For those keeping score, my initial Best Picture boards, posted roughly a year out from the ceremony,...
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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...
When does an artist lose his touch? Is it when he exhausts his creative impulses, or is...
The year in film is indeed weak, and the campaign for the biggest prize in the industry...
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...
In “Dune: Part Two,” there are startling developments with its hero that complicate matters for, well, the...
Overall I was able to predict 92 of the 115 nominee slots available across all 23 categories...
Less than a week after my last outlook into how the battle for nominations at this year’s...
We've finally seen some major movement in the awards' races however. Critics, journalists, and content creators that...
As we start hitting the homestretch of critics' season...the thing is that every year the industry decides...
