Oscars® Nominations: 2019

It’s that time of year again – it’s award season, which means its time to start cheering that our favorite movies are being recognized and moaning because other really great movies, and the people who made them, are getting snubbed. With viewership falling every passing year, last year’s rather boring show, and no current host in sight (a little more than a month before the show), this year’s Oscars could be a very big deal in terms of how the show runs itself over the next few years. This year’s list of movies could end up being the most important – or it could be just another year to play it safe. How many have you seen?

The list of ReelTalk reviewed films is included at the end, and the list of Best Picture Nominees will hopefully be finished by Oscar’s airtime on February 24.

Christopher Robin: The Shadow of Childhood

Sometimes when a story revolves around a childhood favorite, it renews your love for that story, and for childhood itself. Sometimes though, it just reminds you how old you’ve grown. Returning the Hundred Acre Wood and its inhabitants makes you feel a little bit of both these things when you sit down to watch Christopher Robin – on the one hand, you will find yourself humming “Winnie the Pooh” over and over to yourself, and feeling a little thrill when you realize that the score is humming it along with you. You will fall in love with the stuffed animal forms of the childhood favorites (no matter how creepy the commercials may have made them seem). But, on the other hand, you realize that you don’t need the movie to tell you it’s okay to be a kid, and you don’t quite believe it when the movie tries to tell you that connecting with that childish side is the solution to all of your problems. Sure, it it a sweet thought to have, but does life really wrap up that way? Maybe, but only when the Winnie the Pooh gang is animated.