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On March 15, the Academy Award nominations will be revealed. Then, those golden statues will be handed out on April 25. Ready to cram on some crazy good cinema from the comfort of your home as nominations are revealed and before winners are anointed? The Movie Mensch’s first Oscar Watch […]

Oscar Watch: 19 Films You Need to See Before The ...

March 4, 2021 in Oscar Watch tagged Oscar Watch by joeldamos

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 ...

February 10, 2020 in Academy Awards / Oscar Watch tagged Oscar Watch by joeldamos

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 ...

February 5, 2020 in Academy Awards / Opinion Piece / Oscar Watch tagged Oscar Predictions / Oscar Watch / Oscar Winners by joeldamos

February 9 will be an incredibly special day for a group of actors, who will now add the moniker Oscar winner in front of their given names. That’s right … the Academy Awards are set to be handed out and The Movie Mensch’s Oscar Watch is set to make some […]

Oscar Watch 2020: Who Will Win the Acting Categories?

January 30, 2020 in Oscar Watch by joeldamos

As The Movie Mensch’s Oscar Watch stated—before Academy Awards nominations were even announced—the race this year is down to 1917 and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. This is not an endorsement of Sam Mendes’ epic World War I for Tinsel Town’s top prize. What this latest Oscar Watch column […]

Oscar Watch: Why 1917 Is One of Awards Season’s Most ...

January 16, 2020 in Opinion Piece / Oscar Watch tagged 1917 / Oscar Watch by joeldamos

The Oscar nominations are out and when it comes to snubs and surprises, everyone is talking about how there is no Jennifer Lopez. Since her Hustlers debuted at TIFF, sentiment had been building that the multifaceted talent was going to add Academy Award nominated actress to her resume. Sadly, for […]

Oscar Watch 2020: Snubs and Surprises … Where Is The ...

January 13, 2020 in Oscar Watch tagged Oscar Nominations / Oscar Watch by joeldamos

It’s that time again, people. For folks like me who write about movies for a living, Awards Season is like the Super Bowl and the gift that keeps on giving. With the nominees being announced on Monday, January 13, Oscar Watch is ready to reveal its predictions for who will […]

Oscar Watch: 2020 Academy Award Nomination Predictions

January 11, 2020 in Oscar Watch tagged Academy Awards / Oscar Nominations / Oscar Watch by joeldamos

This Oscar Watch column comes with a very big caveat. The Golden Globes mean nothing to those of us charged with predicting the Academy Awards. After all, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association are members of the media and not a voting block of any kind. But they do serve the […]

Oscar Watch: Did the Golden Globes Set Up a 1917 ...

January 6, 2020 in Oscar Watch tagged Once Upon a Time in Hollywood / Oscar Watch / Parasite by joeldamos

It’s firmly Oscar season, so let the pontificating proliferate. For our first insight/prediction Oscar Watch column, we turn our attention to the Best Actor category and like it is every year because let’s be honest, there are more better roles for men than women in Hollywood—although the gap is closing […]

Oscar Watch: Best Actor … Who Can Contend & What ...

December 13, 2019 in Oscar Watch tagged Adam Driver / Best Actor / Eddie Murphy / Oscars / Tom Hanks by joeldamos