Moments ago, the Producers Guild of America finished up their annual awards show, highlighted by the Darryl F. Zanuck Award, their version of Best Picture. The PGA top prize is a reliable indicator of future Oscar success, since eight of the last ten …
For the first time in 2020, we bring the review round-up to you fine folks. Yes, today we’re catching up on a trio of movies that I just wasn’t able to put reviews up of until now. The three films getting the treatment here are independent…
A couple of small surprises went down last night at the 70th Annual ACE Eddie Awards. The editing Guild is a noteworthy one because of how Best Film Editing ties into Best Pictures at the Academy Awards, so plenty of eyes were on this one last night. …
This weekend, the Guilds begin to chime in. Namely, the Producers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild will be holding their awards ceremonies. By the time Sunday night is concluded, the Academy Award race will look potentially different. Or, …
Today, we’re moving on from analysis of the Oscar nomination announcement to an initial look at my new predictions. This is a perfect time to post too, as next week brings some of the Guild results into the fold, which will evolve the race once …
Now that we’ve had about 48 hours to decompress and take in the Oscar nominations, it’s a better time to talk about the Academy’s snubs and surprises. Sure, it’s rather trendy to immediately throw them out into the world moment…
Yesterday was something, wasn’t it? Friends, after the intensity of waiting for the Academy Award nominations, it’s time for something a little bit fun today that It like to do right after nominees are announced. As we wait for the ballots to go…
The 2020 Academy Awards will air on February 9 and, once again, not feature a host.
As we learned Monday morning, the ceremony will scarcely feature any people of color, either.
Following today’s announcement of all the nominees, most movi…
Good morning everyone! Bright and early, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unleashed their Oscar nominations upon the world. As always, the Academy had a ton of snubs and surprises, since after all, this is the Oscars. Still, they stuck …
Last night, the Critics Choice Association held their 25th awards ceremony. There, Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood took Best Picture and led the evening with four wins, though the Critics Choice Awards spread the love quite a b…
Ladies and gentlemen, tonight the Critics Choice Awards will be airing on the CW. I’ll be in attendance as a first time voter and newfound member of the Critics Choice Association (formerly the Broadcast Film Critics Association), adding another…
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, our crop of new release…
In less than 48 hours, the Academy will reveal their newest crop of Oscar nominees. It’s going to be an exciting time, for sure, but even more so this year, I think. Why, you may ask? Well, with the compressed schedule and lack of full Guild kno…
The time has come. The Academy Award nominations are only a few days away. Oscar voters turned in their ballots earlier this week, so what’s done is done. We’re just waiting patiently to find out. The Academy has locked in their picks, but…
Whenever you find out that a movie hitting theaters is one that played film festivals almost three years ago, it’s hard not to go in expecting a bust. After all, if the flick was so good, why didn’t it come out in 2017, or even 2018? Why t…
There’s a really strong film to be made with the exact same subject matter as Underwater. In fact, it’s hard to argue that they could have cast it any better, either, as Kristen Stewart is a rock solid central force. However, in a rush to …