Chasing Oscar 2021: The Predictions (Round 1)
With many of the contenders available, and the closing of the Oscar eligibility period weeks away, here are my early predictions.
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‘Pieces of a Woman’ Struggles as a Whole
Vanessa Kirby and company give powerful performances, but this film about loss gets lost itself.
Miraculous Performances and Writing Make ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Sing
The screen adaptation is almost too faithful to August Wilson’s play, but any tension melts away when a luminous Chadwick Boseman and fiery Viola Davis enter the frame.
The New ‘Rebecca’ Makes You Yearn for the Old One
Armie Hammer and Lily James fail to justify this remake of the Alfred Hitchcock classic.
‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Uneasily Balances Levity and Gravity
Aaron Sorkin’s retelling of the notorious Chicago Seven trial both succeeds and struggles because of its timeliness.
‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ Sits on Shaky but Emotional Ground
The follow-up to ‘The Haunting of Hill House” packs a wallop; it’ll just take some time to get there.
Hollywood Needs to Accept its Streaming Future
COVID-19 has created the largest captive audience in modern history; movie studios shouldn’t squander it.
Ryan Murphy’s ‘The Boys in the Band’ Suffocates and Astonishes
Fifty years and a streaming service hasn’t lessened the emotional wallop of the source material.
‘Enola Holmes’ Cracks the Code
Millie Bobby Brown shines in this bright and skippy addition to the Sherlock Holmes universe.
‘The Devil All The Time’ is a Grim, Tedious Exercise in Patience
Strong performances from Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson aren’t worth the hellish effort of making it through this film.
Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani are Rom-Com’s Next Supercouple in ‘The Lovebirds’
A Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn for the Instagram generation has emerged.
‘The Two Popes’ Strives to Humanize Its Holy Fathers
Jonathan Pryce and Anthony Hopkins find friendship in this charmingly quirky but uneven film.
