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Oscar Picks: 15 Nov 2016
BEST PICTURE Fences Jackie La La Land Live by Night Loving Manchester by the Sea Moonlight Silence Sully Falling off: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, The Birth of a Nation Rising star: Hidden Figures The skinny: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th century women, arrival, fences, finding dory, florence foster jenkins, hell or high water, jackie, kubo and the two strings, la la land, lion, live by night, lobster, loving, manchester by the sea, moana, moonlight, queen of katwe, red turtle, silence, sully, zootopia
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Too Early for This: Oscar Picks — 15 October 2016
BEST PICTURE Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk The Birth of a Nation Fences La La Land Live by Night Loving Manchester by the Sea Moonlight Silence Sully Falling off: Allied, Arrival, LBJ, Patriots Day Rising star: Jackie The skinny: With … Continue reading
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Tagged arrival, billy lynn's long halftime walk, birth of a nation, fences, finding dory, jackie, kubo and the two strings, la la land, little prince, live by night, lobster, loving, manchester by the sea, moana, moonlight, other people, patriots day, queen of katwe, rules don't apply, silence, sully, zootopia
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2016 Emmy Predictions: Limited Series and Specials
LIMITED SERIES American Crime (ABC) Fargo (FX) The Night Manager (AMC) The People v. O.J. Simpson (FX) Roots (History) Should and will win: The People v. O.J. Simpson Could win: Fargo Should have been nominated: Show Me a Hero (HBO) … Continue reading
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Tagged all the way, american crime, american horror story, confirmation, fargo, hbo, lady day, luther, netflix, night manager, oj simpson, roots, sherlock, very murray christmas
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2016 Emmy Predictions: Drama
DRAMA SERIES The Americans (FX) Better Call Saul (AMC) Downton Abbey (PBS) Game of Thrones (HBO) Homeland (Showtime) House of Cards (Netflix) Mr. Robot (USA) Should win: The Americans Could win: Mr. Robot Will win: Game of Thrones Should have … Continue reading
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Tagged affair, americans, better call saul, bloodline, downton abbey, empire, game of thrones, good wife, hbo, homeland, house of cards, how to get away with murder, knick, mr. robot, netflix, orphan black, ray donovan, showtime, unreal
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2016 Emmy Predictions: Comedy
COMEDY SERIES Black-ish (ABC) Master of None (Netflix) Modern Family (ABC) Silicon Valley (HBO) Transparent (Amazon) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) Veep (HBO) Should and will win: Veep Could win: Black-ish Should have been nominated: Brooklyn Nine-Nine COMEDY ACTOR Anthony Anderson, … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, baskets, blackish, catastrophe, getting on, grace and frankie, hbo, inside amy schumer, key and peele, last man on earth, master of none, modern family, mom, netflix, saturday night live, shameless, silicon valley, transparent, unbreakable kimmy schmidt, veep
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Too Early for This: Oscar Picks — 15 August 2016
BEST PICTURE Allied Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk The Birth of a Nation Fences La La Land LBJ Loving Manchester by the Sea Patriots Day Silence The skinny: A total shot in the dark, since exactly zero of these movies … Continue reading
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Tagged allied, billy lynn's long halftime walk, birth of a nation, bleed for this, christine, collateral beauty, fences, finding dory, girl on the train, indignation, jason bourne, jungle book, kubo and the two strings, la la land, lbj, light between oceans, little prince, lobster, loving, manchester by the sea, moana, patriots day, rogue one, rules don't apply, silence, star trek, star trek beyond, star wars, zootopia
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Emmy Voters, Don’t Forget About These Great Potential Nominees
With more shows and eligible nominees than ever before, a comprehensive Emmy guide like I’ve done in the past would take weeks to assemble. Ain’t nobody got time for that. Instead, I’ve opted to highlight the folks who may get … Continue reading
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Tagged american crime story, americans, brooklyn nine-nine, demetri martin, fargo, full frontal, girlfriend experience, hannibal, hbo, house of cards, hulu, john mulaney, john oliver, key and peele, lady dynamite, last week tonight, master of none, netflix, samantha bee, show me a hero, starz, triumph, wet hot american summer, with bob and david
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Oscar Re-Do: 2005
As I have the last five years, I’ll look at the Oscars from a decade ago and see if the Academy really got it right. Usually not. But this year, for a change, they mostly did. Winners are in bold. … Continue reading
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Tagged brokeback mountain, crash, george clooney, michelle williams, philip seymour hoffman, reese witherspoon, wallace and gromit
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My Dream Oscar Ballot 2016
I have seen all eight Best Picture nominees this year. Room just barely missed the cut, while Bridge of Spies wouldn’t have made it at all. Once again, I abstain from Animated Feature, Documentary Feature, Foreign Language Film and all … Continue reading
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Tagged beasts of no nation, big short, blackhat, bridge of spies, brooklyn, carol, chi-raq, crimson peak, danny collins, dope, ex machina, force awakens, fury road, hateful eight, hunting ground, inside out, jupiter ascending, love and mercy, mad max, martian, phoenix, revenant, room, sicario, slow west, spotlight, star wars, steve jobs, youth
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Oscar Guide 2016
You thought the last few years were nailbiters? You ain’t seen nothing yet. BEST PICTURE The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Spotlight Will win: Spotlight Could win: The Big Short … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 year old man, 45 years, amy, anomalisa, big short, boy and the world, bridge of spies, brooklyn, carol, cartel land, cinderella, creed, danish girl, embrace of the serpent, ex machina, fifty shades of grey, force awakens, fury road, hateful eight, hunting ground, inside out, joy, look of silence, mad max, martian, mustang, racing extinction, revenant, room, shaun the sheep movie, sicario, son of saul, spectre, spotlight, star wars, steve jobs, straight outta compton, theeb, trumbo, war, what happened miss simone, when marnie was there, winter on fire, youth
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