Academy Awards

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 ...

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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 ...

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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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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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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 ...

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