Past Lives (2023)

We wrap up what is left of the 2024 Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees that we hadn’t gotten to yet with a nice little romantic drama about love, destiny and the nature of relationships. Nora left her childhood love, Hae Sung, in Korea when her family emigrated to Canada. They reconnect in their twenties online for a friendship with overwhelming emotion. Years later Nora has married a man she met on a writing retreat while Hae Sung served in the military and traveled to China. Now Hae Sung comes to New York to finally meet, in person, the woman he has been emotionally tethered to for the first time since their childhood. We’re talking about Celine Song’s “PAST LIVES” starring Greta Lee, Teo Yoo & John Magaro. It probably won’t get all the awards. It’s only nominated for two Oscars and one of them is fuckin’ best picture. Damn I woulda probably nominated Greta Lee & Teo Yoo. They did some good stuff here. Ah well. Ain’t our ceremony. We’re predicting that they will pick Oppenheimer.  The funniest Best Picture winner would be Maestro, hands down. Anyway, you can watch “PAST LIVES” on Paramount Plus as of this drop so trade your Netflix password for your cousin’s Paramount password and check this one out. Fucking feel it.

Past Lives Oscar Nominations

Best Picture

Best Writing / Original Screenplay

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