Movies of a Petite Aspie

In short, here are my fearless picks and predictions (not the same thing) for this year's 2018 Oscars.  I always get so nervous for some reason, even though I don't know any of the people involved.  Hopefully, though, someday I will.  (Or, even better, I'll be nominated myself.  Really, I just want to attend and wear a fancy dress and be there for those Envelopgate-like moments).  Best Picture Should Win: Call Me By Your Name Will Win: The Shape of Water Best Actor in a Leading Role Should Win: Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name Will Win: Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour Best Actress in a Leading Role Should Win: Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water Will Win: Frances McDormand, Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Actor in a Supporting Role Should/Will Win: Sam Rockwell, Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Actress in a Supporting Role Should/Will Win: Allison Janney, I, Tonya Best Animated Feature Film Should/Will Win: Coco ...

Cowboys & Aliens , director Jon Favreau’s latest high-budget venture, opens in a bleak but picturesque New Mexico landscape in the 1870’s, and a dazed cowboy (Daniel Craig) notices a peculiar electronic bracelet affixed to his wrist. He evidently cannot remember his name or anything else, and he soon wanders into a Western town inhabited by various folks, including a hardened Colonel (Harrison Ford), a mysterious beauty (Olivia Wilde), a frank preacher (M.C. Gainey), and a clueless saloon owner (Sam Rockwell). He discovers that his name is Jake Lonergan, and that he is wanted for a variety of terrible crimes, including murder. However, the threat of an invading alien spacecraft comes to the forefront, as friends and family members of the townspeople are captured by these bizarre creatures that they call “demons” – at that time, humans had yet to invent the term “aliens,” and the thought of another planet with living beings would never have crossed their minds. Lonerga...