Nominations for the 15th Dorian Film Awards from GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics

By John Corrado Today, critics group GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (of which I am a member) announced the nominations for their 15th annual Dorian Film Awards, voted on by the group’s over five hundred members. Leading the pack is Andrew Haigh’s tender queer drama All of Us Strangers with a total nine… Read More Nominations for the 15th Dorian Film Awards from GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics

February 5, 2024February 6, 2024 thejoyofmovies.caLeave a comment

Nominations for the 96th Academy Awards

By John Corrado The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards were announced this morning. Leading the pack is Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer with thirteen nominations, followed by Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things with eleven and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon with ten. First off, I must say that this is a very strong lineup of… Read More Nominations for the 96th Academy Awards

January 23, 2024January 23, 2024 thejoyofmovies.caLeave a comment

The Best Movies of 2023

By John Corrado There were a lot of good movies released in 2023, but one of the best things about the year that just ended is that it finally felt like the movies were truly, fully back following the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a year when a talky, three-hour biopic like Oppenheimer could make nearly… Read More The Best Movies of 2023

January 7, 2024January 7, 2024 thejoyofmovies.caLeave a comment

The Joy of Movies 2023 Christmas Gift Guide

By John Corrado It’s that time of year. A time for giving gifts and making wish lists. To help with this, I’ve compiled a number of entertainment-themed gift ideas, ranging from a number of 4K and Blu-ray releases to several books (which I’ve personally selected), that would make perfect gifts for the movie lovers and… Read More The Joy of Movies 2023 Christmas Gift Guide

December 13, 2023December 13, 2023 thejoyofmovies.caLeave a comment

Winners of the 95th Academy Awards

By John Corrado The 95th Oscars have officially wrapped up, with Everything Everywhere All At Once (which went into the night with a leading eleven nominations), absolutely sweeping the show with seven wins, including Picture, Director, and a trio of acting trophies for Jamie Lee Curtis, Ke Huy Quan, and Michelle Yeoh (becoming the first… Read More Winners of the 95th Academy Awards

March 12, 2023March 14, 2023 thejoyofmovies.caLeave a comment

My 2023 Oscar Predictions

By John Corrado It’s Oscar weekend, which means that it’s time for my final predictions for what will take home this year’s awards. While some of the big categories (Picture, Director) seem easy, there are a lot of hard to predict races. I have very little confidence in some of these predictions, and you know… Read More My 2023 Oscar Predictions

March 11, 2023 thejoyofmovies.caLeave a comment

The Best Documentaries of 2022

By John Corrado At the beginning of January, I shared my picks for the best movies of 2022, fully intending to follow it up with my picks for the best non-fiction films of last year soon after. But time kept getting away from me, and I had several docs that I wanted to catch up… Read More The Best Documentaries of 2022

February 26, 2023February 26, 2023 thejoyofmovies.caLeave a comment

Nominations for the 95th Academy Awards

By John Corrado The nominations for the 95th Academy Awards were announced this morning, with A24’s beloved Everything Everywhere All at Once – which maxed out with a total of eleven nominations – leading the charge. The Best Picture lineup is rounded out by All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water,… Read More Nominations for the 95th Academy Awards

January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 thejoyofmovies.caLeave a comment

The Best Movies of 2022

By John Corrado Another year has come and gone. We are now a week into 2023, which means it’s high time for my countdown of the best movies of 2022. It took a little while to put this list together, with me watching (and rewatching) as many films as possible to get the order right.… Read More The Best Movies of 2022

January 8, 2023January 9, 2023 thejoyofmovies.caLeave a comment

Some Thoughts on Andrew Dominik’s Blonde…

By John Corrado Blonde is director Andrew Dominik’s adaptation of the 2000 novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates, which presented a somewhat fictionalized account of Marilyn Monroe’s life, and it’s a film that has invoked strong reactions in viewers (and that’s putting it mildly). I watched Blonde a week ago on Netflix… Read More Some Thoughts on Andrew Dominik’s Blonde…

October 5, 2022 thejoyofmovies.caLeave a comment

Winners of the 94th Academy Awards

By John Corrado What the hell was that? That is honestly my only reaction to the 94th Academy Awards. Not because of the winners themselves, which for the most part were safe and predictable, with Jane Campion taking home Best Director (deservedly so) for The Power of the Dog, and CODA prevailing in the Best… Read More Winners of the 94th Academy Awards

March 28, 2022March 29, 2022 thejoyofmovies.caLeave a comment

My 2022 Oscar Predictions

By John Corrado The 94th Academy Awards are this weekend, which means it’s time for my annual predictions in all 23 categories. I’m not super confident in some of these, least of which the suddenly very competitive Best Picture race between CODA and The Power of the Dog, so we’ll see how I do tomorrow… Read More My 2022 Oscar Predictions

March 26, 2022 thejoyofmovies.caLeave a comment

Nominations for the 94th Academy Awards

By John Corrado This is the day we’ve all been waiting for. The 94th Oscar nominations have just been announced, and for the first time since 2011 we have gotten a full slate of ten Best Picture nominees, with a lineup that includes Belfast, CODA, Don’t Look Up, Drive My Car, Dune, King Richard, Licorice… Read More Nominations for the 94th Academy Awards

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022 thejoyofmovies.caLeave a comment

The Best Documentaries of 2021

By John Corrado Last weekend, I published my list of the best movies of 2021. Now it’s time for my rundown of the best non-fiction films of last year. I spent the last week catching up on ones that I missed (including the one that became my number one pick, which I missed during its… Read More The Best Documentaries of 2021

January 30, 2022January 30, 2022 thejoyofmovies.caLeave a comment

The Best Movies of 2021

By John Corrado I’m going to keep the preamble to this list short. As we all know, 2021 wasn’t exactly a great year, with the COVID-19 pandemic still with us and a return to “normal” (whatever the heck that word even means anymore) seeming like a goal that keeps getting pushed further down the road… Read More The Best Movies of 2021

January 22, 2022January 22, 2022 thejoyofmovies.caLeave a comment

My 2021 Oscar Predictions

By John Corrado This is it, folks. After the longest awards season ever, the 2021 Oscars are happening tonight. I’ve spent the last week catching up with movies, and have seen 40 out of the 41 nominated features, as well as a couple of the shorts. Here are my predictions for what will win in… Read More My 2021 Oscar Predictions

April 25, 2021October 1, 2021 thejoyofmovies.caLeave a comment

Nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards

By John Corrado The nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards were announced this morning, with eight films (The Father, Judas And The Black Messiah, Mank, Minari, Nomadland, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal and The Trial Of The Chicago 7) ultimately getting into the Best Picture lineup. David Fincher’s Mank leads the day with a total… Read More Nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards

March 15, 2021October 1, 2021 thejoyofmovies.caLeave a comment

The Best Documentaries of 2020

By John Corrado A month ago, I shared my picks for the best movies of 2020, and now it’s time to make my selections for the best documentaries of last year. This list has been a long time coming, I know, and It took me a while to put it together, from deciding on the… Read More The Best Documentaries of 2020

January 31, 2021October 1, 2021 thejoyofmovies.caLeave a comment

The Best Movies of 2020

By John Corrado How do you even begin to summarize 2020, a year that is ending today but probably won’t be fondly remembered by pretty much anyone? It was, as we all know, a year that began with news of a novel Coronavirus emerging in Wuhan, China, which would quickly spread around the world to… Read More The Best Movies of 2020

December 31, 2020October 1, 2021 thejoyofmovies.caLeave a comment