Predicting a Best Picture winner is hard. As one Oscar voter once told me, ideally it's simply the "best picture."...
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Read moreThe speediest Oscar race of all-time continues with another awards blitz weekend. The BIG ONE happens on Saturday night —...
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Read moreOn January 5th, the Golden Globes will announce their winners. It will be the only major publicity event to take...
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Read moreWhen people predict Best Picture, they are almost always thinking about it wrong. Almost always. They are seeing it the...
Read moreThere are various versions of this year's Oscar race. There are a lot of angles being covered and no clear...
Read moreI was a little surprised that The Hollywood Reporter's Netflix story asks whether there would be three Netflix nominees for...
Read moreThe Oscar story for 2019 isn't yet told. The big stories from last year would probably be what happens when...
Read moreIn one sense, the past no longer matters when we're talking about the Oscar race. The preferential ballot plus the...
Read moreOh boy, here we go. Welcome to the single most unpredictable Oscars I've witnessed in 20 years. Here it is...
Read moreThe only real difference between film critics now and film critics when I first started covering the Oscars is that...
Read moreHow we think about the Oscar race has, in many ways, remained the same for decades. Conventional wisdom says that...
Read moreEvery win changes the conversation. This weekend we'll get a few more of those. Los Angeles throws their hat in...
Read moreA Star Is Born is back. Mary Poppins is back. Box office is back. Popular films are BACK!? With the...
Read moreDonald Trump has not only upended American culture, but also something as seemingly meaningless as the Oscar race. When you...
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