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I like the idea of an Oscars that isn’t hurried. They were still “playing people off” at the 95th Academy Awards, and some needed it. But most did not. Let people finish their thoughts. The laundry list speeches are still … Continue reading →

That’s more than a few Oscars for this marquee picture from Netflix. A career peak for composer Volker Bertelman, a gracious speech. Is there a “trend” pointing towards a Best Picture upset? Maybe. A lovely, ominous and weighty score. But … Continue reading →

Here’s a win for Apple! “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse,” based on a children’s book, a best seller, it was my favorite among the nominees that I saw. The fact that it’s on Apple TV means … Continue reading →

There was a whispering campaign underway a few weeks back that this was actually your Best Picture dark horse. But we’ll have to see about that. Gorgeous film, unfortunate timing, coming so soon after the Oscar-winning epic “1917.” But certainly … Continue reading →

Ruth Carter thanks her mother and praises the production for increasing representation and altering the world looks and the way we look at it. She just lost her mother, at 101. Sweet speech.

I mean, come on. That’s a transformation. No, you shouldn’t play winners off. The show is unhurried, Kimmel wasted a bit too much time on the opening. Let it run as long as it runs. It’s the youtube snippets of … Continue reading →

James Friend wins for the most striking real world photography in the Oscar field this year. Not a good speech, not his thing. But the work speaks for itself.

“Fire of Love” was a lot of people’s favorite. Mine too, probably. Very “Grizzly Man.” But “Navalny” was the most topical film in this field, although others were just as important, thanks to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the fact … Continue reading →

It seemed like Angela Bassett’s Oscar to lose. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” was one of the more middling films to earn nominations, but she’s regal in it. Wonder if Jamie Lee’s lovely, loopy SAG acceptance speech and other Awards Season … Continue reading →

A stacked category, with Brendan and Brian Tyree Henry my faint hopes for long shot wins. Pity they put Gleeson in the same category as Barry Keoghan, but them’s the breaks. Ke Huy Quan is the sentimental favorite, the fanboy … Continue reading →