Musings, odds and analysis of the movie awards season leading up to Oscar night, from Detroit News Film Critic Tom Long and Pop Culture writer Adam Graham.
She already has one Oscar nomination on her resume at age 21. Isn’t it likely that Jennifer Lawrence will get another one for “The Hunger Games”? Uh, not really. But anything’s possible. Anything but winning. The idea that Lawrence might score an Oscar for her fine turn in the year’s biggest movie so far is… Continue reading
OK, final, final, final thoughts on this year’s Oscars. Except for Thursday’s Go article which is already written I made 13 picks, I got 11 right. That shows the competition was way, way too predictable. Jeez, I’m doing this from Detroit, it’s not like I’m schmoozing at cocktail parties in Beverly Hills. Last year I… Continue reading
OK, by now, anybody who cares knows my Oscar picks for the top six categories, which are real freaking exclusive, because as far as I can tell, they are virtually EVERYBODY’s Oscar picks for the top six categories. They go: Artist, Artist, Jean Dujardin, Viola Davis, Christopher Plummer, Octavia Spencer, Fall asleep in your Fritos.… Continue reading
Kevin Bacon is reportedly signing on to hunt serial killers on Fox TV in a new series from producer Kevin Williamson (“Scream,” “Dawson’s Creek”). So you can add Bacon’s name to the long and luminous list of feature film actors who’ve turned to the now not-so-small screen for employment, exposure and worthy material. Crossover between… Continue reading
It will likely have no effect on which movie wins the Oscar, but… Adam previously wrote about “Extremely Close and Incredibly Loud” being possibly the worst-reviewed film ever to receive an Oscar nomination for best film. It’s certainly the worst-reviewed in memory. And let’s just say it — simply the worst film. But it got… Continue reading
Oscar voters must have taken their happy pills this year. Or maybe they’re in search of happy pills. Looking over the long list of critically praised films that were not nominated for best picture this year, one thing becomes abundantly clear. There was no room for Debbie Downers at this year’s Oscars. “Drive,” “Young Adult,”… Continue reading
Oscar nominations were announced this morning, and there were several notable surprises among the expected nominees, as Tom Long pointed out . But which of those surprises were the biggest? And who was left out of the race? Here are 10 surprises, snubs and shockers among the nominations. DRIVE. What happened to Drive? Oh, Drive. It received one lone nomination,… Continue reading
On Tuesday morning Hollywood egos will be inflated and crushed, careers will soar and plummet, and Oscar prognosticators will realize just how mortal they are, myself included. That is, of course, when this year’s Oscar nominees will be named. So of course now’s the time for me to predict who will and won’t make the… Continue reading
A few thoughts after the annual atrocity that is the Golden Globes: * Meryl Streep’s win likely means nothing when it comes to the Oscar race. Streep could play a postage stamp and she’d win a Golden Globe for it. She’s won eight of the things, but only two Oscars. This is no knock on… Continue reading
The Critics Choice awards may be as meaningless as all the other non-Academy awards, but this year I think they were probably an accurate reflection of the upcoming Oscars. They spread the love around and landed on all the likely favorites. The tandem wins of best actress Viola Davis and best supporting actress Octavia Spencer… Continue reading