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Oscar Contenders: Licorice Pizza, House of Gucci, and Tick, Tick...Boom! | At the Movies

With the Oscar nominations to be announced on Feb. 8, Paul Willistein of the Lehigh Valley Press provides insight on three contenders in multiple categories. Paul Thomas Anderson's Licorice Pizza, about the pains of first love; Ridley Scott's House of Gucci, focusing on the Godfather of the fashion world; and Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tick, Tick…Boom!, a musical about an aspiring composer in New York City who is worried he made the wrong career choice, whilst also navigating the pressures of love and friendship.

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(Original air-date: 1/17/22)

Paul Willistein is the host of WDIY's weekly movie review feature, At the Movies.
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