KWEI’S MOVIE REVIEWS: OSCAR 2024 WRAP-UP

 Kwei-Wed

All my Oscar movie predictions were correct except one: Best Foreign Feature. Post-Oscar, if you’re wondering what to watch while making the best of your precious time, here are my recommendations:

1. Best Documentary Feature Film 

“20 Days In Mariupol:” Mstyslav Chernov

2. Best Performance By An Actor in a Leading Role

Colman Domingo: “Rustin"

or

Cillian Murphy: “Oppenheimer"

   or
Jeffrey Wright: “American Fiction"

3. Best Performance By An Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert Downey Jr: “Oppenheimer”
4. Best Performance By An Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Hüller: “Anatomy of a Fall” or Emma Stone: “Poor Things”
(Although Emma Stone’s performance is astonishing, the movie itself is bizarre, and I confess I didn’t see the point).
5. Best Performance By An Actress in a Supporting Role
Da’Vine Joy Randolph: "The Holdovers" (outstanding)

6. Best International Feature Film of the Year

“Io Capitano” (Italy): An ‘A’ for Acknowledgement: some of the scenes in the movie closely resemble some in my novel Last Seen In Lapaz

Or

“The Zone of Interest:” (UK)

6. Best Motion Picture of the Year

“Oppenheimer” (Academy pick)

“Past Lives” (my pick)