Birdman

Oscar Breakdown: Predictions for the 2015 Academy Awards

February 19, 2015
Nathan Swank

The technical awards is where people win or lose their Oscar bracket. Usually everyone has a fairly good idea who will win the “big” awards. But the technical...

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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Boyhood vs. Birdman and the 2015 Oscar Predictions for Best Picture

February 19, 2015
Nathan Swank

We are just a few days away until the February 22nd telecast of the 87th Academy Awards. What stands out to me this year is that the race appears to be between my two fav...

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Boyhood

Michael Keaton vs. Eddie Redmayne and the 2015 Oscar Predictions for Acting

February 17, 2015
Nathan Swank

Lets face it, the acting categories are easily the sexiest part of all awards shows. While critics and crew may disagree with that sentiment, the acting category is the o...

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Weekend box office Frozen

Her and Frozen should expect Oscars in our 2014 Academy Award Predictions – Part 2

February 26, 2014
Nathan Swank

Moving on to all the genre specific categories, depending on your taste of animated, documentary or foreign films will tell a lot on what you have or haven’t seen h...

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Dallas Buyers Club

Gravity rises above the competition in our 2014 Academy Award Predictions – Part 1

February 25, 2014
Nathan Swank

It’s Oscar week! – That wonderful time of the year where critics, like myself, debate and predict who will be winning the top prizes given out this Sunday, Ma...

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Inside Llewyn Davis

Ten Best Performances from 2013 Not Nominated for an Academy Award

January 17, 2014
Nathan Swank

The 2014 Oscar nominations didn’t have quite the thrilling stats and surprises as the 2013 nominations.  The solid year for films made for a great list of nominees...

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Kristin Chenoweth, Adele, Academy Awards Red Capret

Top Ten Best and Worst Moments at the 85th Annual Academy Awards

February 25, 2013
Nathan Swank

2012 was a great year for movies and what’s better is the Academy Awards actually recognized that by nominating several worthy films and spreading the award love to...

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Argo

Argo, Lincoln and the 2013 Oscar predictions for the most interesting Best Picture and Director race in years

February 23, 2013
Nathan Swank

Bravo to the Academy Awards.  This year the list of nominees are a strong batch of contenders.  Most of the categories are still completely up in the air giving more th...

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Helen Mirren in Hitchcock

Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Fassbender and the top ten performances in 2012 not to receive an Oscar Nomination

January 13, 2013
Nathan Swank

Some might call this a snub list but I actually had a tough time deciding who would make the cut because I think for the most part everyone nominated in the acting catego...

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Rebecca (Blu-ray)

March 1, 2012
Nathan Swank

Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most respected and influential directors of all time.  He has four films that continue to make AFI’S Top 100 Films list with NORTH BY NO...

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