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• 2026 Oscar Best Picture Nominees Ranked by Their Most Memorable Scenes

  

  With the 2026 Oscars fast approaching, the race for Best Picture remains one of the most unpredictable in recent memory. Rather than attempting to forecast a winner, this piece revisits all ten nominees through the lens of their most memorable scenes — the moments that define their emotional core. From the surreal revelations of Bugonia…

  Rolando Illanes Jr.

  March 3, 2026

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• Top 30 Films of 2025: A Year Defined by Risk, Reckoning, and Reinvention

  

  A personal ranking of the 30 films that defined my 2025 — shaped by risk-taking, reinvention, and moral reckoning. From intimate character studies to bold genre experiments, these are the films that lingered, challenged expectations, and revealed where cinema felt most alive this year.

  Rolando Illanes Jr.

  January 22, 2026

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• Bugonia (2025) Review — Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons in a Sharp, Sinister Tale of Control & Collapse

  

  Release Date: US theatrical release began Oct 24, 2025 Runtime: 118 minutes (1h 58m) Rated: R — violence, grisly images, suicide content, language Production Companies: Element Pictures, Focus Features, Square Peg, Fruit Tree, CJ ENM Producers: Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Ari Aster Cinematography: Robbie Ryan (VistaVision / 8-perf 35mm heavily used) Editing:…

  Rolando Illanes Jr.

  October 31, 2025

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• Unpacking the Chaos of Eddington: Ari Aster’s Pandemic-Era Provocation

  

  Release Date: July 18, 2025 (U.S.) Runtime: 2 h 28 m (148 min) Rating: R Production Companies: A24, IPR.VC, 828 Productions, Square Peg Producers: Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen (+ exec. producers Alejandro De Leon, Robert Dean, Harrison Huffman, Todd Lundbohm, Andrea Scarso) Cinematography: Darius Khondji Music / Composers: Bobby Krlic (aka The Haxan Cloak) and Daniel Pemberton Eddington (2025)…

  Rolando Illanes Jr.

  August 6, 2025

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• Eddington Review: Ari Aster’s Dark Satire of Pandemic America

  

  Release Date: July 18, 2025 (U.S.) Runtime: 2 h 28 m (148 min) Rating: R Production Companies: A24, IPR.VC, 828 Productions, Square Peg Producers: Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen (+ exec. producers Alejandro De Leon, Robert Dean, Harrison Huffman, Todd Lundbohm, Andrea Scarso) Cinematography: Darius Khondji Music / Composers: Bobby Krlic (aka The Haxan Cloak) and Daniel Pemberton Eddington (2025)…

  Rolando Illanes Jr.

  July 18, 2025

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