The 2020 Awards Season Calendar is already set. And it’s gonna be the craziest one yet. Why? Remember when The Academy announced several major changes last summer, including that whole “Best Popular Film” thing? Well, one of them was a date change for the 2020 Oscars. The ceremony will be Sunday February 9th. That’s two […]
A few years ago, I wrote a piece called “Great Performances That Won’t Be Nominated”. At that time, in September 2015, I named four performances – one in each of the four major acting categories – that I believed wouldn’t be up for major awards. Many factors went into this: how many people saw these […]
As this Awards Season begins to take shape, there are dozens of films and performances vying for just a few slots at the major awards shows. Over the past 9 years, these 8 actors scored nominations at the Critics Choice, Golden Globe, SAG and BAFTA Awards, but NOT the Oscars. Why? Here’s What Happened: AMY […]
You’d think that a film with Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston and Laurence Fishburne – from writer/director Richard Linklater – would be either a box office hit, an overwhelming critical darling, an awards contender, or a combination of the three. But “Last Flag Flying” hasn’t flown high… or really at all. And it’s honestly a mystery […]
“All the Money in the World” Ridley Scott made the stunning announcement on Nov. 8 that he was going re-shoot Kevin Spacey’s scenes in the film with Christopher Plummer in the role of J. Paul Getty instead… and still have the film open on Dec. 22. Well, he succeeded, as just a few days ago, […]
The 23rd Annual Critics Choice Awards are Sunday Dec. 10. And I vote for who the nominees will be on Nov. 27. That means that I’ll be seeing as many movies as I can between now and then – including what could be a jam-packed Thanksgiving week. That’s because it was last year, when I […]
More than ever before, Hollywood’s A-list actors aren’t in just 1, but 2 major Awards Season contenders. In the past, competing with two films hasn’t gone so well. Tom Hanks was Oscar snubbed in 2014 for both “Captain Phillips” and “Saving Mr. Banks”, and Amy Adams was shut-out of the Oscar ballot last year for […]
From 1943-1958, The Academy Awards was held in March. In ’59, the show moved to April. From ’73-’88 – the date went back and forth between the two months. And from 1989 to 2003, The Oscars settled for the last or second to last Sunday in March. It was in 2004, on Leap Day, February 29th, […]
“La La Land” capped an incredible 2016-17 Awards Season by winning eight categories, including Best Picture and Best Director (Damien Chazelle), at the annual LCJ Movie Awards on Sunday. The win total by the musical romance ties it with “Birdman” and “Saving Mr. Banks” for the most in the history of the awards. “La La […]