‘Movie Corner’ Archives
Anora Wins Five Oscars: Thumbs Down On Three
By HOWARD MCQUITTER II Howard McQuitter II The 97th Oscars is --uh-- some met my expectations by winning the golden statues. I vote every year. I went 15 right, 7 wrong, not my best year, but not bad when I had to guess on categories such as best Live Action Shorts, Best Cinematography, and Best Song Score. When I vote for the winner of each category, I vote who will win. It’s not uncommon for me to sweat on getting the right answers often up to the day of the Oscars. Sometimes when I get the right answers I jump for joy. The movie Anora won Best Picture. Best Actress went to Anora’s Mikey Madison. Best Director went to Sean Baker for Anora. I didn’t get to see Anora until two days after the Oscars. After viewing Anora, I said to myself… “Anora the best picture and Mikey Madison the best actress for the 97th Oscars? Nah.” What a slap in the face to Demi Moore for The Substance or Fernanda Torres for I’m Still Here who were both much more deserving for Best [...]
The Best Films of 2024
from the series Movie Corner... By HOWARD MCQUITTER II Howard McQuitter II I’m Still Here (Portuguese with English subtitles), Directed by Walter Salles Nickel Boys, Directed by RaMell Ross A Complete Unknown, Directed by James Mangold Small Things Like These, Directed by Tim Mielants The Substance, Directed by Coralie Fargeat Sing Sing, Directed by Greg Kwedar* Conclave, Directed by Edward Berger Sugarcane, Directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie* The Brutalist, Directed by Brady Corbet A Real Pain, Directed by Jesse Eisenberg Other films to consider:The Apprentice, The Order, Nosferatu, Between the Temples, Power, Lost in a Mountain of Maine, Limbo, Bonjour Switzerland, The Wild Robot, Wicked, Queer, Civil War. *Films from the Minneapolis- Saint Paul International Film Festival, 2024.
A Complete Unknown
from the series Movie Corner... 4.5/5 STARS DRAMA SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES By HOWARD MCQUITTER II Howard McQuitter II To emulate a famous (or infamous) person on screen or stage is no easy task. When it works it’s a beautiful thing and if it doesn’t work, it’s a waste of time. Many a thespian has done a biopic: Martin Luther King, Julius Oppenheimer, Eleanor Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Adolf Hitler, Queen Elizabeth I and II, and Pope John Paul II, among many others, have been portrayed. Timothee Chalamet takes on the huge task playing a young Bob Dylan (1961-1965). It is a marvel in itself capturing the man before anybody knew who he was and when he first made national headlines. For the effort, Chalamet spent months learning and performing up to 40 of Dylan’s folk songs. This alone is amazing to say the least. I’m appreciative of the actor playing Mr. Dylan, formerly known as Robert Zimmerman. Dylan hailed from Hibbing, Minnesota, and was a complete unknown [...]
