You get the feeling from talking to four of the Oscar-nominated members from the sound team of the sci-fi action thriller “The Creator” – supervising sound editor/sound designers Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn, sound mixer Ian Voigt and rerecording mixer Tom Ozanich – that they have never been through anything quite like the […]
The men competing for the 2024 Best Film Supporting Actor SAG Award are Sterling K. Brown (“American Fiction”), Willem Dafoe (“Poor Things”), Robert De Niro (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), Robert Downey Jr. (“Oppenheimer”), and Ryan Gosling (“Barbie”). Our odds indicate that Downey (31/10) is the likeliest victor, followed in order by Gosling (19/5), De […]
Welcome to Oscar Experts Typing, a weekly column in which Gold Derby editors and Experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the Oscar race — via Slack, of course. This week, we discuss Sunday’s BAFTA Awards, where two films are expected to win big. Christopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! Or should I say, ‘ello guv’nor? We’re back here […]
There are 10 nominees for the BAFTA Award for Best British Film, but it looks like the race has narrowed down to two top contenders: “Poor Things” and “The Zone of Interest.” But which will ultimately win? The two films couldn’t be more different: “Poor Things” is a fantastical comedy about a resurrected woman finding […]
“We screamed a lot!” says “The Eternal Memory” director Maite Alberdi when discussing her 2024 Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature. It’s the filmmaker’s second nomination in this category after being nominated in 2021 for “The Mole Agent.” “When you’re a Latin-American filmmaker, you never dream of an Oscar nomination. It’s not in your possibilities. […]
Despite controversy over its use of a prosthetic nose to turn Bradley Cooper into Jewish composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, “Maestro” has emerged as the Oscar front-runner for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. Will it win first at the Make-Up Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards? It has three nominations there: Best Period and/or Character Makeup, […]
Some categories go together naturally, like Best Picture and Best Director. It’s no different in the below-the-line categories, either, with Best Costume Design, Best Production Design and Best Makeup and Hairstyling having an interesting relationship with one another. The three design awards are often paired or grouped together as a trio and awarded to the […]
Matt Auckland, the 22-year old social media chef from Ingleside, Illinois was eliminated in 15th place on Thursday’s episode of “Next Level Chef.” After being drafted to Team Richard Blais, he was forced to begin the competition in the basement kitchen. “Happy to be on Team Blais, but that first pick put us in the […]
Studio Ghibli, like Western counterparts Disney, Pixar and the UK’s Aardman, is one of the most important animation studios in movie history. Since its first feature film, “Castle in the Sky” in 1986, Studio Ghibli (founded by Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki, Isao Takahata, and Yasuyoshi Tokuma) has delivered two dozen thought-provoking tales beautifully rendered in […]
After a number of delays, rappers Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign finally released their collaborative album “Vultures 1.” But was it worth the wait? And is it possible to separate West’s music from his controversial behavior and antisemitism? As of this writing “Vultures” has a MetaCritic score of 49 based on just four reviews […]
When Christopher Nolan’s idol, Stanley Kubrick, first reached out to Arthur C. Clarke, he asked if he’d like to try and make “the proverbial ‘really good’ science fiction film” which, at that point, Kubrick did not believe existed. (Clarke was more forgiving, and tormented Kubrick with his recommendations throughout the research period of their collaboration.) […]
The 35 boxes theory aims to track a potential Oscar Best Picture winner’s popularity across the entire awards season. We catalog important nominations and wins at the precursors. The more boxes you tick off, the more popular your movie is across the board, and the higher its chances of winning Best Picture at the Oscars. […]
Tonight on “Next Level Chef,” mentors Gordon Ramsay, Nyesha Arrington and Richard Blais draft the top 15 chefs into their three teams. Then, the contestants are challenged with preparing an all-American smash burger that proves their cooking abilities are next level in the all-new “The Draft/Smash Bash” episode of “Next Level Chef” airing Thursday, February […]
Since none of the cast members were eliminated during last week’s episode of “The Traitors,” that meant we still had two traitors and 10 faithfuls running around the castle at the start of this week’s hour. The episode began with Phaedra Parks and Parvati Shallow considering whom to murder, with their only possible choices being […]
When the British Academy Film Awards nominations were announced last month, Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” were far and away the strongest contenders, earning 13 and 11 nominations, respectively. Those two films will continue with that advantage at Sunday’s ceremony, where we predict they will take home the most awards of the […]
The women vying for the 2024 Best Film Actress SAG Award are Annette Bening (“Nyad”), Lily Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), Carey Mulligan (“Maestro”), Margot Robbie (“Barbie”), and Emma Stone (“Poor Things”). According to our odds, Gladstone (10/3) has the best chance of prevailing, followed in order by Stone (18/5), Robbie (9/2), Mulligan (9/2), […]
There’s a saying over here in the UK about London buses. You wait so long for one and then two turn up at once. That notion could play out at this year’s Academy Awards as this 2024 ceremony could be the second in a row where all four acting winners are rookie nominees. This happened […]
The 77th British Academy Film Awards will be presented on Sunday, February 18, celebrating achievements in British and foreign films in 22 different categories. Scroll down for our official odds with our projected winners highlighted in gold. Christopher Nolan‘s “Oppenheimer” and Yorgos Lanthimos‘ “Poor Things” head into the ceremony with the most nominations — 13 […]
