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FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST PICTURE
It’s all come down to this. A worldwide pandemic. Closed theaters. Movies pushed off until late 2021 or beyond. An extended Oscar season that’s felt... Read More
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FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR
While I am comfortable predicting that we will get two female directors in this category for the first time in Oscar’s 93-year history, the question... Read More
FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
This is going to be one of few times in recent memory where the eventual Oscar winner will not have won the Golden Globe, Critics... Read More
FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: FILM EDITING
I held off on posting my Film Editing predictions until the American Cinema Editors (ACE) revealed their ACE Eddie nominations and I’m glad I did... Read More
Film Review: ‘Long Weekend’ has its weird, quirky heart in the right place
Not long into Long Weekend, the film’s buzzed, mild-mannered protagonist, Bart (Finn Wittrock), asks his comparably tipsy new companion, Vienna (Zoë Chao), if she is,... Read More
Razzie Nominations: Sia’s ‘Music,’ ‘Dolittle,’ ‘365 Days’ lead worst films of the year awards
The Golden Raspberrys, aka the Razzies, who “honor” the worst in film every year and often with a tongue firmly planted in cheek, have revealed... Read More
FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTOR
Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal) and Anthony Hopkins (The Father) have all earned the top precursors on their way... Read More
FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTRESS
What’s usually one of the most competitive and difficult categories to predict, Best Actress feels…closed up? Am I crazy or is it locked with Carey... Read More
Academy reveals art for 93rd Oscars
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed the campaign art for the 93rd Oscars. The 2021 campaign illustrates this year’s tagline, “Bring... Read More
FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Probably the most difficult category of all, with precursor nominations and wins all over the map, literally. SAG gave us what seemed like a realistic... Read More
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