March 17, 2025
Unpacking Hollywood’s Obsession with the Irish
Ireland is having its moment.
Some of Hollywood’s current top A-listers hail from the small nation of around five million. Wheth...
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Essays
March 11, 2025
Looking Back At ‘Red Riding Hood’: Beware The Wolf…And Twilight Knockoffs
Who doesn’t love a bit of a YA love triangle now and then?
In March of 2011, Catherine Hardwicke of Twilight (2008) success would fizz...
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March 4, 2025
From the Awards Editor: The Greatest Day of Anora's Life
It truly was the greatest night of their lives, as the entire cast and crew of Anora dominated the 97th Academy Awards with five Oscar wins i...
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February 28, 2025
Last-Minute Musings on an Unforgettable Awards Season
There are predictable Oscar races, and then there’s whatever this was. In a season that refuses to settle, frontrunners have risen and fallen...
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February 28, 2025
Final Oscar Predictions 2025
Final Oscar Predictions 2025
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February 21, 2025
Marvel’s Politics of Apathy: There’s Nothing Brave to 'Captain America: Brave New World'
At the beginning of Captain America: Brave New World (2025), Harrison Ford’s Thaddeus Ross stands before a crowd to celebrate his election vi...
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February 20, 2025
How Badly Did ‘The Duff’ Age?
Often, it seems that the high school comedy has become overshadowed by social media, the primary entertainment for teenagers. By 2015, most t...
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February 13, 2025
The Meaning of Love is in the 'Jackass' Franchise
The phrase “you find love in the most unexpected places” is perhaps cheesy and overwrought, but there’s a kernel of truth there. Love exists ...
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February 11, 2025
India’s Oscar Dilemma: Why India’s Best Films Struggle for Oscar Glory
This year, India waited with bated breath for an Oscar nomination but it eluded the country again. Two women-led, women-directed, and women-o...
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January 22, 2025
From the Awards Editor: Final Oscar Predictions Part 2
Continuing from Part 1 of my final Oscar predictions for 2025, below is the remaining categories and my analysis of who is going to be nomina...
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