Oscar Flashback
Oscar Flashback: Variety calls Vertigo “Prime but Uneven” Hitchcock
Considered the greatest film of all time Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece Vertigo was not taken very seriously at all when it...
Read moreDetailsDo the Right Thing Gets a Doc for 25th Anniversary
Apple Beats has made and released a documentary Do the Right Thing 25 Anniversary: A Beats Music Experience which ends...
Read moreDetailsBest Films with Zero Oscar Nominations
My Facebook friend (#humblebrag) and one of my favorite film directors Rod Lurie recently posted the following status update: "If...
Read moreDetailsOscar Flashback: 1939, Gone with the Wind
There are just a few years that will always be remembered in Oscar history, either because one film so thoroughly...
Read moreDetailsOscar Flashback: Could The Pianist vs Chicago Repeat?
Whenever a film comes along that seems "difficult" for Academy voters, but also one as highly praised as Steve McQueen's...
Read moreDetailsOscar Flashback: Woody Allen, Blue Jasmine and A Streetcar Named Desire
Now that Blue Jasmine has opened with the best premiere numbers of Woody Allen's career, the film will be seriously...
Read moreDetailsDustin Hoffman on Brainwashing and Invisible Women
"Good day, Dr. Brewster. I said good day sir." Dustin Hoffman as Tootsie is easily one of the best performances...
Read moreDetailsJaws on the 4th and Other Beautiful Things
Over at the Film Experience, Nat has written up an appreciation of George Lucas' American Graffiti. That's his 4th of...
Read moreDetailsOscar Flashback: Why is Leonardo DiCaprio’s Work Ignored by the Academy?
Leonardo DiCaprio is heading into his fifth collaboration with Martin Scorsese with The Wolf of Wall Street this November. He...
Read moreDetailsOscar Flashback: When the Gatekeepers are Wrong
We Oscarwatchers put a lot of faith in the gatekeepers -- those bloggers and critics who see movies first, review...
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Oscar Nomination Predictions
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94.5%One Battle after Another (Warner Bros.)
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87.4%Sinners (Warner Bros.)
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65.4%Hamnet (Focus Features)
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59.8%Marty Supreme (A24)
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58.3%Sentimental Value (Neon)
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58.3%Frankenstein (Netflix)
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60.6%The Secret Agent (Neon)
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58.3%Train Dreams (Netflix)
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57.5%Bugonia (Focus Features)
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56.7%F1 (Apple)
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95.3%One Battle after Another, Paul Thomas Anderson
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76.4%Sinners, Ryan Coogler
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63%Hamnet, Chloé Zhao
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56.7%Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier
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56.7%Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie
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90.6%Michael B. Jordan in Sinners
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83.5%Timothée Chalamet in Marty Supreme
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68.5%Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle after Another
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68.5%Wagner Moura in The Secret Agent
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62.2%Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon
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93.7%Jessie Buckley in Hamnet
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62.2%Rose Byrne in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
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60.6%Renate Reinsve in Sentimental Value
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60.6%Emma Stone in Bugonia
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59.1%Kate Hudson in Song Sung Blue
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93.7%Sean Penn in One Battle after Another
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77.2%Stellan Skarsgård in Sentimental Value
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73.2%Delroy Lindo in Sinners
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64.6%Benicio Del Toro in One Battle after Another
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63%Jacob Elordi in Frankenstein
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86.6%Amy Madigan in Weapons
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81.9%Teyana Taylor in One Battle after Another
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74.8%Wunmi Mosaku in Sinners
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59.8%Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in Sentimental Value
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59.1%Elle Fanning in Sentimental Value
Nextgen Oscarwatcher: From the Press Room at the 98th Oscars
The Oscars being on my 24th Birthday, while it being the first year spending the telecast in the pressroom was...
