By John Corrado The 93rd Academy Awards have officially come to a close, with Nomadland triumphing for Best Picture. Chloe Zhao also won Best Director for the film, becoming only the second female filmmaker to win the award. Rounding out a trio of much deserved wins for Nomadland was Frances McDormand, who triumphed in the… Read More Winners of the 93rd Academy Awards
By John Corrado This is it, folks. After the longest awards season ever, the 2021 Oscars are happening tonight. I’ve spent the last week catching up with movies, and have seen 40 out of the 41 nominated features, as well as a couple of the shorts. Here are my predictions for what will win in… Read More My 2021 Oscar Predictions
By John Corrado The nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards were announced this morning, with eight films (The Father, Judas And The Black Messiah, Mank, Minari, Nomadland, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal and The Trial Of The Chicago 7) ultimately getting into the Best Picture lineup. David Fincher’s Mank leads the day with a total… Read More Nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards
By John Corrado There you have it folks, the 92nd Academy Awards have come to a close, with Bong Joon-ho’s South Korean film Parasite becoming the first international film in history to take home Best Picture. Yes, I predicted it would happen, as you can see below, but I don’t know if I really believed… Read More My 2020 Oscar Predictions (Now Updated With Winners)
By John Corrado So that’s a wrap on the 91st Academy Awards. I ended up predicting 17 of the 24 categories correctly, which isn’t as much as I had hoped, but is still one better than I got last year. The night ultimately ended with Green Book winning Best Picture over my prediction and preference Roma,… Read More My 2019 Oscar Predictions (Now Updated With Winners)
By John Corrado Update: Well, I got 16 out of 24 correct. Not as good as I had hoped, but not too shabby, either. I’m happy with a lot of the winners, even if the show itself was wildly overlong and pretty average. It’s awesome that The Shape of Water took home Best Picture, and… Read More My 2018 Oscar Predictions (Now Updated With Winners!)
The International Film Music Critics Association nominations were released this morning for excellence in film scoring in 2015. Leading with four nominations each are veteran John Williams for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Ennio Morricone for The Hateful Eight. Close behind with three noms each are Michael Giacchio for Inside Out, Jupiter Ascending, and… Read More 12th Annual IFMCA Award Nominees Announced Today
By John Corrado The 87th Oscars unfolded last night, with Birdman taking home the top prize for Best Picture, along with Best Director and Best Original Screenplay trophies for Alejandro G. Iñárritu, and Best Cinematography for Emmanuel Lubezki’s mesmerizing work behind the single take magic trick. The film triumphed over the early favourite Boyhood which many initially… Read More Some Thoughts on the 87th Oscars
At noon EST today, the International Film Music Critics Association announced its winners for musical scoring in 2014. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners! Taking home the award for Film Score of the Year is composer Hans Zimmer for Interstellar. This is his nineteenth nomination and third win since the awards started in 2004. … Read More Winners of 11th Annual IFMCA Awards Announced Today
Today at noon EST, the International Film Music Critics Association, of which I am a member, announced its list of nominees for excellence in film scoring in 2014. Leading the pack this year with seven nominations is James Newton Howard for Score of the Year, Composer of the Year, Best Action/Adventure/Thriller score, and Best Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror… Read More 11th Annual IFMCA Award Nominees Announced Today
By John Corrado With Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel leading the charge and amassing nine each, the 87th Oscar nominations were unveiled this morning. As usual, the list was rounded out by a mix of deserving frontrunners, along with some good surprises and a few unfortunate snubs, evoking passionate responses across Twitter. The eight… Read More Thoughts on the 87th Oscar Nominations
By John Corrado Hosted by the dynamic and always funny duo of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for the third and final time, the 72nd Golden Globes unfolded tonight in mostly enjoyable and appropriately laid back fashion, with a lot of deserving winners and a few surprises that I’m genuinely happy about. The first award of… Read More Thoughts on the 72nd Golden Globes
By John Corrado So there you have it. Two of the best movies of 2013 were honoured last night, with Gravity winning a total of seven Oscars including Best Director for Alfonso Cuarón and 12 Years a Slave taking Best Picture, a pair of powerful films that have stuck with me since first seeing them… Read More “12 Years a Slave” Takes Top Honours and “Gravity” Wins Big at the 86th Oscars
By John Corrado The winners of the 86th Academy Awards were announced this evening, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. The big winner of the night was Gravity, a stunning achievement honoured with a grand total of seven Oscars, including Best Director for Alfonso Cuarón. Best Picture went to Steve McQueen’s incredibly powerful 12 Years a Slave,… Read More Winners of the 86th Academy Awards
By John Corrado No matter how things play out at the 86th Oscars, I have made no secret of my love for all nine films in the running for Best Picture this year. That’s not to say there weren’t other ones I would have loved to see included, but 2013 was such a strong year… Read More Reviewing the Best Picture Nominees
By John Corrado I think the entire entertainment industry will breathe a sigh of relief come next Sunday night after the Oscars are finally announced, the last footnote for the banner year of movies that was 2013. But I’m not complaining, because this has been one of the most exciting awards seasons in recent memory,… Read More Some Final Thoughts Before the 86th Oscars
At noon EST today, the International Film Music Critics Association (of which I am a member) announced the winners for musical scoring in 2013. Congrats to all the winners and here’s to another great year in film scoring! Taking home Score of the Year this year is Abel Korzeniowski for his classic score for Carlo… Read More Winners of the 10th Annual IFMCA Awards Announced Today!
Today at noon EST today, the International Film Music Critics Association (of which I am a member) announced its list of nominees for excellence in musical scoring in 2013. This year leading the pack with six nominations is composer Abel Korzeniowski (Romeo and Juliet, Escape From Tomorrow). Other composers nominated in multiple categories include Steven… Read More 10th Annual IFMCA Award Nominees Announced Today
By John Corrado The nominations for the 86th Academy Awards were announced bright and early this morning by Chris Hemsworth and Cheryl Boone Isaacs. There are nine films in the running for Best Picture, with American Hustle and Gravity leading the charge, picking up a total of ten nominations each. The other expected frontrunner 12… Read More Nominations for the 86th Academy Awards
By John Corrado Do you remember a couple of years ago when the Golden Globes felt like a joke, nominating films based on star power and becoming a cynical mockery of the entertainment industry at the hands of three time host Ricky Gervais? Well, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association changed things for the better last… Read More The 71st Golden Globes Did Things Right
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