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My Favorite Moments in the Best Picture Nominees: Three Billboards Outside...
This has become an annual tradition the day before the Oscars. In order move away all the subjectivity and negativity that happens when figuring out what should win and what’s going to win, I use the...
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The B+ Oscar Ballot: Guide to the 90th Academy Awards
Ever like something so much you’d do it for free? Hi, I’m Mike DiPrisco and I’m here to talk to you about Match.com… Admit it, that was funny. But really, though. I’m so into the Oscars I’m about to...
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The B+ Oscar Ballot: The Quick Picks
I put up my giant article already, but for those of you who don’t respect me (or, thinking positive, those of you who already ready it and just wanted the cheat sheet version), here’s everything I...
View ArticleThe 90th Academy Awards Scorecard Ballot
So rather than just do that plain old “guessing winners” thing, I’ve decided to make my Oscar picking more complicated. Rather than having a score out of 24, I’ve now also begun doing this, which...
View Article90th Academy Awards Recap
That’s another Oscar season in the books. I won’t lie — this was the hardest one I’ve ever had. Not in terms of picking and all that (because, spoiler alert: I did fucking great), but in terms of...
View ArticleOscars 2018: Independent Spirit Award nominations
They announced the Independent Spirit Award nominations today. And I, for one, am happy. Because as much as I’ve tried to get stuff done this year, nothing makes me amped more than the beginning of...
View ArticleOscars 2018: National Board of Review Awards
Anyone who truly reads my Oscar coverage each year (which is in the tens) knows how much I love the National Board of Review. It’s my favorite voting body. They’re the only precursor group whose...
View ArticleOscars 2018: Important Dates
Here’s every date you need to know for this year’s Oscar season: November 16th – Independent Spirit Awards Nominations November 27th – National Board of Review Awards December 3rd – Annie (Animation)...
View ArticleOscars 2018: Best Foreign Language Film Submissions
The Foreign Language Film eligibles are usually the first thing to be announced at the beginning of Oscar season. But it’s just such an intense and unwieldy list, I typically don’t get to it until...
View ArticleOscars 2018: Another Word on Best Animated Feature
I did this last year and I enjoyed it. Mostly because I am in a position to have seen all (or most) of the potential nominees well before it comes nominations time. So I feel like I should go and...
View ArticleOscars 2018: Annie Award Nominations
The Annie Award nominations were announced today. Generally meaningless, but they announce early and it’s something to talk about before Oscar season is in full swing. Plus, with the Animated Feature...
View ArticleOscars 2018: Best Visual Effects Longlist
They called this the list of “eligibles” but technically every movie is eligible for Visual Effects (even Book Club). This is more the longlist, of the 20 they’re deemed worthy of inclusion. And then...
View ArticleOscars 2018: AFI Top Ten Films of the Year
AFI announced their top ten films this morning. They’re not as important as NBR to me, but I do like looking at what they choose. Typically it’s a populist kind of list, probably more indicative of...
View ArticleOscars 2018: Golden Globe Nominations
And it’s Golden Globes time. This is the official kick-off to Oscar season. They announced these at 5am, and I’m sure a lot of people were awake and ready to hear them or were expecting me to have done...
View ArticleOscars 2018: BFCA (Critics Choice) Nominations
Critics Choice time. After the Globes, which pretty much told me this is a wide open race, BFCA is here to give us a little more clarity. They’re generally pretty populist, but do tend to hit a good...
View ArticleOscars 2018: SAG Nominations
Okay, so SAG announced today. Which means this is it. The extent of the acting contenders is just about told to us. BAFTA might illuminate some more in a month, but until then — this is what we’ve got....
View ArticleOscars 2018: Best Visual Effects Shortlist
Okay, so nine separate shortlists dropped today. So we’re gonna work through them as quickly as possible. Which might mean a few tonight, a few in the morning, it might mean all of them tonight. I...
View ArticleOscars 2018: Best Foreign Language Film Shortlist
Our second shortlist is Best Foreign Language Film. This is the one they do every year and it makes my life so much easier. This year, in particular, they’ve made it easier for people to see more of...
View ArticleOscars 2018: Best Makeup & Hairstylist Shortlist
Okay, Best Makeup & Hairstyling is next. Why? Because it’s easy. And I can knock it out in like, four minutes. This is pretty simple: they decide whatever their criteria are, and they shortlist...
View ArticleOscars 2018: Best Documentary Feature Shortlist
Our next shortlist is Best Documentary Feature. If we’re gonna get into the ones that require effort, let’s at least go for the one that requires the most first. There were 166 films submitted, and...
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