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The Movies of 1970 (Part 1)

The Movies of 1970 (Part 1)

It was a year of contrasts and that was reflected on the silver screen. Join me as I take a cinematic head trip through the inaugural year of 1970 from the first week in January to the last week in April.

| December 2, 2023
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The Pod Bay Doors Movie Podcast | What’s Love Go To Do With It? (1993)

The Pod Bay Doors Movie Podcast | What’s Love Go To Do With It? (1993)

Welcome back! This episode, Doug and Jerry pay tribute to the memory icon Tina Turner with the film about her life What’s Love Got To Do With It? Anchored by two stellar (unawarded) performances by Angela Bassett and Lawrence Fishburn, the film takes you through Tina’s life from a little girl in Nutbush TN singing […]

| July 9, 2023
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The 95th Oscars: The Academy Awards get back to normal . . . sort of.

The 95th Oscars: The Academy Awards get back to normal . . . sort of.

Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony went off without a hitch.  Nobody got slapped, and just to be sure, the Academy instituted a Crisis Team to make sure things didn’t get out of hand, so to speak.  Needless-to-say, neither Will Smith nor Chris Rock were in attendance. Given the shock of last year’s incident, everyone minded their […]

| March 13, 2023
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My Annual (and fairly confident) Oscar predictions . . .

My Annual (and fairly confident) Oscar predictions . . .

Best PictureAll Quiet on the Western Front | Avatar: The Way of Water | The Banshees of Inisherin | Elvis | The Fabelmans | Tár | Top Gun: Maverick | Triangle of Sadness | Woman Talking While there has been some shuffling around of frontrunners during this Oscar season, the Screen Actor’s Guild Awards and the Producer’s Guild Awards have cemented […]

| March 10, 2023
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The 95th Academy Awards Race: Best Supporting Actor

The 95th Academy Awards Race: Best Supporting Actor

The Nominees are . . . • Brendan Gleeson in The Banshees of Inisherin• Brian Tyree Henry in Causeway• Judd Hirsch in The Fabelman• Barry Keoghan in The Banshees of Inisherin• Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All At Once The veteran among this year’s Best Supporting Actor nominees is Judd Hirsch who got his only nomination in this same […]

| March 2, 2023
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The 95th Academy Awards race: Best Documentary Short Subject

The 95th Academy Awards race: Best Documentary Short Subject

The Nominees are . . . • The Elephant Whisperers, Kartiki Gonsalves, Guneet Monga, producers• Haulout, Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev• How Do You Measure a Year?, Jay Rosenblatt• The Martha Mitchell Effect, Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison• Stranger at the Gate, Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones Once, I could only dream of being able to see the nominees for […]

| February 23, 2023
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The 95th Academy Awards race: Best Documentary Feature

The 95th Academy Awards race: Best Documentary Feature

The Nominees are . . .• All That Breathes, Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer, producers• All The Beauty and the Bloodshed, Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin and Yoni Golijov, producers• Fire of Love, Sara Dosa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman• A House Made of Splinters, Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström• Navalny, Daniel Roher, […]

| February 21, 2023
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The 95th Academy Awards race: Best Production Design

The 95th Academy Awards race: Best Production Design

The Nominees are . . .• All Quiet on the Western Front, Christian M. Goldbeck (production design); Ernestine Hipper (set decoration)• Avatar: The Way of Water, Dylan Cole and Ben Procter (production design); Vanessa Cole (set decoration)• Babylon, Florencia Martin (production design); Anthony Carlino (set decoration)• Elvis, Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy (production design); Bev Dunn (set decoration)• The […]

| February 20, 2023
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