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Michael B. Jordan’s SAG upset has blown the Oscar race wide open. iPINIONS argues that Ryan Coogler’s Sinners deserves to cash in by winning Best Picture and Best Actor, among others. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/why-sinners-and-michael-b-jordan Read more.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett seem hell-bent on showing that no marital detail is too intimate to share with the world. Only that explains Jada appearing on one media platform or another this week to share that she and Smith have been separated since 2016. Honoring Tupac Jada is selling her memoir. Never mind that she has made her… Read more.
With all due respect to critics and members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the Academy), how much a film makes, not whether it wins an Oscar, is the generally recognized measure of its success. Especially considering that winning an Oscar is more the result of crass political campaigning than any assessment of… Read more.
I say give the hosting gig back to Billy Crystal, permanently! (The Oscars, The iPINIONS Journal, March 6, 2006) As this opening quote indicates, I’ve been arguing for years that producers should give up trying to make the Oscars into a comedy/variety show. And last night’s cringe-worthy offering proved yet again why they should. But one would have thought that,… Read more.
My Picks: Actor in Leading Role: Colin Firth – The King’s Speech Actor in Supporting Role: Christian Bale – The Fighter Actress in Leading Role: Annette Bening – The Kids are All Right Actress in Supporting Role: Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit Best Director: Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech Best Picture: The Kings Speech… Read more.
I really enjoy cinema. And I appreciate the attention the Oscars often give to good but relatively unseen films like Atonement. Unfortunately, with all due respect to critics and members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the Academy), how much a film makes, not whether it wins an Oscar, is the generally… Read more.
