In a sudden move, Steve Jobs just got yanked from 2,000 screens across the country. It was the exclamation point on the most underwhelming first phase of an Oscar season in quite some time. Talk about not living up to the hype. While most of the season's early Oscar-contenders have been well-reviewed and, therefore, met expectations regarding caliber [...]
It's November, and so the Awards Season is about to get serious. There are a possible 10 slots to fill in the Academy's race for Best Picture. According to Variety's Awards editor Kristopher Tapley, these are the 26 films (click here) that are likely to vie for those 10.
The third sequel to a 30-years-after-the-fact trilogy from the 1980s...with a legitimate shot for a Best Picture nomination? A lot of pundits think it's possible - including Kristopher Tapley, the "In Contention" Awards Coverage editor for Variety. You can read Tapley's analysis here. And my review here. As far as Fury Road's Oscar prospects: despite its worthiness as [...]
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