The Oscar Project
There is lots of new horror coming out this weekend, along with some films that look to be just plain fun. Check out the best contenders for Oscars in the post below. There are definitely a few with potential. The Best of Enemies In what appears to be the next version of reigning Best Picture winner Green Book, Taraji P. Henson and Sam Rockwell take on an odd couple of civil rights activist Ann Atwater and local KKK leader C. P. Ellis as they fight over school integration in 1970s North Carolina. There might actually be more in common with this film and BlacKkKlansman, especially with the KKK connection, but it is the most recent in a long line of films showing people from two completely different cultures coming together and possibly working out those differences. Just like the two films mentioned above, the hope in a film like this is for audiences to take a look at the action and realize that the events depicted on screen are only 40-50 years in our own history. Despite the claims to progress, many of these events are still very recent in the grand scheme of history.
Pet Sematary I'm a little creeped out just from watching the trailer for this film and I've been seeing billboards for it around my town for a few weeks now. I have unfortunately never seen the original film version of this other than a few snippets when it's been on television, nor have I read the original book. It's on my list at some point, but just one I haven't had a chance to get to yet. The concept here is simple, family buries cat in creepy pet graveyard, cat comes back to life only to lead to the death of the daughter, family grieves and father buries daughter in same graveyard to bring her back to life. Daughter returns, but...different.
Shazam! This isn't the superhero movie we deserve, but it might be the one we need as a little palette cleanser before the heaviness of Avengers: Endgame arrives later this month. Shazam! looks like it will be a fun film that doesn't take itself too seriously. A teen receives superpowers from a mysterious figure that give him things like super strength and super speed, but he still has the mind of a teenager. It reminds me a little of Spider-Man since there appear to be some of the same kid problems, but this one is definitely going for more laughs. The other film this conjured in my mind was what Big would look like if Tom Hanks turned into a super hero instead of just an adult.
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AuthorI'm just a film buff who wants to watch great movies. Where else to find the best, than the list of those nominated by the Academy each year? Archives
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