Academy Awards

After a brief hiatus (due to this absurdly stretched-out awards season), we are back! On this week’s episode of MovieBabble’s Road to the 2021 Oscars, we cover the SAG Awards, the PGA Awards, and the…

The polls below will close at 12 p.m. EST on the day of the Academy Awards, April 25th, 2021. Be sure to get your votes in by then! For so many reasons — some more…

This edition of the Road to the 2021 Oscars features our reactions and thoughts to the OFFICIAL Oscar nominees which were unveiled on Monday. We breakdown the biggest snubs and surprises, and we deem who…

This year’s awards season has been somewhat chaotic. From the wildness of the Golden Globes to the BAFTA Jury selections, and even the steady rise of Borat 2, this awards season has been far from normal. However,…

The Silence of the Lambs scares the living daylights out of me. Anthony Hopkins is possibly the most terrifying actor to exist. I’m not sure if he should take that as a compliment or not, but…

On this week’s episode of the Road to the 2021 Oscars, Nick and I go over the Critics Choice Nominations and the recently unveiled Oscars shortlists.  Minari is surging, Birds of Prey landed with a few…

If you, reader, are anything like me, you are hip to any and all entries into the sapphic film canon. From Desert Hearts to Booksmart, every time there are two ladies kissing, my corner of Twitter…

Warning: this article contains more nuance than its title. Remember when Parasite won Best Picture? That was this year. It’s absurd to think how oblivious we all were then. Looking back on that night right…

Few films capture the theatrical experience as lovingly as Cinema Paradiso. The 1988 Italian film won the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award and serves as one of the most beautiful love letters to cinema…

The strangest feeling I had in quite some time was elation after watching this year’s Academy Awards. Who would have thunk it, the Academy made a cool choice for Best Picture! Although, with the benefit…

The 2020 Oscars went according to plan…until it didn’t. Parasite shocked just about everyone with four wins, including Best Director and Picture, while stealing the night away from 1917. It was truly a momentous group…

It has been a relatively boring awards season, with many of the key categories — Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress — essentially locked up with many repeat…

The polls below will close at 12 p.m. EST on the day of the Academy Awards, February 9th, 2020. Be sure to get your votes in by then! Another year, another round of bizarre nominations…

92nd Academy Award Nominee for Best Live Action Short, The Neighbors’ Window tells the story of Alli (Maria Dizzia), a mother of young children who has grown frustrated with her daily routine and husband (Greg…

Honey Boy tells the story of a young actor, Otis (Noah Jupe), and his unhinged relationship with his father James (Shia LaBeouf). The film alternates between two periods: 1995 and 2005. Very early on, we find…

It’s another stellar weekend at the box office for Joker as it continues to open overseas and rake in profits. The latest DC film has Justice League’s worldwide gross well within its sights. It’s followed by The Addams Family (*snap*,…

The Shawshank Redemption turns 25 this week. Other than the current age of its actors, the film doesn’t show its age. I had the opportunity to revisit it on the big screen for its quarter-century anniversary.…

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World continues to soar at the box office in its second week. Accompanied by the (supposed) final Madea film, A Madea Family Funeral, the box office is heating…

We are only days away from the 91st Academy Awards and it already feels like the entire show (and everything surrounding it) has been picked apart. It was an unpredictable season that built to a…

February continues in a slump. While bolstered by the release of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, the box office is still fairly stagnant as both Alita and The Lego Movie 2 manage…

Two weeks ago, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled the shortlists for nine categories of the Academy Awards. This included Visual Effects, Make-Up and Hairstyling, Original Song and Score, the Shorts and…

Twenty years ago, The Thin Red Line (1998) hit theaters nationwide. I wonder how many people still remember this thought-provoking film. It had a tough competitor that year at the Oscars: Saving Private Ryan (1998). Not only that,…

We are now in the middle of the award season, the time of the year that brings us the best there is in film. It’s when the often avoided themes get their proper spotlight. Today…

The official Academy Awards Twitter account announced they’re making a few changes. One of those included a new category dedicated to achievement in popular film. This announcement didn’t go over well for a slew of…

Here we are at the halfway point of 2018. I know, already? You know what recent trends reveal. Most Oscar Awards quality films come out in the last month of the year.  A number appear…

The Oscars are fast approaching this weekend, and it appears that the Best Picture race will be a tight one. Will the award go to indie hit Lady Bird? Could it go to Jordan Peele’s…

Don’t get me wrong–I love Forrest Gump as much as the next person, but honestly, how did this movie win any Oscars at all? And it didn’t just win one Oscar–it won six: Best Picture, Best…

The Academy released the complete list of nominations for the 90th Academy Awards bright and early this morning, causing many to make their predictions.  But, what does the general audience believe?  Below are the 2018…

Early Tuesday, the Academy released the Oscar nominations for the ceremony that will air on February 26th, 2017 on ABC.  With the release of the nominations comes predictions for what the Academy Awards will reward…