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Hollywood Contenders: Looking at potential Best Supporting Actress contenders
As you fine ladies and gentlemen must all must know by now (since I’ve pretty much hammered it into your heads), it’s one thing to read early Academy Award predictions in order to see what folks like myself think will happen this winter, but it’s a whole separate thing to[...]
Jason Bateman continues his directorial progression with “The Family Fang”
A few years back, Jason Bateman made his directorial debut with the amusing yet filthy comedy Bad Words. This year, he has a sophomore feature that just hit screens in The Family Fang. I saw this movie a couple of weeks ago at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival and found[...]
Hollywood Contenders – Can “Secret in their Eyes” be an awards friendly remake?
The word “remake” is a dirty word to critics, but it doesn’t always have to be the case. Once in a while, something even becomes an awards player, like when Martin Scorsese took Infernal Affairs, remade it as The Departed, and won the Oscar for Best Picture, along with his[...]
The 83rd Academy Awards: If I had been a voter
After a brief delay, this series has returned. Yes, once again I’m going to be taking a look back at a recent Oscar lineup and explaining what my vote would have been in each of the big eight categories we all follow so intently each season. I previously mentioned that[...]
“The Fault in Our Stars”: Oscar Contenders from the First Half
We’re officially on to the second half of the year folks, and as such, it makes sense to look back a bit and see where we stand, awards wise through six months. As such, today I’ll be going over which films are the most likely Oscar contenders from January through[...]
Amy Adams: 2015 Best Actress contenders
As you folks all know full well by now, it’s one thing to read my Academy Award predictions at this point in the year in order to see what folks like myself think will happen, but it’s another thing entirely to actually know something about who and what will be[...]
We are back. The 2014 Oscars. Leo DiCaprio will be returning
The next Oscars? The new season begins, like, now, with “The Sapphires” opening on March 22nd. Pencil it in for Golden Globe Comedy/Musical, and if it takes, off, well, who knows what else? Mainly next winter we will be looking hard at Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep in “August: Osage[...]
2013 Oscars: Congratulations to the Nominees and Honorees
Congratulations to the 2013 Oscar nominees and winners… for complete list of winners pls scroll down. Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz – “Django Unchained” Best Animated Short: “Paperman” – John Kahrs Best Animated Feature: “Brave” – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman Cinematography: “Life of Pi” – Claudio Miranda Visual Effects:[...]
And more Stars to present at Oscars: Ben Affleck, Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Lawrence
Academy Award® nominees Ben Affleck, Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Lawrence will present on the Oscar telecast, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. Academy Award-winner Affleck, who is nominated this year for producing the Best Picture nominee “Argo,” won the award in 1997 for co-writing the Best Picture[...]
More Stars to present at Oscars: Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman
Academy Award® winners Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon will present on the Oscar telecast, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. All four have previously won the award for Best Actress. Berry won the award for her performance in “Monster’s Ball” (2001), Bullock for[...]
