Thank G-d. Some of…
"Love and Monsters Comes Home On Blu-ray"