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.
Category: Movies
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.
Megalopolis Is Terrible And Everyone Should See It
When does an artist lose his touch? Is it when he exhausts his creative impulses, or is it when those around him stop telling him “no,” and hubris consumes his output?
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.
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.
“Dune: Part Two” Movie Review
In “Dune: Part Two,” there are startling developments with its hero that complicate matters for, well, the audience.
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
2024 Oscar Projections: CCA, HCA, Globes, AFI, & NBR Chime In
The biggest 2024 Oscar projection headlines come from what I consider the early major awards bodies that the industry will look to as a guide
The Boy and the Heron: Miyazaki Takes a Bow
Miyazaki taking one last chance to repeat everything he’s been trying to say while still dazzling us with a fresh and original story.
2024 Oscar Projections: Post-Thanksgiving Temperature Check
I looked at how the race for the 2024 Oscars ceremony was shaping up
