Welcome back to my Home Movies! This week, a trio of likely Oscar nominees are duking it out for top honors. Yes, the Academy Award nominations are this morning, so we’ll know shortly how Encanto, King Richard, and Summer of Soul fare. However, today, they’re all in competition for top honors here. Plus, we have a great new Criterion Collection Release! Read on for more…

King Richard
Will Smith will likely win the Best Actor Oscar for playing Richard Williams in this sports biopic. It’s certainly a strong performance, one that helps to elevate a decent movie into something much more. This here is some of what I said about King Richard in my Film Fest 919 review:
King Richard sits on its throne due to the work of Will Smith. He’s all-in here and thoroughly rights the ship after a number of misguided recent projects. Without him, the long running-time and reliance on sports film cliches might have been more of a bother. Instead, this really does feel like a solid studio crowd-pleaser, with a chance at something more.

After We Fell
DC’s Stargirl: The Complete Second Season (TV)
Last Man Standing: The Complete Ninth Season (TV)
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
Summer Of Soul
Miller’s Crossing
From The Criterion Collection: “A Roaring Twenties gangster saga that only the Coen brothers could concoct, Miller’s Crossing marries the hard-boiled sensibility of classic noir fiction with the filmmakers’ trademark savory dialogue, colorful characters, and finely calibrated set pieces. Gabriel Byrne brings a wry gravitas to the role of Tom Reagan, the quick-thinking right-hand man to a powerful crime boss (Albert Finney), whose unflappable cool is tested when he begins offering his services to a rival outfit—setting off a cascade of betrayals, reprisals, and increasingly berserk violence. The Hopperesque visuals of cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld, majestically elegiac score by Carter Burwell, and vivid supporting performances from John Turturro and Marcia Gay Harden come together in an intricately constructed slice of pulp perfection that crackles with sardonic wit while plumbing existential questions about free will and our own terrifying capacity for evil.”
Stay tuned for more next week…
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