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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 ...

March 28, 2022 in Academy Awards / Opinion Piece / Oscar Watch tagged Academy Awards / Chris Rock / CODA / Oscar Watch / Oscars / Will Smith by joeldamos

It may seem like an uphill battle to unset the front-runner for this year’s Oscars—Netflix’s The Power of the Dog—but lately the seismic momentum has been changing to another streaming service’s offering. The Jane Campion-directed epic western scored twelve nominations for Hollywood’s biggest night. Does the film that earned the […]

Oscar Watch 2022: Predicting Every Academy Awards Winner: Will CODA ...

March 24, 2022 in Academy Awards / Nominations / Opinion Piece / Oscar Watch tagged Academy Awards / Academy Awards predictions / Belfast / CODA / Nightmare Alley / Oscar Predictions / Oscars / The Power of the Dog by joeldamos

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 ...

February 8, 2022 in Opinion Piece / Oscar Watch tagged Academy Awards / Opinion Piece / Oscar Snubs / Oscar Snubs & Surprises / Oscar Surprises / Oscar Watch by joeldamos

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!

January 12, 2022 in Opinion Piece / Top 10s tagged 2022 Movies / Anticipated Movies of 2022 / Most Anticipated Movies of 2022 / Movie Calendar / Opinion Piece / Top 10s by joeldamos

The year is ending, and you know what that means? It’s time for the annual tradition that is The Movie Mensch and its reveal of the best that film had to offer in 2021. It was not the best 365 days as a whole, what with the pandemic still dominating […]

Top 21 Movies of 2021: These Flicks (Featuring Wes Anderson, ...

December 30, 2021 in Movie Reviews / Opinion Piece / Top 10s tagged Movie Reviews / Opinion Piece / The Top 21 Movies of 2021 / Top 10s / Top 21 of 2021 by joeldamos

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

April 26, 2021 in Opinion Piece / Oscar Watch tagged Academy Awards / Anthony Hopkings / Carey Mulligan / Frances McDormand / Glenn Close / Opinion Piece / Oscar Watch / Oscars by joeldamos

It’s the best time of the year for us movie-loving folks, Oscar season. This Sunday, April 25, the highest honor in the field of cinema will be bestowed on 23 categories, including—of course—Best Picture. If you are in an Oscar pool or just like to predict on your own, you’re […]

Oscar Watch 2021: Predicting The Academy Awards Winners in All ...

April 22, 2021 in Academy Awards / Opinion Piece / Oscar Watch tagged Academy Award Predictions / Academy Awards / Ma Rainey's Black Bottom / Nomadland / Oscar Predictions / Oscars / Promising Young Woman / Soul / Sound of Metal by joeldamos

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 […]