Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Bombshells, Bales and Marches
Hot off the first screenings of Bombshell, which vaulted Charlize Theron and Margot Robbie up Oscar predictions charts everywhere (including mine), another unseen December release,... Read More
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Box Office Preview and Predictions: ‘Current War’ somehow unlikely to be bigger disaster than Box Office Mojo’s redesign
After eight weekends in a row with $20+ million new openers (seven of which were above $30 million!), the weekend box office is in for... Read More
Box Office Actuals: ‘Maleficent’ a mistress of disappointment; ‘Jojo Rabbit’ hops to impressive platform start
Opening at #1 was Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, opening with $36.9 million. The film continues Disney’s perfect streak this year of #1 openings (not counting the... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST PICTURE (October)
Where there was green, now there is a sea of red. The top is pretty much the same as last month (just one drop and... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (October)
I haven’t been as high on Martin Scorsese for The Irishman as virtually all of my peers and colleagues have been so either I’m on... Read More
Box Office Preview: ‘Maleficent’ and ‘Zombieland’ sequels hope to defy their belated releases
While October has not normally been home to event movies outside of the occasional horror hit, last year’s trio of hits from Sony (Venom), Warner... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (October)
Margot, oh Margot, what to do. Before we had much of an inkling as to what Bombshell would look like, Margot Robbie has been riding... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (October)
Jojo Rabbit bounces back this month, while A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood just hangs on, precariously, to the top 5. Adapted Screenplay is rather... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN & COSTUME DESIGN (October)
Ahead of its release, Ad Astra was feeling very much like it was taking an identical trajectory to 2018’s First Man and indeed, it has... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: FILM EDITING & CINEMATOGRAPHY (October)
Some movement in Film Editing this month with James Mangold’s race car drama Ford v Ferrari moving into the pole position. It’s a tough call... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING, CINEMATOGRAPHY, COSTUME DESIGN, PRODUCTION DESIGN (December) 
2025 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING, ORIGINAL SCORE, ORIGINAL SONG, SOUND, VISUAL EFFECTS (December) 
Interview: Director Robert Eggers (‘Nosferatu’) on the Consequences of Temptation, Training Hundreds of Rats, and Playing with Vampire Lore 
Interview: Guy Pearce on the Beauty and Violence of ‘The Brutalist’ and Van Buren’s Call to His Therapist