I am almost finished with my top that I've been knitting for over a month. Y'all - I've been busy sewing! So, no knitting FOs. I have finished watching all the films that were nominated for Academy Awards in the five top categories.
I don't think I'm going to pick my "want to wins" this year. I just don't have the bandwidth. I will say though, I’m really impressed with the nominations this year - especially for Best Picture.
The United States vs. Billie Holiday is a biopic based on the book Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs by Johann Hari. It's about Billie Holiday being targeted by the government, mostly because of her song Strange Fruit. The song is a description of some racist practices in America's southern states. Andra Day delivers a very good performance.
I only watched the Borat film because Maria Bakalova was nominated for Actress in a Supporting Role. The movie was silly overall, but it had a few funny moments. Maria did a nice job.
I loved Promising Young Woman. Carey Mulligan plays a young woman out for revenge for the rape of her best friend. It was a delicious role. Carey Mulligan was so good. The film was quite entertaining.
If you were confused watching The Father, then the makers succeeded in presenting how having dementia might feel to the person who has it. Olivia Coleman plays a daughter trying to find a caretaker for her father. Anthony Hopkins was phenomenal playing the title role. It was a good movie.
Ok, I lied - I think Minari should win Best Picture, even though Nomadland won the Golden Globes, the Spirit Awards, and the BAFTA - (plus more). Minari did win the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film, but I think it's so good that it deserves to be crowned best overall. It's about a South Korean family who came to the US in the 1980s, chasing the American dream. The film is loosely based on the life of the writer/director Lee Isaac Chung.
The show is this Sunday! Happy viewing!
