I love my science fiction and fantasy shows so much, I literally rank them separately. I think if they had to compete against other genres, those categories would lose their performers, not so much out of this genre. There, of course, were ensembles that didn’t make the cut, but when I think of ensemble, I often think more about the evenness and depth of bench. 10) The Rings of Power (Amazon) 9) Locke and Key (Netflix) 8) Outer Range (Amazon) 7) Wednesday (Netflix) 6) The Umbrella Academy (Netflix) 5) The House Of The Dragon (HBO MAX) 4) The Boys (Amazon) … Continue reading Best Of 2022: Top 10 Ensembles in A Sci-Fi/Fantasy Series

As I catch up on thing I’ve wanted to write about, including some Best Of 2022 lists, as well as a ton of reviews hopefully this weekend, I figure I can’t go too much longer without an official Oscar article. This is why YouTube is so convenient, because it takes 5 minutes to record a reaction video, and upload my thoughts right away, but just a lot more time to actually put pen to paper… or fingers to keyboard? I wasn’t so incredibly surprised by some of the snubs or surprises. In some cases, the person or film i had … Continue reading Oscars: Everything Everywhere Except Danielle Detweiler

Oscar nominations are Tuesday morning. Voting has closed. The BAFTA nominees are out. And it’s time. I did fairly well predicting the BAFTA nominees at 80% accuracy and I’m looking to change that here. I won’t bore you to death by going bottom up. I’ll start with the big categories. Because I love my readers. BEST PICTURE 1) Everything Everywhere All At once 2) The Banshees Of inusharon 3) The Fablemans 4) Top Gun Maverick 5) Tar 6) Elvis 7) Avatar The way of Water 8) All Quiet On The Western Front 9) The Whale 10) RRR There are basically … Continue reading My Final oscar Predictions

If you are like me, you probably get annoyed when the Emmy voters go unoriginal and either nominate the entire cast of a show, filling up the categories, or they populate it with the cast of Saturday Night live. There are so many strong performances out there, worth shining a light on. Here are ten lovely ladies worth your time. 10) Marcia Gay Harden (Uncoupled) Netflix 9) Rachel Bloom (Reboot) Hulu 8) Claire Perkins (The outlaws) Amazon 7) Jessica Gunning (The Outlaws) Amazon 6) Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Ms maisel) Amazon 5) Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott elementary) ABC 4) Bebe … Continue reading Best of 2022: Top 10 Supporting Actress In A comedy Series

Already in this category, Gaslit was at the top of my list for Ensemble, Julia Garner just topped my list for Supporting Actress for Inventing Anna, and now we arrive at Supporting Actor. Who topped this list? I can say that my #2 spot was who I would have voted for based on Emmy eligibility this past round, but then one more show dropped. One more performance. Here’s my Top 10 (8 out of 10 have audio description): 10) Kyle MacLaughlin (Joe Vs Carol) Peacock 9) Nick Offerman (Pam and Tommy) Hulu 8) Christopher McDonald (The watcher) Netflix 7) Dan … Continue reading Best Of 2022: Top 10 Supporting Actor In A limited Series

There are no For your Consideration ads for me. I’m not on that level. So I put people where I think they should be, in terms of lead or supporting. If you think someone here should be a lead performance, I probably did not. Without further adieu, the top 10 are: 10) Annaleigh Ashford (Welcome To Chippendales) Hulu 9) Danielle Detweiler (From Scratch) Netflix 8) Margo Martindale (The watcher) netflix 7) Toni Collette (The Staircase) HBo MAX 6) Chloe Sevigny (The Girl From Plainville) Hulu 5) Jennifer Coolidge (The Watcher) Netflix 4) Moses Ingram (Obi-Wan) Disney Plus 3) Juno Temple … Continue reading Best Of 2022: Top 10 Supporting Actress In A limited Series

All of these films have audio description, so you can enjoy every single performance. But, without further adieu, I will likely butcher someone’s name. but here we go. 10) Marlowe Barkley (Slumberland) Netflix 9) Vanessa Burghardt (Cha Cha Real Smooth) Apple Plus 8) Ruby Wood (Better Nate Than Never) Disney Plus 7) Madeline McGraw (The Black Phone) Peacock (and Amazon?) 6) Walker Scobell (The Adam Project) 5) Alicia Weir (Matilda The Musical) 4) Banks Repeta (Armageddon Time) 3) Jamila Gray (On The Come up) Runner Up: Jalen Webb (Armageddon Time) Winner: Mason Thames (The Black Phone) Continue reading Best Of 2022: Top 10 Performances By A Child Actor In Film

If you guys have followed my roundups, you know I watch a lot of television. To me, when I talk about an ensemble, i often talk about a deep bench. To me, a show like Pam and Tommy, where you can pretty much highlight the performances that make the show work in three or four names, that isn’t really an ensemble. but, when a show has so many rich characters, it starts to become hard to figure out who is doing the most work, that is where this comes into play. 10) The Dropout (Hulu) English Audio description?: Yes This … Continue reading Best of 2022: Top 10 Ensembles For A Limited Series

Sometimes It’s fun to make these lists, and sometimes it’s not. So, to speed things along, i gender neutrales this category, and some spots go to multiple people. 15) The Cast Of After Ever Happy Basically, everyone in this film was some shade of awful. Mira sorvino deserves better films. She has an Oscar. Why was she in this? 14) Alyssa Milano (Brazen) I should blame the whole cast here too, but the failure of the film happens to rest with the star, who if she had not signed onto the project, I’m not sure anyone would have seen this … Continue reading Best Of 2022: Worst Performances Of The Year (Film)

The Globes are on Tuesday. It’s a nice little promotional push for some movies that are looking for a boost. A surprise here could put someone on the radar, or do nothing. There isn’t an overlap of voters so these awards could go across the board to the least likely, and it would totally make sense. one thing has typically been true of the Globes in years prior. They love stars. They love to make them, but they also can easily be schmoozed. Campaigners can prevail. That’s what makes this so hard. But, whether I like it or not, I … Continue reading Golden Globe Final Predictions- Film Categories

I’m behind enough on my reviews, there’s a film on here I haven’t even reviewed yet. but it made the list. Comedy is so subjective. It’s not always the same for everyone. There are films that I saw this year that didn’t make me laugh, or maybe made me chuckle once or twice. But these are the ten films that made me laugh the most, putting a smile on my face in a pretty solid year for cinema. Honorable mentions? I would say the lost potential behind films that released without audio description. Sure, one of the 10 films on … Continue reading Best Of 2022: Top 10 Funniest Movies

Yesterday, I put the spotlight on Comedy Series, where I named Breeders the winner of Writing for a Comedy Series. Drama is equally tough. Remember, I will have a third category highlight genre series like House Of The Dragon, Strangers things, The Boys, etc. There is one show in here you might question why it isn’t in the Genre category, and I’ll explain when I get there. As far as honorable mentions go, it did hurt my soul a little bit to leave off Tulsa King (Paramount Plus), From Scratch (Netflix), The White Lotus (HBo), The Last Days of Ptolemy … Continue reading Best Of 2022: Writing For A Drama Series

I do this weird thing where I break up shows into four categories for my awards. Drama, Comedy, Genre, and Limited. So, for Genre, I group in a bunch of shows that typically get overlooked, or their performances aren’t appreciated, from sometimes lauded shows like Stranger Things and The Boys, to less likely shows like The Orville and Locke and Key. So, if a show is missing, it might be there. I know, What We Do in The Shadows kind of feels like where does it go? But I think the focus there is a lot more on the comedy … Continue reading Best Of 2022: Writing For A Comedy Series

I believe i saw 27 Animated features in 2022, so this list reflects a decent chunk of that. It’s a little different from my usual, as the lowest film on this list received a grade of B, so that’s the range of my top 10. I am not upset about any film just missing the cut, so my honorable mention goes to the biggest animated feature I haven’t seen, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. I was a fan of the first film, so I’m sure the sequel is up my alley. But if i wait till that drops on … Continue reading Best of 2022: Top 10 Animated Features

This is a tough category for me. It’s about a couple of things. For me, it means I didn’t know who this person was prior to 2022, and I believe the majority of people didn’t, or that they got a giant career boost in 2022.So, someone on here might have been around for a few years, and have some credits, but 2022 was their year. I’m also not ranking them by performance, but rather the likelihood that they’ll still be a prominent name ten years from now. kind of like also a ‘Star of Tomorrow” award. If that makes sense. … Continue reading Best Of 2022: Breakthrough Performer in Film

Continuing on with my celebration of 2022, I’m turning to Animated TV Shows. This list was hard to make. It’s the first time I’ve not included South Park. I love that show to death, but I need it to figure out it’s life. The low episode count being supported by these Paramount Plus specials that were just OK didn’t do it favors. So for the first time, probably ever, I left it out of my top 10. Also, a lot of other animated shows I watch, from The Great North to Chicago Party Aunt didn’t make the cut. 10) Rick … Continue reading Best Of 2022: My Top 10 Animated TV Shows

So, my second list celebrating the Besst of 2022 highlights ten shows I’m fairly certain didn’t get a second season. Actually, nine of the ten on this list I am able to find conclusive evidence of that. only one show, Outer Range, seems to be up in the air. To be fair, all 10 are first season shows, so something like Raising Deon, which deserved another season, was left off the list because at least it got a second season. 10) Queens (ABC) I actually really enjoyed this ensemble about a former hip hop group looking to regain their status. … Continue reading Best Of 2022: Top 10 Most Underrated TV Shows

Every year, we find ourselves at the mercy of Oscar voters and Oscar campaigns. Trying to navigate these waters, when trying to figure out who will be nominated where can be a bit challenging. For a while now, I’ve maintained my belief that Michelle Williams will end up in the supporting category for The Fablemans, and not lead. First off, having now seen the film (which I have to still review), I can say that her screentime is not much more than Paul Dano’s, despite the fact that Dano is being run in supporting. more importantly, Dano is running in … Continue reading Michelle Williams for The Fablemans: Lead or Supporting?

With most of the precursor awards having at least announced their nominees, minus the guilds, we’re starting to see a much easier path to the top 10. Most people will agree on anywhere from 4-6 locks at this point. you’ll see how many I’m willing to lock. And those that are locks, are not ones that are new to my list. 1) Everything Everywhere All At Once To be nominated, the Oscars use rank preferential balloting. What this means is that where people put a film on their list matters, as that gives it more of an edge in terms … Continue reading Oscars: Who is Still in The Best Picture Race?

You might have heard. There’s a little thing called the Golden Globes. The nominations were announced today, and with the Globes being televised again this year, here are my 10 immediate surprises (good or bad) for the awards. Almost all of these are film, but at least one TV nomination bogggled my mind. 1) Hilary Swank (Alaska Daily) What? I mean… what? No. Seriously. What? you only get five drama TV actress nominations, and instead of, oh I don’t know Elizabeth moss for The Handmaid’s Tale or Kelly Reilly for Yellowstone, somehow Hilary Swank makes it in for this show … Continue reading The Ten Biggest Golden globes Surprises

This one feels almost like a lock. I think the top 4 nominees here are going to be pretty hard to knock out. Everyone else is competing for that final spot. 1) Pinocchio Guillermo Del Toro’s newest masterpiece has all the praise behind it, plus it really did pave its own way. Robert Zemeckis should have taken note as to how to make an original Pinocchio film. It’s not a total lock to win, as some might think. However, if this managed to crack the Best Picture race, I’d call it a lock. Right now, there’s one little pesky film … Continue reading Oscars 2022: Top 15 Animated Feature Contenders

After covering Picture, Director, and all the acting categories, I acknowledge that I could have split these into two different days. But they’re so similar in nature, I figured let’s just do this damn thing. So, here is a look at the top 15 Adapted and Top 15 Original Screenplay contenders. Adapted: 1) Women Talking Sarah Polley’s dialogue heavy script is a solid contender in multiple categories, but with the strength of it all around, it feels like it could be the early front runner here. The biggest problem is that the number two contender could have also just been … Continue reading Talking Oscars: The Top Screenplay Contenders

So, I already gave my first thoughts on Picture, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress. We are on to the Best Director race, and an early look at the top 10 contenders in a very wide open race. I think only my top choice is an actual lock. 1) Steven Spielberg (The Fablemans) Spielberg, who last year was in the race for his first musical with West Side Story, is unlikely to be left off for his look back at this deeply personal part of his life. Even with the film performing very lightly at the box office, a … Continue reading The Top 20 Contenders For Best Director This Year

It’s that time of week again where I give you a status report on the Oscar race. This week, the Top 20 Actor choices. 1) Brendan Fraser (The Whale) The absolute lock. There is no way he doesn’t get nominated, and honestly, I think he’s the closest in any category to being the lock to win. He’s really far ahead, and his narrative of skipping the Golden Globes this year due to past harassment from an HFPA member will only endear him. Will he win every pre-cursor? no. but when this comes down to five, his name will be there, … Continue reading The Top 20 Best Actor Oscar Contenders Ranked

Oscar nominations are being announced this Tuesday, and while I’ve paid attention to this race, I’ve also learned how incredibly wide open it is, and there is sort of a anything can happen attitude among even the most stringent prognosticators. So, here are my thoughts on each of the major contenders. Shaking it up a bit with the format. The Power Of The Dog: One thing everyone seems to agree on is that Jane Campion is headed for Oscar glory. Not only is she a lock for a nomination, but everyone believes she will win. Two back-to-back female director wins … Continue reading Analyzing A Wide Open Oscar Race

As the Oscar race starts to heat up with the announcement of the NYFCC (New York Film Critics Circle) awards today, the question is now raised.. is there such a thing as a lock? Well, yes. In an effort to stir up some controversy, I’ve picked five nominees who I believe are absolute locks for their given categories. 1) Frances McDormand (Three Billboards outside Ebbing, MO) for Best Actress She’s such a well respected actress, and the film itself is very much centere4d in the Oscar race. It’s quite likely this film will see multiple nominations, hopefully for never-nominated Sam … Continue reading Oscar Locks: Do Any Exist?