Showbiz Sandbox 564: Film Critics Start Selecting the Best Movies of 2021
December 7, 2021
It’s that time of year when Film Critics Start Selecting the Best Movies of 2021 for newspapers, magazines and websites begin naming their favorite movie releases. The National Board of Review named its favorite film of the 2021, then proceeded to name 32 more in various categories. The New York Film Critics were tougher however, naming five top films in categories like nonfiction, debut film, animated feature and foreign language. We discuss where any awards season favorites are beginning to stand out.
Thankfully, movie theatres around the world are mostly open, allowing audiences to catch up with some of the critics top picks. However, a new COVID variant named after what would appear to be a character out of a Transformers movie, is temporarily shuttering cinemas in various parts of the world such as China and Russia.
Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including why CNN fired the host of its highest rated news program, the Grammys clarify who can be nominated as a songwriter and the reason Middle Eastern countries won’t show Steven Spielberg’s take on “West Side Story.”
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Encanto’ Leads Sluggish Offshore Studio Weekend; ‘House Of Gucci’ Fashionable
https://deadline.com/2021/12/encanto-house-of-gucci-venom-china-global-international-box-office-1234885076/
Disney’s ‘Encanto’ Leads Another Quiet Weekend at Box Office
https://variety.com/2021/film/box-office/box-office-disney-encanto-house-of-gucci-1235124375/
‘Christmas With The Chosen’ Nabs Miraculous $9 Million Weekend
https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2021/12/05/box-office-weekend-christmas-with-the-chosen-paul-verhoeven-benedetta-wolf-flee/
National Board of Review Winners 2021: ‘Licorice Pizza’ Takes Best Picture and Best Director
https://www.indiewire.com/2021/12/national-board-of-review-winners-2021-licorice-pizza-1234682925/
‘Drive My Car’ Named Best Picture by NY Film Critics Circle
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/nyfcc-2021-winners-list-1235056982/
Inside CNN’s Decision to Fire Chris Cuomo: ‘He gave me his word’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/12/06/cuomo-cnn-dismissal-misconduct-zucker/
WTA Suspends Tournaments in China Over Treatment of Peng Shuai
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/01/sports/tennis/wta-china-peng-shuai.html
Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’ Will Not Play In Saudi Arabia, UAE & Other Parts Of Middle East
https://deadline.com/2021/12/west-side-story-banned-saudi-arabia-kuwait-bahrain-oman-qatar-uae-steven-spielberg-disney-1234885442/
CJ Marquee – There Is Still Hope For Cinemas This Winter
https://mailchi.mp/b69963ced9f3/celluloid-junkies-first-newsletter-8944133
GEM Partners Website
https://www.gempartners.com/en/
Antony Sher, Celebrated Actor on Stage and Screen, Dies Aged 72
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/dec/03/antony-sher-celebrated-actor-on-stage-and-screen-dies-aged-72
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