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Continue reading →: Review: ‘Eleanor the Great’, June Squibb Rises Above Maudlin ToneWhile the true synopsis of “Eleanor the Great” has been kept vague in its marketing, for review purposes, plot details will be discussed. Few actors working today have gotten to have a late breakthrough finally pay-off the way it has for June Squibb. At 83, and after decades of bite-sized…
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Continue reading →: Review: “Highest 2 Lowest”, Spike Lee & Denzel Washington Adapt a Kurosawa ClassicAkira Kurosawa was arguably the greatest living filmmaker of his time and High and Low (1963), based on the 1959 novel King’s Ransom, is often regarded as one of his best films. Spike Lee, also one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of his generation, had already infamously remade…
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Continue reading →: Final 77th Emmy Awards Winner PredictionsOn September 14th, the Primetime Emmys will unveil their winners of the 2024-2025 television season while the Creative Arts Emmys take place tomorrow September 6th and the next day September 7th. Three big thoughts come to mind immediately when looking over this hefty list of nominations: Severance, The Pitt, and…
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Continue reading →: 2022: Personal Awards2022 was a true blockbuster year, blessing us with Tom Cruise, the grand return of the Naavi, superheroes galore, a bang-up year for horror, and hot dog fingers. For the first time since the pandemic, 2022 felt like the movies were (briefly) truly back. BEST PICTURE BEST DIRECTOR BEST ACTOR…
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Continue reading →: Review: “Ne Zha 2” Puts Most Action Films To ShameFor the average American, Ne Zha may be a title only a minuscule amount of filmgoers were made aware of prior to 2025. The odd disparity between the United States and the Central Kingdom has begun to tilt into in the latter’s favor, with an increasing demand for more films…
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Continue reading →: 77th Primetime Emmys: If I Picked The Winner (LIMITED SERIES & TV Movie CATEGORIES)With the Primetime Emmys scheduled to be aired on September 14th (as well as the Guest Acting categories and Outstanding Television Movie announced during the Creative Arts Emmys on September 6th and 7th), the two month window has allowed me the time to buckle down and give each season/program my…
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Continue reading →: Review: “Honey, Don’t”, Ethan Coen Has No Intentions of Getting Back to SeriousLast year’s Drive Away Dolls left many a bit perplexed. When Ethan’s brother-half Joel went on to solo direct The Tragedy of MacBeth as a serious F.W. Muranau-inspired black-and-white adaptation, his keen eye paired with Bruno Delbonnel still managed to cast a visual spell, whether or not the material felt…
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Continue reading →: 77th Primetime Emmys: If I Picked The Winner (DRAMA CATEGORIES)With the Primetime Emmys scheduled to be aired on September 14th (as well as the Guest Acting categories and Outstanding Television Movie announced during the Creative Arts Emmys on September 6th and 7th), the two month window has allowed me the time to buckle down and give each season/program my…
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Continue reading →: 77th Primetime Emmys: If I Picked The Winner (COMEDY CATEGORIES)With the Primetime Emmys scheduled to be aired on September 14th (as well as the Guest Acting categories and Outstanding Television Movie announced during the Creative Arts Emmys on September 6th and 7th), the two month window has allowed me the time to buckle down and give each season/program my…
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Continue reading →: Review: “Weapons”, Zach Cregger unleashes all of his glorious cinematic influences in jaw-dropping original thrillerIt’s always a good sign when leaving a movie that I feel like I needed to get home as quick as possible to type these words. Not specifically just to continue to get the word out about the film before it gets spoiled for audiences, but because there is so…
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Jakob Kolness
Minnesota Film Critics Association Member. Graduate of Film Studies, writer, novelist, filmmaker.
CURRENT 2026 OSCAR PREDICTIONS
“Bugonia”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“It Was Just An Accident”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
“Train Dreams”
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