It's all but certain that Timothée Chalamet is going to win an Oscar in just over two weeks. He's a tremendous actor who has rarely had a misfire in his film career, which has lasted just over a decade so far. The man has done everything from sing like Bob Dylan to save a planet … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2026 – Best Actor (VIDEO)
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 Pérez, but … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2026 – International Feature
Ladies and gentlemen and everyone in between, we are about to venture where have never gone before. For the first time since the advent of Animated Feature a quarter-century ago, we have a brand new category for the Academy Awards, and thus, for the Oscar Blitz. Welcome to the first ever breakdown of Best Casting! … Continue reading Oscar Blitz 2026 – Casting (VIDEO)
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
We're a little more than a fortnight away from Oscar nominations, and one of the more intriguing subplots regarding the ceremony - and Awards Season writ large - this year is the good number of foreign films that will end up competing for mainstream hardware. Not only is this shaping up to be the most … Continue reading The Shark Has Such Teeth – The Secret Agent
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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