Released: January 31, 2020 Runtime: 101 minutes (5 short films) Program: Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts for 2019 (Parental Discretion advised; strong language and occasional instances of sexuality -- some including violence -- would put this slate in Rated R territory) There’s a stretch of categories during every Oscar telecast that virtually no one has ever even heard of, [...]
Parasite maintained its status as a big Oscar contender while Jojo Rabbit positioned itself as an Oscar spoiler as each were the big winners at the annual Writers Guild Awards, honoring the best scriptwriting of 2019. Writer / Director Bong Joon-ho and his co-writer Han Jin-won won the Best Original Screenplay award from the WGA, becoming the [...]
Released: January 31, 2020 Runtime: 83 minutes (5 short films) Program: Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts for 2019 There’s a stretch of categories during every Oscar telecast that virtually no one has ever even heard of, let alone seen: the shorts. Divided into three competitive groups – Animated, Live Action, and Documentary – the Academy Award nominated shorts can make-or-break [...]
Released: January 31, 2020 in select theaters Runtime: 160 Minutes (5 short films) Program: Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts for 2019 (Parental Discretion advised; the final documentary short film "St. Louis Superman" has strong adult language) There’s a stretch of categories during every Oscar telecast that virtually no one has ever even heard of, let alone seen: the shorts. [...]
https://vimeo.com/387857346 The sudden death of Kobe Bryant has reverberated across several cultural platforms, far beyond the arena of basketball where the man became an icon. Bryant, a 5-time NBA Champion with the Los Angeles Lakers and one of the greatest players in the history of the game, died Sunday morning January 26, 2020 when a [...]
The last major Awards Season card has been played, and it's predicting that 1917 is the movie to beat come Oscar night. After taken home Picture and Directing honors at the Golden Globes, then the top prize at the Producers Guild of America (a Best Picture equivalent), the Directors Guild of America named Sam Mendes [...]
As predictable as a Hollywood formula, the Screen Actors Guild handed out acting awards to the presumptive favorites in four individual categories, and a leading Best Picture contender from their five cast nominees. Joaquin Phoenix, Renee Zellweger, Laura Dern and Brad Pitt all won their respective awards in leading and supporting categories, just as they [...]
We officially have our Oscar frontrunner for Best Picture. In the 30 years of the Producers Guild of America Awards, 21 of their winners have gone on to grab the Best Picture prize at the Academy Awards, including 8 of the last 10. This year, director Sam Mendes' "one shot" World War I epic 1917 was [...]
The Clown Prince of Crime got the last laugh on Oscar Nom morning as the R-rated billion-dollar blockbuster Joker led all films with 11 nominations including Best Picture. It's the first time that a movie based on a comic book character has been the Academy's leading nominee, going further than Black Panther did with 7 [...]
I'd been thinking for awhile that Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood would win the Oscar for Best Picture. The Critics' Choice Awards may have just predicted it as well. The association of national broadcast film critics named Quentin Tarantino's ninth feature film the best one of 2019, giving it the most awards with 4 total. [...]
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