By Alan Hurst Welcome to another round of some harmless second guessing of choices for the Academy Awards, this time focusing on the Best Actress selections from 1960 to 1969, a decade of major change in the output from Hollywood and Europe. The restrictions of the production code fell to the wayside by the latter…
By John H. Foote On May 31, next year Clint Eastwood, two-time Academy Award winning Director, two-time Academy Award winning producer, two-time DGA winner and twice nominated for Best Actor turns 90. 90! His new film Richard Jewell is another superbly crafted example of cinematic storytelling, which Eastwood mastered four decades ago. And once again…
By John H. Foote Of the top 10 vying for a nomination for Best Actor in what is a very competitive field this year, two have previously won the award, while six have earned nominations either in this category or supporting actor. Sadly, one of the great performances this year, Taron Egerton’s magnificent Elton John…
By John H. Foote Some major and minor changes this week. This will be the order of things until the big night, because as we keep finding out, there will be changes each week, we really do not have a clue until that envelope is opened. I suppose the biggest news this week is Eddie…
By John H. Foote 91-year old Lina Wertmuller, the first woman ever nominated for an Academy Award as Best Director, will receive an Honorary Oscar next month as well as be awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Wertmuller, an Italian filmmaker dominated her country’s cinema in the seventies, especially Swept Away (1975)…
By John H. Foote Based on a study of the history of the Academy Awards, inside knowledge and buzz, my own guy instincts and who I hope will be in the Oscar race, the Foote Forecast will appear every two weeks with updates in the categories listed. Understand Best Animated, Documentary and Live Action Shorts…
By John H. Foote The Fox/ Roger Aisles sex scandal film Bombshell premiered in Hollywood last night, and as expected has given the major acting races a shake up. The explosive film, directed by HBO wunderkind and Emmy winner Jay Roach, explores the horrific scandal that rocked the Fox News Network. Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman)…
By John H. Foote The current group of actors leading the pack for nominations for Best Supporting Actor have a total of 33 nominations between them, both leading and supporting nominations. Of those 33, six resulted in wins, five in the Best Actor category. This year’s race for Best Supporting Actor already has 11 actors…
By John H. Foote First some housekeeping: SPOILERS AHEAD. HUGE SPOILERS AHEAD! That said, this film has grossed more than a billion dollars and if you are a movie fan, comic book fan or super hero film nut who has not seen it, shame on you. Now, could and should Avengers: Endgame be a Best…
By John H. Foote When the Academy Award nominees for film excellence in 1967 were announced, there were some audible gasps when the Best Picture category was read. As expected Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate and In the Heat of the Night were nominated, all richly deserved. But also among the five was Guess Who’s…