Essays – Page 2 – THE ROLLING TAPE

January 22, 2025

Continuing from Part 1 of my final Oscar predictions for 2025, below is the remaining categories and my analysis of who is going to be nomina...

January 22, 2025

This has been one of the most chaotic awards seasons in recent memory, and that’s not including the horrifying wildfires in Los Angeles that ...

January 17, 2025

It’s 2007. The public has two years before the introduction of the first iPhone, and the latest Spider-Man film is a commercial ...

January 16, 2025

David Lynch once said, “Life is very, very complicated, and so films should be allowed to be, too.” His movies are indeed complicated. They a...

January 16, 2025

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hands out 23 gold-plated statues once a year. The biggest night in the marathon that is the f...

January 14, 2025

Remakes, sequels, and reboots–the horror! Especially in horror, sequels, remakes, and reboots are plentiful and are mostly stinkers. It’s a t...

January 8, 2025

There is no possible scenario where I can write anything about I Saw the TV Glow without the piece transitioning into something horrifically ...

January 7, 2025

One of the most important precursors in the awards season is the Screen Actors Guild of America. Encompassing actors in film and television, ...

January 7, 2025

2024 is arguably the most interesting Best Actor race in years. Looking at the recurring names appearing in various precursors, one could mak...

December 28, 2024

I cannot think of a film with a bigger “collective fever dream” energy than the absolute mess that was the 2019 movie musical extravaganza Ca...

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