It’s Oscar night tonight and I’ve finally managed to catch up with all of the Live Action Short Films. Here are my reviews of the films. The nominees: The After Bob the Movie Man Rating(s): Plot Summary: When the world of Dayo (David Oyelowo) suddenly falls apart in a terrorist incident, he wrestles to put … Read more
An Oscars special edition of the Flickering Dreams film review podcast. Featuring this week: A bit of a different Flickering Dreams podcast this time as we walk through all of the award categories for the 96th Academy Awards nominations and give our collective team view on who will be carrying off the coveted golden statuette. … Read more
It’s nearly Oscar time and I’ve now watched all of the Documentary Short Films before the big event on March 10th. Here are my reviews of the films: The Oscar nominees: The ABCs of Book Banning Bob the Movie Man Rating(s): Plot Summary: US School children review and comment on a set of the books … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Dune: Part 2” (2024). It’s early in the year to be this bold, but I’d say the 2025 Oscars for Sound, Visual Effects and Score all but wrapped up. And I wouldn’t bet against Denis Villeneuve getting Best Director and “Dune: Part 2” winning Best Picture. Because this is … Read more
The Oscar nominations are out! As I previously posted on the Facebook site, I went head-to-head with my Flickering Dreams colleague Scott Forbes (of the Forbes Film and TV Review on Facebook) in predicting what these nominations would be. This is, of course, an utterly foolish thing to do, since Scott is like The Terminator … Read more