Critics Trash the Emmys, Can the Globes and the Oscars Can Be Better?
The Life of Chuck’s Win at Tiff?
The Life of Chuck wins People’s Choice Award at TIFF
2025 Oscar Predictions: A Boring Race Might Get Exciting This Sunday
Sean Baker’s Brilliant Anora Tops the Michael Patterson’s Survey
Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2 to Close the AFI Fest
Trailer: Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17
Bong Joon Ho's latest film doesn't open until January of 2025. It looks strange and interesting. Here is the description from YouTube: What's it feel like to die? From director Bong Joon Ho, comes Mickey 17 - only in theaters January 31, 2025. #Mickey17 From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikely hero,...
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2025 Oscars: Can Robin Wright Crack the Best Actress Race?
To my mind, the Best Actress race is Mikey Madison's to lose. Don't worry, no pressure or anything. Every so often, an unequivocal performance comes along. I believe Madison's is that performance this year. She is also the "Cinderella" in her film, which voters often respond to in the Academy. I could also add that the nudity and sex don't hurt, but in this case, as with Emma Stone last year, the performance stands out even more than the...
An undefinable Oscar season in the midst of a turbulent political time period
AD has a new writer. I've known him from Twitter for some time. He's politically to the Right, but not disagreeable about it. Here is his first column: Title: An undefinable Oscar season in the midst of a Turbulent Political Time Period By: Scott Kernen If there is one aspect of the Oscar race, or Hollywood in general, that one truly cannot ignore, it is the influence of politics and what is occurring in the world that will...
Critics Trash the Emmys, Can the Globes and the Oscars Can Be Better?
Update: Emmys ratings up a bit from the record low in January, but don't get too excited. They're still low. It's still hovering way down at the bottom, as you can see. But it good that they brought it up a bit: We don't have to wait for the ratings to come out for the Emmys. We know they're going to be bad. They will tick up slightly for the Globes, but not by much. I will confess...
2024 Emmy Award Winners – Sweeps for Shōgun, Baby Reindeer, & Hacks
Best Drama Series Shōgun (FX) Best Comedy Series Hacks (HBO/Max) Best Limited or Anthology Series Baby Reindeer (Netflix) Best Actress in a Drama Series Anna Sawai (Shōgun, FX) Best Actor in a Drama Series Hiroyuki Sanada (Shōgun, FX) Best Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or a Movie Jodie Foster (True Detective: Night Country, HBO/Max) Best Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or a Movie Richard Gadd (Baby Reindeer, Netflix) Best Director Limited Series Steven Zaillian (Ripley)...
The Curious Case of “Am I Racist” and Rotten Tomatoes
I thought it was strange to visit Rotten Tomatoes to find out what the score was for The Daily Wire's Am I Racist. The main page looks like this - you'll note no score for the movie and reviews listed as "zero." There are reviews, however. There are five: I wondered why there wasn't the 100% score for that. A quick google search brings up this: So it has to be "top critics" and not "mid critics." When you...
Weekly Predictions by Sasha Stone
Good as Gold by Mark Johnson
Conclave
Emilia Perez
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
Hard Truths
Sing Sing
Nickel Boys
Saturday Night
The Substance
Dune 2
The Piano Lesson
Inside Out 2
The Life of Chuck
Best Actor Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Daniel Craig, Queer
Tom Hiddleston, The Life of Chuck
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
John David Washington, The Piano Lesson
Best Actress Mikey Madison, Anora
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Angelina Jolie, Maria
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Perez
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
Demi Moore, The Substance
Lupita Nyong'o, A Quiet Place Day One
Kate Winslet, Lee
Zendaya, Challengers
Jodie Comer, The Bikeriders
Anya Taylor-Joy, Furiosa
June Squibb, Thelma
Best Supporting Actor Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Stanley Tucci, Conclave
Samuel L. Jackson, The Piano Lesson
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
Paul Raci, Sing Sing
Best Supporting Actress Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson
Zoe Saldana, Emilia Perez
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Nickel Boys
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Rachel Sennott, Saturday Night
Best Director Edward Berger, Conclave
Sean Baker, Anora
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Jason Reitman, Saturday Night
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Denis Villeneuve, Dune 2
Greg Kwedar, Sing Sing
Luca Guadagnino, Challengers
George Miller, Furiosa
Adapted Screenplay Conclave
The Piano Lesson
The Life of Chuck
Nickel Boys
Dune 2
Inside Out 2
Furiosa Original Screenplay The Brutalist
A Real Pain
Anora
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Emilia Perez
The Substance
Challengers Cinematography The Brutalist
Dune 2
Conclave
Furiosa
Best Editing Conclave
Anora
The Brutalist
Saturday Night
Nickel Boys
Dune 2 Production Design The Brutalist
Dune 2
Saturday Night
Conclave
Furiosa
Sound Mixing + Editing Dune 2
Saturday Night
Twisters
Furiosa
Costumes The Brutalist
Dune 2
Conclave
Furiosa
Visual Effects Twisters
A Quiet Place: Day One
Deadpool & Wolverine
Alien: Romulus
Furiosa
Dune 2
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Original Score Challengers
Conclave
Dune 2
Emilia Perez
The Piano Lesson
Inside Out 2
The Wild Robot
Original Song
Makeup and Hair Furiosa
Maria
The Piano Lesson
Conclave
Dune Part 2
Animated Feature Inside Out 2
Flow
Wild Robot
If
Despicable Me 4
Documentary Feature Will & Harper International Feature
Live Action Short
Documentary Short
Animated Short
Reviews
Podcasts
All This and the Oscars Too Podcast
Mark Johnson and I did a quickie podcast to discuss what changed in Telluride. What predictions were moved around, what...
Interviews
Emmy-Nominated Writers Sam Means and Meredith Scardino on ‘Home Alone’ Doorknobs and the Puppet We Never Met in the ‘Girls5eva’ Episode ‘Orlando’
Awards Daily talks to Girls5eva writer Sam Means and writer/showrunner Meredith Scardino about their Emmy-nominated episode "Orlando." Girls5eva writers Sam...
Double Emmy-Nominee Jonathan Pryce On Embracing Grandfatherly Roles in ‘The Crown,’ ‘Slow Horses’
Actor Jonathan Pryce received two nomination at the 2024 Emmy Awards. His bid for Supporting Actor in a Drama Series...
Laura Dern & Jayme Lemons On the Undeniable Hope Beneath the Comedy of ‘Palm Royale’
Palm Royale has an inescapable charm, but there are so many issues bubbling beneath the surface. Come for the incredible...
Director John McDermott on the Story of How Electric Lady Studios was Created in his Documentary ‘Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision’
Grammy nominated Director John McDermott is a proud Jimi Hendrix completist. When we met on Zoom, John’s background was three...
Costume Designer Carol Case On Adding Dashes of Humor In the Darkness of ‘Fargo’
Noah Hawley's Fargo tore through this year's Primetime Emmy nominations with a snarky vengeance. Racking up an impressive 15 nominations,...
Safowa Bright Bitzelberger On Costuming the Rise of The Cocaine Godmother for Netflix’s ‘Griselda’
When I finally sat down to catch up with Netflix's wildly popular limited series Griselda, I was amped to chart...