Without good cinematography, a movie would not be entertaining to watch at all. The movies with the best cinematography are always remembered for that. Thus, there is an award for the movie with the very best cinematography and we are going to go through the nominations. We have also already covered the nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Animated Feature.
The first nomination is already on a few other nomination lists, and that is The Irishman. This epic tells the story of World War II vet Frank Sheeran reflects on his life as a hustler and mob hitman, working alongside many notorious figures, including Jimmy Hoffa, the subject of one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in American history. The way that the cinematography is done makes it all feel more realistic.
Following up on the list is another movie with multiple nominations going for it. Joker sees a comic steadily losing his hold on reality and slowly descending into madness. The movie has already been praised for the incredible acting of Joaquin Phoenix and the story of the film as well. To add to it, the cinematography is one of the things that helped to get it nominated for Best Picture in the first place.
The third film on the nomination list is a movie called The Lighthouse, starring Robert Pattinson and Willem DeFoe. The Lighthouse sees two troubled lighthouse keepers confront epic storms and personal demons on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s. The visuals seen throughout the film give us a sense of what the descent into madness for the two men is like.
Following that we have the movie 1917. The premise of which is that during World War I, two British soldiers are sent on a dangerous mission to stop an attack by the British 7th Division that will result in a massacre by the Germans. Their assignment takes on extra urgency as one of the young soldiers’ brothers is fighting in that Division. The goal of the cinematography in this movie is to, of course, make us experience WWI through the eyes of soldiers who lived it.
The last nominee for best cinematography is Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood. In the movie, we see Los Angeles in 1969, and aging TV star Rick Dalton and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth struggle to make their way around an industry and a city they hardly recognize anymore. With excellent cinematography we properly experience the end of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
With the Academy Awards fast approaching, we are taking a look at the nominees from each category. Thus far, we have covered the nominees for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress. Now we will be taking a look at the top animated films of the year.
The first nominee for best animated feature is How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. This is the last movie in the trilogy and it sees Hiccup and Toothless as the kings of a dragon/viking kingdom. They must find a new home for their family, but it could tear them apart forever.
Next on the list is a film called I Lost My Body. It sees adventure, young love and childhood memories intertwine as a severed hand crosses Paris in search of its owner. I Lost My Body is a stylized film that tells a unique story of a young man meeting a young woman told in an interesting way.
Following that movie, we have the movie Klaus. Klaus tells the story of a selfish young postman is assigned to a remote Scandinavian town, his unlikely friendship with a reclusive toymaker leads to the creation of Santa Claus. With a unique animation style and an interesting story, Klaus has managed to be nominated.
Up next, on the list of nominations is the movie Missing Link. Mr. Link, aka Bigfoot, is lonely and believes that famed investigator of myths Sir Lionel Frost is the one man who can help him. Along with adventurer Adelina Fortnight, Mr. Link and Frost embark on an epic journey to find Mr. Link’s distant relatives, and their own true identities, in the fabled Shangri-La.
The last movie to find its way onto the list is Toy Story 4. Woody and the gang go on a road trip with new toy Forky, who’s convinced he’s trash and doesn’t yet understand his role in the world. Along the way, Woody is unexpectedly reunited with independent spirit Bo Peep and finds himself faced with a decision, and a future, he never imagined. The Toy Story series has been going strong for years and this continues that tradition.
First of all, for those who are unaware, Emma was originally a comedy written by the novelist Jane Austen. The premise of the novel, being the same as the film, is a young upper class socialite spends her free time trying to meddle in the romantic relationships of her friends and family. In playing matchmaker, however, she ends up causing all sorts of trouble for the people she cares about. This also isn’t the first time that novel has been adapted to film. The novel was adapted twice in the same year of 1996, one for theatrical release starring Gwyneth Paltrow, and a TV movie adaptation starring Kate Beckinsale. This upcoming adaptation plays off of the plot the same way that the two previous films did.
Emma tells the story of Emma Woodhouse, a woman that has no real equal in her sleepy little town. She must navigate the trials of romance when she misguidedly tries to play matchmaker, and she ends up just being meddlesome. The film takes place in Georgian- and Regency-era England and is meant to be a satire of social class at the time. The movie is supposed to also show us the pains of having to grow up and the missteps that are inevitably going to be there. The biggest question is whether or not Emma can figure out what true romance should be like.
Emma is being directed by Autumn de Wilde, and while this may be her first film, she has done photography work that has made its way into magazines such as Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, and The New York Times. The movie stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Bill Nighy, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart, Josh O’Connor, Callum Turner, Rupert Graves, Gemma Whelan, Amber Anderson, Tanya Reynolds, and Connor Swindells. The producers of the movie are Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin. For anyone who wants to go and see the newest adaptation of Emma, the movie releases theatrically on February 21, 2020.
1. Bad Boys for Life
Coming up first, having had an incredible opening weekend, is Bad Boys for Life with $59.2 million, making that its current gross amount.
2. Dolittle
Dolittle was a little underwhelming by comparison, but it still managed to bring in $22.5 million, which is also its gross amount.
3. 1917
1917 has continued to do pretty well at the box office this weekend having made $22.1 million, bringing its gross total to $76.8 million.
4. Jumanji: The Next Level
Jumanji: The Next Level is starting to fall off now in its sixth week at $9.6 million, which brings the grand amount to $270.5 million.
5. Star Wars: Episode IX- The Rise of Skywalker
The Rise of Skywalker, in its fifth week, has definitely fallen off by bringing in $8.4 million. This still brings the gross amount to $492 million.
6. Just Mercy
Just Mercy raked in $6 million this past weekend, bringing the gross income of the film to $19.6 million.
7. Little Women
Little women follows closely behind, managing to bring in $5.9 million, bringing gross income for the film to $84.4 million.
8. Knives Out
Knives Out still remains on the top ten list at the end of its second month; having brought in $4.3 million, bringing it up to a grand total of $146 million.
9. Like a Boss
Like a Boss has not done well so far, as in just its second week, it brought in $3.8 million. This brings its total to only $16.9 million, but at its second week, it still has time to recoup the costs a bit.
10. Frozen II
Frozen II finishes at the bottom of the list again, but this is its 9th week since release. It brought in $3.7 million which brings its gross amount to $464.9 million.
[usr 4.5]
By George Robbins
For anyone who hasn’t yet seen Bad Boys for Life, this review will be filled with massive spoilers for the movie.
I very recently went to see the new Bad Boys for Life film and I can say for sure that it’s a fun movie that is almost on par with the first two movies. There may be a bit of bias on my part because I grew up with the first two films and liked them just that little bit more. It is exactly what you would expect from a Bad Boys film where it is just full of over-the-top action. In between the ridiculous action sequences, which I love because the film knows what it is, there is plenty of humor. It doesn’t feel like forced humor either, it is natural and genuinely funny to hear when it does happen.
While I may have enjoyed the movie for the humor, I thought that the action scenes were just a little too over-the-top with all of the explosions. There are explosions littered throughout the film, making every action scene seem like a war zone. Everything that gets shot seems like it explodes, and I have nothing against that in movies, because I know explosions sell seats, but it just feels like too much. Seriously though, the humor in the film is spot on especially between Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. I can usually guess how plots are going to go in films, and it may have just been because I was enjoying the film, but I was certainly not expecting the antagonist to be the son of a main character.
Smith and Lawrence performed incredibly, the cinematography is very well done, and the supporting cast is all fantastic. I wasn’t expecting myself to enjoy the film as much as I did because sequels made so much later after the previous film usually are nowhere near as good as the older ones. The scene at the end of the film with Mike Lowry (Will Smith) and his son that suggests perhaps that there could be a new film or a spin-off of some kind. Even if there isn’t, the film ends, at least for me, in a very satisfying way where I’d be happy with this truly being the last of the Bad Boy films. If you read this without watching the movie, then you missed out on a couple of surprises, but go watch it anyway because it is definitely worth the price of admission.
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From Director and Writer William Nicholson comes a new family drama center around an older couple and their adult son. Nicholson is known for his work as a writer for Shadowlands and The Retreat From Moscow, as well as films such as Nell and Gladiator. He directed and wrote for the film Firelight and he adapted the beloved Les Misérables as a film. Hope Gap is also being produced by David M. Thompson,the founding head of BBC Films, and Sarada McDermott, an executive producer for the film Sometimes Always Never. It is also being executively produced by Hugo Heppell , Nicolas D. Sampson, Arno Hazebroek, Gavin Poolman, Alex Tate, Peter Gould, Norman Merry and Peter Hampde.
Hope Gap stars Annette Bening, Bill Nighy, and Josh O’Connor as an older married couple and their son respectively. The film focuses mainly on the relationship of the couple and its affects on their only son. After 29 years of marriage, a man decides that he wants to put an end to his relationship. This comes as an obvious shock to the man’s son when his father tells him of his plan to leave his mother. The impact on him causes an intense emotional fallout that their son must contend with. Meanwhile, unraveled and feeling displaced in her small seaside town, Grace ultimately regains her footing and discovers a new, powerful voice. The film will release for US audiences on March 6, 2020 and for UK audiences on 12 June, 2020.
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