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Final 2020 Oscar Predictions – ANIMATED SHORT, LIVE ACTION SHORT, DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

Erik Anderson February 3, 2020

This year’s shorts have some high-profile films (Pixar) and subject matter (like the basic human rights of women and girls) that all stand a good... Read More

Box Office Analysis (Jan. 31-Feb. 2) – ‘Bad Boys 3’-peats over quiet Super Bowl weekend

Jonathan Boehle February 2, 2020

For a third weekend in a row, Bad Boys for Life was the top movie at the weekend box office, dropping -48% to a $17.7 million weekend... Read More

2020 BAFTA Awards: ‘1917’ is the big winner; Joaquin Phoenix gives impassioned speech on lack of diversity

Erik Anderson February 2, 2020

Sam Mendes’ WWI epic 1917 was the big winner at the 2020 BAFTAs, winning seven of its nine nominations in a near sweep including Best... Read More

‘Minari,’ ’40-Year Old Version,’ ‘Boys State’ top 2020 Sundance Film Festival winners

Erik Anderson February 1, 2020

Minari, Lee Isaac Chung’s semi-autobiographical tale of his upbringing in rural Arkansas, has won the 2020 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, it was announced... Read More

‘Parasite,’ ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ win 2020 Art Directors Guild (ADG) honors

Erik Anderson February 1, 2020

The 24th Art Directors Guild (ADGA) awards, celebrating Excellence in Production Design, were held tonight, and Parasite and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood topped... Read More

2020 Writers Guild (WGA) Awards: ‘Parasite,’ ‘Jojo Rabbit,’ ‘Succession,’ ‘Watchmen’ lead wins

Erik Anderson February 1, 2020

The 73rd Writers Guild of America awards have anointed Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit and Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite as the best Adapted and Original Screenplays... Read More

2020 Art Directors (ADG) and Writers Guild (WGA) Preview and Predictions

Erik Anderson February 1, 2020

The 24th Art Directors Guild (ADG) and the 72nd Writers Guild of America (WGA) awards will be held tonight and I have some thoughts on... Read More

Sundance Review: Lee Isaac Chung’s ‘Minari’ is a poetic and heartfelt masterwork

Clint Worthington February 1, 2020

One of the joys of minari, mischievous grandmother Soonja (Yuh-Jung Youn) tells her equally impish 7-year-old grandson David (Alan Kim), is that the Korean herb... Read More

Trailer for the next Fast and the Furious ‘F9’ finds that not all blood is family

Erik Anderson January 31, 2020

No matter how fast you are, no one outruns their past Vin Diesel’s Dom Toretto is leading a quiet life off the grid with Letty... Read More

2020 BAFTA Preview and Predictions: Expect ‘1917’ to prevail with a few races up in the air

Erik Anderson January 31, 2020

Frontrunners are gonna frontrun at the BAFTAs Here’s what I think will win and why The 73rd British Academy Film Awards are this weekend, February... Read More

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