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2025 Oscar Nominations
Check back here on March 2, 2025 to see the winners. Go to IMDb for the entire list of Oscar Nominations. Best Picture (Movies Linked to IMDb) Wicked The Substance Anora Conclave The Brutalist Dune: Part Two Emilia Perez Nickel Boys A Complete Unknown I’m Still Here Best Actor Timothee Chalamet, A Complete Unknown Ralph Fiennes,…
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“The Fall Guy” Movie Review
Based on the 1980’s TV show “The Fall Guy” where Colt Seaver is a stunt man moonlighting as a bounty hunter…… In this 2024 movie, Colt Seaver (Ryan Gosling), is severely injured in a stunt gone wrong and leaves the movie business, and everyone associated with it, behind. 1 year later….. Colt is working for…
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“A Little White Lie” Movie Review
Professor Simone Cleary (Kate Hudson) has the dubious honor of saving the once proud Literary Festival at her University…..or it will be cancelled forever. Luckily she has booked the reclusive (and missing for the past 20 years) author, C.M. Shriver (Michael Shannon), of the masterpiece novel “Goat Time”. His attendance will save the Festival! After…
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“Out of My Mind” Movie Review
Melody Brooks (Phoebe-Rae Taylor) is in the special education class at her elementary school. Melody is in 6th grade, but she has cerebral palsy which keeps her in a wheelchair and she cannot talk. Her special ed teachers say she is meeting all their expectations. Her dad and mom, Chuck (Luke Kirby) and Diane (Rosemarie…
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“The Noel Diary” Movie Review
Jake Turner (Justin Hartley) is a very successful author. On tour with his latest best selling book, Jake is informed by the executor of his estranged mother’s estate that his mom passed away last week and left everything to him. Taking a break from the book tour, Jake drives home with his best friend, Ava…
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2024 Scholarship Winner Vanessa Ngai Writes About Her College Experience
Vanessa Ngai is our 2024 Carol Phan Memorial College Scholarship recipient and this is Vanessa’s blog entry describing her first semester experiences at U.C. Berkeley. We wish Vanessa the very best at U.C. Berkeley where she is majoring Computer Science. Go here to read Vanessa’s winning Scholarship submission. ORIENTATION Before school kicks off, for freshmen, there’s…
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“Carry-On” Movie Review
TSA agent and police academy dropout, Ethan Kopek (Taron Egerton), and his girlfriend, Northwind Airlines manager, Nora Parisi (Sofia Carson), are working the day shift at LAX for Christmas Eve. Ethan gets the chance to work the x-ray machines when a woman gives an earpiece to him. His phone then gets a text, telling him…
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“Ricky Stanicky” Movie Review
When Dean (Zac Efron), JT (Andrew Santino), and Wes (Jermaine Fowler) were kids, they invented a “friend” (Ricky Stanicky) to blame for a botched prank. Over the years, the three friends used Ricky Stanicky as an excuse to get away from responsibility and……party! At their latest illicit getaway, to Atlantic City, they met an X-rated…
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“Quiz Lady” Movie Review
Since she was 4 years old, Anne Yum (Awkwafina), has watched the Quiz Show with host Terry McTeer (Will Ferrell). As Anne grew up, she started answering the questions before even the most accomplished contestants! One day, Anne’s wild child older sister, Jenny Yum (Sandra Oh), took a video of Anne answering the questions and…
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