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First Predictions: Best Actress is a Mystery!

While it took me uncomfortably long to complete the first round of Oscar predictions of the year, I've finally done so ending with Best Actress, Best Picture, Best International Feature Film, Best ...
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1987: Veronica Cartwright in "The Witches of Eastwick"

Easily would've nominated her that year. She's the most visceral and primal thing about the film, which I love (though the book, to no one's surprise, is better). Each of her scenes hits a different ...
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Smackdown 1973: Candy, Madeline, Linda, Sylvia, and Tatum O'Neal

Behold the five Oscar-nominated Supporting Actresses of 1973: a "bitchin' babe" (Candy Clark), a pint-sized con-artist (Tatum O'Neal), a possessed teenager (Linda Blair), a selfish carnival dancer ...
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Smackdown '85: Anjelica, Amy, Meg, Margaret and Oprah

In my mind it's Avery who's miles and leagues ahead everyone else here. The way she imbues her role with tenderness and aplomb sexual appeal is extraordinary. She's a woman you fall in love with just ...
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It's a Pride Party! with Two Superlative Shorts!

As some of y’all might have noticed, Joanna Sodeman-Taylor is a fairly new name to be showing up on TFE and acting so familiar. So, happy Pride to me! The diva formerly known as Nick is now going by ...
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May Retrospective: “Ishtar” (1987)

Elaine May is also very funny in an under-appreciated movie "In the Spirit" from 1990. It teams her with Marlo Thomas and they are great together. Jeannie Berlin co-wrote the film and also appears in ...
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529 Invites are out for Academy Awards Membership

Did they forget Wunmi Mosaku, or was she somehow already a member? IMO the minute you're nominated for an Oscar you should become a member of the Academy, no questions asked. It's weird that ...
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Review: John Early cooks up a marvelous melodrama with “Maddie’s Secret”

Women on screen are more interesting than men. This is a truth universally acknowledged by actressexuals everywhere, and, by the looks of it, John Early is an actressexual like no other. For his ...
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Review: "Supergirl" is Perfectly Fine, Which is a Little Disappointing

You can blame Superman for plenty of the failures with Craig Gillespie's Supergirl. The critical and audience success of that entry reignited the DC Universe. Now, the expectations are too great and ...
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First Oscar Predictions: The Actors, Lead and Supporting

Whoops. Lost some momentum there to finish the first round of Oscar predictions. Let's take on Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor... The most intriguing possibility to emerge in the first months of ...
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The Baeksang Art Awards

You might remember last year that we discussed that South Korea has a robust film awards calendar, with the first awards show of each year in May! I'm sharing it despite being well over a month llate ...