2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (October)
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born) maintains his #1 status and right now still looks like the one to beat in Best Actor. I think... Read More
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Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges face the struggle of their lives in trailer for family drama ‘Ben is Back’
“For the next 24 hours you are mine, all mine, got it?” A son struggling with drug addiction and a mother fighting to keep him... Read More
Double and Triple Takes: How actors with multiple films this season can boost their awards prospects
Double and Triple Takes: How actors with multiple films this season can boost their awards prospects
Sometimes an actor can knock a single performance out of the park so definitively that an Oscar nomination or even a win can seem inevitable.... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (September)
Bradley Cooper makes not only the biggest jump on this month’s chart he shoots all the way to the #1 spot. The hype is real... Read More
Toronto Review: ‘Boy Erased’ (★★★½)
Joel Edgerton has crafted a compassionate family drama with extraordinary performances from Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe In Boy Erased, based on Garrard... Read More
‘Boy Erased’ means well but falters at Telluride
Joel Edgerton’s Boy Erased made its world premiere at Telluride but without its star, Lucas Hedges, in tow. He was busy with a play in... Read More
Looking at the LGBTQ films at TIFF 2018
The LGBTQ selections at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival spread over continents, genders, nationalities and colors. They feature intense family dramas, personal coming out... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: Who’s on top in the 2019 Oscar race ahead of the Fall festivals?
Frontrunner Friday has returned and this time it will be a weekly update of the top 8 categories of films, directors, actors and screenplays in... Read More
Lucas Hedges returns home in teaser trailer for ‘Ben is Back’
19 year-old Ben Burns (Academy Award nominee Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea) unexpectedly returns home to his family’s suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben’s... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (August)
Lucas wedges into the top spot For the first time since my 2019 Oscar predictions began, Christian Bale has been relegated to, well, the Backseat.... Read More
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