This year’s Academy Awards Best Picture presenters were going to be Harrison Ford and Glenn Close, in an “Air Force One” reunion. The “Presenting Duo Reunion” was one of the themes of the 95th Oscars, as “Jungle Cruise” stars Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson presented the first award, Best Animated Feature, to “Guillermo del Toro’s […]
It’s time for PART 2 of my 2023 Oscars Predictions. Here’s who I think will win… and who might surprise… when it comes to some of the biggest categories — Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay and… first up… Animated Feature: Best Animated Feature Will Win: “Guillermo Del […]
The 2023 BAFTAs made a few things clear but, for the most part, shook-up races heading into the SAG Awards and the Academy Awards. “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” is close to a lock to win Best Animated Feature at the Oscars. It’s expected to first win at this Saturday’s Annie Awards. If it does, I’d […]
Here are my predictions in seven of the major categories for the 95th Oscars Nominations, which will be announced this Tuesday January 24th on ABC: Best Animated Feature “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” “Turning Red” “Wendell & Wild” Alternate: “The Sea Beast” Pleasant Surprise: […]
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is looking to rebound from a disastrous past couple of years, with the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards. The live telecast is this Tuesday January 10th at 8pm on NBC. Recent Emmy winner and comedian Jerrod Carmichael is the host. The HFPA has added about 100 new, diverse Golden Globes […]
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” director of character fabrication, Georgina Hayns, joins me for this Animation Scoop Q&A to discuss the puppets in the highly-anticipated stop-motion animated feature coming to Netflix on December 9th. —————————————— Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. […]
Willem Dafoe has been acting in movies since the early ‘80s. He earned Oscar nominations for “Platoon” (1986) and “Shadow of the Vampire” (2000). But I think we can all agree that his popularity is at an all-time high right now. I had heard him in 2003’s “Finding Nemo” and 2009’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and […]
Even with one of the most star-studded casts of the year, director Guillermo Del Toro’s follow-up to his Oscar winning “The Shape of Water” isn’t bound for a similar awards season fate. “Nightmare Alley” plays out as three completely different movies, each running about 45 minutes. So I’m going to do something rare: review and […]
Lisa Henson of The Jim Henson Company discusses the new “Harriet the Spy” AppleTV+ animated series, her father’s mentorship, working with Julie Andrews & Guillermo Del Toro and more in this Animation Scoop Q&A. —————————————– Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of […]
It’s unclear why director Robert Zemeckis, co-writer Guillermo del Toro, producer Alfonso Cuaron and Warner Bros. thought a new version of “The Witches” was necessary. The 1983 Roald Dahl novel is not one of his most celebrated works. The 1990 movie starring Anjelica Huston, though liked by critics, only made $10 million at the box […]