So, tell us what you really think. Six anonymous Academy voters do just that, thanks to The Hollywood Reporter's annual Awards Season tradition "Brutally Honest Oscar Ballots". This year's crop of mystery Academy members includes an unnamed Actress, Producer, Publicist, Executive, Actor, and Director, all who've either been nominated before or have been a part of [...]
Variety's Playback podcast - hosted by Kristopher Tapley - is another great resource for in-depth conversations with Awards Season contenders, as well as insightful Oscar prognostication. Dating all the way back to September 2016, interviewees include nominees such as Mel Gibson, Barry Jenkins, Casey Affleck, Damien Chazelle, Viola Davis, Kenneth Lonergan, Ava DuVernay, Jeff Bridges, and many many more. These are serious conversations about the actual craft, process, [...]
Episode 3: LA LA LAND is Hitler For this edition of The OFCC Podcast, available on iTunes, a roundtable of critics from the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle discuss the latest in movies for late February 2017. You can also stream Episode 3 by clicking here. On this episode, the roundtable includes: Host Charles Elmore, producer of Videodrone Tulsa Rod Lott, Editor and Writer for Flick Attack, and former OFCC President [...]
Below are my predictions for the 2016 Academy Awards, in all 24 categories. The list has some commentary in the major categories, and then simple “Will Win” predictions for the undercard choices along with “Should Win” opinions. According to how I see it, the night’s big winner will be La La Land with 9 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. No other film will come close. [...]
A big budget Martin Scorsese crime epic is being day-and-dated to stream online, with limited theatrical play - starring Robert De Niro in a long-overdue 9th collaboration, no less. And a part of me just died inside. Paramount Pictures is screwing up a lot of things lately, and Netflix is having a dubious track record as savior. [...]
There are national TV commercials that cost more than Moonlight did, but they're not nominated for 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture of the Year. IndieWire's Chris O'Falt examines how this could possibly be his very revealing article "The Craft of ‘Moonlight’: How a $1.5 Million Indie Landed Eight Oscar Nominations". The piece includes insight from [...]
The countdown concludes. My annual two-part guest stint with Nick Flora, now on his All Time Favorite podcast (see links below), concludes with our Top 5 choices for the Best Movies of 2016. You can download "The Films Of 2016 with guest Jeff Huston (Part Two)" on iTunes or stream it here. To start with Part 1, where we discuss picks 6 - 10 on our [...]
Episode 2: Lego Bat's Ego. For this edition of The OFCC Podcast, now on iTunes, a roundtable of critics from the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle (including me) discusses the latest in movies for early February 2017. You can also stream it by clicking here. On this episode, the roundtable includes: Host Charles Elmore, producer of Videodrone Tulsa Joshua Kline, Editor of The Tulsa Voice Adam Chitwood, Deputy [...]
Here we go, again on our own. Honestly, I have no idea why I'm paraphrasing Whitesnake but, well, why not?! If it's February, it's time for Nick Flora and I to have a deep-dive discussion about our Favorite Movies of the Year. It's always a two-episode affair and this year is no different, starting with Part [...]
Episode 1: The Phantom Critics.Or to put it another way, The OFCC Podcast is now on iTunes. You can also stream it by clicking here. A new production of the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle, The OFCC Podcast is a bi-monthly program (that's twice a month for those of you in Pawhuska - I KID!) that brings [...]
I Can't Unsee That Movie: film news and reviews by Jeff Huston 