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2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (July): Weisz is Nice at #1 but is she Lead?

Erik Anderson July 18, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] It’s a bit of a bloodbath in Best Actress this month and you’ll see pretty much a sea of red. As... Read More

Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe in trailer for Oscar contender ‘Boy Erased’

Erik Anderson July 17, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Focus Features has been dropping trailers for their fall and winter releases like wildfire and it seems they’ve saved the best... Read More

Yaasss, Queen! Oscar nominees Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie fight for the crown in the ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ trailer

Erik Anderson July 12, 2018

In a time of kings, two queens rule. Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) and Margot Robbie (I, Tonya) went head to head at the Oscars earlier... Read More

2019 Oscars: Official Submissions for the Foreign Language Film Oscar

Erik Anderson July 4, 2018

Belarus’s Crystal Swan, the first Foreign Language Film submission for the 2019 Oscars This is the official submission list for countries entering the Foreign Language... Read More

2019 Oscars: With RBG, Mr. Rogers and Whitney Houston, box office and popularity are shaping the Documentary Feature Oscar race

Erik Anderson July 2, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] We may only be halfway through the year but we’ve already got a handful of high-profile Documentary Feature Oscar contenders and,... Read More

2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (June) – ‘BlacKkKlansman’ back on top, ‘The Favourite’ moves up

Erik Anderson June 18, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Some change is a comin’ in Best Picture. Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman from Focus Features moves back to the #1 spot, where... Read More

First look at ‘The Little Stranger’ from Oscar-nominated director Lenny Abrahamson

Erik Anderson June 9, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The first images from Lenny Abrahamson’s post-WWII ghost story The Little Stranger are here. The film is Abrahamson’s first feature since... Read More

Wrapping Up: Cannes Isn’t Back, It Never Left

Erik Anderson May 20, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival has ended and with it came the fight with Netflix, causing them to... Read More

Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Gets August Release Date and Name Change

Erik Anderson April 9, 2018

Spike Lee’s new film, BlacKkKlansman, is going to be released by Focus Features on August 10th and gets a name change, too (it was previously... Read More

Trailer for ‘Loro (Part 1)’ – Oscar-winner Paolo Sorrentino’s biopic on Silvio Berlusconi

Erik Anderson March 29, 2018

From Academy Award winner Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty – Foreign Language Film) comes the first part of Loro, a sprawling epic detailing the life... Read More

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