DARKEST HOUR
BIOGRAPHY
PLOT: True story of British Prime Minister Winston
Churchill.
Winston Churchill
(Gary Oldman) is the Prime Minister at the worst time in England. He must decide to surrender to the Germans
lead by Hitler or continue to fight. The
cast is brilliant and Oldman is fantastic as Churchill. He is funny, grumpy, intelligent and unsure
what to do in such a desperate time.
Even if you don’t know history you will know an amazing performance by
Oldman who must be nominated for an Oscar.
NOMINATED FOR: BEST ACTOR: GARY OLDMAN
ROMAN J. ISRAEL, ESQ.
DRAMA
PLOT: Defense attorney for the poor wants a better
life.
Roman J. Israel
Esq. (Denzel Washington) is an outspoken, smart lawyer but he stayed in the
background while his partner got clients.
He becomes ill and he tries to make it on his own but doesn’t
succeed. He gets to work at a very
exclusive law firm and feel out of place for he doesn’t dress the part. He is tired of doing the right thing so he
does a very bad thing. He becomes rich
but his conscience bothers him with tragic consequences. This is a character study about a man who
does believe justice but justice doesn’t make you money. Washington is as great as always and the cast
which includes Colin Farrell and Carmen Ejogo.
NOMINATED FOR:
BEST ACTOR: DENZEL WASHINGTON
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI
DRAMA
PLOT: Angry mother wants the police to solve her
daughter’s murder.
Mildred (Frances
McDormand) is upset mother and she buys three billboards to solve her
daughter’s rape and murder. The small
town is turns against her even worst when the sheriff commits suicide thinking
it is because of the case. Oh man, this
film is very different from other movies of moms wanting to find their child’s
killer. It feels like a sick comedy but
when it becomes dramatic it is.
McDormand is not your typing grieving mother! She is feisty, vengeful and hostile and yet
you feel her ongoing frustration. Dixon (Sam
Rockwell, the darling of independent movies and in Iron Man 2) is amazing as a
racist cop who loses his job and tries to redeem himself in a strange way.
NOMINATED FOR: BEST ACTRESS FRANCES MCDORMAND
NOMINATED FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
SAM ROCKWELL, WOODY HARRELSON
DUNKIRK
HISTORY/DRAMA
PLOT: World War 2 England and French soldiers were
cut off from help and surrounded by Germans in Dunkirk, France.
Usually I review movies that
were in the theater but I doing something different this year. There is a saying “war is hell.” This movie
proves it! Military men hungry searching
for food, water and shelter and they can be killed at any moment! There was another Dunkirk movie in 1958 but
this was directed by Christopher Nolan who made Batman the Dark Knight so you
know what to expect: a very good
movie! It shows the best and worst of
soldiers during May 26 –June 4. My gripe
is it is too beautiful for a war movie.
War is not pretty at all-even for the right reasons.
NONMIATED FOR:
BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR
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