21st Critics Choice Awards Nominations: Mad Max: Fury Road Leads with 13
Mad Max: Fury Road, the most unexpected critics award champion of 2015 has been nominated for 13 awards from the Broadcast Film Critics Association... Read More
the big short
REVIEW: ‘The Big Short’ (★★★)
Breaking down the billionaire boys club that broke America In The Big Short, the surprisingly irreverent new film from Adam McKay (Step Brothers, Anchorman:... Read More
2016 Oscars: SAG/GG Post-Mortem and Michael Shannon?
With the two major critics groups (LAFCA and NYFCC), the National Board of Review (NBR), Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and now The Golden Globes... Read More
2016 Golden Globe Nominations: There’s ‘Room’ for ‘Carol,’ ‘The Revenant’ and ‘Mad Max’
After missing out on the top Screen Actors Guild nomination for Cast yesterday, Carol came back to score big with the Hollywood Foreign... Read More
Golden Globe Nomination Predictions (Film): Can The Martian and Joy Bounce Back?
After the crazy morning of Screen Actors Guild nominations, the Gold Rush Gang (and I imagine most other Oscar prognosticators) went into a tizzy... Read More
Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Noms – FILM: Trumbo and Beasts of No Nation Crash the Party
As is every year, the Screen Actors Guild nominations are ripe with some huge snubs and even bigger surprises as to who made it... Read More
Boston Society of Film Critics WINNERS: Spotlight Is Best Pic, Kristen Stewart Wins Again
Probably to the surprise of no one, the Boston Society of Film Critics went with the home court advantage by giving Spotlight their Best... Read More
Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) WINNERS: Spotlight Keeps Shining; Fassbender and Shannon Surprise
The Los Angeles Film Critics handed Spotlight its third Best Picture win today (it had won from the Boston Society of Film Critics... Read More
2015 Satellite Nominations Announced…Sort Of
Just when you thought the hottest mess of awards season was the phony Hollywood Film Awards, the International Press Academy has unveiled their list... Read More
Oscar Podcast #30: Box Office Flops and Successes, Screen Actors Guild predictions
In this, our 30th Oscar podcast, I welcome back a couple of Gold Rush Gang members (one current, one former) to talk about the most... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (November) 
Interview: John Lithgow on ‘Conclave’ Being a Career Highlight, Oscar Buzz and Comparing Director Edward Berger to David Lean [VIDEO] 
Interview: In ‘Gladiator II,’ Costume Designer Janty Yates Turns Rome into Her Runway 
Interview: Production Designer Arthur Max on Rebuilding Rome and Filling the Colosseum with Water in ‘Gladiator II’