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The 95th Academy Award Nominations
January 25th, 2023The 95th Academy Award nominees were announced on January 24, 2023 and are scheduled to be given out on March 12, 2023 at the Dolby Theatre. Everything Everywhere All at Once received 11 nominations with All Quiet on the Western Front and The Banshees of the Inisherin following with 9 each. Click the “BaesmentRejects Review” below the pictures for links to BasementRejects reviews of the nominated films.
Best Picture:
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Tár
Women Talking
Best Director:
Todd Field—Tár
Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert—Everything Everywhere All at Once
Martin McDonagh—The Banshees of Inisherin
Ruben Östlund—Triangle of Sadness
Steven Spielberg—The Fabelmans
Best Actor:
Austin Butler—Elvis
Colin Farrell—The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser—The Whale
Paul Mescal—Aftersun
Bill Nighy—Living
Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett—Tár
Ana de Armas—Blonde
Andrea Riseborough—To Leslie
Michelle Williams—The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh—Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Supporting Actor:
Brendan Gleeson—The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry—Causeway
Judd Hirsh—The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan—The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan—Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Supporting Actress:
Angela Bassett—Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
BasementRejects Review
Hong Chau—The Whale
Kerry Condon—The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis—Everything Everywhere All at Once
Stephanie Hsu—Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Writing—Original Screenplay:
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Triangle of Sadness
Best Writing—Adapted Screenplay:
All Quiet on the Western Front
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Living
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking
Best Animated Feature:
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Sea Beast
Turning Red
Best Foreign Language Film:
All Quiet on the Western Front
Argentina, 1985
Close
Eo
The Quiet Girl
Best Documentary—Feature:
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
A House Made of Splinters
Navalny
Best Documentary—Short Subject:
The Elephant Whispers
Haulout
How Do You Measure a Year?
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Stranger at the Gate
Best Live Action Short:
An Irish Goodbye
Ivalu
Night Ride
The Pupils
The Red Suitcase
Best Animated Short:
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Flying Sailor
Ice Merchants
My Year of Dicks
An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake
Best Original Score:
All Quiet on the Western Front
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Best Original Song:
“Applause”—Tell It Like a Woman
“Hold My Hand”—Top Gun: Maverick
“Lift Me Up”—Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
BasementRejects Review
“Naatu Naatu”—RRR
“This Is a Life”—Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Sound:
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Elvis
The Batman
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Production Design:
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
The Fabelmans
Best Cinematography:
All Quiet on the Western Front
Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Elvis
Empire of Light
Tár
Best Make-Up and Hairstyling:
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
BasementRejects Review
Elvis
The Whale
Best Costume Design:
Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
BasementRejects Review
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Best Film Editing:
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Top Gun: Maverick
Tár
Best Visual Effects:
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The Batman
Top Gun: Maverick
Preceded By:
The 94th Academy Award Nominations
The Christmas Crunch
December 10th, 2022The holidays hit hard…and there is so much to do and watch. BasementRejects provides a guide for some for some of the biggest and best Christmas movies. From family friendly, to horror, to holiday classics, to Christmas specials, to those Christmas movies you debate over…like Die Hard and Lethal Weapon. Bookmark and save as the list is always growing…and find your holiday movie! Just click on the title below the poster.
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020)
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
The Search for Santa Paws (2010)
Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups (2012)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
A Dennis the Menace Christmas (2007)
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020)
A Year Without a Santa Claus (2006)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol (1962)
An American Christmas Carol (1979)
Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983)
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
A Flintstones Christmas (1994)
Christmas Carol—The Movie (2001)
A Christmas Carol: The Musical (2004)
Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006)
Disney’s A Christmas Carol (2009)
Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (1986)
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934)
A Christmas Story Story (2022)
A Christmas Story Live! (2017)
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie’s Island Adventure (2003)
Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas (2014)
Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
The House Without a Christmas Tree (1972)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987)
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
Don’t Open Till Christmas (1984)
A Christmas Horror Story (2015)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008)
It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)
Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special (1988)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July (1979)
Nestor, The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977)
A Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
A Miser Brothers’ Christmas (2008)
Will Vinton’s A Claymation Christmas Celebration (1987)
The Leprechauns’ Christmas Gold (1981)
Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (1970)
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (1985)
It’s a SpongeBob Christmas! (2012)
Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas (1977)
Frosty’s Winter Wonderland (1976)
The Snowman and the Snowdog (2012)
The Cricket on the Hearth (1967)
Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
It’s Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown (1992)
I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (2003)
He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special (1985)
How Murray Saved Christmas (2014)
Christmas Comes to Pac-Land (1982)
The Smurfs Christmas Special (1982)
The Smurfs: ‘Tis the Season to Be Smurfy (1987)
A Family Circus Christmas (1979)
Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas (1999)
Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas (2004)
Mickey’s Magical Christmas (2001)
Olive, The Other Reindeer (1999)
Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice (2011)
Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too (1991)
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury (2011)
A Wish for Wings that Work (1991)
Benji’s Very Own Christmas Story (1978)
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special (2020)
A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! (2006)
A Very Murray Christmas (2015)
The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945)
November 2022 Comic Book Blowout!
December 2nd, 2022Sometimes you just need to try to catch up…here a bunch of trade paperback reviews from Marvel Comics, DC, Image, and others. Just click for a link to the complete review and hundreds of other comic book reviews!
November 1, 2022
November 2, 2022
Gotham Central—Book 4: Corrigan
November 3, 2022
DC Meets Hanna-Barbera—Volume 1
November 4, 2022
November 5, 2022
The Chronicles of Kull 1: A King Comes Riding and Other Stories
November 6, 2022
The Eternals by Jack Kirby—The Complete Collection
November 7, 2022
Teen Titans by Geoff Johns—Book 2
November 8, 2022
November 9, 2022
November 10, 2022
November 11, 2022
REMASTERED REVIEW: Vampire Tales—Volume 1
November 12, 2022
Death: The High Cost of Living
November 13, 2022
November 14, 2022
Journey Into Mystery 2: Fear Itself Fallout
November 15, 2022
100 Bullets 4: A Foregone Tomorrow
November 16, 2022
November 17, 2022
November 18, 2022
November 19, 2022
November 20, 2022
Robotech Archives: The Macross Saga—Volume 1
November 21, 2022
November 22, 2022
Star Wars: The Original Trilogy—The Movie Adaptations
November 23, 2022
Fairest 5: The Clamour for Glamour
November 24, 2022
Journey Into Mystery 4: The Manchester Gods
November 25, 2022
Green Arrow 4: The Kill Machine
November 26, 2022
November 27, 2022
November 28, 2022
November 29, 2022
November 30, 2022
31 Days of Horror: Nightmares Unleashed
November 4th, 2022October may be over, but the horror never ends on BasementRejects. A wrap up of the 31 Days of Horror 2022 on BasementRejects.com with links to all the reviews…good…gory…and awful.
October 1, 2022
REMASTERED REVIEW: The Walking Dead 3: Safety Behind Bars
Resident Evil: Return to Raccoon City (2021)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Hocus Pocus (1993)
October 2, 2022
REMASTERED REVIEW: White Zombie (1932)
October 3, 2022
REMASTERED REVIEW: The Relic (1997)
October 4, 2022
October 5, 2022
REMASTERED REVIEW: Gargoyles (1972)
October 6, 2022
The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear—Volume 2
October 7, 2022
October 8, 2022
REMASTERED REVIEW: Silent Hill (2006)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Silent Hill: Revelations 3D (2012)
October 9, 2022
REMASTERED REVIEW: Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
October 10, 2022
REMASTERED REVIEW: Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)
October 11, 2022
October 12, 2022
October 13, 2022
Feast II: Sloppy Seconds (2008)
October 14, 2022
October 15, 2022
October 16, 2022
REMASTERED REVIEW: Trick ’r Treat (2007)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Sleepaway Camp (1983)
October 17, 2022
REMASTERED REVIEW: City of the Living Dead (1980)
REMASTERED REVIEW: The House by the Cemetery (1981)
October 18, 2022
October 19, 2022
October 20, 2022
REMASTERED REVIEW: Garfield’s Halloween Adventure (1985)
October 21, 2022
October 22, 2022
REMASTERED REVIEW: It’s Alive (1974)
REMASTERED REVIEW: It Lives Again (1978)
REMASTERED REVIEW: It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
October 23, 2022
REMASTERED REVIEW: Don’t Go to Sleep (1982)
REMASTERED REVIEW: The Fog (1980)
REMASTERED REVIEW: The Fog (2005)
October 24, 2022
October 25, 2022
October 26, 2022
REMASTERED REVIEW: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Young Frankenstein (1974)
October 27, 2022
October 28, 2022
October 29, 2022
REMASTERED REVIEW: The Dead (2010)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Lights Out (2016)
October 30, 2022
REMASTERED REVIEW: Prometheus (2012)
REMASTERED REVIEW: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Friday the 13th (1980)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Friday the 13th Part 4: The Final Chapter (1984)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Jason X (2001)
The Walking Dead: World Beyond—Season 1 Review and Complete Episode Guide
October 31, 2022
REMASTERED REVIEW: Phantasm (1979)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Phantasm II (1988)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Phantasm: Ravager (2016)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Scream (1996)
REMASTERED REVIEW: The Omen (1976)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Damien: Omen II (1978)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Omen IV: The Awakening (1991)
Preceded By:
31 Days of Horror 2021: Blood Will Flow
March Comic Book Blowout 2022
March 31st, 2022March comes in like a lion…and it is a perfect month to do catch-up on comics. 31 days and 31 comic book reviews. From Marvel to DC to Image to other independents. Click on the comic title to see a full review!
March 1, 2022
March 2, 2022
Thor Epic Collection—Volume 18: The Black Galaxy
March 3, 2022
March 4, 2022
March 5, 2022
March 6, 2022
The EC Archives: Weird Science—Volume 1
March 7, 2022
Star Wars: Jedi of the Republic—Mace Windu
March 8, 2022
Ice Cream Man 7: Certain Descent
March 9, 2022
March 10, 2022
March 11, 2022
Thor by Dan Jurgens & John Romita Jr.—Volume 1
March 12, 2022
Deathlok 2: Man versus Machine
March 13, 2022
March 14, 2022
March 15, 2022
March 16, 2022
March 17, 2022
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask/A Link to the Past
March 18, 2022
March 19, 2022
Spider-Man: The Complete Clone Saga Epic—Book 2
March 20, 2022
DC Meets Hanna-Barbera—Volume 2
March 21, 2022
Bitch Planet—Book 1: Extraordinary Machine
March 22, 2022
Avengers: West Coast Avengers—Sins of the Past
March 23, 2022
March 24, 2022
Green Goblin: A Lighter Shade of Green
March 25, 2022
Incredible Hulk Epic Collection—Volume 14: Going Gray
March 26, 2022
Warzones!: Years of Future Past
March 27, 2022
March 28, 2022
March 29, 2022
Lumberjanes 1: Beware of the Kitten Holy
March 30, 2022
The Authority 2: Under New Management
March 31, 2022
The 94th Academy Award Nominations
February 9th, 2022The 94th Academy Award nominations were announced on February 8, 2022. The Academy Awards were announced March 27, 2022. The awards did not do a live presentation of Best Short Documentary, Best Film Editing, Best Make-Up and Hairstyling, Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Animated Short, Best Live Action Short, or Best Sound. An physical incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock was also noted as a point of contention during the airing.
Links to the BasementRejects Reviews for the films can be found under the pictures.
Best Picture:
Belfast
WINNER: CODA
Don’t Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Best Director:
Paul Thomas Anderson—Licorice Pizza
Kenneth Branagh—Belfast
Ryusuke Hamaguchi—Drive My Car
WINNER: Jane Campion—The Power of the Dog
Steven Spielberg—West Side Story
Best Actor:
Javier Bardem—Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch—The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield—tick. tick. BOOM!
WINNER: Will Smith—King Richard
Denzel Washington—The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Actress:
WINNER: Jessica Chastain—The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman—The Lost Daughter
Penelope Cruz—Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman—Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart—Spencer
Best Supporting Actor:
Ciaran Hines—Belfast
WINNER: Troy Kotsur—CODA
Jesse Plemson—The Power of the Dog
J.K. Simmons—Being the Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee—The Power of the Dog
Best Supporting Actress:
Jessie Buckley—The Lost Daughter
WINNER: Ariana DeBosse—West Side Story
Judi Dench—Belfast
Kirsten Dunst—The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis—King Richard
Best Writing—Original Screenplay:
WINNER: Belfast
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
The Worst Person in the World
Best Writing—Adapted Screenplay:
WINNER: CODA
Drive My Car
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog
Best Animated Feature:
WINNER: Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
Best Foreign Language Film:
WINNER: Drive My Car
Flee
The Hand of God
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
The Worst Person in the World
Best Documentary—Feature:
Ascension
Attica
Flee
WINNER: Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Writing with Fire
Best Documentary—Short Subject:
Audible
Lead Me Home
WINNER: The Queen of Basketball
Three Songs for Benazir
When We Were Bullies
Best Live Action Short:
The Dress
WINNER: The Long Goodbye
On My Mind
Please Hold
Take and Run
Best Animated Short:
Affairs of the Art
Bestia
Boxballet
Robin Robin
WINNER: The Windshield Wiper
Best Original Score:
Don’t Look Up
WINNER: Dune
Encanto
Parallel Mothers
The Power of the Dog
Best Original Song:
“Be Alive”—King Richard
“Dos Oruguitas”—Encanto
“Down to Joy”—Belfast
WINNER: “No Time to Die”—No Time to Die
“Somehow You Do”—Four Good Days
Best Sound:
Belfast
WINNER: Dune
No Time to Die
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Best Production Design:
WINNER: Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
Best Cinematography:
WINNER: Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
Best Make-Up and Hairstyling:
Coming 2 America
Cruella
Dune
WINNER: The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci
Best Costume Design:
WINNER: Cruella
Cyrano
Dune
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story
Best Film Editing:
Don’t Look Up
WINNER: Dune
King Richard
The Power of the Dog
tick, tick…BOOM!
Best Visual Effects:
Dune
Free Guy
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Preceded By:
The 93rd Academy Award Nominations and Winners
31 Days of Horror: Blood Will Flow
November 1st, 202131 Days of Horror is back and 31 Days of Horror: Blood Will Flow provides another month of chills, thrills, and horror for young and old. From Scooby-Doo to hardcore horror, the terror is year round!
October 1, 2021
REMASTERED REVIEW: Q—The Winged Serpent (1982)
October 2, 2021
Morbius Epic Collection—Volume 1: The Living Vampire
Morbius: The Epic Collection—Volume 2: The End of a Living Vampire
REMASTERED REVIEW: The Crazies (2010)
October 3, 2021
REMASTERED REVIEW: Night of the Demon (1957)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
October 4, 2021
October 5, 2021
Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (1995)
Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood (1996)
October 6, 2021
October 7, 2021
REMASTERED REVIEW: The Blair Witch Project (1999)
October 8, 2021
October 9, 2021
REMASTERED REVIEW: Resident Evil (2002)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Prince of Darkness (1987)
October 10, 2021
October 11, 2021
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo—The Complete Series
October 12, 2021
Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993)
The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt—Volume 1
October 13, 2021
REMASTERED REVIEW: Quarantine (2008)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Burnt Offerings (1976)
October 14, 2021
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994)
October 15, 2021
October 16, 2021
October 17, 2021
REMASTERED REVIEW: The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
REMASTERED REVIEW: The Brides of Dracula (1960)
October 18, 2021
There’s Someone Inside Your House (2021)
October 19, 2021
The EC Archives: Shock SuspenStories—Volume 1
October 20, 2021
REMASTERED REVIEW: Night Creatures (1962)
October 21, 2021
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo—The Complete Series
October 22, 2021
October 23, 2021
REMASTERED REVIEW: The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
October 24, 2021
REMASTERED REVIEW: Demonic Toys (1992)
October 25, 2021
REMASTERED REVIEW: The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
October 26, 2021
The EC Archives: The Vault of Horror—Volume 1
October 27, 2021
REMASTERED REVIEW: Paranoiac (1963)
October 28, 2021
October 29, 2021
Gideon Falls 1: The Black Barn
Gideon Falls 3: Stations of the Cross
October 30, 2021
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
REMASTERED REVIEW: The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
REMASTERED REVIEW: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
October 31, 2021
REMASTERED REVIEW: [REC]2 (2009)
Preceded By:
31 Days of Horror 2020: The Screaming Never Ends
Followed By:
31 Days of Horror 2022: Nightmares Unleashed
31 Days of Horror: The Screaming Never Ends
October 1st, 2021When darkness covers the land, the horror begins and the screaming never ends! 31 Days of Horror is back with a whole list of horror films to thrill and chill…BasementRejects provides another month of horror to chill your blood!
October 1, 2020
REMASTERED REVIEW: The Mummy Returns (2001)
The Walking Dead—Season 5 Review and Complete Episode Guide
October 2, 2020
October 3, 2020
October 4, 2020
October 5, 2020
October 6, 2020
REMASTERED REVIEW: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
October 7, 2020
Mad Ron’s Prevues from Hell (1987)
October 8, 2020
REMASTERED REVIEW: Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998)
October 9, 2020
New Scooby-Doo Movies—Season 1 Review and Complete Episode Guide
New Scooby-Doo Movies—Season 2 Review and Complete Episode Guide
October 10, 2020
October 11, 2020
REMASTERED REVIEW: The Incredible Melting Man (1977)
October 12, 2020
October 13, 2020
October 14, 2020
October 15, 2020
October 16, 2020
October 17, 2020
October 18, 2020
October 19, 2020
October 20, 2020
October 21, 2020
REMASTERED REVIEW: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 (1986)
October 22, 2020
October 23, 2020
October 24, 2020
REMASTERED REVIEW: Trollhunter (2010)
October 25, 2020
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
October 26, 2020
October 27, 2020
October 28, 2020
REMASTERED REVIEW: Jaws 2 (1978)
REMASTERED REVIEW: Jaws 3-D (1983)
October 29, 2020
October 30, 2020
October 31, 2020
The House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
Preceded By:
31 Days of Horror: Don’t Turn Around!
Followed By:
31 Days of Horror: Blood Will Flow!
The 93rd Academy Award Nominations
March 15th, 2021The 93rd Academy Award nominations were announced on March 15, 2021 for films released in 2020. The announcement was delayed by the COVID-19 virus to allow movies more time to market their films. Mank received the most nominations with ten nominations. The awards ceremony is scheduled for April 25, 2021.
To see a BasementRejects review of the nominated films, clink on the BasementRejects Review link below the reviewed film titles.
Best Picture:
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
WINNER: Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Director:
Thomas Vinterberg—Another Round
David Fincher—Mank
Lee Isaac Chung—Minari
WINNER: Chloe Zhao—Nomadland
Emerald Fennell—Promising Young Woman
Best Actor:
Riz Amed—Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman—Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
WINNER: Anthony Hopkins—The Father
Gary Oldman—Mank
Steven Yeun—Minari
Best Actress:
Viola Davis—Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day—The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby—Pieces of a Woman
WINNER: Frances McDormand—Nomadland
Carey Mulligan—Promising Young Woman
Best Supporting Actor:
Sacha Baron Cohen—The Trial of the Chicago 7
WINNER: David Kaluuya—Judas and the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom Jr.—One Night in Miami…
Paul Raci—Sound of Metal
Lakeith Stanfield—Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Supporting Actress:
Maria Bakalova—Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close—Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman—The Father
Amanda Seyfried—Mank
WINNER: Youn Yuh-jung—Minari
Best Writing—Original Screenplay:
Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
WINNER: Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Writing—Adapted Screenplay:
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
WINNER: The Father
Nomadland
One Night in Miami…
The White Tiger
Best Animated Feature:
Onward
Over the Moon
Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
WINNER: Soul
Wolfwalkers
Best Foreign Language Film:
WINNER: Another Round
Better Days
Collective
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Best Documentary—Feature:
Collective
Crip Camp
The Mole Agent
WINNER: My Octopus Teacher
Time
Best Documentary—Short Subject:
WINNER: Collete
A Concerto Is a Conversatio
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
A Love Song for Latasha
Best Live Action Short:
Feeling Through
The Letter Room
The Present
WINNER: Two Distant Strangers
White Eye
Best Animated Short:
Burrow
Genius Loci
WINNER: If Anything Happens I Love You
Opera
Yes-People
Best Original Score:
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
News of the World
WINNER: Soul
Best Original Song:
WINNER: “Fight for You”—Judas and the Black Messiah
“Hear My Voice”—The Trial of the Chicago 7
“Husavik”—Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
“lo Si (Seen)”—The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)
“Speak Now”—One Night in Miami…
Best Sound:
Greyhound
Mank
News of the World
Soul
WINNER: Sound of Metal
Best Production Design:
The Father
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
WINNER: Mank
News of the World
Tenet
Best Cinematography:
Judas and the Black Messiah
WINNER: Mank
News of the World
Nomadland
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Make-Up and Hairstyling:
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
WINNER: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Pinocchio
Best Costume Design:
Emma
WINNER: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Mulon
Pinocchio
Best Film Editing:
The Father
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
WINNER: Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Visual Effects:
Love and Monsters
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan
WINNER: Tenet
Preceded By:
The 92nd Academy Award Nominations
Criterion December 2020
December 31st, 20202020 was a mess…but finishing off the year with a load of Criterion movies could make the mess feel less messy. With 31 new Criterion Collection reviews (and one remastered review), BasementRejects brings the arthouse to you when you can’t go out. Click on the movie title below each poster for a complete review…and just because Criterion December 2020 is over, doesn’t mean that the Criterion reviews will stop. Keep checking in for new reviews and let’s hope 2021 is better!
December 1, 2020
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The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
December 11, 2020
December 12, 2020
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)
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A Brief History of Time (1991)
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December 19, 2020
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
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