‘A Real Pain’ Review: Kieran Culkin Shines in Jesse Eisenberg’s Triumphant and Thoughtful Dramedy
It can sometimes be worrying when a film is directed by one of its stars, and even doubly concerning when that person is also the... Read More
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2025 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (October)
A consistently healthy category full of possibilities but with now having seen all performances in my current top 10 save one (Ed Norton in A... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (September)
Pearce appears. Norton rises. Magaro surprises. Washington stays king. Here are my 2025 Oscar predictions in Supporting Actor for September. Next up: Yury Borisov – Anora... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (August)
Reiterating my Best Actress predictions, with Venice, TIFF and NYFF lineups revealed, save a few titles over the next couple of weeks, and Telluride just around the corner, who’s showing... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (July)
We got our first look at Gladiator II earlier this month and with it two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington, who brings some deep bench... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (June)
Kieran Culkin may be adding an Oscar to his Emmy win last season with one Sundance’s biggest films, Searchlight Pictures’ A Real Pain, which was... Read More
Sundance 2024 Reviews: ‘Dìdi (弟弟),’ ‘In the Summers,’ ‘A Real Pain’
In today’s Sundance 2024 review diary I look at three of the festival’s award winners in the U.S. Dramatic section: Sean Wang’s Dìdi (弟弟), which... Read More
Searchlight Pictures Buys Jesse Eisenberg’s Kieran Culkin Starrer ‘A Real Pain’ for $10M
Searchlight Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to Jesse Eisenberg’s acclaimed A Real Pain to the tune of $10 million dollars, the first big buy of the... Read More
‘Succession’ season 4 review: The stakes are high as the end of the riveting, Emmy-winning Shakespearean saga draws nigh
The rubble has barely settled on a house ever divided as the eagerly-awaited fourth, and final, season of Succession begins. This 13-time Emmy-winning drama (with... Read More
2022 Emmy Predictions: Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
A truly competitive category for these actors not simply show to show but from within their own. No less than Succession, Squid Game, Better Call... Read More
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2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (November) 
Nicole Kidman to Receive International Star Award for ‘Babygirl’ from Palm Springs International Film Awards 
‘Red One’ Review: The North Pole Has Fallen For Johnny Storm and The Rock