Film Preview: The Last Temptation of Becky (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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20th Women Critics Awards
This group keeps changing its rules, which is fine, but when you ask them a question, you should get a response. Several things didn’t add up with this list, so I asked about them. Radio silence. Their selections are all over the place, so probably not much value to them anyway. They don’t have a…
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Film Preview: Which Brings Me to You (2024)
Page Revisions: (December 17, 2023) Original (January 14, 2024) New Poster (#1) Release Date: January 19, 2024 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Two romantic burnouts meet at a wedding and almost hook up in the coatroom before putting the brakes on. They agree to exchange candid confessions about their pasts on the off chance that this might…
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96th Oscars Shortlists Unveiled
Below are the shortlists in ten categories. There are few of my predictions not on this list, but it’s good to have something to narrow down from. Will post updated predictions as soon as I’m able. 96TH OSCARS® SHORTLISTS IN 10 AWARD CATEGORIES ANNOUNCED LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and…
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Oscar Profile: Bradley Cooper
Born January 5, 1975 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a mother of Italian descent and a father of Irish descent, Bradly Cooper’s mother worked for the local NBC TV station, his father was a stockbroker. He moved to New York after graduating with top honors from Georgetown University in 1997. Studying drama at the Actors Studio,…
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Review: The Color Purple (2023)
The Color Purple Rating Director Blitz Bazawaule Screenplay Marcus Gardley (Musical: Marsha Norman; Novel: Alice Walker) Length 2h 20m Starring Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, Halle Bailey, Ciara, Gabriella Wilson ‘H.E.R.’, David Alan Grier, Deon Cole, Jon Batiste, Louis Gossett Jr. MPAA Rating PG-13 Original Preview…
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Looking at the Weekend: Dec. 22-24, 2023
This week is a big one. It’s the last major weekend of the year with no fewer than eight different titles opening wide. There are even a few major Oscar contenders too. The only one that really needs a majorly successful run is The Color Purple. Unfortunately, it’s going to struggle against Aquaman and the…
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Poll: Re-Awarding Best Visual Effects, 2005
Return Links Polls Re-Awarding Best Visual Effects, 2005 Now that we’ve finished rebuilding the nomination slate between 1997 and 2016 (we’ll do subsequent years after this series has completed), we will take those rebuilt slates and pick a new winner from among the nominees. In our fifth pass, we take a look at the new…
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28th Satellite Awards Nominations
The Satellite Awards are run by the International Press Academy. Unlike the Hollywood Foreign Press who are now semi-independent of the Golden Globes, the Satellites are still acting like the Globes of Old while taking a few cues from them in terms of foreign language nominees. Napoleon and Ferrari had their best showings here in…
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44th London Critics Nominations
London’s critics have a different sensibility than American ones hence All of Us Strangers dominating everything yet coming up short all over the American Precursor slate. Nominations Tallies (9) All of Us Strangers (7) Oppenheimer (6) Poor Things, The Zone of Interest (5) Barbie, Past Lives (4) Anatomy of a Fall, Killers of the Flower…
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7th Online Female Critics Nominations
Not surprisingly, Barbie and Poor Things were this group’s top choices. Oppenheimer also did well in the nominations. Nominations Tallies (10) Barbie, Poor Things (9) Oppenheimer (6) The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Past Lives (5) Anatomy of a Fall (4) Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (3) American Fiction, May December, Saltburn…
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13th Black Critics Awards
Black critics do their best to recognize the best in films, but they are almost always films that highlight the Black experience, which is to be expected. As such, American Fiction crushed all others. The strangest selection is Danielle Brooks over Da’Vine Joy Randolph. Brooks has barely been a blip during the precursors while Randolph…
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23rd Phoenix Critics Society Awards
Phoenix critics went with Oppenheimer and Barbie for the most awards, but named Killers of the Flower Moon Best Picture. Award Tallies (6) Oppenheimer (4) Barbie (3) Killers of the Flower Moon (2) The Holdovers (1) Anatomy of a Fall, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, The Boys in the Boat, The Creator, Poor…
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15th North Texas Critics Awards
North Texas critics loved Oppenheimer most, but also adored The Holdovers splitting most of the awards between them. Award Tallies (5) Oppenheimer (4) The Holdovers (1) Anatomy of a Fall, BlackBerry, Killers of the Flower Moon, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie The Awards Best Picture Oppenheimer Best Animated Film Spider-Man:…
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