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A note from the editor: Hollywood.com has had an exciting year from new updates, fun opportunities, and more HollyGood content. This year, we’d like to take a look at all of our biggest moments in content about movies in 2022. From reviews, breaking news, important conversations, and more, we’re taking a look at 10 of our favorite moments from this year.
Biggest Moments for movies 2022
2022 Oscars
Every year, Hollywood.com celebrates the Oscars like the rest of the world. To honor the biggest movies in Hollywood we gave readers an inside scoop on where to watch every movie nominated for the special award.
The most exciting moments of this year’s Academy Awards included CODA winning best picture, Ariana DeBose becoming the first openly queer woman of color to win Best Supporting Actress for West Side Story, and Tony Kotsur as the first deaf actor to win Best Supporting Actor for CODA.
We’re excited to see what the Oscars bring in 2023.
Elvis
The biopic of the year goes to Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis. The film made more than $284 million worldwide at the box office. Critics and movie-goers alike have praised Austin Butler, who starred as the king of ‘Rock n’ Roll.’
In our review of the film, we take a look at Luhrmann’s approach to an icon as big as Elvis.
“If you’ve seen Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby or Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes’ Romeo + Juliet, you’re probably aware of Baz Luhrmann’s larger-than-life, hyper-realism style. Elvis captures the same grandiose essence with fast-moving scenes, bright lights, and an ear-catching soundtrack.”
Brendan Fraser’s Return to Hollywood
Brendan Fraser has made the ultimate comeback, starring in the recent A24 film The Whale. To celebrate the actor’s return to movies, Hollywood.com took a look at his career and his memorable films like George of the Jungle, The Mummy, and Gods and Monsters.
After the premiere of The Whale at the Venice Film Festival, Brendan Fraser received a 6 minute standing ovation. Our review of the movie welcomes back Fraser to film and Hollywood with open arms.
“We spend a lot of time focused on Charlie’s inner turmoil. Fraser lets his thoughts transpire on his face, with a longing sadness. But the moments most delicate to me are his shimmers of happiness or passion Charlie shares. It’s all Brendan Fraser shining through.”
Remembering Stars Like Betty White, Olivia Newton John, Robbie Coltrane, and Leslie Jordan
In 2022, we lost many stars that will continue to live on through our screens and minds. Some of the many lives lost include Olivia Newton John, Robbie Coltrane, and Leslie Jordan. While Betty White passed the day before the new year, Hollywood.com carried our tribute for her into the new year, as she would have turned 100.
Some of our ideas to honor her included watching Golden Girls, donating to the American Wildlife Association, and cuddling with our pets.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The awaited sequel, grossed over $760 million worldwide since its release in November 2022. This film grieved the real life loss of Chadwick Boseman and his character King T’Challa. Audiences saw Letitia Wright’s character Shuri step into the role of her brother’s, taking over as the Black Panther.
“The film really follows Shuri’s emotional journey and explores how T’Challa’s death has affected her relationship with her mother Ramonda,” writes Ben Ahrens in Hollywood.com’s review. “We see her relationship to her kingdom and its ideaologies as well.”
Horror films got a revamp
Modern horror is here to stay as 2022 welcomed new and revamped scary movies. January 2022 introduced us to a reboot of the Scream film series while October gave us the latest installment of Halloween. Jordan Peele returned with his sci-fi horror Nope, while Ti West put out 2 films X and Pearl.
Movie-goers experienced different attempts at horror from satires like Bodies, Bodies, Bodies and gender commentary with Don’t Worry Darling.
Anticipation for Barbie movie
Fans received more and more teasers from the new Barbie movie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. Directed by Great Gerwig, audiences can expect the film to drop in theaters in July of 2023. Until then, we can all enjoy the news we’ve gotten so far, from first look photos, a teaser trailer, cast updates, and interviews with Margot Robbie about the making of the film.
Pride Month Reflected On LGBTQIA+ Representation In Hollywood
This past June, Hollywood.com dedicated Pride Month to a conversation on the importance of LGBTQIA+ representation on screen. We asked our readers within the LGBTQIA+ if they felt represented in film and television. While a lot could list the first time they saw themselves, many agreed their is more work to be done. “There are more queer characters in movies and tv shows,” wrote one reader, “but there’s not a lot of diversity in the stories being told. There are queer people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, body types, religions, and aesthetics, which need representation.”
Dance movies & Movies About Music
Music and dance. 2 big things in life that give people joy. No wonder people love films about dance and music. This year, Hollywood.com took a look at some of the best movies about music and dance movies. Some music favorites included Bohemian Rhapsody, Whiplash, and Rock of Ages. In prep for the Whitney Houston biopic, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, we chose 10 of our favorite dance films which included Dirty Dancing, Flashdance, and Black Swan.
Reimagining First Movie Moments With The Hollywood.com Tickets & More App
As we introduced Hollywood.com’s Tickets & More App in 2022, we wanted audiences to remember the magic of the movies. Some of our readers shares their first times going to the movies. Films ranged from Ghostbusters, Dances with Wolves, Finding Nemo and more. The nostalgia felt real for a lot of people revisiting those moments. The power of movie theaters is still so impactful in 2022. And it will be for years to come.
Hollywood.com thanks our readers for sticking by this year and reading our content. We can’t wait to bring you even more content in the new year.
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