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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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Continue reading →: Oscars 2026 Nomination Predictions (AUGUST 2025)Between my July Predictions (read here) and now, we have not only received trailers to huge, new heavy hitters (Jay Kelly, Rental Family, Avatar: Fire and Ash, After the Hunt, etc.) but we have also gotten lineups for upcoming festivals such as TIFF and NYFF, and Venice. A few films…
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Continue reading →: Review: “Together” brings a struggling couple closer, literallyRelationships can be sticky, or so couple Tim and Millie discover with shock and horror. Built on the simple premise of “what if stuck and keep smushing?”, Michael Shanks’ directorial debut Together stars mostly-comedic actors and real-life partners Dave Franco and Alison Brie in a film that gleefully puts them…
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Continue reading →: Review: “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” more confident in aesthetic than its storyIt was quite the low bar to clear in being the best film made about Marvel’s first family. It seemed incredibly likely that finally integrating the Fantastic Four into the Marvel Cinematic Universe after decades of rights issue conundrums and two failed reboots from 20th Century Fox would be the…
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EDITOR, SITE WRITER
Jakob Kolness
Minnesota Film Critics Association Member. Graduate of Film Studies, writer, novelist, filmmaker.
CURRENT 2026 OSCAR PREDICTIONS
“Bugonia”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”**
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
“Train Dreams”
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