Oscars 2025 – Full Winners list & the Highs + Lows of the 97th Academy Awards

Happy Day-After-Oscars Day, everyone!! Did you watch the ceremony last night? Thankfully, the Oscars didn't happen during the end of daylight savings time this year, and somehow, it didn't feel as long as previous years, but of course, there are some unnecessary frills that should've been cut out or trimmed down. Now, Conan O'Brien hosted …

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FlixChatter’s 2025 OSCAR Predictions + FEBRUARY Viewing Recap + Movie of the Month

Happy Oscars weekend! Since this year's telecast is happening at the beginning of the month after a short month, I thought I'd combine my Oscar predictions with my monthly recap. It's currently less than 36 hours until the 97th Oscar winners are announced. Unlike last year, I have only managed to see eight out of the …

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Musings on 2025 Oscar Nominations – The egregious snubs + enchanting surprises

After being delayed due to the California wildfires, the long-awaited Oscars nominations were announced this morning by Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang, live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. It looks like the Oscar-nominated songs won’t be performed at the ceremony this year. Instead, the Academy is choosing to recognize Los Angeles as the city …

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Golden Globes 2025 recap – Demi, Stan, Shōgun, The Brutalist, Flow, etc. – winner highlights 🏆 + favorite moments of the night ⭐

Happy post-Golden Globes Monday! Did you watch the telecast? I didn't start watching until about 25 minutes in as my attention was divided by the big game between MN Vikings vs. Detroit Lions that's on at the same time. Sadly Vikings lost tonight after 9 straight victories so we didn't clinch the NFC championship 😦 …

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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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