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Oscar Predictions 2026

This year is one of the most—and least—predictable Academy Awards seasons in history. I’m not entering a contest this year and therefore have little investment in who ends up with the gold statue. But since some folks ask, here we … Continue reading

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Frankenstein (2025)

I’ve not been the biggest Guillermo del Toro fan over the years, especially with his winning Best Picture and Best Director at the 2018 Oscars for The Shape of Water, one of the Academy’s most egregious errors. His new film, … Continue reading

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Two from 1945: The Body Snatcher and The Picture of Dorian Gray

In my never-ending effort to fill in the gaps of my film-viewing experience, I have been sloshing around in the silent era (another analysis on its way), but happened to have available to me two quite different offerings from 1945. … Continue reading

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