I always dread period pieces, that it’s going to be all highfalutin royalty and frilly dresses and antiquated customs that don’t interest me. The Favourite will still satisfy those die-hard costume drama fans, but it won me over too. Abigail Hill (Emma Stone) comes to work in Queen Anne (Olivia Colman)’s castle as a maid.
Tune-filled and bittersweet, La La Land proved to be a juggernaut when nominations for the 2017 Oscars were announced on Tuesday by the Motion Picture Academy. The original musical for the big screen, a rarity among films these days, La La Land was nominated in 14 categories. That ties the all-time-record set by All About
Philosophy steps out of the classroom and into murder. This year’s Woody Allen film is a murder mystery. Actually, it is not much of a mystery since we know all about the murder. The only mystery left is to see if the killer gets away with it or not. Sort of a “Columbo” episode without