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My Cinematic Bucket List Podcast
WITH HOST, VALERIE A. HIGGS | FILM ENTHUSIAST


2023 Academy Award Nominee for Best Picture: Triangle of Sadness
Synopsis: Models Karl and Yaya join wealthy passengers on a luxury cruise and encounter bad weather during the Captain's Dinner. The...
Valerie A. Higgs
Mar 10, 20231 min read


2023 Academy Awards Nominee for Best Picture: Women Talking
Synopsis: Women in an ultra-conservative religious commune who have been terrorized by multiple sexual assaults have been given a...
Valerie A. Higgs
Mar 9, 20233 min read


2023 Academy Awards Best Picture Nominee: The Fabelmans
Synopsis: Steven Spielberg's autobiography about his family and how it affected his film career. Steven Spielberg has perfected the act...
Valerie A. Higgs
Mar 8, 20235 min read


2023 Academy Award Nominee for Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front
Synopsis: Paul is a fresh-faced student who goes against his parents' wishes to join the German forces in battle during WWI. Almost...
Valerie A. Higgs
Mar 7, 20232 min read


2023 Academy Award Best Picture Nominee: The Banshees of Inisherin
Synopsis: Seemingly on a whim, Colm decides that he doesn't want to be friends with his BFF Padraic. Padraic does not take it well. Over...
Valerie A. Higgs
Mar 6, 20231 min read


2023 Academy Award Best Picture Nominee: Tar
Synopsis: Well-lauded and internationally-known conductor Lydia Tar is accused of inappropriate behavior and faces the consequences. The...
Valerie A. Higgs
Mar 5, 20231 min read


2023 Academy Awards Best Picture Nominee: Top Gun - Maverick
Synopsis: A reckless yet brilliant fighter pilot gets called back to Top Gun to teach the next generation's best of the best to prepare...
Valerie A. Higgs
Mar 4, 20233 min read


2023 Academy Awards Best Picture Nominee: Everything Everwhere All at Once
Synopsis: A wife and mother is stressed and unhappy with her life until she discovers that she has to help save the world from an evil...
Valerie A. Higgs
Mar 3, 20231 min read


The Academy Awards Best Picture Nominee: Elvis
Synopsis: The life story of Elvis Presley - mostly from the point of view of his infamous manager, Colonel Tom Parker, a man of dubious...
Valerie A. Higgs
Mar 2, 20233 min read


AFI #97 Blade Runner (1982)
Synopsis: It is 2019 in Los Angeles, and Rick Deckard has been tasked to find and terminate four Replicants that murdered their way to...
Valerie A. Higgs
Mar 2, 20232 min read


Awards Season
(Photo Credit: AFP via Getty Images) It's awards season, friends. I spent the evening prepping for the 95th Academy Awards. There will...
Valerie A. Higgs
Feb 28, 20231 min read


AFI #98: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Synopsis: After a performance where famous vaudeville and Broadway entertainer George M. Cohan portrays FDR, he receives a telegram...
Valerie A. Higgs
Feb 16, 20232 min read


Sports Movies vs. Sports IRL
I have a lot to do today. It's a busy weekend, but it has nothing to do with the Superbowl. First of all, my birthday is Tuesday! I...
Valerie A. Higgs
Feb 11, 20234 min read


BFI #99: The General (1926)
Synopsis: While a railroad engineer tries his best to enlist during the Civil War, his beloved engine (and his girlfriend) is stolen by...
Valerie A. Higgs
Feb 11, 20231 min read


AFI #99: Toy Story (1995)
Synopsis: Turns out toys can come to life and communicate with each other when no humans are around. Andy's favorite doll, a cowboy...
Valerie A. Higgs
Feb 2, 20232 min read


Academy Award Noms
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the list of nominations for the 2023 Oscar Awards. There were no surprises...
Valerie A. Higgs
Jan 24, 20233 min read


BFI #100: Get Out (2017)
Get Out (2017) Jordan Peele, Dir. Synopsis: A Black photographer agrees to a weekend visit with his White girlfriend’s parents at their...
Valerie A. Higgs
Jan 19, 20234 min read
Updated Watch List
I think I'm a bit obsessed with this challenge. On the one hand, that means that I will stay consistent. On the other hand, I need to...
Valerie A. Higgs
Jan 13, 20231 min read
Movie Scores
As I have mentioned before, I am a musician. So movie scores are very important to me. A score can make or break a movie for me. I can...
Valerie A. Higgs
Jan 9, 20232 min read


AFI #100: Ben Hur (1959)
Synopsis: As Jesus Christ reaches adulthood, two childhood best friends “break up” – one a Jewish prince, the other a Roman Tribune newly...
Valerie A. Higgs
Jan 5, 20233 min read
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