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The Academy Award nominations have been announced and that means it is time for The Movie Mensch’s Oscar Watch to rear its head and chime in on the biggest snubs and surprises of Oscar 2022. Now, there weren’t too many seismic snubs this year, but certainly, there were enough to […]

Oscar Watch: Snubs & Surprises 2022: Where Is Ruth Negga ...

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People are starting to head back to the theaters after largely being absent—thanks to the Coronavirus—for almost two years. We saw Spider-Man: No Way Home break records with its release a few weeks back and these aren’t simply box office marks for the pandemic, but for pre-pandemic numbers as well. […]

The 25 Most Anticipated 2022 Movies: New Year, New Movies!

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Somewhere out there are two individuals—James Franco and Anne Hathaway—who are pretty, pretty happy. Why? Because in this era of short-term memory, audiences will remember the boring, non-insightful mess that was the 93rd Academy Awards. The Movie Mensch’s Oscar Watch proudly presents 10 takeaways about this year’s awards show, as […]

Oscar Watch: 10 Takeaways from Tinsel Town’s Biggest Night

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After Promising Young Woman arrived, the consensus was—before many other nominees’ movies had even been released—just give Carey Mulligan the Oscar for Best Actress. A lot has happened since then that has turned the top award for an actress in their profession into a true race. The latest Oscar Watch […]

Oscar Watch: Best Actress Proves To Be One Competitive Race, ...

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