2020 Venice Film Festival Awards: Is Frances McDormand on her way to a third Best Actress Oscar for Chloé Zhao’s Golden Lion winner Nomadland?
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The Academy has instituted Best Picture hiring and representation ‘Oscar Diversity’ quota requirements whose goals and potential effectiveness are debatable.
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Best remembered for playing the creepy Omni chairman in RoboCop, Dan O’Herlihy was a one-of-a-kind Best Actor Oscar nominee during the studio era.
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Actress Ann Sothern enjoyed an unusual second career peak that included a top Oscar winner and decades later she became one of the oldest nominees.
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Starring Chadwick Boseman and standout Michael B. Jordan, Ryan Coogler’s movie history-making Black Panther gives new life to the superhero genre.
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Cannes Winners Diane Kruger and Sofia Coppola Oscar Chances + bypassed but potential awards season contenders from Michael Haneke to Robert Pattinson.
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Cannes Winners vs Oscar Nominations: Joaquin Phoenix and AIDS Drama that made Pedro Almodóvar sob plus rare Swedish Palme d’Or winner chances?
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Best Picture Arrival – Shawn Levy. Dan Levine. Aaron Ryder. David Linde. Fences – Scott Rudin. Denzel Washington. Todd Black. Hacksaw Ridge – Bill Mechanic. David Permut. Hell or High…
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The Wolverine Hugh Jackman is at the embittered heart of James Mangold’s surprisingly violent Logan, one of the best superhero movies out there.
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2016 movies Things to Come (pictured) and Elle have earned French cinema icon Isabelle Huppert her – surprisingly – very first National Society of Film Critics Best Actress Award. 2016…
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Justin Lin’s Star Trek Beyond is the new series’ mostly satisfying movie to date, but a gay Sulu and an incoherent action climax are two major problems.
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SAG Awards Predictions: Sentimentality and ‘diversity’ should either pave the way or compensate for recognition at the Oscars.
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Critics’ Choice Awards winner and nominations: Star Wars controversy and nominations for all as just about everyone in Hollywood shortlisted.
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Best Visual Effects Oscar Semi-Finalists: Tom Cruise, James Bond Movies Out as Academy comes up with a few surprises.
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Village Voice Best of the Year offbeat picks: Charlotte Rampling, Kristen Stewart plus prestigious but lesser-known films.
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New York Film Critics Awards boosted Kristen Stewart and lesbian romance Oscar Chances plus acclaimed Holocaust drama.
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SAG Awards Nominations: Unexpected Helen Mirren double dose plus loads of surprises and snubs means Oscars a wildly unpredictable race.
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Online film critics awards: Rooney Mara (according to some, absurdly) in Best Supporting Actress Category while Kristen Stewart in.
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Los Angeles Film Critics Awards surprises: Michael Fassbender, Charlotte Rampling tops as the former now 4th two-time LAFCA Best Actor winner.
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Despite its many and notable qualities, Lenny Abrahamson’s movie Room is a less-than-pleasant experience. Brie Larson stars.
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Michael Fassbender is outstanding in director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s vibrant biopic Steve Jobs. Kate Winslet costars.
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While emphasizing feel-good themes, Ridley Scott proves with the absorbing The Martian that he’s still got what it takes. Matt Damon stars.
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Uggie: The Artist dog star and inveterate scene-stealer. Uggie, ‘The Artist’ scene-stealing dog star, has died The biggest non-human movie star of the 21st century, Uggie, whose scene-stealing cuteness helped…
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Katharine Hepburn movies. Katharine Hepburn movies: Woman in drag, in love, in danger In case you’re suffering from insomnia, you might want to spend your night and early morning watching…
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Directed by Asif Kapadia, the Amy Winehouse nonfiction movie Amy is an all-around remarkable achievement. Oscar winner.
Starring Alden Ehrenreich as the young Han Solo, Ron Howard’s Solo: A Star Wars Story is kneecapped by The Force of Corporate Pressure.
James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is a mostly enjoyable romp, but despite the presence of Chris Pratt the franchise is starting to feel a bit stale.
Right-wing filmmaker Clint Eastwood’s Sully movie is a tribute to ‘old-fashioned all-American heroism.’ Tom Hanks plays US Airways pilot Chesley Sullenberger.
Golden Globes: Diversity Hollywood style plus Leo and Kate back together and embarrassing Michael Fassbender fail.
European Film Awards Winners include Charlotte Rampling, Michael Caine and Christopher Waltz. Oscar contenders Rampling and Caine took home 2 awards each.
With some assistance from Dalton Trumbo himself, Bryan Cranston delivers a phenomenal performance as the blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter.
Multicultural movies: Best Foreign Language Film Oscar entries include Irish-Cuban tale Viva, with Héctor Medina. Multicultural movies & the Oscars Nearly ten years ago, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts…