Oscars roundup, since the awards are Sunday night:
Tick Tick Boom was a lot of fun for the theater queen inside me. I wouldn't be mad if Andrew Garfield won Best Actor for it.
I enjoyed Drive My Car. The first half is slow, but then it picks up the closer they get to putting on the actual performance of Uncle Vanya at the end, which is kind of beautiful to watch if you're into that sort of thing...
West SIde Story didn't thrill me as much as I wanted it to. Other than Anita and seeing Rita Moreno as Lady Doc, the cast was kind of bland. The rewrites made the story more understandable in its NYC West Side environment, but sticking most of the explanations into the characters' mouths didn't really make it more entertaining. Interesting that it took place in the rubble of demolished buildings where Linoln Center was about to be built. I guess the original couldn't play that up as much since, well, Lincoln Center still hadn't been built yet lol.
I saw Don't Look Up months ago. It was very good but I'm not surprised that it hasn't been sweeping the awards so far.
I need to watch Coda and Power of the Dog this weekend.