These are truly fascinating times to live in. So much that has been parodied on SNL and The Onion, for years on end, has come full-circle and become reality these last few years, to the point where satire has taken a major hit. SNL is not that funny anymore because, quite frankly, we’re living in an SNL skit and with The Onion having been faced with major layoffs. not to mention filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, these satirically-based entities can't compete against today’s reality.
Read moreOscar Watch: Is it ‘Roma’ vs BlackKklansman?
Back to the Oscar race, with "Roma" having won big at the critics choice awards last night and with its lack of any sort of controversy this year, its momentum is now firmly confirmed. Is there any reason why this film can't the Best Picture prize at the Oscars? Despite my theory that it's just too artsy for a large and vast voting body whose tastes, quite frankly, tend to not veer towards the high-brow, there is a sense that a lot of people will be voting for "Roma" on a purely partisan basis. Accepting the award last night, its director Alfonso Cuaron said in his speech, "this bunch of Mexicans are not as bad as sometimes they are portrayed," clearly taking aim at the Trump administration and its militant stance at getting that border wall funding to prevent Mexicans from entering the country illegally.
Read moreCannes: Spike Lee's “BlackKklansman" delivers rousing political entertainment
CANNES – Spike Lee‘s “BlacKkKlansman" is his best film since 2006's "Inside Man" and, maybe even, 2002's "The 25th Hour," although it doesn't come close to equaling the aforementioned latter which is a indisputably great movie. No, this latest joint from Lee shares more similarities to "Inside Man," in its unequivocally joyous attempt to entertain in every which way possible.
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