-
Recent Posts
- Did they really do a full Academy Awards show for 2020? May 11, 2021
- Guy Ritchie must be stopped May 11, 2021
- Dreamy ‘In the Earth’ kicks off the era of COVID reaction films May 7, 2021
- ‘Mortal Kombat’ finally accepted as official first good video game movie May 7, 2021
- ‘Voyagers’ a lusty ode to lust itself, too concerned with source material May 7, 2021
Archives
Meta
Tag Archives: #oscarbate
‘Harriet’ is the classy way to beg for an Oscar
8/10 Harriet is the platonic ideal of what all Oscarbate movies want to be and is genuine enough to not drive me up a wall. The film follows the completely true life story of Harriet Tubman (Cynthia Erivo), born Minty … Continue reading
‘Star is Born’ not great, will probably win best picture
6/10 A Star is Born is the kind of predictable, pretentious Oscarbate that I want to despise with every fiber of my being, but I can not. Everything about this movie tells me I should hate it, but it is … Continue reading
Posted in Entropy
Tagged #american horror story, #lady gaga, #oscarbate, A Star is Born, bradley cooper, Carrottop, Sam Elliott, The Hunting Ground
Leave a comment
Political thriller ‘Miss Sloane’ released almost exactly a month too late
Ever since they started putting TV previews ahead of the trailers in movies, they’ve had a strange affinity for advertising sultry, off-primetime dramas hinging on a single character. Shows like Hawthorne or The Client List, whose advertisements are simply a … Continue reading
Posted in Entropy
Tagged #donald trump, #jessica chastain, #oscarbate, adorkable, Daytime TV, Hawthorne, Jake Lacy, Mark Strong, Miss Sloane, nasty woman, The Client List
Leave a comment
Election week arthouse binge part 2: Denial
Man, Oscarbate movies really suck. If you know what you’re looking for, they feel way too much like an advertisement for something you couldn’t buy even if you wanted to. They’re just, they’re not fun to watch. Denial is based on … Continue reading
I’m only doing this because of the Oscar noms: Carol
Any time a movie’s trailer reminds me of that satire Swedish arthouse film from (500) Days of Summer, it’s a bad sign, but Carol rises above the scandalous Oscar-bate nonsense it advertises itself as and becomes the most enjoyable romance of 2015. Based on … Continue reading
Posted in Entropy
Tagged #(500) days of summer, #carol, #cate blanchett, #ex machina, #lesbians, #lgbt, #oscarbate, #oscars, #oscarssoheteronormative, #oscarssowhite, #rooney mara, #sicario
1 Comment
