The times are changing and they're changing fast. Steven Spielberg is apparently leading a charge of Academy members to block...
Read moreThe Central Park Five got a documentary a few years back, but now is coming to Netflix as a four-part...
Read moreAn anonymous ballot (really, after all that's been said, why be anonymous? Grow a pair, pal) reveals how one member...
Read moreMarshall Flores and I have been running - what he calls - sims (simulations) for the preferential ballot on Facebook....
Read moreBest Picture Green Book Best Director Roma, Alfonso Cuarón Best Actress in a Leading Role Olivia Coleman, The Favourite Best...
Read moreYou've been with us through the boring years, through the predictable years, through good times and bad. You've been here...
Read moreWe're gonna need a bigger boat but since it's Friday, we went ahead and put up our preliminary Big Fat...
Read moreNo one really seems to know if this year will indeed be as unpredictable as it seems right now. If...
Read moreAll of the major pundits at Gold Derby are 100% in for Roma. That is quite a stronghold. Either they...
Read moreFor some people, this Oscar season has been "fun and exciting." For others, it's been like having the stomach flu....
Read moreFor most of the time I've been covering the Oscars (going on 20 years now) and throughout their 90 year...
Read moreBohemian Rhapsody might be our double sound winner next Sunday, since it's now won both the CAS and the MPSE....
Read moreThe Cinema Audio Society handed out their awards last night, with Bohemian Rhapsody taking the top prize in Sound Mixing...
Read moreAnother Berlinale, another set of surprise winners/bad predictions! I did slightly better than last year by nailing at least one...
Read moreThe Academy has capitulated on all of their own proposals to shorten the Oscar broadcast and boost ratings: the host,...
Read moreThis grim and fretful Oscar season, which should be much more of a celebration than the fear and panic in...
Read moreIn the era of the expanded ballot, screenplay honors have been tied more closely to Best Picture than even a...
Read morePlan A - "Add a popular film category," said the Academy. "That might help bring back those who have long...
Read moreYesterday, Roma won Best Film and Best Director at the BAFTAs, setting into motion that old seductive idea that the...
Read moreOutstanding Film - Roma Outstanding Director – Alfonso Cuarón, Roma Outstanding Leading Actress – Olivia Coleman, The Favourite Outstanding Leading...
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