For those keeping score, my initial Best Picture boards, posted roughly a year out from the ceremony,...
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.
For the first time since at least 2021, we’re heading into Oscar night with a genuine debate...
Breaking down all ten nominees; where I think their chances stand on Oscar night, along with some...
Luis Mendez gives his final nomination predictions for ALL 23 categories, a total of 120 nominations in...
I watched over 250 films this year, so if one of your favorites didn’t make the cut,...
The fast-paced awards season continues with yet another dramatic week of progress as the Academy revealed shortlists...
With five weeks until nominations morning, this year’s race feels entirely unpredictable compared to last.
The awards landscape feels like a "fog of war," as we await to see which film emerges...
The fact is that elections' results have, and will, affect what Academy voters' tastes are like for...
The result means we will get three straight one-term presidencies right after we had three straight two-term...
The year in film is indeed weak, and the campaign for the biggest prize in the industry...
I'll go one-by-one what those good signs are and separate them between the two candidates. I'll also...
The 97th Oscars Best Picture race might arguably be even more competitive than the ongoing presidential campaign.
If the Spring and the Summer blockbuster season were the training camps for the best picture race,...
At a certain point you can't keep looking at where the chips are falling and tell yourself...
The Cannes Film Festival has come and gone, providing us with a little bit more of a...
Best thing to do now is to wait until Cannes to look at the race again and...
The complaints about the Oscars not connecting with the regular person off the street have been becoming...
And The Oscar Goes To: Luis Mendez presents his annual, final predictions for this weekend's 96th Academy...
Overall I was able to predict 92 of the 115 nominee slots available across all 23 categories...
