Believe it or not, it’s time for the Oscars. While many of the contests seem to have safe frontrunners, there are still quite a few that are somewhat uncertain, and at least one that is truly up in the air.
The shortened awards season this year has caused yet more confusion on the always-befuddling road to the Oscars. The chaos of having all of the major guilds and groups vote in such tight, overlapping timeframes has led to much debate on
In my introduction to last year’s Oscar predictions, I refer to the 2017–18 awards season as “one of the most tumultuous” in recent memory, a superlative that would almost seem too weak when discussing the events of this year. Each
The 2019 Academy Awards are being announced live this morning and we’ll be updating the list of nominations as they are announced. Be sure to let us know in the comments what you want to see nominated and how you feel about
The 90th Academy Awards will be airing live tonight on ABC at 8PM EST and in case you won’t be watching, we’ll have all the winners updated here as they’re announced.
*winners highlighted in RED*
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET
We’ve arrived at the end of one of the most tumultuous awards seasons in quite some time. While many of the races have been sewn up, some are only deceptively safe, while others – including Best Picture – remain quite visibly
For the last several years before the Oscar telecast the short films that have been nominated for an Academy Award are given a rare theatrical release. Presented as separate programs for each short category Animation, Live Action and Documentary, moviegoers have the opportunity to see the shorts that in the past they would seldom ever get to see. For some it’ll give them a leg up in their office Oscar pools; never worked for this viewer, go figure. Outside of knowing that these films are nominated it can be exciting for a filmgoer because you never know what’s in store and much like previous years many of them pack an emotional wallop.
For the last several years before the Oscar telecast the short films that have been nominated for an Academy Award are given a rare theatrical release. Presented as separate programs for each short category Animation, Live Action and Documentary, moviegoers have the opportunity to see the shorts that in the past they would seldom ever get to see. For some it’ll give them a leg up in their office Oscar pools; never worked for this viewer, go figure. Outside of knowing that these films are nominated it can exciting for a filmgoer because you never know what’s in store and this year’s selections were no different.
The 87th Academy Awards nominations have been revealed, with Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel getting the most noms with nine each, including Best Picture and Best Director for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and Wes Anderson respectively.
Take a look below for the full
As we've been reporting over the last few days, there's been quite the drama happening between the Academy and actor Scha Baron Cohen, who requested that he be able to attend the Oscars as his character General Aladeen. Well, the Academy didn't
In this episode, Kevin and I discuss our favorite documentaries of the year, what we’ve been watching this week, and we make Ryan watch 1983’s Krull and tell us about it.
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I had the opportunity to see all the nominated best shorts for animation at a screening last night, and while they were all very good, Pixar’s La Luna was the stand out of the five. In true Pixar fashion, the film was
8.5
Release Date: June 26, 2011 (Limited)
MPAA Rating: R
Directors: Marshall Curry, Sam Cullman
FilmPulse Score: 8.5/10
In the first full episode of The Film Pulse Podcast, Kevin and I discuss the Oscars, Kill List, The Innkeepers, Chronicle, and a bunch of other movies, and we introduce a new segment called “Ryan Watches a Movie” with A Serbian Film.
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Release Date: February 10, 2012 (Limited)
MPAA Rating: NR
Directors: Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal, and Fernando Trueba
FilmPulse Score: 8/10
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