Oscars

Unlike last year’s crop of Best Picture nominees, I am actually rather pleased with this year’s nominees.  Of the nine nominees, four of the films made my top ten of 2019, seven of the nine nominees were in my top 25 of last year, and there is only one nominee that I genuinely do not like.  With the field being this strong, I would only get mad if the movie I did not like won. …

Out of all the Oscar precursor awards, the Golden Globes are far and away the strangest.  From the nominees to the winners, you never really know where the Globes are going to go.  Last year, it seemed laughable the Globes went wild for Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody, only find out it was a strong precursor for the Oscars.  Who knows where the Hollywood Foreign Press will go this year, but I gave it whirl.  Here are my…

The race is heating up!  Critics groups from across the country have begun to release their “Best of the Year” and there are still dozens of more to come.  But more importantly, we’ve gotten our Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations, two of the bigger precursors during Oscar season.  I don’t put too much weight in the Globes, as they’ve made some questionable choices in the past, but SAG is a relatively important piece…

We’re coming to the end of the 2019 movie year and almost all films with awards hopes have screened.  The only real mysteries left at this point are Sam Mendes’ war epic 1917, Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell, Tom Hooper’s Cats, and JJ Abrams Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker.  Greta Gerwig’s hotly anticipated Little Women and the Safdie Brothers Uncut Gems, starring Adam Sandler, have started screening and movies likes Knives Out and Queen & Slim are getting wide releases at the…

The Oscar race is heating up.  With the Fall film festivals coming to a close, the picture is getting a bit clearer as to who may be nominated.  Everything is still up in the air, though, as there are nearly a dozen films that could take home the gold statue this year.  Hopefully things will become clearer as the months go on and critics awards begin rolling in, but until then, here are my predictions…

It’s Oscar night!  The one night a year where we celebrate everything that is great cinema!  Regardless of how I feel about the nominees, I love Oscar night and I love everything that goes into the show.  It’s big, glitzy, absurd, but it’s always a great time to watch and see the winners, especially ones that I like.  With that being said, here are my predictions for tonights ceremony.  This is a crazy year with…

Over the past few years, the Best Actress field has been loaded with terrific performances and 2018 was no different.  I could have easily expanded the 2018 field to ten nominees and I still would have snubbed a few.  This year’s nominees are all incredibly strong and are all from incredibly strong films that they carry.  With a nice mix of newcomers and veterans, including an actress who has never acted before battling it out…