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Some films from my list I want to highlight as a FYC (as well as a few others that didn't make it but in my top 250 or so) Documentaries We have never had a documentary make the list before, but many deserving ones! I have not seen nearly all of these, but the Observer has a list of 50 essential documentaries, and I'll likely check some more out and maybe edit my list if I feel particularly moved to (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/27/50-best-documentaries-alex-gibney-joshua-oppenheimer-james-marsh) Hoop Dreams (1994, dir. Steve James) "Two ordinary inner-city Chicago kids dare to reach for the impossible—professional basketball glory—in this epic chronicle of hope and faith. Filmed over a five-year period, Hoop Dreams, by Steve James, Frederick Marx, and Peter Gilbert, follows young Arthur Agee and William Gates and their families as the boys navigate the complex, competitive world of scholastic athletics while dealing with the intense pressures of their home lives and neighborhoods. This revelatory film continues to educate and inspire viewers, and it is widely considered one of the great works of American nonfiction cinema.", from the Criterion Collection Available to watch on: Max, Paramount+, and paid rental options The Act of Killing (2012, dir. Joshue Oppenheimer) "I’m an executive producer on this film, about the genocide in Indonesia, so my answer is slightly biased. I was in London, and somebody said: “There’s a young man, Joshua Oppenheimer, who desperately wants to meet you.” So he opened his laptop and showed me nine minutes of footage. I knew I had never seen anything like it. It was unbelievable. So I was an adviser in shaping the film, but it was all shot already, so it was more in shaping the narrative. The end of the film was cut down completely in his version. I said: ‘Is there more footage?’ and he sent me the entire raw footage as it had come out of the camera, something like four minutes, uncut. And I said to him: “Leave it uncut and put it in there as it is. Nobody will ever see anything like this again.” And, of course, quite a few people had objections and were a little bit timid. And I said to him: “Joshua, if you don’t put this footage into the end of the film as it is, you have lived in vain.” And he put it in there." from Werner Herzog on his five top documentaries Watch on: Peacock, Netflix, Plex, Sling TV, and rental options The Thin Blue Line (1988, dir. Errol Morris) "Among the most important documentaries ever made, The Thin Blue Line, by Errol Morris, erases the border between art and activism. A work of meticulous journalism and gripping drama, it recounts the disturbing tale of Randall Dale Adams, a drifter who was charged with the murder of a Dallas police officer and sent to death row, despite evidence that he did not commit the crime. Incorporating stylized reenactments, penetrating interviews, and haunting original music by Philip Glass, Morris uses cinema to build a case forensically while effortlessly entertaining his viewers. The Thin Blue Line effected real-world change, proving film’s power beyond the shadow of a doubt." from the Criterion Collection Watch on: Netflix, AMC+, and rental options I Am Not Your Negro (2016, dir. Raoul Peck) "Raoul Peck’s 2016 film envisions James Baldwin’s unfinished project “Remember This House,” a proposal to his literary agent that was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and assassinations of three of his close friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr. At the time of Baldwin’s death in 1987, he left behind only 30 completed pages of this manuscript. " from MIT List Watch on: Tubi, Amazon Prime, Redbox, The Roku Channel, and Rental Options One Child Nation (2019, dir. Nanfu Wang and Zhang Jialing) "After becoming a mother, a filmmaker uncovers the untold history of China’s one-child policy and the generations of parents and children forever shaped by this social experiment." - International Documentary Assocation Watch on: Amazon Prime International Films (which have not made our list before) Ikiru (1952, dir. Akira Kurosawa) "One of the greatest achievements by Akira Kurosawa, Ikiru shows the director at his most compassionate—affirming life through an explora­tion of death. Takashi Shimura beautifully portrays Kanji Watanabe, an aging bureaucrat with stomach cancer who is impelled to find meaning in his final days. Presented in a radically conceived two­part structure and shot with a perceptive, humanistic clarity of vision, Ikiru is a multifaceted look at what it means to be alive.", from the Criterion Collection Available to watch on: Max, and paid rental options The Bicycle Thieves (1948, dir. Vittoria de Sica) "Hailed around the world as one of the greatest movies ever made, the Academy Award–winning Bicycle Thieves, directed by Vittorio De Sica, defined an era in cinema. In poverty-stricken postwar Rome, a man is on his first day of a new job that offers hope of salvation for his desperate family when his bicycle, which he needs for work, is stolen. With his young son in tow, he sets off to track down the thief. Simple in construction and profoundly rich in human insight, Bicycle Thieves embodies the greatest strengths of the Italian neorealist movement: emotional clarity, social rectitude, and brutal honesty.", from the Criterion Collection Watch on: Max, Tubi, and rental options The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928, dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer) "Spiritual rapture and institutional hypocrisy come to stark, vivid life in one of the most transcendent masterpieces of the silent era. Chronicling the trial of Joan of Arc in the hours leading up to her execution, Danish master Carl Theodor Dreyer depicts her torment with startling immediacy, employing an array of techniques—expressionistic lighting, interconnected sets, painfully intimate close-ups—to immerse viewers in her subjective experience. Anchoring Dreyer’s audacious formal experimentation is a legendary performance by Renée Falconetti, whose haunted face channels both the agony and the ecstasy of martyrdom." from the Criterion Collection Watch on: Max, Tubi, and rental options Harakiri (1962, dir. Masaki Kobayashi) "Following the collapse of his clan, an unemployed samurai (Tatsuya Nakadai) arrives at the manor of Lord Iyi, begging to be allowed to commit ritual suicide on the property. Iyi’s clansmen, believing the desperate ronin is merely angling for a new position, try to force his hand and get him to eviscerate himself—but they have underestimated his beliefs and his personal brand of honor. Winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Special Jury Prize, Harakiri, directed by Masaki Kobayashi is a fierce evocation of individual agency in the face of a corrupt and hypocritical system." from the Criterion Collection Watch on: Rent on Apple or Fandango Fanny and Alexander (1982, dir. Ingmar Bergman) "Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden. Ingmar Bergman intended Fanny and Alexander as his swan song, and it is the director’s warmest and most autobiographical film, an Academy Award–winning triumph that combines his trademark melancholy and emotional intensity with immense joy and sensuality. Bergman described Fanny and Alexander, presented here in both the theatrical and the five-hour television versions, as “the sum total of my life as a filmmaker.” And in this, the full-length (312-minute) version of his triumphant valediction, his vision is expressed at its fullest." from the Criterion Collection Watch on: Max and rental options Rashomon (1950, dir. Akira Kurosawa) "A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, Rashomon is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made. Four people give different accounts of a man’s murder and the rape of his wife, which director Akira Kurosawa presents with striking imagery and an ingenious use of flashbacks. This eloquent masterwork and international sensation revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema—and a commanding new star by the name of Toshiro Mifune—to the Western world." from the Criterion Collection Watch on: Max, Tubi, Plex, and rental options Come and See (1985, dir. Elem Klimov) "This legendary film from Soviet director Elem Klimov is a senses-shattering plunge into the dehumanizing horrors of war. As Nazi forces encroach on his small village in what is now known as Belarus, teenage Flyora (Alexei Kravchenko, in a searing depiction of anguish) eagerly joins the Soviet resistance. Rather than the adventure and glory he envisioned, what he finds is a waking nightmare of unimaginable carnage and cruelty—rendered with a feverish, otherworldly intensity by Klimov’s subjective camera work and expressionistic sound design. Nearly blocked from being made by Soviet censors, who took seven years to approve its script, Come and See is perhaps the most visceral, impossible-to-forget antiwar film ever made." from Criterion Collection Watch on: Rent on Amazon, Apple, etc. Wild Strawberries (1957, dir. Ingmar Bergman) "Traveling to accept an honorary degree, Professor Isak Borg—masterfully played by the veteran filmmaker and actor Victor Sjöström—is forced to face his past, come to terms with his faults, and make peace with the inevitability of his approaching death. Through flashbacks and fantasies, dreams and nightmares, Wild Strawberries dramatizes one man’s remarkable voyage of self-discovery. This richly humane masterpiece, full of iconic imagery, is one of Ingmar Bergman’s most widely acclaimed and influential films." from the Criterion Collection Watch on: Max and rental options Tokyo Story (1953, Yasujiro Ozu) "A profoundly stirring evocation of elemental humanity and universal heartbreak, Tokyo Story is the crowning achievement of the unparalleled Yasujiro Ozu. The film, which follows an aging couple’s journey to visit their grown children in bustling postwar Tokyo, surveys the rich and complex world of family life with the director’s customary delicacy and incisive perspective on social mores. Featuring lovely performances from Ozu regulars Chishu Ryu and Setsuko Hara, Tokyo Story plumbs and deepens the director’s recurring theme of generational conflict, creating what is without question one of cinema’s mightiest masterpieces." from Criterion Collection Watch on: Max, Tubi, and Rental Options Taste of Cherry (1997, dir. Abbas Kiarostami) "The first Iranian film to win the Palme d’Or, this austere, emotionally complex drama by the great Abbas Kiarostami follows the enigmatic Mr. Badii (Homayoun Ershadi) as he drives around the hilly outskirts of Tehran looking for someone who will agree to bury him after he commits suicide, a taboo under Islam. Extended conversations with three passengers (a soldier, a seminarian, and a taxidermist) elicit different views on mortality and individual choice. Operating at once as a closely observed, realistic story and a fable populated by archetypal figures, Taste of Cherry challenges the viewer to consider what often goes unexamined in everyday life." from Criterion Collection Watch on: Max Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972, dir. Werner Herzog) "Noted by legendary film critic Roger Ebert as one of his top ten favorite films of all time, this masterpiece from Oscar-nominated director Werner Herzog is an unforgettable portrait of madness and power. In the mid-16th century, after annihilating the Incan empire, Gonzalo Pizarro (Allejandro Repullés) leads his army of conquistadors over the Andes into the heart of the most savage environment on earth in search of the fabled City of Gold, El Dorado. As the soldiers battle starvation, Indians, the forces of nature, and each other, Don Lope de Aguirre (Klaus Kinski), "The Wrath of God," is consumed with visions of conquering all of South America and revolts, leading his own army down a treacherous river on a doomed quest into oblivion. Nominated for Best Foreign Film at the César Awards. Winner of Best Cinematography at the German Film Awards." from Kanopy Watch on: Tubi, Prime Video, Roku Channel, Sling TV, Plex, etc. (many free options) Quest for Fire (1981, dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud) ""We'll make our own language," Annaud said. "Why not? If you see two people having a passionate fight in a language you don't understand, do you need to understand the words to know what they're fighting about?" So Annaud began forging ahead with the idea for Quest for Fire, a film set in prehistoric times in which a tribe has their fire doused, and thus must travel miles to find a new spark. Studio executives balked, as the film would require trained elephants, elaborate battle scenes, scantily-clad actors and multiple location shoots. This was, after all, long before the development of computer-generated imagery, so there was no way to create things after the shoot with digital effects. "People thought I was entirely crazy," confirms Annaud. "They would say, 'What else can we offer you?' I was a hot property in those days. People wanted to hire me. People in Hollywood want to have a five-star chef cooking a hamburger. Directors are flattered, but they do shit. I wanted to do something else."" from CBC Watch on: Rental from Prime, Apple, Google Play, etc. Other Films that have not made our top 250 and came out pre-2000 The Last Picture Show (1971, dir. Peter Bogdanovich) "One of the key films of the American seventies cinema renaissance, The Last Picture Show is set in the early fifties, in the loneliest Texas nowheresville to ever dust up a movie screen. This aching portrait of a dying West, adapted from Larry McMurtry’s novel, focuses on the daily shuffles of three futureless teens—enigmatic Sonny (Timothy Bottoms), wayward jock Duane (Jeff Bridges), and desperate-to-be-adored rich girl Jacy (Cybill Shepherd)—and the aging lost souls who bump up against them in the night like drifting tumbleweeds. Featuring evocative black-and-white imagery and profoundly felt performances, this hushed depiction of crumbling American values remains the pivotal work in the career of invaluable film historian and director Peter Bogdanovich." from the Criterion Collection Watch on: Availabe via renting on streaming platforms (Amazon, Apple, etc.) The Last Temptation of Christ (1988, dir. Martin Scorsese) "The Last Temptation of Christ, by Martin Scorsese, is a towering achievement. Though it initially engendered enormous controversy, the film can now be viewed as the remarkable, profoundly personal work of faith that it is. This fifteen-year labor of love, an adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis’s landmark novel that imagines an alternate fate for Jesus Christ, features outstanding performances by Willem Dafoe, Barbara Hershey, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, and David Bowie; bold cinematography by the great Michael Ballhaus; and a transcendent score by Peter Gabriel." from the Criterion Collection Watch on: Amazon Prime Video and rental options Harvey (1950, dir. Henry Koster) "“If you’re for warm and gentle whimsy, for a charmingly fanciful farce, and for a little touch of pathos, then the movie version of Harvey is definitely for you.” Bosley Crowther, The New York Times, 1950 Mary Chase’s Pulitzer-winning comedy ran for five years on Broadway, three of them with James Stewart playing Elwood P. Dowd, the boozy eccentric whose constant companion is a ‘pooka’ (a mischievous spirit from Celtic mythology) only he can see. Bing Crosby was Hollywood’s first choice, but Stewart turned in one of his most fondly remembered screen performances, capturing the innocent warmth and disappointed sadness of a man whose retreat from social responsibilities is far from evidence of insanity. Director Henry Koster wisely opted not to visualise the titular man-sized rabbit, instead capturing the fizzing dialogue of the theatrical original, while stage veteran Josephine Hull won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress as the confused sister who almost believes in Harvey herself. Jake Gyllenhaal finds his sanity questioned after befriending a somewhat less benevolent giant rabbit in Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko (2001)." from British Film Institute Watch on: Rent from Amazon Prime, Apple, YouTube, etc. Fiddler on the Roof (1971, dir. Norman Jewison) "One of the last big movie adaptations of a Broadway hit at that time—and one of the very last to earn good reviews—Fiddler on the Roof opened in movie theatres across the country November 3, 1971 and, like the Broadway smash from which it was adapted, earned critical hosannas.Topol starred as Tevye, a role he played in the 1966 Israeli staging and again in the West End, learning the role phonetically—beating out everyone from Danny Kaye to Frank Sinatra for the role. Zero Mostel, who had originated Tevye on Broadway, campaigned heavily to recreate his performance, but producers were leery of bringing him on board, worried that his personality would eclipse the character. Topol was selected instead, and earned an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe for his performance as the dairy man from Anatevka. He eventually played the role on Broadway as well in the 1990 revival." from Playbill The Piano (1993, dir. Jane Campion) "With this sublimely stirring fable of desire and creativity, Jane Campion became the first woman to win a Palme d’Or at Cannes. Holly Hunter is achingly eloquent through silence in her Academy Award–winning performance as Ada, an electively mute Scottish woman who expresses her innermost feelings through her beloved piano. When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter (Anna Paquin, in her Oscar-winning debut) to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her controlling husband (Sam Neill) and a rugged frontiersman (Harvey Keitel) to whom she develops a forbidden attraction. With its sensuously moody cinematography, dramatic coastal landscapes, and sweeping score, this uniquely timeless evocation of a woman’s awakening is an intoxicating sensory experience that burns with the twin fires of music and erotic passion." from the Criterion Collection Watch on: Pluto TV and rent on Apple The Insider (1999, dir. Micheal Mann) "Based on a true story, Michael Mann’s coolly riveting exposé of corporate corruption recounts the chain of events that pitted an ordinary man against the tobacco industry and dragged two people into the fight of their lives. Al Pacino gives a powerful performance as veteran “60 Minutes” producer Lowell Bergman and Russell Crowe costars as the ultimate insider, former tobacco executive Dr. Jeffrey Wigand. When Wigand is fired by his employer—one of the largest tobacco companies in America—he agrees to become a paid consultant for a story Bergman is working on regarding alleged unethical practices within the tobacco industry. But what begins as a temporary alliance leads to a lengthy battle for both men to save their reputations, and much, much more." - The Criterion Channel Watch on: Rent on YouTube, Apple, Google Play A Star is Born (1954, George Cukor) "Garland and Gaga were both 32 when their respective “Star Is Born” films received an October release in theaters, and the actresses each sought to have the coveted titular role launch—or in Garland’s case, relaunch—their career as a major movie star. Yet what now stands as the crowning achievement of Garland’s legacy ironically marked the end of her career as a marquee name in Hollywood. The pangs of longing that characterize her two most memorable numbers in cinema, “Over the Rainbow” and “The Man That Got Away,” mirror the loss that she endured throughout her life. During a Q&A at the 1967 Chicago International Film Festival, attended by Roger Ebert, Cukor noted, “People who aren't complicated in real life come through as pretty bland on the screen. Most great performers are not very happy and well adjusted. Perhaps that's the price they pay for being originals.”" from RogerEbert.com Watch On: Tubi and rental options And one last FYC Air Bud (1997, dir. Charles Martin Smith) Watch on: Disney+ and rental options

Saw Migration. It was.....fine. Bland, inoffensive. Had a few smirks but didn't really make me laugh. Pretty bog standard animal animated movie that could have come out 20 years ago and nothing about it would be much different. The movie veering off into a whole plot about a chef was an odd choice. Other than finding that bit odd it didn't leave much of an impression. 6/10

#4 Ratatouille 2,463 points, 34 lists "Not everyone can become a great artist; but a great artist *can* come from *anywhere*." Box Office: 623.7M Rotten Tomatoes: 96% Metacritic: 96 Awards: 1 Academy Award and 4 nominations, 9 Annie Awards and 4 nominations, 1 BAFTA Award, 1 Golden Globe Award, 2 Empire Award nominations Roger Ebert's Review: "A lot of animated movies have inspired sequels, notably "Shrek," but Brad Bird's "Ratatouille" is the first one that made me positively desire one. Remy, the earnest little rat who is its hero, is such a lovable, determined, gifted rodent that I want to know happens to him next, now that he has conquered the summit of French cuisine. I think running for office might not be beyond his reach, and there's certainly something de Gaullean about his snout. " Its Legacy: Considered one of the greatest animated movies of all time. One of the most successful animated movies in France. One of the final films of Peter O'Toole. Earned a popular ride at the Disney theme parks. Earned a fan musical created by TikTokers. Referenced in numerous movies and shows. A major plot point for the Oscar-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once. Gave Ian Holm a paycheck. Commentary: Even by Pixar standards, Ratatouille is an odd duck of a feature. A talking rat who yearns to be a fancy French chef is a very silly premise once you think about it. But leave it to Brad Bird and company to make something so delightful and awe-inspiring. It’s a movie made for the loners, the outcasts, the ones who feel out of place in the world. Those who yearn to create incredible works but can’t do it, whether it be for socioeconomic reasons, family reasons, or because they feel they just can’t do it. This is the film that smartly shows the struggling artists out there that there is hope for you. That anyone can cook and you deserve to be up there, even if you are seen as “lesser” by society. And it’s all perfectly shown in an iconic ending that deconstructs what it means to be an artist, a critic, and a person in and of itself. A film that reminds many of us why we love the things we love and what we can do if we set our minds to it. It’s a message that clearly struck a chord with countless others, and we are only now seeing its imprint on today’s artists. An unofficial musical was made by TikTokers who just wanted to celebrate the movie they love. It’s been referenced and parodied in tons of movies and TV shows, all in adoration. So much so, last year’s Best Picture winner, Everything Everywhere All at Once, featured a Ratatouille parody as a major subplot. You can even notice parallels in the themes of both movies from this Pixar classic. And sure enough, it symbolizes a film that will always be popular, loved, and cherished for generations to come, inspiring artists the world over for decades. Maybe even centuries. And really, that’s what we want a movie to do, no?

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This is an interesting and visually stunning follow-up for Bradley Cooper behind the camera to A Star Is Born, but the uneven focus between Bernstein's career and turbulent marriage does create pacing issues that make it frustrating at times. It races through his career as a composer and his accomplishments, so if you don't already know his works (any time his music is sampled though *chef's kiss* as well as the stunning sequence in the Ely Cathedral), you won't entirely get why he's an icon. This ultimately works much better as a portrait of a complicated relationship, and the third act following Felicia's cancer diagnosis arguably generates most of the movie's power. The most effective sequence in the entire film for me was definitely the argument set against the backdrop of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade while the kids excitedly watch from another room, oblivious to their parents fighting behind closed doors. Leaving aside the makeup work that has already been talked about enough, I do think Cooper gives a very strong performance that seems to capture what Bernstein was like in his professional life. Not sure if he deserves to win an Oscar for this, but I wouldn't complain if he did. Equally matching him at times is Carey Mulligan, who breathes life into the role of a woman who knows her marriage has no true spark but stays in it until the end. This is very much a two-hander, though Sarah Silverman, Maya Hawke, and Matt Bomer all contribute solid work in their handful of scenes (even if I couldn't help but get the impression that Cooper and Bomer would've been more believable as brothers than lovers lol). Perhaps fittingly, the movie this reminded me the most of was the previous year's Tar (in which Bernstein was cited as an influence for that fictional character). Both are movies I found easier to admire than to fully embrace, but Cooper's approach makes this more engaging than the average biopic tends to be and I'm eager to see what he does in the director's chair next. B+

On the other hand, Twitter is never going anywhere as long as we keep getting Free Comedy Gold like this: Gonna tag @BoxOfficeFangrl here (as if she didn't already see it, probably) as it is directly in her wheelhouse of Social Media Age Discourse. Even starts with the classic "Can We Talk" preamble! Near Chef Kiss perfect in execution!!! (Of course, the Duality/Mixed Feelings about Twitter Usage is ALSO on display in Katie's next tweet in the chain.... which also says something about the highly dysfunctional nature of Current Twitter)

Give the great chef more respect. Chef Boyardee did start as an authentic dish at a very successful restraunt that introduced Italian food to middle America and was very helpful supplying soldiers in World War II. That comparison implies Zaslav headed a major film company, then did Discovery, and is now back to a major film company.

Loved it. The editing for the first 15 or so mins was a little too choppy for me, but it settled as time went on (or I got used to the style). The last hour with the two contrasting hearings might have been my favorite. I love how the movie highlights how we lift up people then drag them down (that final convo w/ Einstein is chef's kiss). Also: "They need us." "Until they don't." True then and now. I thought the hearings further highlighted the shady tactics often used to destroy someone (along w/ the legal runarounds that make it possible). The political maneuverings in the movie remain relevant today, as is the message about the complex nature of science and the moral responsibilities we have on how we use it (for nuclear weapons/war, but this even connects to our issues with AI). It's a political thriller about morality, science, war, and the intersection of egos, pettiness, and politics. It's also a story about who has control (or when we think we have control but actually only have the illusion of it). I've read Oppenheimer's biography. A lot is crammed into the movie, which means some stuff is underdeveloped. Jean and Kitty Oppenheimer don't get the space they deserve (especially Kitty). Oppie's early years get somewhat short-changed. As there's already other movies/TV shows/books about the Manhattan Project, I didn't want this to be the focus here, so less about the bomb and its construction was fine with me. The cast was excellent, especially Cillian Murphy and RDJ. Blunt was good, but again she didn't have much to work with. Hope this also gets a Best Pic nom. I wanted a biographical story and a political story. Got what I wanted and was happy.

‘Sabotaging’ LMAO. Which reminds me, the use of Beastie Boys song Intergalactic here is *chef kiss*:

Comparison 2022 v. 2023 2022 2023 Change (%) N°1 Movie (2022) N°1 Movie (2023) JANUARY R$156.8M R$206.8M +24.2% Spider-Man: No Way Home Avatar: The Way of the Water FEBRUARY R$76.15M R$138.22M +44.9% Uncharted Ant-Man an the Wasp: Quantumania MARCH R$141.41M R$121.08M -14.4% Batman John Wick 4 - Baba Yaga APRIL R$148.9M R$205.87M +27.68% Sonic, The Hedgehog 2 The Super Mario Bros. Movie MAY R$224.89M R$239.16M +6.02% Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Fast X JUNE R$173.21M R$217.9M +20.61% Top Gun: Maverick The Little Mermaid JULY R$269.95M --- --- Thor: Love & Thunder --- AUGUST R$90.88M --- --- Minions 2: Rise of Gru --- SEPTEMBER R$103.97M --- --- Orphan: First Kill --- OCTOBER R$123.16M --- -- Black Adam --- NOVEMBER R$156.4M --- -- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever --- DECEMBER R$168.27M --- -- Avatar: The Way of the Water --- Total R$1.834B R$1.183B --- Avatar: The Way of the Water Fast X -Fast X managed to drive past Mario, becoming the no.1 movie of the year so far -It is the third month that manages to be consistent abover R$200M -55.6M tickets were sold this semester, a rise of 25% compared to the same period last year -More than 1 billion was made on the box office this semester -This however, is still down 2019, that had on the first semester sold 172M tickets and R$2.7B box office (Reminder that Endgame and Aladdin had already broke records by that point) -Brazilian movies represent only 1% of market share, with only R$9M made on the box office total -The top local movies are Desapega (150k admissions), Ninguém é de Ninguém (132k) and Chef Jack (50k) -Despite being the 2nd best month of the year, the number of working screens were on june in an year low of 2800 -Last july was 2022's best month, a few weeks ago I would say this july was going to miss it, but the pink storm is coming...

I think the fast and furious franchise has just jumped the shark now. When they were making more than a billion dollars per film they were still ridiculous films that defied every law of gravity and common sense and yet we all flocked to them because they were still pretty fun. I think with Paul Walker being gone, people dying and then coming back to life and just wear and tear over 20 years of movies, it's just caused the deterioration that we see at least in North america. I personally don't like the invincibility of dom. I don't like that he can catch people in mid-air, knows intelligence, computers, how to get to space, he's probably a world-class chef, knows everything about ammunition and guns and combat and of course he's invincible behind the wheel of a car. All this might just sound really silly and inconsequential but I think when you just add it all up, the series is just run its course.

There's literally a quote from Hollywood Reporter that says with every stupid thing coming out of Zaslav's mouth the strike lasts another 2 weeks. He's that blind. Also we need to stop trying to be like oh he ran Discovery he can run a successful company. He ran a TRASH reality TV filled garbage brand. There's a difference between Discovery brands and WB brands. That's like comparing a can of Chef Boyardee to authentic Ravioli at a restaurant.

My problem playing on PC is how it’s fairly less practical than playing on the PS5, also most of the games don’t get the UI updated to PS5’s Dual Sense, despite Steam making the controller compatible. I’d argue that PS5 is arguably the best PlayStation console of all time, with the Dual Sense being the best controller of all time period. Need to get an Edge because I want to git gud on SF6, but I really love them. The haptics is just *chef kiss*. I like the idea of plug and play, so maybe I’ll double dip with consoles this gen.

Chef > Jenkins's whole filmography

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I will be seated for this. The opening shots in the trailer are "chef's kiss"

Kylothee reference is the title is chef's kiss. Was too busy so didn't notice before.

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Just got to that part on my rewatch (still amazing stuff, holy snot). It's so weird there's a whole angry chef subplot that's just there for silly slapstick, but I approve 100%.

i apologize for the monstrocities that dall-e created for this one! Number 66 "If I don't love it, I don't swallow!" About the Film Synopsis "A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family’s wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely - and certainly unwanted - visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy’s passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down. Its Legacy From the Filmmaker "Q: What drew you to a movie about Rats? Brad Bird: Well, I wasn’t really drawn to it. I always liked the idea and it was being Jan Pinkava’s idea and he was working on it the whole time I was making The Incredibles. That was his idea and I always loved the idea but I wasn’t thinking I was going to direct it. They had trouble—everybody loved the idea and they loved the look of it and the cast of character types and all the possibilities of the premise but they were having trouble getting the story to coalesce. It kept wanting to go off in too many different directions and a little over a year and a half ago the Pixar founders John Lassiter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs asked me to come on the project, write a new script and kind of get in onto the big screen. So my motivation at first was respect for these amazing, really genius guys through some fluke of nature happened to get together and make a company that is actually an amazing place so I wanted to help them out in any way I could. Then my next motivation was oh my God, what have I done. I agreed to the original schedule—ahhh! It was complete fear and that so I just went through it. I described it to somebody else as driving down the freeway the wrong way and just trying to live and make a movie that made sense and fulfilled all the possibilities of Jan’s brilliant premise and just survive. We just finished it a couple of weeks ago and I’m still just …heart beating from not dying in my freeway maneuver but I’m really happy to hear you guys like it. I like it, but I’m not sure what it is. It’s a very strange thing and I kind of had to write it very intuitively and not look back because the schedule was right there ready to run me over. I don’t think it probably would have happened if it hadn’t happened the way it happened. It’s not an idea that I probably would have come up with. But it is an idea that I’ve always thought had a huge number of possibilities so through the process to kind of complete that of making it, I fell in love with this world and fell in love with this group of characters and really am glad I was involved. Why It's Great Critic Opinion "The culinary tourism aims at exploring the food as main attraction to promote the tourism. The culinary tourism is otherwise called as food tourism. Culinary tourism is one of the most important tourism like any another tourism due to the presence of diverse cuisine from different parts of the world. Every country and its region in the country have its own unique food and preparation methods. Experiencing food and trying out various culinary choices are one of the routine activities of any tourist. When a tourist pays more attention to learn about the food, ingredients used and the preparation styles followed, then the approach can be called as culinary tourism. Sudhagar (2017) study revealed that strong importance was found towards food taste, healthy food, nutritional value of the food, hygienic food service, reasonable pricing, food safety, and other food services by the fast food customers. The motivation of the culinary tourism results from watching movies, reading a short story, magazine, listening to the stories, and recommendation from the peer groups and from one’s self-interest. Among, the motivation factors, movie plays an important role in influencing the decision-making behaviour of the culinary tourist to visit a particular destination. Movies have the potential to stimulate the audience to travel at different destinations based on the physical features of a country. This includes scenery and landscape and the theme associated in the movie. The others factors of the movie which influences the viewer’s include storylines, events, actors, shaping audiences feeling, emotions and attitude towards the place. One of the popular research findings of Iwashita (2006) and Riley and Van Doren (1992) indicates that location and film experiences increase the memories by relating them to the actors, events, and setting. There is a research evidence which states that tourist prefers to visit specific destinations by holding a particular type of images, memories, associations, emotional attachment to places and meanings (Schama, 1996). Based on these research justifications, it can be interpreted that movies also could influence the culinary tourism. The food and beverage pictured or discussion shown in the movie will result in memory of the audience. The movies not only form the memory but also create a desire to try a particular food and beverage when the opportunity arises or take efforts to experience the food and beverage in various destinations. Sudhagar and Rajendran (2017) indicated that restaurant quality was emerged as top dimension while selecting the Chinese restaurant for dining. Leung et al. (2013) indicated that focusing and analysing reviews of online communities such as TripAdvisor helped the hotels to comprehensively understand the likes and dislikes of their guest. Hence, the present study is aimed at analysing the review of the movie Ratatouille and its impact on the culinary tourism. The movie was named after a famous French dish called as ‘Ratatouille’. The Ratatouille is prepared by selection of sliced colourful vegetables displayed over a garlic-infused tomato sauce and baked. The Ratatouille was served at the end of the film. The voice in the film was from Patton Oswalt as Remy. Remy was an anthropomorphic rat that was inspired by cooking. The other character includes Lou Romano as Linguini, a young garbage boy. Accidentally, the young boy befriends with Remy. The film was all about Remy, the rat whose dream was becoming a chef and how it achieved the goal by partnering an alliance with a Parisian restaurant’s garbage boy. " - D. P. Sudhager, International Journal of Qualitative Research in Services Public Opinion "I remember seeing Ratatouille for the first time when I was 7. I was a huge Pixar fan, had all the DVDs but A Bugs Life and Toy Story 2. I saw it with my mom and cousin, and despite being a two hour movie and in a summer with childhood “classics” like Shrek The Third, Fantastic Four 2, Transformers, Spider-Man 3 and The Simpsons Movie (though to be fair Shrek 3 and FF2 are garbage and the other three are great films), 7 year old me walked out of Ratatouille being my favorite film, and went to see it three times again in theaters. Despite one scene that doesn’t age well, Ratatouille is thought provoking, beautifully animated, down right hysterically quirky and well written animated film, with a strong message that has inspired me today. I think a lot of why kid me liked Ratatouille was because it felt somewhat adult for me, and a lot of what Ratatouille was got me interested in the film world. Ratatouille will always be my favorite Pixar film and maybe my favorite film of all time. Please watch this masterpiece." - @YM! The AI's Poetic Opinion "A ratatouille of colors The rainbow in my bowl So much life on my plate" - dA vInci Factoids Previous Rankings #61 (2020), UNRANKED (2018), #52 (2016), #31 (2014), #62 (2013), #51 (2012) Director Count Brad Bird (2), James Cameron (2), David Fincher (2), Christopher Nolan (2), The Russos (2), Paul Thomas Anderson (1), John G. Avildsen (1), Charlie Chaplin (1), Brenda Chapman (1), Joel Coen (1), Wes Craven (1), Clint Eastwood (1), William Friedkin (1), Spike Lee (1), Michel Gondry (1), Steve Hickner (1), Richard Linklater (1), Katia Lund (1), Richard Marquand (1), Fernando Meirelles (1), Hayao Miyazaki (1), Katsuhiro Otomo (1), Jan Pinkava (1), Martin Scorsese (1), Ridley Scott (1), Vittorio de Sica (1), Steven Spielberg (1), Andrew Stanton (1), Isao Takahata (1), Lee Unkrich (1), Gore Verbinski (1), Peter Weir (1), Simon Wells (1), Kar-Wai Wong (1), Robert Zemeckis (1) Decade Count 1930s (1), 1940s (1), 1970s (2), 1980s (6), 1990s (7), 2000s (13), 2010s (4) Country Count Japan (3), Brazil (1), China (1), Italy (1) Franchise Count Pixar (3), The MCU (2), Alien (1), Avatar (1), Before (1), Blade Runner (1), The Exorcist (1), Finding Nemo (1), Incredibles (1), Pirates of the Caribbean (1), Rocky (1), Scream (1), Star Wars (1) Re-Weighted Placements #61 Fanboy Ranking, #74 Cinema Ranking #123 Old Farts Ranking, #56 Damn Kids Ranking #71 Ambassador Ranking, #62 All-American Ranking #38 Cartoon Ranking, #73 Damn Boomer Ranking

Not my final ballot, but consider this my FYC: BEST PICTURE 1. Avatar: The Way of Water 2. The Fabelmans 3. RRR 4. Babylon 5. Decision to Leave 6. The Northman 7. The Batman 8. We’re All Going to the World’s Fair 9. Living 10. Bones and All BEST DIRECTOR 1. Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans 2. James Cameron, Avatar: The Way of Water 3. S. S. Rajamouli, RRR 4. Park Chan-Wook, Decision to Leave 5. Damien Chazelle, Babylon 6. Robert Eggers, The Northman BEST ENSEMBLE 1. Avatar: The Way of Water 2. The Fabelmans 3. Babylon 4. Jackass Forever 5. The Batman 6. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery BEST ACTOR 1. Gabriel LaBelle, The Fabelmans 2. Park Hae-il, Decision to Leave 3. Bill Nighy, Living 4. Song Kang-ho, Broker 5. Alexander Skarsgard, The Northman 6. Adam Sandler, Hustle BEST ACTRESS 1. Tang Wei, Decision to Leave 2. Anna Cobb, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair 3. Margot Robbie, Babylon 4. Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once 5. Pantea Panahiha, Hit The Road 6. Taylor Russell, Bones and All BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 1. Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once 2. Paul Dano, The Fabelmans 3. David Howard Thornton, Terrifier 2 4. Mark Rylance, Bones and All 5. Stephen Lang, Avatar: The Way of Water 6. Albrecht Schuch, All Quiet on the Western Front BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 1. Sigourney Weaver, Avatar: The Way of Water 2. Lee Ji-eun, Broker 3. Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin 4. Janelle Monae, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 5. Chloe East, The Fabelmans 6. Keke Palmer, Nope BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE 1. Avu-chan, Inu-oh 2. David Bradley, GDT’s Pinocchio 3. Gregory Mann, GDT’s Pinocchio 4. Antonio Banderas, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 5. Rosalie Chiang, Turning Red 6. Jenny Slate, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 1. Decision to Leave 2. The Fabelmans 3. Babylon 4. The Northman 5. We’re All Going to the World’s Fair 6. The Banshees of Inisherin BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 1. Living 2. The Batman 3. Bones and All 4. Avatar: The Way of Water 5. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 6. GDT's Pinocchio BEST ANIMATED FEATURE 1. GDT’s Pinocchio 2. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 3. Turning Red 4. Inu-oh 5. Mad God 6. Entergalactic BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 1. Avatar: The Way of Water 2. The Fabelmans 3. Babylon 4. Decision to Leave 5. RRR 6. Living BEST EDITING 1. The Fabelmans 2. Decision to Leave 3. Babylon 4. RRR 5. Avatar: The Way of Water 6. Top Gun: Maverick BEST VISUAL EFFECTS 1. Avatar: The Way of Water 2. Top Gun: Maverick 3. RRR 4. GDT’s Pinocchio 5. Nope 6. The Batman BEST COSTUME DESIGN 1. Babylon 2. Avatar: The Way of Water 3. Elvis 4. The Northman 5. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 6. Terrifier 2 BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN 1. Babylon 2. Avatar: The Way of Water 3. The Fabelmans 4. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 5. The Northman 6. GDT’s Pinocchio BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP DESIGN 1. Barbarian 2. Terrifier 2 3. The Batman 4. All Quiet on the Western Front 5. Crimes of the Future 6. Hellraiser BEST SOUND DESIGN 1. RRR 2. Top Gun: Maverick 3. Avatar: The Way of Water 4. The Batman 5. Ambulance 6. The Northman BEST ORIGINAL SCORE 1. Justin Hurwitz - Babylon 2. M. M. Keeravani - RRR 3. Michael Giacchino - The Batman 4. Yoshihiro Otomo - Inu-oh 5. Alexandre Desplat - GDT’s Pinocchio 6. Simon Franglen - Avatar: The Way of Water BEST SOUNDTRACK 1. RRR 2. Babylon 3. Inu-oh 4. Elvis 5. Turning Red 6. Entergalactic BEST ORIGINAL SONG 1. “Naatu Naatu” from RRR 2. “Dosti” from RRR 3. “The Whale” from Inu-oh 4. “Nothing is Lost (You Give Me Strength)” from Avatar: The Way of Water 5. “Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick 6. “U Know What’s Up” from Turning Red BEST STUNT ENSEMBLE 1. Jackass Forever 2. RRR 3. Top Gun: Maverick 4. Avatar: The Way of Water 5. The Batman 6. All Quiet on the Western Front MOST EPIC BOX OFFICE RUN 1. Morbius 2. Avatar: The Way of Water 3. Top Gun: Maverick 4. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 5. Elvis 6. Everything Everywhere All at Once MOST SOUL-CRUSHING BOX OFFICE RUN 1. Babylon 2. The Fabelmans 3. Ambulance 4. Turning Red 5. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 6. The Northman BEST COMEDY FEATURE 1. Jackass Forever 2. Babylon 3. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 4. The Banshees of Inisherin 5. Turning Red 6. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish BEST MUSICAL FEATURE 1. RRR 2. Inu-oh 3. Elvis 4. Entergalactic BEST HORROR FEATURE 1. We’re All Going to the World’s Fair 2. Barbarian 3. Terrifier 2 4. Mad God 5. Nope 6. Smile BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE 1. RRR 2. Decision to Leave 3. All Quiet on the Western Front 4. Broker 5. Hit the Road 6. Inu-oh BEST TV SHOW/MINISERIES – COMEDY 1. Spy x Family BEST TV SHOW/MINISERIES - DRAMA 1. Attack on Titan 2. House of the Dragon 3. Chainsaw Man 4. GDT’s Cabinet of Curiosities WORST FEATURE 1. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Morbius 3. Amsterdam 4. Blonde 5. Jurassic World: Dominion 6. Pinocchio (Zemeckis) 7. Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers 8. Lightyear 9. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore 10. The Gray Man BEST BREAKTHROUGH (filmmaker, actor, writer, etc.) 1. Jane Schoenbrun, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair 2. Gabriel LaBelle, The Fabelmans 3. Anna Cobb, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair 4. Zach Cregger, Barbarian 5. Britain Dalton, Avatar: The Way of Water 6. Lauren LaVera, Terrifier 2 7. Panah Panahi, Hit The Road 8. Domee Shi, Turning Red 9. Frankie Corio, Aftersun 10. Diego Calva, Babylon BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE (any actor under 20 y/o when the film was shot) 1. Gabriel LaBelle, The Fabelmans 2. Anna Cobb, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair 3. Chloe East, The Fabelmans 4. Britain Dalton, Avatar: The Way of Water 5. Frankie Corio, Aftersun 6. Gregory Mann, GDT’s Pinocchio 7. Rosalie Chiang, Turning Red 8. Gabrielle Sanz, Petite Maman 9. Josephine Sanz, Petite Maman 10. Rayan Sarlak, Hit The Road BEST OVERLOOKED FEATURE (Film without “serious” awards consideration and made under 25m at the Box Office DOM) 1. We’re All Going to the World’s Fair 2. Broker 3. Hit The Road 4. Inu-oh 5. Ambulance 6. Mad God BEST HERO 1. Payakan, Avatar: The Way of Water 2. Bheem, RRR 3. Raju, RRR 4. Kiri, Avatar: The Way of Water 5. Sienna, Terrifier 2 6. Helen Brand, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 7. Waymond Wang, Everything Everywhere All at Once 8. Maverick, Top Gun: Maverick 9. Cam Thompson, Ambulance 10. Bruce Wayne/Batman, The Batman BEST VILLAIN 1. Art the Clown, Terrifier 2 2. Sully, Bones and All 3. Col. Miles Quaritch, Avatar: The Way of Water 4. AJ McGilbride, Barbarian 5. Corey Cunningham, Halloween Ends 6. Wolf, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 7. Edward Nashton/The Riddler, The Batman 8. Jean Jacket, Nope 9. The Priest, Hellraiser 10. Chef Julian Slowik, The Menu BEST SCENE 1. Naatu Naatu, RRR 2. Milo Busts a Move, Morbius 3. Ditch Day Screening, The Fabelmans 4. Hello, College!, Babylon 5. Lo’ak Meets Payakan, Avatar: The Way of Water 6. Bedroom Murder, Terrifier 2 7. Puss Meets Wolf, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 8. Highway Chase, The Batman 9. Emergency Surgery, Ambulance 10. Jupiter’s Claim Mass Abduction, Nope

My ballot/FYC I guess (could change possibly) BEST PICTURE 1. The Banshees of Inisherin 2. The Northman 3. Till 4. Top Gun: Maverick 5. Turning Red 6. Fire of Love 7. Nope 8. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 9. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 10. TAR BEST DIRECTOR 1. James Cameron, Avatar: The Way of Water 2. Joseph Kosinski, Top Gun: Maverick 3. Domee Shi, Turning Red 4. Jordan Peele, Nope 5. Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin 6. S. S. Rajamouli, RRR BEST ENSEMBLE 1. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 2. The Northman 3. Everything Everywhere All at Once 4. Nope 5. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 6. The Fabelmans BEST ACTOR 1. Timothee Chalamet, Bones and All 2. Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin 3. John Boyega, Breaking 4. Bill Nighy, Living 5. Mark Rylance, The Outfit 6. Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick BEST ACTRESS 1. Cate Blanchett, TAR 2. Danielle Deadwyler, Till 3. Viola Davis, The Woman King 4. Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once 5. Lesley Manville, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris 6. Taylor Russell, Bones and All BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 1. Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once 2. Paul Dano, The Fabelmans 3. Mark Rylance, Bones and All 4. Seth Rogen, The Fabelmans 5. Glen Powell, Top Gun: Maverick 6. Justin Long, Barbarian BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 1. Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin 2. Nicole Kidman, The Northman 3. Lashana Lynch, The Woman King 4. Keke Palmer, Nope 5. Hong Chau, The Menu 6. Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE 1. Rosalie Chiang, Turning Red 2. Idris Elba, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 3. Wagner Moura, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 4. Andy Samberg, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers 5. Jenny Slate, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On 6. Kristen Schaal, The Bob's Burgers Movie BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 1. The Banshees of Inisherin 2. TAR 3. Nope 4. Turning Red 5. Everything Everywhere All at Once 6. The Outfit BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 1. Till 2. The Northman 3. Women Talking 4. Living 5. Avatar: The Way of Water 6. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery BEST ANIMATED FEATURE 1. Turning Red 2. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 3. Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood 4. The Bad Guys 5. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On 6. Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 1. TAR 2. The Fabelmans 3. Top Gun: Maverick 4. Nope 5. The Northman 6. The Banshees of Inisherin BEST EDITING 1. The Banshees of Inisherin 2. TAR 3. Everything Everywhere All at Once 4. Top Gun: Maverick 5. The Northman 6. Nope BEST VISUAL EFFECTS 1. Avatar: The Way of Water 2. Top Gun: Maverick 3. Nope 4. Everything Everwhere All at Once 5. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 6. The Batman BEST COSTUME DESIGN 1. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 2. Everything Everywhere All at Once 3. The Woman King 4. Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris 5. The Fabelmans 6. Living BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN 1. Avatar: The Way of Water 2. Everything Everywhere All at Once 3. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 4. The Northman 5. Elvis 6. The Fabelmans BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP DESIGN 1. Everything Everywhere All at Once 2. The Whale 3. Till 4. Elvis 5. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 6. The Batman BEST SOUND DESIGN 1. Top Gun: Maverick 2. Elvis 3. The Northman 4. RRR 5. The Woman King 6. The Banshees of Inisherin BEST ORIGINAL SCORE 1. Babylon 2. The Banshees of Inisherin 3. Turning Red 4. Everything Everywhere All at Once 5. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 6. TAR BEST SOUNDTRACK 1. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 2. RRR 3. Top Gun: Maverick 4. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 5. Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story 6. Spirited BEST ORIGINAL SONG 1. "Hold my Hand", Top Gun: Maverick 2. "Naatu Naatu", RRR 3. "Nobody Like U", Turning Red 4. "Fearless Hero", Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 5. "La Vida es Una", Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 6. "I Ain't Worried", Top Gun: Maverick BEST STUNT ENSEMBLE 1. The Northman 2. RRR 3. Everything Everywhere All at Once 4. Top Gun: Maverick 5. The Woman King 6. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever MOST EPIC BOX OFFICE RUN 1. Top Gun: Maverick 2. Terrifier 2 3. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 4. Everything Everywhere All at Once 5. Elvis 6. Avatar: The Way of Water MOST SOUL CRUSHING BOX OFFICE RUN 1. The Banshees of Inisherin 2. The Northman 3. Till 4. TAR 5. Bones and All 6. Women Talking BEST COMEDY FEATURE 1. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 2. Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris 3. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent 4. Bros 5. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 6. Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers BEST MUSICAL FEATURE 1. Elvis 2. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 3. Moonage Daydream 4. Better Nate than Ever 5. Spirited BEST HORROR FEATURE 1. Nope 2. Bones and All 3. Barbarian 4. X 5. Prey 6. The Menu BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE 1. RRR 2. Lost Illusions 3. Corsage BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 1. Fire of Love 2. Navalny 3. Moonage Daydream 4. Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story BEST TV SHOW/MINISERIES – COMEDY 1. Only Murders in the Building 2. Abbott Elementary 3. Barry 4. Black-ish 5. Ted Lasso 6. The Villains of Valley View BEST TV SHOW/MINISERIES - DRAMA 1. The Bear 2. The Dropout WORST FEATURE 1. Blonde 2. Morbius 3. The King's Daughter 4. Men 5. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 6. Don't Worry Darling 7. The Whale 8. Thor: Love and Thunder 9. Home Team 10. Black Adam BEST BREAKTHROUGH (filmmaker, actor, writer, etc.) 1. Rosalie Chiang, Turning Red 2. Gabriel LaBelle, The Fabelmans 3. Parker Finn, Smile 4. Amber Midthunder, Prey BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE (any actor under 20 y/o when film was shot) 1. Rosalie Chiang, Turning Red 2. Jalyn Hall, Till 3. Britain Dalton, Avatar: The Way of Water 4. Bailey Bass, Avatar: The Way of Water 5. Walker Scobell, The Adam Project BEST HERO 1. Amleth, The Northman 2. Mamie Till, Till 3. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, Top Gun: Maverick 4. Meilin Lee, Turning Red 5. Benoit Blanc, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 6. Santa Claus, Violent Night 7. Knuckles the Echidna, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 8. Shuri, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 9. Kiri, Avatar: The Way of Water 10. Superman, Black Adam BEST VILLAIN 1. Lydia Tar, TAR 2. Jean Jacket, Nope 3. Fjolner, The Northman 4. Sully, Bones and All 5. The Predator, Prey 6. Quaritch, Avatar: The Way of Water 7. Chef Julian Slowik, The Menu 8. The Riddler, The Batman 9. Miles Bron, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 10. Wanda Maximoff, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness BEST SCENE 1. The Final Fight, The Northman 2. The Opening, The Northman 3. "Hello College", Babylon 4. Lydia Tar Teaches Music Theory, TAR 5. Lydia Tar Harasses Her Kid's Bully, TAR 6. Gordy Destroys the Set, Nope 7. All the Fingers are Thrown, The Banshees of Inisherin 8. The Mansion is Destroyed, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 9. "In another life, I'd really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you", Everything Everywhere All at Once 10. The Cheeseburger, The Menu FUNNIEST USER 1. IronJimbo 2. CoolioD1 3. Slam! 4. ZattMurdock MOST VALUABLE USER 1. The BOT Think Tank (formerly The Tracking Team) 2. Cap 3. Blankments 4. WrathofHan 5. Potiki 6. Porthos 7. Jake Gittes 8. The Panda 9. Ezen Baklattan 10. Menor Reborn BEST FORUM MOMENT 1. EmpireCity getting Banned 2. JamesCameronScholar Leaving 3. The Top Gun: Maverick Weekend Thread 4. The Avatar: The Way of Water Weekend Thread 5. The Coen Brothers Countdown (I know) 6. XXR and Inceptionzq Joining the Staff 7. The Discovery of The Quorum

@CayomMagazine Studio Groundswell is ready to announce the secret project that was alluded to last week. After agreeing to share the franchise rights with Horizon Entertainment (@Reddroast), Studio Groundswell is proud to present Kirby and the King’s Caper, a computer-animated feature film coming to theaters on March 21st, Y9. Kirby and the King’s Caper is a reimagining of events from Kirby Super Star that will perform the legwork of introducing the Kirby franchise’s most beloved characters to movie audiences. The official synopsis follows: ”Kirby finds himself far from home after Chef Kawasaki finds him in a floating barrel while fishing at the river near his restaurant. Meanwhile, problems caused by a giant bird of prey named Dyna Blade provoke selfish emperor King Dedede to steal food from the residents of Dream Land. When Kawasaki becomes a victim of this theft, Kirby doesn’t hesitate to set things right—even while a mysterious tracker, Meta Knight, follows Kirby’s trail in an effort to bring him back to where he came from.” The Bad Guys director Pierre Perifel will make his CAYOM directorial debut with Kirby and the King’s Caper. The following cast list may not have all of the film’s roles, but it does have the cast members who play the biggest characters: Terry Crews as King Dedede Diego Luna as Meta Knight Kumail Nanjiani as Chef Kawasaki Joe Du Truglio as Escargoon Elizabeth Banks as Waddle Doo Andy Samberg as Bandana Waddle Dee Nik Dodani as Whispy Woods On Studio Groundswell’s decision to greenlight and fast-track production of a Kirby animated film, a spokesperson stated that “with the recent release of a critically acclaimed Kirby game and the renewed zeitgeist that followed, Groundswell observed Y9 to be the correct cultural moment for a Kirby movie.” Studio Groundswell is confident that Kirby and the King’s Caper will be a better quality film than Pikmin, Banjo-Kazooie, and Animal Crossing, which were the three other animated video game adaptations made by affiliates of Groundswell. Kirby and the King’s Caper releases only in theaters on March 21st, Y9. Production on the film is underway [with production scheduled to be finished on Memorial Day].

Box office 19-22 january Movie Box Office (R$) Change (%) Total (R$) Admissions total (Est) 1 Avatar: The Way of the Water 9.530.000 -37.6% 209.550.000 9.810.000 2 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 8.670.000 -12.1% 51.268.000 2.707.000 3 M3gan 7.436.000 --- 7.436.000 363.000 4 Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody 1.229.000 -40.6% 4.160.000 173.000 5 Babylon 928.000 --- 928.000 32.000 6 The Fabelmans 478.000 -43.5% 836.000 60.301 7 Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre 470.000 -56.9% 2.065.000 100.600 8 Chef Jack 394.000 --- 394.000 18.000 9 Plane (Preview) 340.000 +55.2% 631.000 26.944 10 Fervo 136.000 --- 136.000 6.000 This weekend, Avatar 2 remained on top for the 6th time, but sold 360k tickets and that is less than the 415k tickets Puss in Boots 2 sold and almost tied to M3gan, so quite likely it will be down for the animation next weekend. Next weekend we will release Plane, A Man Called Otto, Tár, A Última Festa and The Devil's Conspiracy. In the mid-week we will also have BTS - Yet to Come.