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Continue reading →: Oscars 2026 Nomination Predictions (DECEMBER)We are now post-Golden Globes and Critics Choice, pre-shortlists and SAG, and this will be my final nomination predictions before my actual FINAL-FINAL predictions in January. November to December has been whiplash given all of the films now have been seen and allowed to marinate. Some declarations made in the…
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Continue reading →: Review: “Ella McCay” is a Flabbergasting Throwback to Brooks’ Golden EraThere’s an often spoken claim in regards to cinema that “they don’t make them like they used to”. Ella McCay (a frustrating title to spell with lead actress Emma Mackey’s name in the back of the mind), the first film from James L. Brooks in 15 years, takes that to…
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Continue reading →: Review: “The Secret Agent” Filho’s Political Thriller Beautifully Preserves Old-School 70s Movie-Making in a Film About the Importance of PreservationA man on the run, hitmen, a corrupt legal department, a leg found inside a tiger shark: all features that would fit right at home in a traditional spy action thriller. But Kleber Mendonça Filho’s film isn’t quite that. Those familiar with Filho’s Bacurau (2019) may expect this to be…
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Continue reading →: Netflix Review Round-Up: “Train Dreams”, “Jay Kelly”, “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery”, and “Left-Handed Girl”“Train Dreams” The newest collaboration between director Clint Bentley and co-writer Greg Kwedar takes us back to the Idaho frontier in the early 1900s for a visually-immersive and delicate examination on the accomplishments we make in our lifetime and tragedies we’re forced to overcome. Joel Edgerton stars as Robert Grainier,…
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Continue reading →: PREDICTIONS: National Board of Review, Critics Choice Awards, and the Independent Spirit AwardsSo begins December, so begins our first big precursors to set the tone for the rest of the year! This coming week is a big one (NYFCC just announced) and by the time you’re reading this, perhaps these groups have already announced (didn’t mean to ride right up to the…
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Continue reading →: FINAL PREDICTIONS: The 83rd Golden Globe Awards Nominations (FILM, TELEVISION, & OTHER CATEGORIES)The Golden Globes, our favorite problematic awards show, is set to announce their film, television, and now… *holds back vomit* podcast nominations. Yes, they may have changed their voting body to reflect more serious options and international titles, but deep down, they are still the same Globes at heart. To…
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Continue reading →: Review: “Wicked: For Good” Proudly, Lovingly Adapts the Divisive Second ActBack in November of 2024, audiences were blown away by Jon M. Chu’s adaptation (the first of two filmed simultaneously) of the Broadway sensation Wicked by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman based on the Gregory Maguire novel. Exiting the theatre still reeling from Cynthia Erivo’s earth-shattering final vocal belt, the…
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Continue reading →: Oscars 2026 Nomination Predictions (NOVEMBER)We’ve reached the point in the year where everything has been seen except for Avatar and the critics awards have yet to begin. By the time my next December predictions happen, we may be catapulted into an entirely different set of expectations. The month after that will be my final…
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Continue reading →: Netflix Review Round-Up: Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague” and Animated Fantasy “In Your Dreams”“Nouvelle Vauge” While films about filmmaking tend to glaze over the minds of audiences less-enamored by the art, films specifically about process are in a whole other lane. A fascinating how-to guide for viewers on a work of perfection. But nobody could make Breathless (1960) again. Well, actually, they did…
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Continue reading →: TV Review: “Palm Royale- Season 2” is a Disastrous, Overstuffed ReturnThe opening moments to the second season premiere of Apple’s Palm Royale are admittedly intoxicating. Maxine Dellacorte-Simmons (Kristen Wiig) exiting a vehicle in a vibrant yellow outfit to enter the titular Palm Royale country club. She’s treated like a goddess, entering the ballroom where she is greeted by a host…
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EDITOR, SITE WRITER
Jakob Kolness
Minnesota Film Critics Association Member. Graduate of Film Studies, writer, novelist, filmmaker.
CURRENT 2027 OSCAR PREDICTIONS
“All of A Sudden”
“Behemoth!”
“Digger”
“Dune Part III”
“Fjord”
“The Odyssey”
“A Place in Hell”
“Project Hail Mary”
“Untitled Damien Chazelle Film”
“Untitled Jesse Eisenberg Musical”
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