“Nominations for the 97th Oscars were revealed Thursday morning and the major takeaway is this heralds the most wide-open awards race we have witnessed in years.”— Mike Fleming Jr, Patrick Hipes, deadline.com
“Flynn Rider's appearance for Tangled was designed during a 'Hot Guy Meeting' where women from the studio picked out their favorite physical attributes from pictures of Hollywood's leading men.”— Spencer Althouse, buzzfeed.com
“And, look, we collectively decided that Whip It was a queer film so now can we decide that that Juno is a trans film??”— Drew Gregory, autostraddle.com
“This year’s Sundance film festival brought directors new and established to the mountain to showcase and celebrate their films.”— Joi Childs, teenvogue.com
“If you need a reminder, here are the films that excited, moved, and tickled us in 2019.”— Vogue, vogue.com
“A lagging summer at the box office produced a greater-than-usual share of spectacular duds, while also generating a few billion-busting hits.”— James Hibberd, Entertainment Weekly, ew.com
“With ‘Ma,’ Tate Taylor has crafted a horror movie that’s hard to look away from—as much as you might want to.”— Max Cea, gq.com
“There is nothing more debated in the whole world than the styling in Love, Actually. Some people love it; some people hate (actually) it.”— Amelia Diamond, manrepeller.com
“Captain America! How exciting! I'm a great fan of your films!”— Stephen McFeely, Christopher Markus, Johann Schmidt / Red Skull, Hugo Weaving, imdb.com
“This may be what Ms. Maroh meant when she said the sex scenes were missing lesbians; I’d go further and say they’re missing women of any kind. Adèle’s hunger is contained, prettified, aestheticized.”— Manohla Dargis, nytimes.com
“Because Fosse only got to direct five movies and one screening-worthy television special before he died, in 1987, the Quad, to fill out the menu, included in its program four films that he appeared in and choreographed.”— Julie Klausner, newyorker.com
“I laughed at its jokes, I teared up over its grand romantic gestures, and I came out of the theater happy to have seen a movie I liked. Even if it wasn't my absolute favorite of the year. Even if I didn't feel some white-hot rush of recognition.”— Angie Han, mashable.com
“As a disabled black woman my hill to die on is proper media representation. So, when we aren’t given the respect we deserve & our stories deserve. When The person telling the story isn’t familiar with that experience, there are going to be real life people you hurt in the process And also, as a resu…”— Keah Brown, twitter.com
“I've always liked sci-fi/fantasy films. I've never really followed any sci-fi television shows though. I wouldn't consider myself a fan. When asked, I think I say the Matrix is my favorite movie.”— Misha Collins, inspiringquotes.us
“If the 1st Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his own house, what books he may read or what films he may watch.”— Thurgood Marshall, thurgoodmarshall.com
“For me, movies are not about escaping reality — they’re about reminding us that reality is bigger and more magical than what we walk around thinking. They take us outside of ourselves, which is as real as our interior lives, and, sometimes, remind us of the importance of love.”— James Gunn, twitter.com
“It's true you can't teach humor. But it's pretty easy to set up a joke the same way you set up a conflict: put a character in a situation they're not equipped to handle.”— Sam Sykes, twitter.com
“I've said this before, but while I'm not huge on 80's references, the general mood of 80's films really stuck with me. The emphasis on friendship being more important than anything and of never backing down in the face of something much bigger than you resonated with me.”— Sam Sykes, twitter.com
“We need a total and complete shutdown of movies with “daddy” in the title until we figure out what the hell is going on.”— girlie girlstein, twitter.com
“Film is this unique artistic medium that can take different meaning depending on when, where, and with whom you're watching it.”— Craig Benzine, youtube.com