Tonight is the big night! Here are my predictions of who I think will win tonight and also my choices of who should win at the 2017 Academy Awards. I apologize for all my wrong predictions BEST PICTURE La La Land has won it all. It won the PGA, DGA, the Golden Globe, the BAFTA, and was nominated a record-tying fourteen times. Can anything stop it? With preferential voting, it’s definitely possible…
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Every year during the Academy Award nominations, films and performances get snubbed. It happens every year and we have to suffer for it. So, to honor those films and performances that did not get nominated this year, these are what I call The ‘Other’ Oscars. This is a personal list of movies and performances that I feel should have gotten nominated, not a list of movies and performances that almost got nominated, because I don’t…
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Taking a look at the acting categories from this year’s Academy Awards, here are my picks for the best performances from this year’s Best Actor nominees. CASEY AFFLECK BEST PERFORMANCE – MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (Kenneth Lonergan, 2016) I love Casey Affleck more than most people. After a spectacular 2007, starring in films like Gone Baby Gone and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (which was almost my pick here), he was a…
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Continuing to look at the best performances from this year’s Oscar nominated actors, here are my picks for the best performances from this year’s Best Actress nominees. ISABELLE HUPPERT (Nominated for Elle) BEST PERFORMANCE – ELLE (Paul Verhoeven, 2016) Look, I understand Isabelle Huppert is an international icon with over 100 films to her name as an actress. But, before Elle, I had only seen her in I Heart Huckabees (2004) and briefly in Amour (2012), which has since forced…
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Continuing to look at 2017’s nominated actors, I am now going to list my favorite performances from this year’s Best Supporting Actor category. We’ve got three fresh faces in this group, a Hollywood legend, and one of the finest and most unique actors in the game today. Check out my picks for the best performances from this year’s Best Supporting Actor nominees. MAHERSHALA ALI (Nominated for Moonlight) BEST PERFORMANCE – MOONLIGHT (Barry Jenkins, 2016) Mahershala…
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Continuing Oscar week, I am now going to break down each acting category and list the best performances from each nominated actor. I will first break down the Best Supporting Actress category, which is loaded with established veterans and a breakout star of 2016. Here are my picks for the best performances from the 2017 Best Supporting Actress nominees. VIOLA DAVIS (Nominated for Fences) BEST PERFORMANCE – DOUBT (John Patrick Shanley, 2008) Viola Davis is…
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The ballots have officially been sent out to members of the Academy for them to vote on what they think are the best movies and performances for the 2017 Oscars. So, I am going to take the time to remind the Academy of some performances and movies they should remember before they send in their ballots. These are going to be movies that have actual awards potential and not just random movies I loved. So here…
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Tonight is the 74th annual Golden Globe awards. The Globes are somewhat a precursor to the Oscars, giving us a glimpse as to where the voting might land. But mostly, the Globes are a huge party and love big stars and big movies. Here are my predictions of who will win, as well as my choice of who should win tonight at the 2017 Golden Globes. I’m only picking the movie categories, as I don’t…
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The nominees for the 74th Golden Globes was announced this morning and it is by far the most interesting batch of nominees I have seen in a long time from the Hollywood Foreign Press. We got out fair share of snubs and surprises, as well as inevitable picks from future Oscar nominees. Here are my picks for my favorite nominations from this morning. I only focused on the movie categories, as I don’t watch enough…
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With the Oscar nominations being announced Tuesday morning, here are my final Oscar predictions for the 2017 Oscars. I’m only going to predict the major categories and skip the tech awards for spacial reasons. BEST PICTURE We have three guarantees in LA LA LAND, MOONLIGHT, and MANCHESTER BY THE SEA. These are the three front runners and guaranteed nominations. HIDDEN FIGURES has been making some moves, as has LION, which pulled a surprise DGA nomination. Some former…
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