2018 Nominee Watch – October 19th

Just a few weeks before the actual holiday, the long awaited sequel arrives in theaters this weekend with Jamie Lee Curtis reprising her role in the original Halloween film from 1978.

And if slasher films aren't your style, I highly recommend checking out The Hate U Give which expands to a wide release this weekend. It is sure to get buzz throughout award season due to the present nature of the subject matter.

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Halloween
It's been 40 years since Michael Myers tormented viewers and we first heard the simple piano theme music of Halloween. There have been a number of "unofficial" sequels but this one seems to be closest to hitting the mark of the original.

​As you know if you've been reading this site for any length of time, I'm not a horror buff at all. I do however know an iconic film when I see one and Halloween is nothing if not iconic. A few years ago when visiting a haunted house at the local minor league baseball park leading up to Halloween, there was a man dressed as Myers, walking around the event with the mask and a knife and everyone gave him a very wide berth. Sure, there was no real danger, but just the visual of him slowly stalking people around the haunted house was enough to give people pause.

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Fast forward to today when kids still dress up as Myers for Halloween and drop the real character into a modern day Halloween rampage. This one is sure to give many of the same thrills as the original and bring the horror to an entirely new generation.

Is it going to win any awards? Probably not. Maybe for make-up, but again, horror typically does terribly at the Oscars. If you're looking to jump out of your seat though, here's your chance.

The Hate U Give
I am in the process of reading this book and hoping to finish it before going to see the film. As of this writing, the film has been getting just as many rave reviews as the book, many reviewers noting it as an important film for the age in which we live.

Now, I'm not a young black girl, but in reading the book, I am completely drawn into the world in which she lives. I don't claim to fully understand the struggles she may go through to find her place to fit in and to see friends and loved ones killed in front of her eyes for no reason. But reading the book has opened my eyes even more to things going on in our world.

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I have a feeling this film will be talked about for a long time to come. There is a new star rising in Amanda Stenberg along with support from veterans like Regina Hall, Anthony Mackie, and Common. I think there may be an outside chance of a nomination for Miss Stenberg and a definite possibility of a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.

​Go see this film, it's one that everyone needs to be exposed to.

Limited Releases

• 22 July – Based on the true events of the terror attack in Norway against a group of camp students in 2011. (Netflix)
• The Advocates – A look at the state of homelessness in America and those who speak for the homeless.
• American Deep State – American politics, conspiracy, and the 2016 election.
• Brampton's Own – A young professional baseball player returns home after being cut from his team.
• Brewmaster – Documentary look at people who love beer, create beer, and learn as much as possible about beer including home brewers.
• Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Melissa McCarthy plays a washed up writer who takes to fabricating letters from famous writers and selling them for profits.
• Caniba – Documentary portrait about Japanese cannibal Issei Sagawa.
• Change in the Air – A woman moves into the neighborhood and immediately captures the attention of everyone around.
• An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn – A screwball comedy about an mysterious but magical event.
• Galveston – A man tries to outrun his criminal boss while keeping a young girl he rescued safe.
• The Guilty – Danish film about a emergency dispatcher who receives a call from a woman who has been kidnapped and struggles to help save her.
• High Voltage – A young rock singer gains special powers and a new lease on life after being struck by lightning.

• The Lost Village – Protests against the rising cost of living in Greenwich Village in New York City and NYU's high tuition.
• Mid90s – In Jonah Hill's directorial debut, two brothers struggle to survive the streets and each other while bonding over skateboarding.
• On Her Shoulders – Documentary look at the life and work of Nadia Murad, fighting to the rights of Yazidi people of Iraq.

• The Price of Everything – Documentary look at artist Larry Poons and the world of high priced art.
• Reach – A teen on the verge of suicide finds a new friend and a new purpose to life.
• Sharkwater Extinction – Documentary look at the world of shark finning and the dark underbelly of the trade in shark fins around the world and to our own shores.
• The Super – Thriller where people are going missing from a New York City apartment building.
• Transformer – Former marine and champion bodybuilder Matt Kroczaleski faces his need to live as a women.
• TVTV: Video Revolutionaries – Documentary look at Top Value Television (TVTV) who used new videos cameras in the 1970s to document the world around them.

• Viral Beauty – A look at the current state of dating, weight loss, personal image, and viral media.
• What They Had – Michael Shannon and Hillary Swank are brother and sister who return home to help their father care for their ailing mother.
• Wildlife – A boy watches his parents' marriage disintegrate when his mother finds another man.
• Life & Nothing More – A young man seeks his place in society. (October 24th)