The game of Oscar predicting is fun. Except when it's not. Take it from an old-timer who built Oscarwatch.com in 1999 and watched an entire Oscar-watching industry explode. The early days of the internet were like the Gold Rush. Building a business in such a wide-open new world was an exciting time. You could be anything, say anything, or disrupt...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEbhoqgpqPE "Lee, the directorial feature from award-winning Cinematographer Ellen Kuras, portrays a pivotal decade in the life of American war correspondent and photographer, Lee Miller (Kate Winslet). Miller’s singular talent and unbridled tenacity resulted in some of the 20th century's most indelible images of war, including an iconic photo of Miller herself, posing defiantly in Hitler's private bathtub....

Luca Guadagnino has emerged as a director renowned for his exploration of sensuality and emotionally charged themes. Films such as I Am Love, A Bigger Splash, Call Me By Your Name, and Bones and All showcase his penchant for provocative, character-driven narratives. His latest endeavor, Challengers, continues this trend, offering audiences a deep dive into the emotional complexities of his...

Last year was the first time that I predicted the Tony Award nominations, and I did...all right. In March of last year, I saw eventual Best Musical winner, Kimberly Akimbo, as well as revivals contenders Parade and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. I haven't made it back to Broadway since that, so we are flying blind this time,...

A giant elephant is standing in the middle of the room. Someone says, wow, look at that elephant. And the entire entertainment media and Twitter go into damage control mode to say that there isn't a giant elephant standing in the middle of the room. Yes, Jerry Seinfeld is right. He is simply stating out loud what everyone knows but...

Casey Affleck and Matt Damon are small-time crooks in The Instigator. Written by Affleck and directed by Doug Limon, the pic is meant to be a throwback of sorts to the days when Hollywood still made great movies for everyone. Modeled after Midnight Run (if you know, you know), The Instigators pairs Damon and Limon for the first time since...