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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Black Panther (2018) movie review: Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan star in Ryan Coogler’s history-making entry in 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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Logan (2017) movie review: Wolverine Hugh Jackman is at the embittered heart of James Mangold’s adult-oriented superhero film.
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2016 Movies: Isabelle Huppert as the year’s Emmanuelle Riva while widely acclaimed gay film among NSFC winners plus honoring cinema’s black pioneers.
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Star Trek Beyond (2016) movie review: Justin Lin’s action sci-fier is the new series’ most satisfying movie, but John Cho’s gay Sulu is a major problem.
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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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Room (2015) movie review: Starring an effective Brie Larson, Lenny Abrahamson’s psychological drama provides an uncomfortable experience.
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Steve Jobs (2015) movie review: Michael Fassbender is outstanding in Danny Boyle and Aaron Sorkin’s vigorous biopic. Kate Winslet costars.
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The Martian (2015) movie review: Ridley Scott proves that he still has what it takes. Amiable ‘everyman’ Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain star.
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Uggie: The Artist Dog Star that stole scenes from Oscar winner Jean Dujardin in Michel Hazanavicius’ 2011 sleeper hit has died at age 13.
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Katharine Hepburn Movies: Women in Drag, in Love and in Danger in classic movies that ultimately earned her 12 Academy Award nominations.
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Amy (2015) movie review: Asif Kapadia’s remarkable Amy Winehouse documentary chronicles the rise and fall of the tragic singer.
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) movie review: Ron Howard’s entry is kneecapped by The Force of Corporate Pressure. Alden Ehrenreich stars.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) Movie Review: Despite Chris Pratt, this particular Marvel franchise is starting to feel a bit stale.
Sully (2016) movie review: Tom Hanks personifies ‘all-American heroism’ in filmmaker Clint Eastwood’s drama that distorts real-life events.
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.
Trumbo (2015) movie review: Bryan Cranston delivers a phenomenal performance as the blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.
Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Submissions: Multicultural and Multinational movies as Academy more open-minded re: international cinema.