Ok I will just admit it: I have Oscar fever. You could even say I have "long" Oscar fever because I'm still thinking about those movies after they don't matter anymore. A huge one is of course The Brutalist because it won the big awards.

For me personally, in some ways this was a challenging movie. For starters the name makes you think it's about some kind of bad guy. In fact, the guy is more or less regular, at…

Without a doubt, the Oscar is one of the best times of year for the movies. Now some might say Christmas is the best time for movies because you can watch childhood favorites in your pajamas, but that's just for fun. The Oscar is when we find out what the best movie of the year was, but also, which ones were pretty close. I know many people find it fun to debate with their friends about which of the nominees…

The man, the myth, the chocolate...these are all questions left unanswered by the earlier installments in the Willy Wonka franchise. The latest film, a prequel to the previous two, seeks to fill in some gaps in Wonka's resume about what he was doing before becoming the famous chocalatier. As it turns out, he was becoming the famous chocolatier.

Fans of the film series will likely know Wonka best as the owner and operator of a chocolate factory where things are…

The Wizard of Oz, one of the all time greats of the silver screen, returns this week in a new movie. As always, he's brought an ensemble cast of friends. But this time things are a little different. You might even find yourself saying "I'm not in the Wizard of Oz anymore!" That's right: you're in the movie Wicked.

Before Dorothy, the Cowardly Lion, the Dastardly Robot, and the Strawman linked up one day on the yellow brick road, a…