It is probably futile to say anything. We all know how the next month will go, and we all know why. The smarter among us understand that there are two Americas with two competing worldviews -- or two completely separate realities. One reason this happened is that Hollywood and culture took a side against the other side of the country in 2016, something that's never happened in my lifetime and probably never in Hollywood history. The idea was always that box office...

The movie the critics trashed, Melania, has now made more money in one weekend than many of the films in this year's awards race in the domestic box office. Melania - $7 million Is This Thing On? - $6 million The Testament of Ann Lee - $2 million The Secret Agent - $3 million Sentimental Value - $4 million Ella McCay - $4 million Blue Moon - $2 million The Life of Chuck - $6 million After the Hunt - $3 million...

Johnny Chaz has put together this beautiful montage on Best Picture and for a little while we can all just imagine movies are still movies and Hollywood is still for everybody. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3abMnrsaUA   That put power in the hands of the zealots who liked pushing that little red button and watching the chickens scatter. Ugly stuff and not sustainable. The zealots like the power, however, and they will put it out to punish the art, as they're attempting to do now with...

At least there is one decent review in a sea of caterwauling activists posing as journalists. There is one writer who considered the film for what it was without using it as yet more ammo to fire at Trump in the decade-long war that has resulted only in Trump winning a second time. Lesson still not learned for those trapped inside the Doomsday Cult, least of all the "critics." I wondered why the audience review score for One Battle After Another was...

The news is reporting that Catherine O'Hara died at the age of 71, no cause of death has yet been revealed. She was one of the most talented people working in comedy. I often think about her many performances over the years when I feel down just to be able to laugh for a brief moment. I absolutely love her in everything she's ever done but her work in Waiting for Guffman is just beyond compare. This scene is just pure genius....

Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen and Jeremy Jentzen get together to discuss the BAFTA, WGA and ACE nominations. We spend a lot of time wondering whether this is a predictable race or if there are surprises to be expected and we gossip a lot about how horrible Film Twitter is and why we have to keep on keeping on regardless. Jeremy has a Substack mentioned in the episode, which you can visit by going here.

Our pals over at Film Threat will hold their 7th Annual Award This! Nominees are probably movies you've never heard of, but it's a counter culture, grassroots celebration of outsider cinema. We know the great Justine Bateman will be in attendance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx3OSIIaYeE&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.awardthis.com%2F&source_ve_path=OTY3MTQ Here are the nominees: AWARD THIS! FILM ABOUT MOVIES OR FILMMAKING An Unfinished Film The Darkside of Society I Know Catherine, The Log Lady Making Megaforce Safe Sets: Dying to Work in the Film Industry Tura! AWARD THIS! MUSIC DOCUMENTARY...

“Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all -" Emily Dickinson There are some people out there clinging to the hope that Sinners, the most successful film in the Oscar race and the best argument for saving movie theaters, will somehow prevail. But with everything that's happening in the news, why wouldn't the Oscars become one more political tool? As thousands of Iranians...

FILM Best Science Fiction Film Avatar: Fire and Ash Bugonia Jurassic World: Rebirth Predator: Badlands The Running Man Tron: Ares Best Fantasy Film Freakier Friday Hamnet How to Train Your Dragon The Life of Chuck Lilo & Stitch Wicked: For Good Best Horror Film 28 Years Later The Conjuring: Last Rites Final Destination Bloodlines Frankenstein The Monkey Weapons Best Cinematic Film Adaptation (From Another Medium) Black Phone 2 Captain America: Brave New World The Fantastic Four: First Steps A Minecraft Movie Superman...

SCREENPLAY NOMINEES ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY   Black Bag, Written by David Koepp; Focus Features  If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Written by Mary Bronstein; A24 Marty Supreme, Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie; A24 Sinners, Written by Ryan Coogler; Warner Bros. Pictures Weapons, Written by Zach Cregger; Warner Bros. Pictures ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Bugonia, Screenplay by Will Tracy, Based on the Film Save the Green Planet Written and Directed by Jang Joon Hwan and Produced by Sidus; Focus Features Frankenstein, Screenplay by Guillermo del...