05 March
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THE 90th ACADEMY AWARDS – THE WINNERS And the WINNERS are… BEST PICTURE The Shape of Water BEST DIRECTOR Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water BEST ACTOR Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour BEST ACTRESS Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Allison Janney, I, Tonya BEST EDITING Dunkirk BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Jordan Peele, Get Out BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM A Fantastic Woman BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Roger Deakins, Blade Runner 2049 BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN The Shape of Water BEST SOUND MIXING Dunkirk BEST SOUNDRead More →

01 March
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PAUL PREDICTS (SOME OF) THE OSCARS WINNERS This year’s Oscar race will no doubt come with some surprises. The acting categories seem pretty locked in place given that the four frontrunners (Oldman, McDormand, Janney, and Rockwell) have won every other major award so far. It’s the Best Picture and Best Director races that seem a bit more ambiguous as you can make cases for a variety of the nominees. Here are my thoughts on the top six categories And the nominees are… BEST ACTOR 1. Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name 2. Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread 3. Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out 4. Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour 5. DenzelRead More →

23 January
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THE 90th ACADEMY AWARDS – THE NOMINATIONS And the nominees are… BEST PICTURE 1. Call Me By Your Name 2. Darkest Hour 3. Dunkirk 4. Get Out 5. Lady Bird 6. Phantom Thread 7. The Post 8. The Shape of Water 9. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri BEST DIRECTOR 1. Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water 2. Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird 3. Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread 4. Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk 5. Jordan Peele, Get Out BEST ACTOR 1. Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name 2. Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread 3. Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out 4. Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour 5. Denzel Washington,Read More →

21 January
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PAUL PREDICTS THE 2018 OSCAR NOMINEES It’s that time of the year again where I predict the Oscar nominations for Shane Slater and his website Film Actually. It’s been such a great year for film and a variety of performances that are all worthy of nominations. Frankly, it’s became one of the hardest years to predict. Tune in Tuesday morning, January 23rd to hear the nominations announced. Until then, here are my predictions. BEST PICTURE 1. The Big Sick 2. Call Me By Your Name 3. Dunkirk 4. The Florida Project 5. Get Out 6. Lady Bird 7. The Post 8. The Shape of WaterRead More →

11 January
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THE 23RD ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS – THE WINNERS And the winners are… BEST PICTURE The Shape of Water BEST ACTOR Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour BEST ACTRESS Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Allison Janney – I, Tonya BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS Brooklynn Prince – The Florida Project BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri BEST DIRECTOR Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Jordan Peele – Get Out BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY James Ivory – Call Me by Your Name BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Roger DeakinsRead More →

14 December
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THE SHAPE OF WATER Director: Guillermo del Toro Starring: Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlbarg The Shape of Water will be unlike any other movie you see this year. I have probably used that phrase a few times this year, but take my word for it. It goes in some unique directions that you may not see coming thanks to writer and director Guillermo del Toro. Richard Jenkins serves as the film’s narrator describing what happened to his neighbor, Elisa (Hawkins). He shares the story of a “princess without a voice”, and it’s a tale of love and lossRead More →

13 December
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The 24th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS NOMINATIONS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE 1. THE BIG SICK Adeel Akhtar Holly Hunter Zoe Kazan Anupam Kher Kumail Nanjiani Ray Romano Zenobia Shroff 2. GET OUT Caleb Landry Jones Daniel Kaluuya Catherine Keener Stephen Root Lakeith Stanfield Bradley Whitford Allison Williams 3. LADY BIRD Timothee Chalamet Beanie Feldstein Lucas Hedges Tracy Letts Stephen McKinley Henderson Laurie Metcalf Jordan Rodrigues Saoirse Ronan Odeya Rush Marielle Scott Lois Smith 4. MUDBOUND Jonathan Banks Mary J. Blige Jason Clarke Garrett Hedlund Jason Mithcell Rob Morgan Carey Mulligan 5. THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Abbie Cornish PeterRead More →

11 December
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THE 75th GOLDEN GLOBES AWARDS NOMINATIONS And the nominees are… Best Motion Picture – Drama Call Me By Your Name Dunkirk The Post The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy The Disaster Artist Get Out The Greatest Showman I, Tonya Lady Bird Best Director Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk Ridley Scott, All the Money in the World Steven Spielberg, The Post Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name Daniel Day Lewis, Phantom Thread Tom Hanks, TheRead More →

07 December
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THE 23RD ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS NOMINATIONS As a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, I am proud to be a voting member for the third year in a row. Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water leads with 14 nominations. Here are the film nominees… BEST PICTURE The Big Sick Call Me by Your Name Darkest Hour Dunkirk The Florida Project Get Out Lady Bird The Post The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri BEST ACTOR Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name James Franco – The Disaster Artist Jake Gyllenhaal – Stronger Tom Hanks – The Post Daniel KaluuyaRead More →