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Happy Oscar Day!  For the first time in 27 years, I will miss the Oscars!  My family is visiting and I don't have TV!  So I will have to catch the highlights the next day on the interwebs.  Even though I won't be watching the show, doesn't mean I 'm not going to make my annual top ten list!  So here we go!    10. Oppenheimer   I'm sorry I didn't catch Oppenheimer in IMAX 70mm, but it was still super awesome watching in my living room in my PJ's!  I learned a lot about American history from watching Oppenheimer.  I knew very little about the Manhattan Project.  All I knew was that they tested the bomb in New Mexico and dropped it in Japan.  I didn't realize America was in a race with the Nazis to create the bomb, and I certainly didn't know about how they threw Oppenheimer under the bus after he spoke out against further use of the bomb.  Christopher Nolan is top Christopher Nolan, and I hope he wins for Best Director tonig...

Happy Oscar Day!  I don't know what they're going to do to top last year's very exciting show, but I can't wait to find out!   So I made it to the theaters twice this year!  I'm slowly easing my way back into theater life, however, it's hard when so many films are available to stream now!  The industry sure is changing!  I think overall 2022 was a great year for movies.  There were outrageous movies like The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (hilarious!), cute family films like The Rise of Gru (adorable!), and socially impactful movies like Till (heartbreaking).  And of course, there are Kim's Top Ten.  Warning: possible spoilers ahead!   10. She Said   I think the investigative journalism genre is underappreciated.  All the Presidents Men, Spotlight, The Post, and now She Said.  Every time I see these types of movies, I can't help but have great respect for journalists.  It makes me so mad at those people who scream "fa...

Happy Oscar Day!   Here we are again!   Even after all we’ve been through as a society, I still love the Oscars, and I still love movies, and I still like making my Top Ten Favorite Films of the Year List. But before you get into it, I want to remind you that I often like trash movies lol!   You’ll see.   The older I get the more I tend to listen to my heart and choose movies that I personally enjoyed, even though most critics (or people with good taste for that matter) would disagree with me.   So without further adieu!   10. Don’t Look Up   LEEEOOOOOO!!!   Leo is always so good!   I couldn’t wait to see Leo in this movie, and he did not disappoint – I mean, he never does!   I loved his performance as the awkward, dorky, sweaty scientist trying to warn the world that the planet is doomed.   I also loved Jennifer Lawrence’s performance, and of course Meryl is always great.   But d...

Happy Oscar Day!!   What can I say about 2020 that hasn't already been said?  I've been collecting my movie ticket stubs since I've been going to the movies, and at the end of the year, I spread them out and use them to help compose my top ten favorite films list.  This is the first time in probably thirty something years that I have zero movie ticket stubs at the end of the year.   You may have noticed that this is not a top ten list, but a top eleven.  I figured, 2020 was so bat shit crazy, that all rules and tradition should be thrown out the window!  So I give you eleven of my favorite movies from 2020. 11. Lovers Rock  This is the second film in Steve McQueen's Small Axe film series on Amazon Prime.  Unfortunately, due to time constraints, I was only able to watch the first two films in the series, but I'm glad I at least got that far.  To be honest, this movie is the reason why I made this list a top eleven list, instead of ten.  I...