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The Academy Awards seem to have gotten more and more predictable over the years. Sure, last year Spotlight shocked many who never expected it to win Best Picture. But, for those of us who analyze this for a living, it was not such a shock. It was a look deeper […]

Oscar Watch: Is There Any Mystery to Academy Awards 2017?

February 16, 2017 in Oscar Watch tagged Academy Awards / Fences / La La Land / Manchester By the Sea / Oscar Watch / Oscars by joeldamos

Hollywood does love itself, and that was on full display as the 89th annual Academy Awards nominations were revealed today and the Hollywood-set musical La La Land tied a record with the most nominations ever with fourteen. La La Land joined some heady company with Titanic and Ben Hur with the […]

Oscar Nominations Announced: La La Land Leads With Record-Tying 14 ...

January 24, 2017 in Academy Awards / Nominations tagged Academy Awards / Fences / Hacksaw Ridge / La La Land / Nominations / Oscar Nominations by joeldamos

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has unveiled its nominees for the best in television and film for 2016 and although there are some predictable moments, there were quite a few surprises as well when it came to the movie side of things. Most notably, Hacksaw Ridge scored a Best Picture, […]

Golden Globe Nominations Announced: La La Land Leads the Way ...

December 12, 2016 in Golden Globes tagged Golden Globes / Hacksaw Ridge / La La Land / Manchester By the Sea by joeldamos

Damien Chazelle wowed us with Whiplash and the writer-director has sent the triumph meter through the roof with his latest, La La Land. La La Land is on one hand a film for audiences who feel that Hollywood doesn’t make “movies like that anymore.” It simultaneously is also for viewers […]

La La Land Review: Hooray for Hollywood

December 10, 2016 in Movie Reviews tagged La La Land / Movie Reviews by joeldamos

Damien Chazelle (Whiplash) has written and directed an instant classic with La La Land, a masterpiece that is a love letter simultaneously to the city of Los Angeles and to all the dreamers who are drawn here seeking to become one of those who illuminate a City of Stars (also […]

Emma Stone Talks About Finding Bliss in La La Land

December 8, 2016 in Interviews tagged Emma Stone / interviews / La La Land by joeldamos