I don't think I've ever seen a more cut-throat Oscar season, nor a more demeaning one all the way around....
Read moreIn many ways, 2010 may mark the year when the Oscars became relevant again. They wouldn't have made themselves relevant...
Read moreIt feels like the weeks before ballots are due are stretching farther than they ever have before. Believe it or...
Read moreThe last time in recent Oscar history that as much as three war films were in the Best Pic race...
Read moreIf Avatar wins the Best Picture Oscar, it will be the first film to do so without having won the...
Read moreSome years are easier to call than others. And every year we get some right and we get some wrong....
Read moreThere have been a very small handful of women who have gotten Directors Guild nominations. None had any chance of...
Read moreAnd what does it mean? A couple of weeks ago, I wrote on my Facebook page that I thought, in...
Read moreIt is still true that the director is the star of the Best Picture race. And that will be true...
Read moreThe 82nd Oscars telecast is brewing as the perfect storm to attract its biggest audience in years.   The combination of...
Read moreThe rule with your best picture winner is that you can basically sit anyone in front of it and they...
Read moreOscar season starts with the movies. Ideally, those movies are released throughout the year and are then honored at year's...
Read moreReality is something different to everyone. For most of us, it means the drudgery of every day life. For three...
Read moreIt has been said that the only really exciting Oscar races are those with a wide open Best Picture race....
Read moreI've said it too many times to be funny anymore --we are entering the fertile period, ovulation, if you will...
Read moreAt the end of this week, several key moments in the Oscar race will lift off: The Los Angeles Film...
Read moreSoldiers. A serious man. A great leader. A man up in the air. 2009 is, once again, the Year of...
Read more"What good is knowledge if it just floats in the air? It goes from computer to computer. It changes and...
Read moreLike them or not, the National Board of Review is first out of the gate with the top ten films...
Read moreOscar season has a way of sweeping out the old to make way for the new. This is really simply...
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