Predictions Friday
Predictions Friday Part Two — Oscar Nominations for Tuesday, Damn the Torpedoes
Oh boy, here we go. Welcome to the single most unpredictable Oscars I've witnessed in 20 years. Here it is...
Predictions Friday: Money Changes Everything
The only real difference between film critics now and film critics when I first started covering the Oscars is that...
Predictions Friday: Who Will Be the Nominations Leader and Does That Even Matter Anymore?
How we think about the Oscar race has, in many ways, remained the same for decades. Conventional wisdom says that...
Predictions Friday Ahead of a Big Weekend for Critics Awards
Every win changes the conversation. This weekend we'll get a few more of those. Los Angeles throws their hat in...
Predictions Friday: Escaping Reality and Tripping the Light Fantastic
A Star Is Born is back. Mary Poppins is back. Box office is back. Popular films are BACK!? With the...
Predictions Friday — Fear and Panic in Oscartown
Donald Trump has not only upended American culture, but also something as seemingly meaningless as the Oscar race. When you...
Predictions Friday: Woke White Oscar 2019
The liberal left is going through a kind of transformational change in our fierce but sometimes off-target response to the...
Predictions Friday: A Whole Lotta Shaking Going On (Except Not)
All quiet on the Oscar front as so many people fret the upcoming midterms. No one can breathe. No one...
Predictions Friday: The Mysteries of the Unseen Remain
It's not all that worthwhile trying to call an Oscar race when the story isn't all the way told, and...
Predictions Friday: You’d Think that People Would Have Had Enough of Silly Love Songs
Love stories are more popular with the Academy than people might think. Although it always seems like there has to...
Predictions Friday: The Fog is Clearing, But Don’t Expect to be Right in October
The Oscar race is sort of, kind of taking shape. We really can't know what it will be, though, until...
Predictions Friday with the Oscar Squad – Is it A Star is Born’s to Lose?
A lot has to happen between now and when final Oscar ballots go out. There is not enough caution out...
Predictions Friday – Almost October, Still No Clear Frontrunners
American culture is thrust into chaos. It feels an awful lot like a civil war. The drama in play now...
Predictions Friday – The Oscars on the Eve of Telluride
The Oscar race has not yet begun to take shape. The new category has upended everything, or at least thrown...
Predictions Friday – Best Actress Is Crowded Already and It’s Not Even October
Let's get this party started right, shall we? Telluride and Venice are just two weeks out. The Academy still hasn't...
Predictions Friday — Why Dunkirk Is Still in the Race for Best Picture and Other Odd Findings
Here is a brief history of how the Oscars have changed the dates of the awards ceremony over the years....
Predictions Friday: No Direction Home
Days until Oscar voting begins: 19. A lot can happen in 19 days. This is the most fertile period for...
Predictions Friday – Boy Howdy This is an Unpredictable Year
The search for Best Picture continues with no end in sight. It might even come down to a few votes...
Predictions Friday – The Oscar Squad Takes on the Golden Globes
It is a wide open Golden Globes by most accounts. Some are predicting The Post (like folks at Gold Derby)...
Predictions Friday – A Week Away From Knowing Our Frontrunner
The Golden Globes Awards ceremony on January 7th will set up a situation where we still probably do not know...
Are We Praising or Taking a Baseball Bat to the ‘Big Little Lies’ Season 2 Finale?
This week, the Water Cooler Gang is joined by a listener to discuss the Big Little LiesSeason 2 finale and...
Barry Avrich On ‘Prosecuting Evil’ And Shining A Light On An Unsung Hero
Ben Ferencz is a name we should know. But we don't. His name should have the same recognition as Gandhi,...
Watch the Trailer for ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ Starring Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers
Prepare to get a little teary with the new trailer for A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood. Helmed by Marielle...
HBO Drops Two Major Trailers at SDCC
HBO unveil two high profile trailers at San Diego Comic Con today. First up, Damon Lindelof's sequel to Watchmen, the famed Alan...
Hans Zimmer Returns To Scoring The Lion King 25 Years Later
I am capping off my Lion King Press Day by sitting in a room with Hans Zimmer. We've spoken on...
John Kani Talks The Lion King – “It was Africa, and that was beautiful.”
John Kani's presence is magnetic. As I sit across from him in a suite at the Montage Hotel, we're talking...
First Trailer for ‘Cats’ Is Out of the Bag
On a day when prominent trailers came out for "Ad Astra," "Top Gun: Maverick," and "IT: Chapter 2," dominating discussion...
Watch Brad Pitt Head To Space In New ‘Ad Astra’ Trailer
20th Century Fox has released a brand new trailer and poster for Ad Astra. Brad Pitt plays Roy McBride as...
Interview: Awkwafina Talks The Farewell and Her Very Personal Journey
She introduces herself as "Nora" but to most, she is Awkwafina, rapper and actress who had two breakout roles last...
Kore-eda’s The Truth to Open 76th Venice Film Festival
Palme d’Or winner and Oscar nominee Kore-eda Hirokazu’s latest drama starring Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche and Ethan Hawke will open...