This morning, the Screen Actors Guild handed out their nominations. The first of the guilds to announce, this is a pivotal moment in the awards season, and a perfect time to take early stock of the precursors. To that end, in addition to SAG nominees,…
We’ve known for years that Adam Sandler was a quality actor. Performances in films like Punch Drunk Love and Reign Over Me, alongside Men, Women, & Children and The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), have showcased his dramatic abilities…
Bright and early this morning, the Golden Globe Awards announced their nominations for this year. As per the usual, it was a mix of highlighting the top films and performances contending for Academy Award love, along with a handful of big A-list stars…
A few minutes ago, the Critics Choice Association announced their 25th annual Critics Choice Awards nominations in a live telecast. Full disclosure, I’m a voting member of CCA (formerly known as the Broadcast Film Critics Association, or BFCA) a…
Welcome back one and all to the weekly box office report! As is always the case, each and every Sunday you can expect a look at what made the most money in theaters, as well as just how all of the new releases fared. This week, Disney has once again c…
On Monday morning, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will chime in with the nominations for their annual Golden Globe Awards. The voters of the HFPA will select the films and performances worthy of Globe nominations, setting them up to be in a b…
Just a little over a month from now, the Academy Award nominations will be announced. Between now and then, the job will be to figure out what voters are thinking, and more importantly, what they’ll be doing. I’m talking to as many Academy…
As Golden Globe nomination voting ends today, a number of precursors have started to chime in, beginning the first wave of buzz for Oscar hopefuls. Nothing that happened this week has set anything in stone, but perception could be beginning to form. G…
Moments ago, one of the bigger precursors of the critics stage of the awards season chimed in, as the New York Film Critics Circle announced their prizes for 2019. The winners at NYFCC each year are usually given a nice boost in the Oscar race, at lea…
Earlier today, the National Board of Review (or NBR) chimed in as one of the early precursors, giving their picks for the best of 2019. In the weeks before Academy Award voters begin making their choices, wins here are an excellent feather in a film o…
Believe it or not, we’ve entered the month of December. Somehow, yesterday was December 1st. It’s crazy, right? We’re officially in the final month of the year. As such, the last crop of film releases will be hitting screens over the…
Welcome back one and all to the weekly box office report! As is always the case, each and every Sunday you can expect a look at what made the most money in theaters, as well as just how all of the new releases fared. This week, buoyed by the Thanksgiv…
After coming up just short in the Best Picture race last year, getting a nomination for Roma but losing to Green Book, Netflix is on a quest to take the crown this time around. To that end, they’ve come out with a slate in 2019 that features mul…
I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving yesterday! Now, filled with turkey and stuffing, we turn our attention back to the Academy Awards. As mentioned in our last post, voters are almost assuredly pouring over screeners during this break, so it…
It’s Thanksgiving! Yes, as many of you are watching Detroit Lions and/or Dallas Cowboys football, spending time with family/friends, eating, and maybe even going to the movies on what some of us like to call Turkey Day, the holiday is also an es…
Of all the films I’ve seen in 2019, none has emerged as quite the pleasant surprise that The Two Popes has. On the surface, nothing about this project interested me. I’m not religious, I don’t especially see religious figures as comp…