2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (October)
Although I still very comfortable with Renée Zellweger singing her way to a 2nd Oscar win in Judy, Charlize Theron in Bombshell is going to... Read More
Cynthia Erivo
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (September)
We have a new Best Actress frontrunner. Renée Zellweger leapfrogs from the #5 spot all the way to #1 this month, portraying one of the... Read More
Toronto Review: Not even Cynthia Erivo’s performance can save the deeply formulaic ‘Harriet’
Kasi Lemmons’ latest is a disappointing, uninspired biopic that fails to engage and whose subject deserves better Just because a film is about one of... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (August)
Things are starting to pick up in Best Actress but I’m still not budging on Cynthia Erivo completing her EGOT with Focus Features’ Harriet. The... Read More
The same day the film was announced to world premiere at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival, Focus Features has released the first trailer for... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (July)
You might think that Scarlett Johansson’s “[I] should be able to play any person, or any tree, or any animal” answer to a question about... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (June)
No changes in this month’s top 5 for Best Actress. Cynthia Erivo (Focus Features’ Harriet) remains atop and she’s not going to budge, I’m certainly... Read More
Cynthia Erivo is coming for her EGOT and there’s going to be very little getting in her way. Yes, it’s only May, but this has... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (April)
With just the films of Sundance under our belt, the bench for seen Best Actress contenders is slim but still noteworthy like Awkwafina in The... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (October)
The season’s biggest category question has finally been answered; Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz will compete in Supporting Actress for The Favourite while Olivia Colman... Read More
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’ 
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