Debut films and foreign auteurs (My May Director Oscar Predictions)

"Thank you God for snubbing Ben Affleck." 2012 was a weird year in this category.  I think we all know that.  I mean, the Oscar fo...

Scarlett's summer plans...

I love it when I can report on news that makes me happy!  As you are aware, I’m a huge supporter of the very talented yet largely underappre...

Oscar Predictions: April Edition (Part 1)

So Josh (over at The Cinematic Spectacle ) and I have decided to join forces this year for our initial Oscar predictions (and who knows, may...

Let's Review Something: Life of Pi

I’ve given myself a few months to digest this film, since I feel as though my initial response to it may have been jilted thanks to my unapo...

SAG wins and the big Director conundrum…

So last night Argo solidified its Best Picture Oscar win, which is like the oddest thing in the history of forever; and this is coming from ...

The Directors Roundtable!

Here it is , and it is far more interesting than the Actress Roundtable I posted a week ago.  The group is very conversational, with Affleck...

October Oscar Predictions: Director

So, not it’s time to update the Director predictions for this year.   In doing so, it raised a debate on AD that I’d like to air out here. ...

A Closer Look: 2011 Director

Alright, so moving along in this special segment of ‘A Closer Look’ we come to the 2011 Director race.   This race was fun to predict all ye...