My Top 12 Films Of 2024: One Critic’s Best Of The Year List
I watched over 250 films this year, so if one of your favorites didn’t make the cut, don’t take it personally.
Author: Luis A. Mendez
Boricua. Floridian. Theist. Writer. Podcaster. Film Critic. Oscars Predictor. Occasional Psephologist. Member Of The Critics Association Of Central Florida, The International Film Society Critics, And The Puerto Rico Critics Association.
97th Oscars Projections: Post Oscars Shortlists Outlook
The fast-paced awards season continues with yet another dramatic week of progress as the Academy revealed shortlists for several categories.
97th Oscars Projections: Post HCA Awards & Critics Choice/Golden Globes Outlook
With five weeks until nominations morning, this year’s race feels entirely unpredictable compared to last.
97th Oscars Projections: Post AFI/NBR & HCA Nominations Outlook
The awards landscape feels like a “fog of war,” as we await to see which film emerges as the favorite.
97th Oscars Projections: The Awards Season Kickoff
The fact is that elections’ results have, and will, affect what Academy voters’ tastes are like for the season.
History Was Made in 2024 Election, Now What?
The result means we will get three straight one-term presidencies right after we had three straight two-term presidencies
97th Oscars Projections: The Post Fall Festivals Outlook For The Best Picture Race
The year in film is indeed weak, and the campaign for the biggest prize in the industry is indeed wide-open as we enter mid-October.
History Will Be Made: Harris VS Trump
I’ll go one-by-one what those good signs are and separate them between the two candidates. I’ll also note some interesting tidbits to keep an eye on come November as results come in
97th Oscars Projections: The Mid Fall Festivals Outlook For The Best Picture Race
The 97th Oscars Best Picture race might arguably be even more competitive than the ongoing presidential campaign.
97th Oscars Projections: The Pre-Fall Festivals Outlook For The Best Picture Race
If the Spring and the Summer blockbuster season were the training camps for the best picture race, the fall film festivals are the draft.
Sleepwalking Towards Another Trump Presidency
At a certain point you can’t keep looking at where the chips are falling and tell yourself this is a pure toss-up race.
97th Oscars Projections: The Post-Cannes Outlook For The Best Picture Race
The Cannes Film Festival has come and gone, providing us with a little bit more of a clearer picture on Oscars Projections
97th Oscars’ Projections: The Initial Outlook On The Best Picture Race
Best thing to do now is to wait until Cannes to look at the race again and figure out where things have shifted and what fog has cleared.
Are The Oscars Becoming “Cool” Again?
The complaints about the Oscars not connecting with the regular person off the street have been becoming more and more faint
2024 Oscars Projections: And The Oscar Goes To
And The Oscar Goes To: Luis Mendez presents his annual, final predictions for this weekend’s 96th Academy Awards ceremony.
2024 Oscars Projections: And The Nominees Are
Overall I was able to predict 92 of the 115 nominee slots available across all 23 categories – 76% correct and a personal best for me.
2024 Oscar Projections: Final Nomination Predictions
Less than a week after my last outlook into how the battle for nominations at this year’s Oscars are shaking up
2024 Oscars Projections: Critics Award, Industry Nominates
We’ve finally seen some major movement in the awards’ races however. Critics, journalists, and content creators that makeup the major critics groups have had their say
2024 Oscar Projections: Pre-Televised Awards Edition
As we start hitting the homestretch of critics’ season…the thing is that every year the industry decides to throw us for a loop and do their own thing.
My Top 25 Films Of 2023: One Critic’s Best Of The Year List
Top 25 Films Of 2023: I’m singling out 25 narrative films out of 260-plus that I saw this year – not every good to great film can make it in
