With 24 nominations, Netflix leads all production companies in this year's Academy Awards, dominating the most prominent categories.
It's Oscars season! And just like we did with the Grammys, we're giving our picks on who and what we think will be the big winners of the night. Considering there were so many big names this year like Moonlight, La La Land, Fences, Manchester by the Sea, and others, it should be a crazy night. We also had to touch on how NY reacted to the travel ban (sorry we had to), and later in the show we give our thoughts on the movies we saw from the Best Picture category and whether we thought this year's diversity was constructed or just a happy coincidence.
'Moonlight' is probably best-known for that now infamous Best Picture debacle, but it deserves much better than that. More than anything else, it tells the type of story that movies that compete for, and win Oscars, very rarely tell.
We're back with frequent collaborator and 2nd time co-host, Stephen Silver (@stephensilver) to discuss all the major goings on in Hollywood, the biggest snubs and surprises in the Oscars nominations, and our predictions for the 91st Academy Awards.
The annual Academy Awards were held last Sunday, and it was clearly a very different Oscars ceremony than usual ― leading to the worst ratings in the history of the broadcast. Here's what I think works and doesn't work about the annual proceedings.
2017 was just what the Academy needed after the past few years' increasing outcry over the Oscars' lack of diversity. They bounced back with a record list of diversity that almost seemed too good to be true. But ultimately I chalk it up to more lucky coincidence than manufactured inclusion, and it's brought us one step closer to our films truly becoming art imitating life and the world around us.
The 2020 Oscar nominations are in, and not everyone is thrilled by the results; personally, I was surprised by how much they got right but it's certainly not a flawless list.
10 years ago last week saw the release of 'The Artist', a throwback film released 80 years after the end of the silent era that dominated the awards season, but has now all but disappeared from the public conscious.
With their love-note to the classic Western, the Coen brothers examine who the Old West mentality fueled the American propensity toward violence.
The film managed to perfectly straddle the line between the realistic and the cinematic while capturing the true essence of a life on the road, and in turn, the American spirit.
For this show we have Shannon Griffiths, frequent writer and collaborator, joining us as a co-host. We ask her what shows she's currently watching and her thoughts on Time's Up and this recent wave of change washing across Hollywood and how that may affect this year's Oscars. Then we give our annual predictions on the winners and react to the biggest snubs and surprises.
Short films have historically been among the most obscure Oscars of each year, but thanks to streaming things are starting to change. Here's our ranking of this year's nominees and where you can watch each one.
Farah Nabulsi, gave us an eye-opening and heartrending look into the lives of everyday citizens who are suffering the consequences of political isolation and unrest through her Bafta-nominated and Oscar-nominated short-film, 'The Present.'
Stephen King, who nominates in 3 Oscar categories, faced backlash for considering only quality, not diversity. Apparently, the two are not separate things.
As the Oscar season approaches, one argument we're hearing more and more often is that this or that actor, director, or movie is obviously "thirsty" for an Oscar, and that such a thing is worthy of mockery.
With the 2020 "Oscar season" looking very different, there's a whole 60-day period in which movies with serious ambitions are coming out every day. Here's some of the notable ones.
Widely regarded as a nearly flawless film, 'Parasite' (2019) by South Korean director Bong Joon-ho has become an international cinematic sensation, but it wasn't an easy road for Bong Joon-ho to get here.
According to sources, Apple has begun financing six small-budget movies a year with an eye toward stories that could win Academy Awards.
The Oscars are in crisis and they've tried several changes over the years that have all largely failed. There's no easy fix but, I think the answer has one solution: get the Oscars the hell off of network TV.
This year’s usual Oscars reaction followed another, more old-school right-wing freakout over entertainment. When the Parkland high school massacre led to more of an anti-gun cultural groundswell than such tragedies typically have, those on the other side of the issue turned to a typical alternate scapegoat: Hollywood, and video games.
We're back (Shannon, Dareece, and Dario) and we're ready to discuss our thoughts about the Oscars and most importantly see who won from our prior predictions. But first we open by getting Shannon and Dario's opinions about Black Panther and close with discussions about Lion King 2, Sandlot 2, and Disney's continued (lackluster) effort at making live-adaptations of their classic animated films - which spawned the meme worthy phrase, "You don't know about Kovu bro?!". As well, as Shannon's Top 5 Stephen King adaptations and new shows like Counterpart and Hap and Leonard that you should all check out.
We have returned with the next episode of The Fearless Show and on this episode we give our reactions to this year's Oscars and we see who picked the most winners. We also talk about new shows and films we've been watching, in particular Marvel and Netflix's latest, Iron Fist. Then we close things out by discussing Dareece's recent exhibit opening in our hometown of Colorado Springs and any upcoming art shows he plans on checking out.
While Universal's distribution strategy was incredibly venturesome, it definitely kept Green Book's pulse beating up until its recognition on the Oscars stage.
In our first show of the new decade we discuss the tragic passing of Kobe, the growing debate about Oprah, the Supreme x Tupac controversy, Big Sean finally addressing Kendrick Lamar, and our thoughts about the Grammys and Oscars.
