Archive For

November 2019

Favorite Thanksgiving Scenes

When it comes to holiday-themed movies, Thanksgiving doesn’t get nearly the same love as Christmas. To be fair, Christmas-themed movies probably outnumber every other holiday-themed movies combined. Halloween and even New Year’s get more...

Movie Review: Raiders of the Lost Ark

So…memories can be faulty, but here’s my memory of the film and the impact it had on me. My recollection is that my twin brother and I saw in in the theaters on our...

Movie Review: The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor (uncredited), Mervyn LeRoy (uncredited), Norman Taurog (uncredited), Richard Thorpe (uncredited), King Vidor (Kansas scenes, uncredited) Writers: Noel Langley (screenplay), Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allen Woolf (screenplay); L. Frank Baum (book) Stars: Judy Garland,...

Independent Spirit Award nominations out

The Independent Spirit Awards, which honors smaller-budget “indie” films, has released their nominations for 2019 films, and three films top the list with five nominations each: Lighthouse Honey Boy Uncut Gems Those films are...

Peter O’Toole (1932-2013)

[Editor’s Note: When Peter O’Toole passed away on December 14, 2013, he was the first living Hall of Fame inductee to pass away, though several others had been inducted posthumously. Now that we’re on...

Movie Awards Season Calendar

The movie awards season is now well underway. Within the next few months, movie critics, fans, and professionals in the movie industry itself will be recognizing the best in cinematic achievement for 2019. Many...

Welcome to Cosmique Movies

Welcome to Cosmique Movies, and the revamped home of the Cosmique Movie Awards. We were founded two decades ago by a group of friends in San Francisco who were reacting to (and in some...