Saturday, March 16, 2024

Sunday, March 10, 2024

And the Winners of the 2024 Academy Awards Are...

OPPENHEIMER won the 2024 Academy Award for Best Picture.

Congratulations to Christoper Nolan on winning his very first Oscar for Best Director at tonight's 96th Academy Awards! Even though Oppenheimer is actually my least favorite of Nolan's movies, I'm glad that the mastermind behind other celluloid hits like The Dark Knight, Inception, Dunkirk and Interstellar finally won the top cinematic prize.

In regards to the other winners, I'm happy that Godzilla Minus One took home the trophy for Best Visual Effects; Emma Stone garnered the Oscar for her awesome role as Bella Baxter in Poor Things; and American Fiction won for Best Original Screenplay.

Oppenheimer, Poor Things, American Fiction, Barbie and Killers of the Flower Moon were the only nominees from the 10 Best Picture contenders that I saw on the big screen last year. I guess I didn't miss much—as The Zone of Interest was the only other Best Picture nominee that took home at least two Oscars (for Best Achievement in Sound and Best International Feature Film, respectively).

I'm looking forward to the 97th Academy Awards next year...as I hope that Ridley Scott's Gladiator 2 will win Oscar gold like the first Gladiator film did back in 2001!

Here's an awesome quote by 20 Days in Mariupol's director Mstyslav Chernov (who won the trophy for Best Documentary Feature tonight) with which to cap this blog entry:

"Cinema forms memories, and memories form history."

Click here for the full list of 2024 Academy Award winners.

Emma Stone won the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Bella Baxter in POOR THINGS.

AMERICAN FICTION won the 2024 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

GODZILLA MINUS ONE won the 2024 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

Saturday, March 9, 2024

Saturday, March 2, 2024

Saturday, February 24, 2024

Saturday, February 17, 2024

A Day of Moviegoing at AMC Theatres...

Gettin' ready to watch the Spider-Man spinoff flick Madame Web today!

The theatrical poster for MADAME WEB.

Saturday, February 3, 2024

Thursday, February 1, 2024

On This Day in 2004: It's the Final Day of Filming for ENVIOUS...

A high-angle view of the ENVIOUS set during the fifth and final day of filming at Cal State Long Beach...on February 1, 2004.

It was 20 years ago today (which was Super Bowl Sunday, as a bit of trivia) that the fifth and final day of filming was held for Envious!

Production was only supposed to last three days back in December of 2003, but reshoots and bad weather on the third day of filming prompted me to wait after winter break at Cal State Long Beach, my college alma mater, to complete the shoot. Yes, that was an excruciating six-week wait!

Anyways, watch Envious below:

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

On This Day in 2004: Production Continues on ENVIOUS After Winter Break Concludes...

A photo of me looking at a playback monitor as a fight scene was rehearsed on the set of ENVIOUS...back in early 2004.

It was 20 years ago today that filming resumed on my senior thesis film Envious at Cal State Long Beach!

I had to wait six weeks to go back into production because of winter break... So grateful that my entire cast and most of my crew members were able to return and help me finish this project.

Saturday, January 27, 2024

A Day of Moviegoing at AMC Theatres...

Gettin' ready to watch the Oscar Best Picture nominee American Fiction today!

The theatrical poster for AMERICAN FICTION.