The 2022 Best Picture Race: Pre-Festivals Projections
The Top 25 most likely nominees based on personal subjective views, awards journalism buzz, historic trends, and perhaps a few “insider” tips or two
Author: Luis A. Mendez
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The Lawsuit That Could Define The Future Of The Film Industry
Scarlet Johansson’s lawsuit might change the film industry for the talent involved, but could even change how we watch and pay for new movies
The 2022 Best Picture Race: Summer Projections
Here are the 25 films I seriously consider as potential contenders for the nomination of 2022 Best Picture as of today
Citizen Paddington: Why Some Consider The Lovable Bear’s Films Among The Greatest Ever
“Every house should have a marmalade day”, and, well, I believe every film collection should have the Paddington films in its library.
“It’s A Fat Camp!”: How The Box Office Bomb Heavyweights Became A 90s Kids’ Cult Classic
Heavyweights was seemingly a one and done bust kids movie that Disney could write off as a failed venture. And then a funny thing happened…
Paciencia Y Fe: In The Heights Is The Movie I’ve Been Waiting A Lifetime For
In the Heights isn’t just the movie of the year to me, or of the summer, but its perhaps the movie of my lifetime that I’ve been waiting for
The 2022 Best Picture Race: Spring Projections
Before you look at me like I’m nuts for 2022 Best Picture projections, I’ll remind you there’s one model of the 2024 presidential race already.
The Race For The 93rd Best Picture Oscar: The Contenders
The favorite to win Best Picture Oscar is a cursed place to be since the preferential ballot and the expansion of nomination slots became a reality.
The Race For The 93rd Best Picture Oscar: The Nomination Stage
Of course to win the race for the Best Picture Oscar one must get nominated, so here are my top 25 contenders for the big award’s nomination
Tampa Bay: The Hub Of The Sports World
Tampa Bay has been able to claim the Stanley Cup Finals, the World Series, the Super Bowl, and Wrestlemania in less than a year
Electoral Trends: Into The Biden Era
Which party’s electoral trends will benefit during the Biden era? Honestly, I can see trends on either side continuing or snapping away from either party
Roman Reigns: Wrestling’s Top Star Finally Lives Up To The Hype
Some may ask “Who on God’s green and beautiful Earth is Roman Reigns and why did he have a better 2020 than most of us?”
2020 In Film: The Virus Complicates Cinema
Now as 2020 starts to churn towards the end, it’s time for another report card for the film industry.
Election 2020 Chapter 6: The End Of The Road
Understanding these results in three parts: the polling miss, the fundamentals of the race, and the short-term future of American politics
Classic Horror Films: The Best From The Original Universal Monsters
I figured I’d rank my top ten favorite classic horror films to watch in the coming weeks of this year’s fright season.
Election 2020 Chapter 5: Towards The Homestretch…
I suspect the movement we’ll see from here will be minimal, meaning Biden will have many paths to 270 versus Trump’s little room for error.
What If The Expected Actually Happens?
In which I argue for the possibility that maybe, just maybe, the expected…actually happens and maybe even smoothly at that.
A Binge Of Cinematic History Chapter 2: The Birth Of Hollywood
Most Hollywood histories begin in the 1920s. However, the story of Hollywood and its coming domination in cinema truly begins in 1914
A Binge Of Cinematic History Chapter 1: The Dawn Of Cinema
“The Dawn Of Cinema” or the pre-Hollywood years. And amazingly at over a hundred years old there’s some short films from this time that have stuck with us.
Prologue To A Binge Of Cinematic History
That first ingredient for the recipe of having cinema come to existence happened could be argued to have taken place in several moments of mankind’s past.
