When covering last year’s Academy Awards, I described the Academy as “playing safe” by bringing back Jimmy Kimmel as the master of ceremonies. Given that the late-night host famously became embroiled in a fiery social media exchange with then presidential…
It started, as ever, with the red carpet. Since I live in Norway, I watched it on TV2 Denmark. Asked by the Danish reporter why so many of the nominated movies this year are about politics — Trump, transgenderism, etc….
Our 2024 Reagan film received widespread acclaim from moviegoers (albeit not from ideologically motivated critics) for the roles rendered by several key actors. They included Dennis Quaid as Reagan, David Henrie as young Reagan, Penelope Ann Miller as Nancy Reagan,…
Exactly 45 years ago, during Ronald Reagan’s first Inaugural celebration, Hollywood legends still lived, and even more amazingly, voted Republican. Reagan was friends with most of them, having been a movie star himself, and they turned out in style to…
Many decades ago, when I was a kid, I found the Oscars exciting. It was a time when people went to the movies more than they do now, and when the movies that got nominated for Oscars were, to a…
The Oscars played it safe with a return engagement of Jimmy Kimmel as the master of ceremonies for the 96th Academy Awards. The jokes were plentiful, although a few were in questionable taste (such as the ones about Robert Downey…
After a summer of Barbie, Ken is the real winner. Ryan Gosling, whose portrayal of Ken in the 2023 summer blockbuster Barbie was labeled iconic by many, is set to perform “I’m Just Ken” live at the 2024 Academy Awards…
Last week, I watched Laura for maybe the twentieth time, during Turner Classic Movies’ glorious annual 31 Days of Oscar marathon. The 1944 film-noir gem is a master class in the lost trade of screenwriting and film construction. People forced…
Despite recent claims that the Academy Awards excluded women from coveted categories — claims made by none other than #Hillary Barbie — the nominations suggest an unprecedented appreciation of films made by or for women. Sure, Barbie’s Greta Gerwig is…
