We made it, everyone! Twenty-three categories up, 23 down! It's the final award of the ceremony, the greatest of the Academy Awards, the highest honor in all of cinema - Best Picture! After weeks of analysis, it's time to tackle the big one. Ten nominees go into Sunday night hoping to hear their name called, … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2024 – Best Picture (VIDEO)
The actual Oscar Blitz is off for a few more days, but that doesn't mean my fingers get a night off. We're but a week from the Academy Awards, and in most years, we'd already have all the information needed to make an educated guess at the results. That's sort of the case this year, … Continue reading Projecting the Winners – 2024 Awards Season Undercard
For the last several years, there's been an odd association when it comes to the screenwriting categories at the Academy Awards. The perception has been that Original Screenplay is more prestigious than Adapted, because turning previously created work (oftentimes done by someone else) into your own is somehow considered an easier task. This is one … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2024 – Original Screenplay
The art of editing is a tricky one. I know because I did it for a living for close to a decade. As great as a writer or director can be, if a film is not properly paced, delivering satisfying images in a timely and appropriately dramatic manner, the story will seem tedious and boring. … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2024 – Film Editing
Last year we had legitimate suspense in three of the four acting categories. Only Ke Huy Quan's victory for Best Supporting Actor was a sure thing. This year, as I've mentioned before, is very much not the case. Supporting Actor is all but a lock for Robert Downey Jr., and being extremely generous we can … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2024 – Supporting Actress
Last year, the Best Actor category was one of the most exciting for the Oscars. You had a legitimate three-way race between Colin Farrell, Austin Butler, and eventual winner Brendan Fraser. You also got a bit of a reprieve from the coronation ceremony for Everything Everywhere All at Once - assuming you wanted one - … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2024 – Best Actor
It's time! It's here! It's... (cue Monty Python's Flying Circus theme) THE OSCAR BLITZ! Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and everyone in between, this is the moment we've all been waiting for. This morning, Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid announced the nominees for the 96th Academy Awards. As the action unfolded, phones across the … Continue reading Atomic BLITZ! – 96th Academy Award Nominations Revealed!
The first major mile marker for next year's Oscars has finally been crossed. Today, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released their shortlists in 10 of the 23 categories. Participating branches and members have been viewing submissions, attending bake-offs, and voting for the past few weeks, and now the semifinalists have been revealed. … Continue reading Moving On to the Pre-Blitz – 96th Academy Awards Shortlists
It's been a long time since we've had a truly great movie set at Christmastime that can be viewed as both a holiday treat and something to enjoy the rest of the year. A large part of that is due to the over-commercialization of the season, obviously. Year in and year out we get an … Continue reading A Roman Holiday – The Holdovers
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