Oscar Watch

The dominating news out of the Oscars this year was not that a deaf actor won an Oscar for only the second time in history, an LGBTQ Afro-Latina actress won Best Supporting Actress and an African American man won Best Actor. The problem was the latter launched the “slap heard […]

Oscar Watch: Grading the 94th Academy Awards, Who Won, Who ...

 in Academy Awards / Opinion Piece / Oscar Watch  tagged Academy Awards / Chris Rock / CODA / Oscar Watch / Oscars / Will Smith by
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 ...

 in Opinion Piece / Oscar Watch  tagged Academy Awards / Opinion Piece / Oscar Snubs / Oscar Snubs & Surprises / Oscar Surprises / Oscar Watch by
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

 in Opinion Piece / Oscar Watch  tagged Academy Awards / Anthony Hopkings / Carey Mulligan / Frances McDormand / Glenn Close / Opinion Piece / Oscar Watch / Oscars by
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, ...

 in Opinion Piece / Oscar Watch  tagged Adnra Day / Carey Mulligan / Frances McDormand / Opinion Piece / Oscar Watch / Vanessa Kirby / Viola Davis by
Now that those highly anticipated Academy Awards’ nominations have been revealed, here comes the fun part. For over 30 years this writer has predicted the winners prior to the broadcast on ABC. Although the world around us has changed revolutionarily on a multitude of layers, something remains constant and that […]

Oscar Watch: Breaking Down the Big Nine Academy Awards Categories

 in Oscar Watch  tagged Borat Subsequent Moviefilm / Judas and the Black Messiah / Ma Rainey's Black Bottom / Mank / Minari / Oscar Watch / Sound of Metal / The Father by
The Oscars 2020 are history. The show also made history. Parasite,from South Korea, took home the top prizes for Hollywood’s biggest night, including Best Picture, Best International Feature, Best Original Screenplay and Best Director. Before all that happened, there was an opening musical number from Janelle Monáe, Steven Martin and […]

Oscar Watch 2020: Grading the Show Where International Inclusiveness Was ...

 in Academy Awards / Oscar Watch  tagged Oscar Watch by
It’s my favorite time of year, awards season. Now, it is time for the best part of arriving at this point in the calendar—predicting Oscar victories! Who will win Oscar gold has been a question I’ve been answering ahead of the Academy Awards since I was 14-years-old. I’ve gotten pretty […]

Oscar Watch 2020: Predicting the Academy Award Winners in all ...

 in Academy Awards / Opinion Piece / Oscar Watch  tagged Oscar Predictions / Oscar Watch / Oscar Winners by