Oscars 2018: My Nominations Ballot
If there’s one thing I’m very good at doing, it’s separating my subjectivity from my objectivity. Something I notice most people who talk or write about film are very poor at doing. On Tuesday they’ll...
View ArticleOscars 2018: Razzie Nominations
The Razzie nominations were announced this morning. This will be a nice little diversion from finishing up my Oscar nominations guesses. (It’s done, don’t you worry. It’ll go up within the hour. I just...
View ArticleOscars 2018: The B+ Nominations Ballot
If you were to list my three favorite articles to write each year, it would be — 3) Top Ten List, 2) Nominations Ballot, 1) Oscar picks article. I love this day. I love it so much. And, in a way, while...
View ArticleAnd the Nominees Are… (2018)
Here are your 91st Academy Award nominations: Best Picture Black Panther BlacKkKlansman Bohemian Rhapsody The Favourite Green Book Roma A Star Is Born Vice Best Director Alfonso Cuaron, Roma Yorgos...
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And the Nominees Are: Analyzing the 91st Academy Award Nominations
The Oscar nominees were announced this morning. I posted the nominees, but without comment. Now’s the time when we actually see how it all went and what it all means. What I say every year about this...
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Mike’s Favorite Film Scores of 2018
I both greatly look forward to and dread this article every year. I look forward to it because it’s amazing and fun to do and gets me to listen to film scores. I dread it just because I know film...
View ArticleOscars 2018: SAG Award Predictions
I’d call this a SAG preview, but let’s face it — we know what this article is about. I considered not even putting one out there, but you know what? For me it’s not about the predictions. I don’t even...
View ArticleOscars 2018: SAG Awards
So the SAG Awards were last night. I almost didn’t watch. That’s how little I really expected the results to mean anything. At this point they’re almost like every other guild. I almost just looked at...
View ArticleOscars 2018 Category Breakdown: Best Original Song
So what we do here each year as a warm up for the Oscars is, I break down each of the 24 categories. The idea is to both familiarize everyone with the category and its history. I look at what the major...
View ArticleOscars 2018 Category Breakdown: Best Supporting Actor
So what we do here each year as a warm up for the Oscars is, I break down each of the 24 categories. The idea is to both familiarize everyone with the category and its history. I look at what the major...
View ArticleOscars 2018 Category Breakdown: Best Animated Feature
So what we do here each year as a warm up for the Oscars is, I break down each of the 24 categories. The idea is to both familiarize everyone with the category and its history. I look at what the major...
View ArticleOscars 2018 Category Breakdown: Best Makeup & Hairstyling
So what we do here each year as a warm up for the Oscars is, I break down each of the 24 categories. The idea is to both familiarize everyone with the category and its history. I look at what the major...
View ArticleOscars 2018: ACE Eddie Awards
The Eddie Awards were handed out last night. Your winners: Dramatic: Bohemian Rhapsody Comedy: The Favourite Animated: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Documentary: Free Solo So there you go. Can’t...
View ArticleOscars 2018 Category Breakdown: Best Foreign Language Film
So what we do here each year as a warm up for the Oscars is, I break down each of the 24 categories. The idea is to both familiarize everyone with the category and its history. I look at what the major...
View ArticleOscars 2018: Annie Awards
The Annie Awards were announced tonight. Rather than run through like fifteen categories you don’t care about, I’ll boil it down really easily: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse won everything. And by...
View ArticleOscars 2018: ADG Awards
The ADG Awards were also tonight (we’re pretty much going in order of increasing importance of these guilds). I’ve yet to post my write-up of the category because I was waiting to see what the guild...
View ArticleOscars 2018: DGA Awards
The DGA Awards were handed out tonight. As a reminder, your nominees were: Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born Alfonso Cuaron, Roma Peter Farrelly, Green Book Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman Adam McKay, Vice Your...
View ArticleOscars 2018 Category Breakdown: Best Director
So what we do here each year as a warm up for the Oscars is, I break down each of the 24 categories. The idea is to both familiarize everyone with the category and its history. I look at what the major...
View ArticleOscars 2018 Category Breakdown: Best Documentary Feature
So what we do here each year as a warm up for the Oscars is, I break down each of the 24 categories. The idea is to both familiarize everyone with the category and its history. I look at what the major...
View ArticleOscars 2018 Category Breakdown: Best Cinematography
So what we do here each year as a warm up for the Oscars is, I break down each of the 24 categories. The idea is to both familiarize everyone with the category and its history. I look at what the major...
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