Dear Cast and Crew

09/01/2024

Here it is - new site, same insane mandate (watching 365 films). Click "more" to see beyond the Top 10 and all the different film categories, plus recommendations for the Best TV shows of the year.

Dear Readers, For the past decade+, my year-end rankings and categorizations of film and TV were published on DearCastandCrew.com. I'm moving it to Letterboxd, since we no longer post new content on that site. It doesn't feel the same, but I could say the same about a lot of things since the passing...

24/03/2023

The BEST (and final) awards of the year are here!

If the Oscar campaign trail is a well-lit road to fame and riches, the Silver Stamps are a dark alley towards praise and punishment. Here, films bare-knuckle brawl for their fleeting moment of glory. We’ve wrestled with some of the best and the worst of the year to bring you the real champions of ...

01/07/2022

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!

See the full list of all 150 films at: http://www.dearcastandcrew.com/Canada150Canada is often used as a punchline or a place of refuge for fleeing Americans...

29/03/2022

Did the leave a bad taste in your mouth? Here's a (much gentler) palette cleanser!..

We know - 2021 feels like forever ago. We’ve had war and convoys and variants and no shortage of drama to consume our lives. But we like to time our Silver Stamps as a counterpoint to Hollywood's golden statuettes, so here we are. A blast into the not-so-distant past and the movies that mattered t...

31/12/2021

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐕 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖𝐒 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏
𝐁𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝

Things are looking WAY UP from last year!

Last year was a low point for entertainment (and society), but things bounced back with a vengeance in 2021 - omicron included, unfortunately. But it’s worth bookmarking this list if you’re looking to get out of the dumps. Most of these movies are already available to stream and rent, but so man...

26/11/2021

09/11/2021

Venom: Carnage, apparently, has exactly one job to do. And it isn't to entertain.

You are responsible for the ‘Marvel universe’ within Sony Pictures Entertainment. So I take it you’re the best person to answer my question: Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage is just an excuse for a post-credit scene, right?

29/10/2021

Happy Halloween! Throwback to our first ever A-Z video: The Greatest Horror Movies of All-Time From A to Z:

As the first video in our new Greatest Movies A-Z series with WatchMojo, we knew it wouldn’t be easy. That doesn’t mean we knew it would be so hard. But here it is:

01/06/2021

A letter of praise to the film’s real-life Cruella de Vil. (Or, should we say Estella?)...

I mean, come on—how could I come out of Cruella with anything but the costumes top-of-mind? The wardrobe isn’t just the star of the show, it’s the engine of the plot and the film’s entire raison d’etre. Making you, Sheara, the film’s real-life Cruella de Vil. (Or, should we say Estella?)...

20/05/2021

Turd polishing is a dirty job, and doesn't always leave you with a golden nugget.

Your job title sounds complicated, but it’s really quite simple: you take a low-quality version of the audio and match it with a high-quality version. Basically, you backstop the sound department, protect them when they do something quick and dirty under the assumption that it can be “fixed in p...

30/04/2021

Our post-Oscars post tradition continues! Here are the winners and losers for the 2020 SILVER STAMPS.

In a year with virtually no theatrical releases, and everything being released virtually, most award ceremonies have been hampered with glitchy broadcasts and awkward Zoom speeches. Not the Silver Stamps! We delayed the release to match the 2020 Academy Awards, but otherwise, you’re getting the go...

21/04/2021

Di Golding has some high flying memories of going to the movies.

My hometown didn’t have a movie theatre. It had lots of blue-collar jobs, drug trafficking, and teenagers drinking under the bridge. But the town’s only theatre closed before I was born.