By John H. Foote After taking a day to explore and review this year’s Academy Award nominations, looking over the critic’s awards and a few other awards groups, I concede there were some pretty huge snubs. In reality there were very few surprises, but in terms of snubs, they are there. The one making the…
By John H. Foote Though I am sure there are those griping that Greta Gerwig was shut out of the Best Director category, screaming anti-female, the truth is there were six or seven better achievements in direction than hers on Little Women, and it was reflected in the nominations. Women have stated for a number…
By Nick Maylor This morning the Academy announced the nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards. They are… Best picture “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” “The Irishman” “Parasite” “1917” “Marriage Story” “Jojo Rabbit” “Joker” “Little Women” “Ford v Ferrari” Best actress in a leading role Renée Zellweger, “Judy” Charlize Theron, “Bombshell” Scarlett Johansson, “Marriage Story”…
By John H. Foote When they announce this year’s Academy Award nominations tomorrow morning there are a handful of nominations I would like to hear (but probably will not) that would indeed make this cranky critic smile. It is expected and fully deserved that The Irishman, 1917, Marriage Story and Once Upon a Time ……
By John H. Foote Why all the screaming that no female directors were among the nominees for Best Director at the Golden Globes this year? Frankly, their films were good, but not good enough. When Penny Marshall was overlooked for a Best Director nomination in 1990 for her powerful medical film Awakenings, no one said…
By Nick Maylor As the end of the year approaches and Oscar nominations are right around the corner, I cannot help this unpleasant premonition I am having: Taron Egerton will likely be snubbed for a Best Actor Oscar nomination. As we’ve discussed, the competition for the Best Actor statue is some of the stiffest in…
By Alan Hurst Welcome to another round of some harmless second guessing of choices for the Academy Awards, this time focusing on the Best Actress selections from 1960 to 1969, a decade of major change in the output from Hollywood and Europe. The restrictions of the production code fell to the wayside by the latter…
By John H. Foote On May 31, next year Clint Eastwood, two-time Academy Award winning Director, two-time Academy Award winning producer, two-time DGA winner and twice nominated for Best Actor turns 90. 90! His new film Richard Jewell is another superbly crafted example of cinematic storytelling, which Eastwood mastered four decades ago. And once again…
By John H. Foote Of the top 10 vying for a nomination for Best Actor in what is a very competitive field this year, two have previously won the award, while six have earned nominations either in this category or supporting actor. Sadly, one of the great performances this year, Taron Egerton’s magnificent Elton John…
By John H. Foote Some major and minor changes this week. This will be the order of things until the big night, because as we keep finding out, there will be changes each week, we really do not have a clue until that envelope is opened. I suppose the biggest news this week is Eddie…