Last year, I walked out of “Lincoln” having a pretty good feeling that Daniel Day-Lewis was going to walk away with every Best Actor award. Check! After watching “Silver Linings Playbook”, I predicted Jennifer Lawrence would be the year’s Oscars darling. Check! And practically everyone could see that Anne Hathaway’s Best Supporting Actress dream would […]

It’s been a tremendous year for African-American films and performers. “12 Years a Slave” is the current frontrunner for Best Picture of the Year and star Chiwetel Ejiofor and Lupita Nyong’o are top acting contenders. “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” has grossed $116 million and could see stars Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey walk the Oscars […]

ABC’s hit show “Shark Tank” is one of the biggest success stories in modern TV history. After being on the air and practically unnoticed for three seasons, the quintessential “American Dream” reality series finally caught-on last year and is now a national phenomenon and must-see TV every Friday – or, for those of us who […]

One of my favorite awards season categories is the one which honors the film with the best group of actors, performing at the highest level. Most call it “Best Ensemble”. The Screen Actors Guild Awards call it “Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.” This year there is a tremendous number of movies […]

By this time next month, we’ll be able to wave goodbye to “Iron Man 3” as the highest-grossing film of 2013. “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” will undoubtedly claim that title. But just how big will this second installment in the “HG” series be? Here’s a breakdown: Last year’s “The Hunger Games” opened with a […]

I have officially seen all the major contenders for this year’s Best Animated Feature Oscar. It’s time for my nomination picks: THE THREE LOCKS: “FROZEN” – Disney’s spectacular musical comedy inspired by The Snow Queen is an animated triumph. With songs destined for Broadway, memorable characters, and two fantastic twists, it’s truly the best of […]

The announcement by Disney that “Star Wars: Episode VII” will be released Dec. 18, 2015 is not only exciting news, but it also means the studios behind the two films previously set to debut on that date – “Inferno” (Sony) and “Warcraft” (Universal) – have to be scrambling to find new spots to open. Either […]

The Hollywood Foreign Press has officially designated which films will be eligible in which categories for the upcoming Golden Globes. And there are a few surprises. The movie most were waiting to learn about – David O. Russell’s “American Hustle” – will compete in the Drama category. Like last year’s “Silver Linings Playbook”, O. Russell […]

Even though it’s only the beginning of November, most analysts believe the five nominees in the Best Actor Oscar category are already set: Bruce Dern (“Nebraska”), Chiwetel Ejiofor (“12 Years a Slave”), Tom Hanks (“Captain Phillips”), Matthew McConaughey (“Dallas Buyers Club”), and Robert Redford (“All Is Lost”). I’ve already seen the middle three performances and […]