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Oscar Watching: Predicting the 2014 Golden Globes Wins
We’ll have lots to talk about on Monday – the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and Writers Guild of America (WGA) nominations and the nominees for the USC Scripter Award. But for now, let’s take a stab at what will happen at the Golden Globes on Sunday

Oscar Watching: 2014 SAG Awards Picks
As Oscar season progresses, we predict tomorrow’s SAG Awards nominations.

Oscar Watching: As Awards Roll In
How many saw this coming? J.C. Chandor’s crime drama A Most Violent Year unexpectedly won the National Board of Review’s (NBR) awards for film, director, actor for Oscar Isaac (who tied with the Birdman’s Michael Keaton) and supporting actress for Jessica Chastain. Less surprising were the honors bestowed by the

Oscar Watching: No Indie Spirits GAME
The Independent Spirit Award nominations hit on Tuesday, and as always, they’re a hot topic of conversation. Birdman leads with six nominations, while Boyhood, Nightcrawler, and Selma are just behind with five bids each. But eligible awards contenders like The Imitation Game and Wild were nowhere to be found. It’s

Oscar Watching: We’ve Only Just Begun
The “official” kickoff of the awards season may have been last week, but it more or less showed us that Robert Duvall, Chris Rock, and Shailene Woodley will hit the campaign trail harder than we expected… Regardless, the awards part of awards season kicks off over the next two weeks.

Oscar Watching: ‘Tis the Season
It’s the time of the year many movie lovers fear but fills others with cheer. Folks, the season’s kicking into gear. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman hits theaters across the United States this weekend, while Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash gets an expansion to about 400 screens. Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher and Tommy Lee

Oscar Watching: BIRDMAN Taking Flight
Stiles White’s low-budget horror flick Ouija barely won the weekend box office over Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy’s takedown of today’s entertainment press, but the real story of the weekend is Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman. Following raves out of the Venice Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, and New York Film Festival,

Oscar Watching: Going INTO THE WOODS
We already knew that Disney had big plans for Into the Woods – Rob Marshall’s big-budget adaptation of the classic Stephen Sondheim musical – but plans for the Oscar campaign now seem settled (though everything is always subject to change): Emily Blunt and James Corden – who play the Baker’s

Oscar Watching: J.C. Chandor for AFI
J.C. Chandor’s A MOST VIOLENT YEAR will kick off the AFI Film Festival. How will this affect its Oscar chances?

Oscar Watching: IMITATION over EVERYTHING
Morten Tyldum’s The Imitation Game took the Toronto International Film Festival’s audience award earlier this week. The film won over runners-up Isabel Coixet’s Learning to Drive and Theodore Melfi’s St. Vincent; people had pegged James Marsh’s The Theory of Everything as a contender, too. Gold Derby reports that 25 of

Oscar Watching: Toronto Wins in THEORY
David Dobkin’s The Judge – starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall – was the first film to, officially, make its case at the Toronto International Film Festival when it kicked off the fest last Thursday night. Well, the jury reached a guilty verdict… Enough courtroom puns, though – what

Oscar Watching: No Imitating at Telluride
The Oscar race moves on as the Telluride Film Festival ends and the Toronto Film Festival begins.

Oscar Watching: FOXCATCHER for the Win?
Last time I checked in, Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave had just taken best picture, best supporting actress for Lupita Nyong’o, and best adapted screenplay for John Ridley. Of course, quite a bit has changed since then; it’s time to look ahead to this year’s Oscars, but not without

BEGIN AGAIN – Once Was Almost Enough
Begin Again – Two times the music well might have been one time too many.

JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT Movie Review
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit follows up movies from the 90’s like Clear and Present Danger, but the story and lack of action leave something to be desired.

Must-Watch: JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT Epic New Trailer
The two and a half minute trailer for the new Kenneth Branagh movie, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, was quite epic. Check it out: [youtube id=”FZtVfmTZftk” width=”600″ height=”350″] But of course, most gripping action movie trailers begin with that cliché humdrum day at the office, when suddenly …there comes danger! This