Welcome to the 68th episode of the Movies Past and Present podcast!
New in Theaters
- Voyagers (Lionsgate); well, it was new last week…opened on April 9
- La Bamba (Columbia; 1987); part of the TCM Big Screen Classics series; in theaters April 18, 21, and 22
Review
Godzilla vs. Kong (Warner Bros., 2021)
Best Picture Nominations
I finally saw all of the films nominated for an Academy Award®️ for Best Picture:
- The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)
- Mank (Netflix)
- Minari (A24)
- Nomadland (Searchlight)
- Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
- Sound of Metal (Amazon Prime)
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
A list of all of this year’s Oscars nominations is here. A downloadable PDF ballot for your Oscars party is here. Watch the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 5PT/8ET on ABC.
Movie of the Week
Speed (20th Century Fox, 1994)
Thanks for Tuning In!
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