Malik’s Movie Reviews Past & Present
Here are the nominees for Best Actress in a Leading Role: Isabelle Huppert – Elle Ruth Negga – Loving Natalie Portman – Jackie Emma Stone – La La Land Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins Who Should Win: Oh boy. Well, let’s see. We’re talking ‘best use of 2017 Emma Stone’ or ‘best use of […]
Here are the nominees for Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Mahershala Ali – Moonlight Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea Dev Patel – Lion Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals Who Should Win: It’s been a good year for movies, which means the supporting categories could easily […]
Here are the nominees for Best Director: Denis Villeneuve – Arrival Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge Damien Chazelle – La La Land Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea Barry Jenkins – Moonlight Who Should Win: Might as well start the ‘La La Land’ vs ‘Moonlight’ debate out the blocks. Like MVPs in sports, is […]
So now that the press release is out, I can announce I’ll be in Dallas at the end of the month with Aaron Rahsaan Thomas to intro and do a Q&A for our 30 for 30 ‘Trojan War.’ Dallas has always treated me well and we are both flattered to be invited to share […]
While not graphic, ‘Extremis’ is by design, hard to watch. This Oscar nominated short documentary covers a subject everyone needs to prepare for but no one wants to: what’s the protocol if you (or a member of your family) due to health or accident, needs to be hooked up to a machine to continue […]
Nominated for Best Documentary Short this year at the Academy Awards, ‘The White Helmets’ takes the audience (especially in America) a front row seat to a place we hear about daily on the news but don’t actually experience. The White Helmets are a voluntary rescue group in Syria who go into the heart of […]
To you, he will probably always be Aragorn from ‘Lord of the Rings’. To me, he’s always Lalin, the pretty boy pimp snitch from ‘Carlito’s Way’. Either way, Viggo Mortensen has built a hell of a career, and ‘Captain Fantastic’ is a worthy Oscar nomination for a solid character actor who’s good looking enough […]
Based on the best selling novel, the industry was stunned when Emily Blunt got a SAG Award nomination for ‘The Girl on the Train.’ The question is, is it better than some of the other ‘high profile’ performances that will likely get an Oscar nom in the morning? ‘Better’ is relative obviously, but as […]
This has been a weekend. Saturday: how can you not be impressed? I know men and women who marched in DC, I know men and women who marched in L.A. I don’t think it’s remotely coincidental these are the same people who have my back when I drop the comedy and speak with passion […]
Sometimes, you need to see something to realize how obvious it should have been. Of course if you wanted to do a fresh take on the Kennedy assassination, you should do it from Jackie’s point of view. Of course, if you want an A-list actress who can play glamorous, fragile, and upper class in one stroke, who […]
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