Lil Rel Howrey was the MVP of the 2021 Oscars experience on ABC. Howrey co-hosted the 90-minute “Into the Spotlight” pre-show from 6:30-8pmET with enthusiasm, genuine interest and humor. He and his “Judas and the Black Messiah” co-star Daniel Kaluuya chatted about making the movie, and Howrey also had memorable moments with “Nomadland” director Chloe […]
I join JT and Looney on their popular podcast to predict this year’s Oscar winners! Find out who will win! —————————————- Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. Jackson has written over 1,000 reviews of new releases. And altogether he has […]
After some careful consideration (including a few last-minute changes) and difficult decisions, I have locked in my predictions for the 93rd Annual Academy Awards. And they are: Best Picture – “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Alternate: “Nomadland”) Best Director – Chloe Zhao, “Nomadland” (Alternate: David Fincher, “Mank”) Best Actor – Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s […]
The Academy Awards is now less than three weeks away – Sunday April 25th. Final voting takes place from the 15th through the 20th. Some races are pretty much (though not entirely) locked-in, while others are still very wide open. Let’s break it down: BEST PICTURE “Nomadland” is the Golden Globe, Critics Choice and PGA […]
The 93rd Annual Academy Awards Nominations gave us plenty of expected nominees, especially in Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Animated Feature. And it’s no shocker that “Mank” leads the Oscar Noms – it did quite well in the craft categories. So there are actually very few legitimate surprises. The big ones: Lakeith Stanfield in […]
The Academy Awards nominations will *finally* be announced this Monday morning! There are only 23 categories this year instead of 24 because the Sound categories are now combined (for some ridiculous reason). Here are my predictions of the nominees in seven of the major categories: Best Animated Feature “Onward” “Over The Moon” “A Shaun the […]
The director of Oscars Animated Short finalist “Yes-People” is interviewed 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 7. Jackson has written over 1,000 reviews of new releases. And altogether he has seen more than 1,500 films. […]
The directors of Oscars Animated Short Film finalist “Traces” join me for 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 7. Jackson has written over 1,000 reviews of new releases. And altogether he has seen more than 1,500 […]