What the hell I was thinking?

After Anora won five Oscars and I finally connected Mike Madison to Quentin Tarantino, I had to pay five bucks and rent the damn thing. A freaking euro for each Oscar. The buzz around the movie started so long ago that I almost didn’t pay it any attention anymore, and since today, I can’t stop thinking about it. Incredible performance that reminded me so much of Angelina Jolie in Girl, Interrupted —weirdly enough, both winning their first Oscar at 25, Mike 25 years later. So, the new Angelina Jolie is here. And she talked about her brothers in a much more friendly way than the original. I see a pattern, Hollywood. And I also see that such a real, down-to-earth story received the recognition and love it deserves.  After Mike pierced my cold heart with her magical shyness while receiving her Oscar, I was absolutely amazed by her performance and realness in Anora . I say Mike because I feel like I know her for some reason.  I thought I knew that person. I thought I had been tha...

On Friday, I had a birthday, and from now on, I will make my birthday an event like Barbenheimer and Glicket—one that extends over an entire weekend or even a whole week. As part of my gay weekend fantasy, I saw Wicked last night, and right before the Oscars, I fell in love with all the main characters in the movie. I realized the chance Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo have with this movie, no matter how much I loved Demi Moore in The Substance . I never knew that Wicked was about power. A long time ago, I think I saw The Wizard of Oz or some animation, I don't know, but this movie truly made me interested in seeing more of the story. When I connected the dots and realized that the animals teaching in the schools were actually the scientists and teachers of our world—who are being silenced little by little in the pursuit of power—the story became so relevant in my mind. Information is key, and from the start, I knew that Michelle Yeoh's character was somehow evil. No one use...