via What Some Films Really Cost to Produce: Accidents When Filming
Quite agree on this post re dbmovieblog… re the opportunity to add a “Stunt performer” category to the Oscars.
Oscars
One Mann’s Movies Awards Special: 2018 Oscars – Will Win / Should Win / Did Win!
Of Mermen and Billboards. It’s that time of year where my credibility at putting pen to paper in this blog is put to the ultimate test: picking the winners of tonight’s Oscars! (By the way, is it the “2018 Oscars” because it’s held in 2018, or should it be the “2017 Oscars” because it is … Read more
The Shape of Water (15): A mystical tale of fish and fingers.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Shape of Water” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: With perfect timing after scooping 13 Oscar nominations, “The Shape of Water” arrives for preview screenings in the UK. Is it worth all the hype? Well, in a word, yes. Not since Spielberg entranced the world in 1982 … Read more
Oscar Nominations.
Well, what an interesting and varied set of nominations. Excluding the shorts, foreign and documentary films, here are the ‘scores on the doors’ for how the nominations are distributed: The Shape of Water – 13 – leading the pack with clear water! Dunkirk – 8 – fared well in technical categories but less well in … Read more
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (15): “Anger Begets Greater Anger”.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: What is “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”? A black-comedy drama. But my fear would be that with such an ‘art-house’ title, it’s going to put a lot of people off… (“I saw ‘Paint Drying in Jackson, Mississippi‘, and that … Read more