Our friend, and co-owner of Sun-Ray Cinema, Shana David-Massett joined the show today to talk about the Oscars this Sunday. The films nominated for best picture at the 94th annual Academy Awards are “Belfast,” “CODA,” “Don’t Look Up,” “Drive My Car,” “Dune,” “King Richard,” “Licorice Pizza,” “Nightmare Alley,” “The Power of the Dog” and “West Side Story.”

Hollywood’s Super Bowl weekend largely fizzled with the muted debut of Kenneth Branagh’s long-delayed Agatha Christie whodunit, “Death on the Nile,” a tepid reception for the Jennifer Lopez romantic-comedy “Marry Me” and modest box-office bumps for Oscar nominees.

“West Side Story’s” Ariana DeBose, “Licorice Pizza’s” Alana Haim and “Belfast’s” Caitriona Balfe are among the actors who will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Virtuosos Award this year.

If there is one thing for certain, it’s that this year’s holiday season has way more options for movies to see in theaters than in 2020.

Associated Press Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle have named their picks for the best movies of 2021.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” has been named the best film of the year by the National Board of Review.