Musings on Golden Globes 2025 Nominations – 5 Glaring Snubs + Great Surprises

The award season is in full swing! Days after the Independent Spirit Awards were announced, now we've got the Golden Globes nominations! It's been a year and a half since the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which managed the Golden Globe Awards from 1943 to 2023, was disbanded due to diversity issues. If you're curious …

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TCFF 2024 Award Winners + Highlights: Interview with Daisy Ridley + Tom Bateman on their psychological thriller MAGPIE

It's been a hectic but gratifying 10 days covering the Twin Cities Film Fest on its 15th anniversary! Monday, October 21 was truly an evening to remember as I got to meet both Daisy Ridley and Tom Bateman who were in attendance to promote their psychological thriller MAGPIE (read my review). Thanks to TCFF executive …

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FX Shōgun leads EMMY 2024 nominations – The Full List of Nominees + 5 Things I’m Most Excited About

This marks the first time I blog about EMMY nominations in a couple of years because normally I don't watch that much TV. Well, the past year I managed to watch quite a bit of them to actually be excited that some of my favorites got nominated. FX network must be throwing a huge party …

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Oscars 2024 – Full Winners list + highlights from the 96th Academy Awards

Happy Post-Oscars Day, everyone!! Did you watch the ceremony last night? Just like last year, the Oscars happened during the end of daylight savings when we actually lost one hour 😦 Thankfully they started the ceremony an hour early and relatively speaking it went by pretty fast and was pretty entertaining overall. Now, Jimmy Kimmel …

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2024 Oscars Predictions – FlixChatter picks on who will win + who should win

Happy Oscars Eve! Time for the obligatory predictions, it's currently about 24 hours away until the 96th Oscar winners are announced. Just like last year, I have actually managed to see nine out of the ten nominees. The one I haven't seen is Killers of the Flower Moon (it's nearly 3.5 hours long!) but hey, …

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2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards – PAST LIVES won Best Feature. Congrats to all the winners!!

The Film Independent Spirit Awards were given out last night, Sunday, Feb 25, and as a film critic as well as a member of Film Independent, I'm thrilled for the 2024 award winners!! The show took place in Santa Monica, hosted by Aidy Bryant, as the final voting for the Oscars is still happening as …

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2024 Oscar Nominations – Musings on the egregious snubs + enchanting surprises

So the day movie fans/pundits have been waiting for is here… Oscar nominations were announced this morning by Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid. Well, there's no repeat of Barbenheimer competition at the Oscars. Despite Barbie winning the box office with $1.4 billion worldwide (while Oppenheimer has made $946 million), Christopher Nolan's opus of the father …

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