Snowbirds Living in the Philippines : Watched Oppenheimer Movie at our Cinema Yesterday Afternoon

Monday, January 15, 2024

Watched Oppenheimer Movie at our Cinema Yesterday Afternoon

Yesterday, Afternoon, I was able to watch the Golden Glove and Critics Choice Movie Awardee- Oppenheimer at our Cinema. This was the movie second showing here at THD. There were only about 10 residents enjoying the 3-hour movie. The first showing was several weeks ago and the Cinema 24-seat was filled to capacity, thus I was not able to see it. I enjoyed the movie very much, but my enjoyment level could have been more if the movie was 30 minutes shorter. The movie is also on Netflix.

From the News Sunday Night: Oppenheimer cemented its awards-season front-runner status with a leading eight Critics Choice Awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Christopher Nolan Sunday night in Santa Monica. It indeed was the Barbenheimer Show at the CCAs, with summer rival Barbie finishing second with six wins including Best Comedy. See the full list below.💥

Emma Stone turned in the biggest film upset of the night by taking Best Actress for Searchlight’s Poor Things, after Lily Gladstone won at the Golden Globes last week. But Paul Giamatti won Best Actor for Focus Features’ The Holdovers, repeating his Globes win.

Oppenheimer haul also included Best Acting Ensemble, Visual Effects, Editing, Cinematography and Score. Its Robert Downey Jr followed up his Golden Globe win for Supporting Actor, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph of The Holdovers did the same for Supporting Actress.

Maria Bello and Jonathan Bailey earlier took Supporting Actress and Actor in a limited series or telefilm for Beef and Showtime’s Fellow Travelers, respectively.

Beef and The Bear topped TV with four trophies each, and Succession got three. Universal Pictures led all distributors with eight wins — all for Oppenheimer — and Warner Bros was next with the half-dozen for Barbie.

Netflix walloped the networks and platforms filed with eight wins, doubling both FX and HBO, which had four each. For a list of winners for the Critic Choice Award see:

💥https://deadline.com/2024/01/critics-choice-awards-2024-winners-list-1235729526/

Oppenheimer also won the Golden Globe award for the Best Picture Category.

golden globes 2024

Meanwhile, The First Showing of Maestro is scheduled for Friday evening at 7:00PM here at THD.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/maestro_2023

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Joys of Retirement

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