2016 Oscars: Trying to Crack the BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Code (“Would it help?”)
For all of the unpredictability this Oscar season has provided, nothing stands as more of a mystery than the Best Supporting Actor race. There... Read More
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2016 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE
Spotlight is enjoying its frontrunner status with a perfect score in Best Picture from the Gold Rush Gang. But the recent critics awards success... Read More
2016 Oscar Predictions: BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
It’s not often that Supporting Actor is the most contentious category of Oscar season but it sure is this year. Each week, each day finds... Read More
‘CAROL’ Leads AUSTIN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION 2015 Awards Nominations
The Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) announced its 2015 awards nominations today. “Carol” received the highest number of nominations—seven—including for Best Picture, Best Director (Todd... Read More
Las Vegas Film Critics Go All In on Creed, Beasts of No Nation; Snub Saoirse Ronan, Carol
It’s another day and another critics awards list of nominations. This time it’s Las Vegas who have gone all in on Creed, giving it... Read More
21st Critics Choice Awards Nominations: Mad Max: Fury Road Leads with 13
Mad Max: Fury Road, the most unexpected critics award champion of 2015 has been nominated for 13 awards from the Broadcast Film Critics Association... Read More
Oscar Podcast #32: Post SAG and Golden Globe Nominations plus Trumbo Propaganda
In podcast #32 I am joined by Gold Rush Gang members Chris Pepper and Jason Osiason to discuss the craziness of this week’s Screen Actors... Read More
Golden Globe Nomination Predictions (Film): Can The Martian and Joy Bounce Back?
After the crazy morning of Screen Actors Guild nominations, the Gold Rush Gang (and I imagine most other Oscar prognosticators) went into a tizzy... Read More
Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Noms – FILM: Trumbo and Beasts of No Nation Crash the Party
As is every year, the Screen Actors Guild nominations are ripe with some huge snubs and even bigger surprises as to who made it... Read More
The NAACP Image Award nominations for motion pictures were announced today and box office hits Creed and Straight Outta Compton both scored big with... Read More
‘Wishful Thinking,’ ‘Over Your Dead Body’ Among 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival Juried and Audience Award Winners 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 144 – ‘A Matter of Life and Death (Powell and Pressburger, 1946) with Special Guest Jesse Nussman 
Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) Television and Nonfiction Nominations Announced: ‘Adolescence,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘Slow Horses’ and More 
Trailer Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘Dune: Part Three,’ Disclosure Day,’ ‘Wild Horse Nine’