If Macklemore’s so-called advocacy is of questionable healthiness, then the woeful Dallas Buyers Club is downright toxic.
Consider Bigelow a virtual lock, tightening up the Best Director field alongside Steven Spielberg, Ang Lee, Ben Affleck, and, perhaps, Tom Hooper or David O. Russell.
Spike Lee’s film is pitched as a wake-up call.
This is a complete list of our predicted winners at the 2012 Academy Awards.
That the Best Picture category’s “Will it be six or will it be seven?” question was settled as close to 10 as possible without actually being 10 isn’t merely a mark of how much of a mess this year’s Oscars are.
Conventional wisdom suggested that adaptations of the biggest bestsellers would make up much of this year’s shortlist.
It’s unavoidable to look at Octavia Spencer’s sunny Oscar odds though the filter of co-star Viola Davis’s ascendance in the Best Actress category.
At this point, being a Meryl Streep diehard who also cares about Oscar hoopla is a kind of brutal self-flagellation.
The most delightfully animated feature in this bunch, Kung Fu Panda 2 is still at best a slab of warmed-over holiday seconds.
Jarecki’s new documentary is a rousingly aching piece of social analysis and commentary.
Let’s keep the voting blather to a minimum and focus on what seem to be the most pivotal factors in this year’s top race.
If you want a good cross-section of Oscar habits, look no further than this year’s top five candidates for Best Actress.
The directing race has boiled down to nine names, four of which you can pretty safely etch into stone.
It’s both unfair and too easy to shake out predictions for this category based on what is most likely to appeal to the Kindle Fire set.
Which performance will land Jessica Chastain her first Oscar nomination?
The Artist seems likely to not only get nominated, but also win.
Going up against the queen—who’s dressed by Lisy Christl—will surely be Hugo’s Sandy Powell.
A Best Actress nomination for Mara doesn’t seem likely, either, even with the Golden Globe nod and handful of critics’ honors she’s got under her studded belt.
The Help represents a pitiful lack of progress, and that’s hardly an indictment of the ways its characters and events are depicted on screen.
By now you have probably read the backstory of the film.