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Weekend Roundtable: Screen Legends Who Never Won Oscars

Josh Zyber — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 17:00:51 +0000

Earlier this week, Glenn Close was denied the Academy Award that everybody thought she’d win. The actress can take comfort that this puts her in good company with plenty of other veteran actors and filmmakers who also somehow went without ever winning an Oscar in competition. Maybe Close will get an honorary or lifetime achievement...

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2019 Oscar Winners

Josh Zyber — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 06:30:37 +0000

Now that the ceremony is finally over, it’s evident that the theme of the 2019 Oscars was that nobody knows anything. All the traditional logic behind predicting the awards went out the window this year. The evening ended with a couple of major upsets, including Best Picture, and one of the least acclaimed of all...

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Weekend Roundtable: What Nominations Did Oscar Get Right in 2019?

Josh Zyber — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 18:00:20 +0000

The Oscars are on Sunday, and it’s all too easy to be pessimistic and pick apart the movies or artists we feel didn’t really deserve to be nominated. Instead, let’s look at the choices that Oscar actually got right this year. Which 2019 nominees are truly worthy of the recognition? David Krauss Of all the...

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Poll: What Will Win the 2019 Best Picture Oscar?

Josh Zyber — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 13:00:38 +0000

With the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences seemingly in disarray, an awards show scheduled for this weekend with no host, and a weird selection of nominees, this may be the toughest Oscar season to predict in ages. Nonetheless, predict we will. Which movie do you think will ultimately claim Best Picture at the...

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Weekend Roundtable: Best Cinematography

Josh Zyber — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 20:00:01 +0000

The Oscar committee has decided that the Best Cinematography category is no longer worthy of being televised. Let’s use this week’s Roundtable to remind them how important photography is to the art of motion picture storytelling, whether our choices won awards or not. Deirdre Crimmins Of course cinematography is important! Film is a visual medium,...

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Weekend Roundtable: Worst Movies by 2019 Oscar Nominees

Josh Zyber — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 20:00:26 +0000

As they bask in all the acclaim and recognition, let’s not forget that many of this year’s Oscar nominated filmmakers and thespians are also responsible for some genuine cinematic garbage. What’s the worst movie made by one of this year’s nominees? David Krauss The same year Bradley Cooper made his breakout film The Hangover, he...

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Could Black Panther Actually Win the Best Picture Oscar?

Josh Zyber — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 13:00:51 +0000

When the 2019 Oscar nominations were announced last week, some awards purists were left aghast that a comic book superhero movie like Black Panther could be nominated for Best Picture. Normally I’d say it has no chance of winning, but a big victory at the SAG Awards over the weekend may have bolstered its chances....

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2019 Oscar Nominations

Josh Zyber — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:00:17 +0000

Despite all the brouhaha about Kevin Hart being invited to host, and then being uninvited to host, and then maybe being reconsidered for an invite, and so forth, there will in fact still be an Oscar Award show this year. The nominations were announced this morning. Does anyone still care at this point? At the...

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Weekend Roundtable: New Oscar Categories

Josh Zyber — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 18:00:09 +0000

Now that the Oscars are creating a new “Popular Film” award, it’s time to open the floodgates for all manner of categories that the Academy has previously overlooked. What other special achievements in filmmaking deserve to be rewarded with Oscar glory? Deirdre Crimmins While there are plenty of other worthy awards that the Academy should...

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Poll: Is the “Popular Film” Oscar a Good Idea?

Josh Zyber — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 12:00:35 +0000

Ever since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in all its estimable wisdom, announced the creation of a new “Popular Film” category at the Oscars, debate has raged about whether this is a smart move or the dumbest decision ever. Where do you fall? Regardless of which side you take, this is clearly...

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2018 Oscar Winners

Josh Zyber — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 07:00:25 +0000

Following a year where Hollywood nearly self-destructed from countless scandal after scandal and huge cultural shifts, I suppose the fact that this year’s Oscars were largely boring and uneventful is something of a relief. The ultimate Best Picture winner, ‘The Shape of Water’, was perhaps a mild upset (‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ appeared to...

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Weekend Roundtable: 2018 Oscar Snubs

Josh Zyber — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 20:00:31 +0000

Oscar season finally ends this Sunday. As the Hollywood elite declare which movies they think were the best of 2017, let’s look at a few the Oscars ignored this year. Luke Hickman I loved five movies in 2017 that were completely ignored by the Academy. ‘A Ghost Story‘ – I haven’t loved any of director...

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