“ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD” NAMED BEST PICTURE TAKES FOUR AWARDS AT 25th ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS “1917” EARNS THREE AWARDS “FLEABAG” LEADS TELEVISION RECIPIENTS WITH THREE AWARDS Keegan-Michael Key was on hand to deliver a special tribute to Eddie Murphy, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Murphy was feted for his extraordinary career, including most recently his brilliant performance in Best Comedy winner “Dolemite Is My Name.” As previously announced, Kristen Bell received the #SeeHer Award for portraying strong female characters while promoting women on screen and off, and the award was presented by co-star from “The Good Place” Ted Danson. WINNERS OF THE 25th ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS FILM BEST PICTURE Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (Sony) BEST ACTOR Joaquin Phoenix – Joker (Warner Bros.) BEST ACTRESS Renée Zellweger – Judy (Roadside) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (Sony) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Laura Dern – Marriage Story (Netflix) BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS Roman Griffin Davis – Jojo Rabbit (Fox Searchlight) BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE The Irishman (Netflix) BEST DIRECTOR (TIE) Bong Joon Ho – Parasite (Neon) Sam Mendes – 1917 (Universal) BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (Sony) BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Greta Gerwig – Little Women (Sony) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Roger Deakins – 1917 (Universal) BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Barbara Ling, Nancy Haigh – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (Sony) BEST EDITING Lee Smith – 1917 (Universal) BEST COSTUME DESIGN Ruth E. Carter – Dolemite Is My Name (Netflix) BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Bombshell (Lionsgate) BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Avengers: Endgame (Disney) BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Toy Story 4 (Disney) BEST ACTION MOVIE Avengers: Endgame (Disney) BEST COMEDY Dolemite Is My Name (Netflix) BEST SCI-FI OR HORROR MOVIE Us (Universal) BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Parasite (Neon) BEST SONG (TIE) Glasgow (No Place Like Home) – Wild Rose (Neon) (I’m Gonna) Love Me Again – Rocketman (Paramount) BEST SCORE Hildur Guðnadóttir – Joker (Warner Bros.) TELEVISION BEST DRAMA SERIES Succession (HBO) BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Jeremy Strong – Succession (HBO) BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Regina King – Watchmen (HBO) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Billy Crudup – The Morning Show (Apple) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Jean Smart – Watchmen (HBO) BEST COMEDY SERIES Fleabag (Amazon) BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES Bill Hader – Barry (HBO) BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Fleabag (Amazon) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES Andrew Scott – Fleabag (Amazon) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES Alex Borstein – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) BEST LIMITED SERIES When They See Us (Netflix) BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (Netflix) BEST ACTOR A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION Jharrel Jerome – When They See Us (Netflix) BEST ACTRESS A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION Michelle Williams – Fosse/Verdon (FX) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION Stellan Skarsgård – Chernobyl (HBO) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION Toni Collette – Unbelievable (Netflix) BEST ANIMATED SERIES BoJack Horseman (Netflix) BEST TALK SHOW (TIE) The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS) Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC) BEST COMEDY SPECIAL Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All in the Family and The Jeffersons (ABC) |
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I got a chance to sit down with Dax Shepard and Michael Pena for their new film, “CHIPS”. And trust me when I say, this is the first laugh out loud comedy of the year! The stars discussed the best way to comfort a bro, what their weakness is when it comes to the opposite sex, and more! Check out the fun interview below!
“CHIPS” hits theaters March 24.
Usually too much predictability in a film can make it a flat out bore. However, if the predictability is overshadowed by a strong cast and hilarious, original jokes, it can actually make for a pretty fun comedy!
Aside from the all-star cast, I was hesitant going into “Bad Moms”. The track record for films beginning with “Bad”, hasn’t been so hot. “Bad Santa”, “Bad Teacher”, “Bad Words”, etc. Though all these films provide plenty of laughs, they lack heart and contentment. “Bad Moms” breaks the trend and goes for a more relatable and heartwarming plot.
“Bad Moms” is a movie for all those moms who are out there trying their hardest to balance work, love lives, kids, and the many extracurricular activities that come with kids. In this film, that role is portrayed by Amy (Mila Kunis), an overburdened mother of two kids, who gets almost no help from her lazy, creep of a husband (David Walton). The film opens with Amy unloading all of her problems on our shoulders, we come to find she has no life/work balance at all. Then we meet the other two moms who are #TeamAmy, Kiki (Kristen Bell), a stay-at-home-mom raising four kids, which has prevented her from having any real social life. According to her husband, the kids shouldn’t be baby sat by anyone else EVER because it is ONLY Kiki’s job to watch the kids. And finally, there’s Carla (Kathryn Hahn), the crude, horny single mother who has no filter.
Soon enough these three women become best friends when they join together to take down the worst kind of moms: PTA leaders. These are the moms who make you feel like crap because they seem to never even break a sweat when it comes to raising their children and balancing all their daily responsibilities. And in this film, PTA president, Gwendolyn (Christina Applegate) has no problem rubbing all of your failures and her successes in your face.
After a series of bad luck in her personal life and intolerable PTA requests, Amy becomes fed up with Gwendolyn’s ridiculous demands and decides to run against her for PTA president. Thus, the war of “Bad Moms” VS “Perfect Moms” begins, leading to a numerous amount of gut-busting comedy.
“Bad Moms” is not the best film of the year. Heck, it’s not even the best comedy, but, it certainly still charms. It is a film catered for any hardworking mom who struggles to stay afloat at times. Though there are a many outlandish scenes, that doesn’t make “Bad Moms” any less enjoyable to watch. And the end credits with the actresses talking with their real life moms about motherhood, just about had me in tears.
Rating: 3.5/5
“Bad Moms” opens in theaters July 29.