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Gary Oldman is like the Lon Chaney of our generation. He virtually gets so lost in a character that you believe you are watching the real deal. Simply said - Gary Oldman IS Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour.
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My love of movies ranges across many genres. But, I am a plain old sucker for a love story and that is exactly what director Guillermo del Toro is giving us its his latest cinematic masterpiece The Shape of Water.
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In 1991, Tonya Harding was on top of the world! Holding titles as the 1991 U.S. Women's Figure Skating Champion and 1991 World Championship Silver medallist. Harding was also a two-time Olympian and a two-time Skate America Champion. Her achievements in the Women's Figure Skating history books would simultaneously disappear over one incident in 1994. How can any of us forget that footage of Silver Medalist Nancy Kerrigan at the Olympic Games crying out in pain "Why?' over and over again after being cracked in the knee. I don't know about you, but I always wondered why that happened and what were the events leading up to it.
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Recreating their award-winning roles, Davis and Washington are masterful as Rose and Troy. Set in 1950's Pittsburgh, we watch the demise of a family unit for a variety of complex, yet familiar reasons. Troy (Washington) constantly relives his days from the Negro Baseball League with the realization that his life as a sanitation worker are less that what he dreamed for himself and his family.
Read MoreThe IFP Gotham Awards were handed out at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City last night, and A24’s Moonlight was off to a good award-season start, taking home Best Feature and Best Screenplay to go with its previously announced special jury ensemble award. Casey Affleck won Best Actor for Manchester by the Sea, and Isabelle Huppert took Best Actress for Elle besting out award doyens Natalie Portman and Annette Bening. Check out the full list of winners below.
Here is the complete list of winners at the 26th annual Gotham Awards:
BEST FEATURE
Moonlight
Barry Jenkins, director; Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, producers (A24)
BEST ACTOR
Casey Affleck
Manchester by the Sea (Amazon Studios)
BEST ACTRESS
Isabelle Huppert
Elle (Sony Pictures Classics)
SPECIAL GOTHAM JURY AWARD
Cast Of Moonlight
(A24)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
O.J.: Made in America
Ezra Edelman, director; Caroline Waterlow, Ezra Edelman, Tamara Rosenberg, Nina Krstic, Deirdre Fenton, Erin Leyden, producers (ESPN Films)
BINGHAM RAY BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR AWARD
Trey Edward Shults
Krisha (A24)
BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR
Anya Taylor-Joy
The Witch (A24)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Moonlight
Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney; Screenplay by Barry Jenkins (A24)
BREAKTHROUGH SERIES – LONGFORM
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Rachel Bloom & Aline Brosh McKenna, creators; Marc Webb, Rachel Bloom, Aline Brosh McKenna, Erin Ehrlich, executive producers (The CW)
BREAKTHROUGH SERIES – SHORTFORM
Her Story
Jen Richards and Laura Zak, creators (herstoryshow.com)
