Well friends, it seems that the Best Picture race is all but sewn up. Paul Thomas Anderson has just taken top honors at the Directors Guild Awards, and One Battle After Another cleaned up at the BAFTAs, winning Best Picture, Best Director, Adapted Screenplay, Supporting Actor for Sean Penn, Cinematography, and Film Editing. The presumed … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2026 – Original Screenplay
I am overjoyed at this year's International Feature field. Not only is it one of the strongest we've seen in years, but for the first time since I've done the Blitz the result is genuinely in doubt. Yes, we had a bona fide shock last year when I'm Still Here beat out Emilia PĂ©rez, but … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2026 – International Feature
Over the years, when covering Best Actress, I've harped on a few major sticking points for me. There are too many Showcase entries that seem to exist solely to highlight the performance. Far too many nominees are shoehorned into wife/mother roles rather than having independent agency. The result is often set in stone way earlier … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2026 – Best Actress
Hello, everybody! Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, welcome to the 2026 Oscar Blitz! We have five weeks chock full of analysis as we count down to the 98th Academy Awards, and it's a labor of love every year. However, I do have to open on something of a down note, and admit that … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2026 – Best Director
Well, everyone, the day has come at last. This morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences trotted out Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman to announce its nominees for the 98th Oscars. A new category made its official debut, and a longstanding record was broken, perhaps permanently. There's a lot to get to, so … Continue reading A Hefty Blitz Package – 98th Academy Award Nominations
The last several months have been particularly difficult for me. As financial hardships mount, unemployment resumes (yep, I lost my shitty sales job right after New Year's), and I stare at the horizon of my own obsolescence as our world descends into madness, it's hard to cling to the things that bring any kind of … Continue reading The House with a Crack in its Walls – Sentimental Value
It's the most wonderful time of the year. Oh, not Christmas, but the we're getting ever so close to the next Oscar Blitz! We're just over a month away from the reveal of the nominees, and today the Academy released their shortlists for half the categories in the field, 12 of the now 24! It's … Continue reading Santa’s Got Nothing on This – 98th Academy Awards Shortlists!
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