Oscars: ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Wins Best Animated Feature

Posted on May 10, 2019 by heisenberg29

In a major validation for Sony and Marvel, “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” has won the Academy Award for animated feature for Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.While accepting the award, Lord celebrated what the representation in the movie meant for many. “When we hear that somebody’s kid was watching the movie and turned to them and said, ‘He looks like me,’ or ‘They speak Spanish like us,’ we feel like we already won.”Sunday’s win capped a strong awards season run for the film, which won the top animated film honor at the Annies, Golden Globes, BAFTA and Producers Guild Awards. It’s one of the biggest awards to date for a title based on Marvel characters, along with “Big Hero 6,” which also won the animated feature trophy in 2015.“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” centers on 13-year-old Brooklynite Miles Morales, who becomes one of many Spider-Men, is rated PG and marketed toward families. Shameik Moore voiced Morales as an admirer of Spider-Man. The movie was specifically created to have a unique look that combined computer animation with traditional hand-drawn techniques.

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Green Book was simply wonderful in its portrayal of humanity

Posted on May 7, 2019 by heisenberg29

Green Book is a wonderful story of overcoming self-condemnation, and the resulting freedom it provides. As the film begins, Tony is locked in a prison of judgment and rejection, not from any conscious effort on his own but rather his circumstances and environment. As the self-assured and self-aware character of Dr. Shirley is introduced into Tony’s life, Tony embarks on a journey of self-discovery in which he is forced to confront his own preconceived notions which ultimately stem from his skewed view of himself. As Dr. Shirley helps Tony to see himself as a man beyond his own limiting thoughts, Tony is finally able to step into his true nature as friend to Dr. Shirley. Everywhere in this film we are reminded that people are complicated, but beyond these complications we are also reminded that everyone is the same, just looking for love and acceptance.

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2019 Oscar Winners

Posted on February 26, 2019 by heisenberg29

At long last—and after a very rocky road—the 2019 Oscars have come to a close, and those of us who did not faint outright during that performance of “Shallow” made it to see Peter Farrelly’s Grenn Book take home the top prize of the night to go along with Mahershala Ali‘s Supporting Actor win and the film’s Original Screenplay victory. This wasn’t exactly a surprising result—this Best Picture race was insane and it was pretty much anyone’s game—but it does guarantee the Oscars 2019 discussion is, somehow, still not over. Green Book won its fair share of critical acclaim but also had plenty of detractors. While it’s not the worst reviewed option in the category—that would’ve been Bohemian Rhapsody, which actually led the night with four wins so, yeah—it definitely is gonna fuel many a hot take in the coming days and weeks.

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What Does Lalaland Mean?

Posted on February 5, 2017 by heisenberg29

La La Land emerges as a slang term in the 1960s. It apparently comes from la-la as an imitation for the sound of someone who’s “crazy,” and land imagines a fictional, far-off place one goes to in such a state.

We also see la la as nonsense words used to drown out a person saying something someone doesn’t want to hear, associated with the gesture of plugging the ears with the fingers, thereby blocking out reality. This la la may have influence lalaland.

La La Land started being used in the late 1970s and early 80s as a nickname for Los Angeles, California, specifically to refer to Hollywood. It puns on the city’s common abbreviation as LA and comments on the cinematic illusions made by its film industry—as well as the enchantment of fame and the “out of touch” lives of its celebrities.

Paris, France was called Lalaland in the 1920s, based on the French-sounding exclamation of excitement ooh la la, but this earlier use appears to have little bearing on the later nickname for LA.

La La Land came into prominence with the 2016 award-winning musical romantic-comedy film La La Land. It follows the romance of struggling artists Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) and Mia (Emma Stone) as they try to make it in Hollywood. The film’s pursuit of dreams, blissful romance, and LA setting inspired its title. It gained even more notoriety due to the 2017 Oscars snafu, where La La Land was announced as best picture when it was actually Moonlight.

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Golden Globes: How Jimmy Fallon Pulled Off That Cameo-Packed ‘La La Land’ Opening

Posted on January 10, 2017 by heisenberg29

The musical’s choreographer tells THR of getting starstruck by the ‘Stranger Things’ cast, mapping Fallon’s “raunchy waltz” with Justin Timberlake and often being confused with the ‘This Is Us’ actress of the same name.

From the very beginning, the Golden Globes were all about La La Land. Sunday night’s awards show kicked off with an elaborate pre-taped musical number that was a recreation of the Lionsgate film’s opening song-and-dance, as host Jimmy Fallon navigated a red-carpet traffic jam with Lion’s Nicole Kidman, Game of Thrones’ Kit Harington, the cast of Stranger Things and Courtney B. Vance, Sterling K. Brown, John Travolta and Sarah Paulson of The People v. O.J. Simpson. Some cameos were made in character — Westworld’s Evan Rachel Wood powered down in her blue dress, while the hooded Rami Malek of Mr. Robot hacked the Tonight Show host’s hard drive — while others paid tribute to their roles, as Arrival’s Amy Adams was backed by dancers in HAZMAT suits.

How did the sunny, star-studded segment come together? “It was a bit of a scramble to get everyone cast, but if Jimmy Fallon calls, it’s like, ‘Of course,’” La La Land choreographer Mandy Moore tells The Hollywood Reporter of mapping the five-minute cold open, which was written and directed by The Tonight Show’s Dan Opsal and shot by the film’s steadicam operator Ari Robbins.