LAFF Film Review: Grandma (★★★)
2015 Los Angeles Film Festival: If trouble comes a-knockin’, call grandma. Or better yet, dial up Lily Tomlin to fix your accidental teenage mistake. Director Paul Weitz did just that with his...
View ArticleWatch Lily Tomlin shine in the First Trailer for ‘Grandma’
Like a few other staff members here at The Awards Circuit, I’ve seen Grandma and been blown away by Lily Tomlin‘s performance. Personally, I also think that Sam Elliott has an amazingly little...
View ArticleCheck Out the First Poster for ‘Grandma’ with Lily Tomlin
One of the best films to hit the festival circuit so far this year is Paul Weitz’s “Grandma” starring Oscar hopeful Lily Tomlin. Due to hit theaters on August 21, the film may be a favorite during the...
View ArticleCircuit Community: Can You Predict YOUR Own Top 10 of 2015?
Here at the Awards Circuit, we fixate our lives on predicting the Academy Awards, as well as other shows that cite the best. Constantly bickering about which actor or film isn’t listed in the...
View ArticleFilm Review #2: Grandma (★★★½)
Read Clayton’s take on “Grandma” here. In a lot of ways, Grandma is a film that manages to sneak up on you. For about two thirds of its brisk running time, writer/director Paul Weitz is crafting a very...
View ArticleOscar Circuit: Best Actress is the Best Its Been in Years
Telluride is in the books where “Steve Jobs” by Danny Boyle and “Spotlight” by Tom McCarthy emerged as bonafide contenders for Best Picture and several other categories. As we sit, there is an...
View ArticleBox Office Report: “Maze Runner” sequel ahead of “Black Mass”, “Sicario”...
(SEPTEMBER 18 – SEPTEMBER 20, 2015) Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (Opening) – $30,300,000 Black Mass (Opening) – $23,360,000 The Visit (Week 2) – $11,350,00 The Perfect Day (Week 2) – $9,640,000...
View ArticleINTERVIEW: Nat Wolff talks ‘Ashby’ and how he picks a project
One of the young actors in the business who I think is really going places is Nat Wolff. He’s one of those up and comers who just seems to be everywhere. Last year he was in The Fault in Our Stars and...
View ArticleOscar Circuit: Much Support for the “Supporting” Players
A little less than a year ago, we examined one of the most competitive Oscar races we’ve seen in some time. Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” entered Phase 1 as the critical favorite, many declaring it...
View ArticleOscar Circuit: The Year of Firsts and Records Broken?
There are lot of moving pieces as studios gear up for the official kick off for Phase 1 of Oscar season. On November 30, New York Film Critics Circle will unveil their winners before National Board of...
View ArticleChicago Film Critics Nominations – Spunky Choices Abound for Sam Elliot and...
Chicago Film Critics announced their nominations and delivered one of the most dynamic lineups of any group this season thus far. We have “Inside Out” in Best Picture (in a field of five no less)...
View ArticleOSCARS: 10 Films AMPAS Should Watch Over the Break
As AMPAS members enjoy their holiday weekend, and venture off into this next week before New Year’s, many are sitting by their fireplaces, getting through their screener piles in order to fill out...
View ArticleOSCARS: Ten Performances That the Academy Shouldn’t Overlook On Their Ballots
As lovers of the Academy machine, we tend to feel they have their minds made up when the nominations for the Golden Globes and SAG are announced. We hope that the critics awards tends to offer a few...
View ArticleBest of 2015: Top 10 Films of the Year Encapsulate Love and Redemption
The Top 10. What we determine as the representation of the film year to conclude either a success or less than. Narrowing a large amount of great films to a list of ten is a daunting task but I feel...
View ArticleBest of 2015: Who and What SHOULD Be Given Oscars for the Year!
The 2015 Year-in-Review continues as I’ve already weighed in with the Top 10 films of the year along my personal ballot. It’s now time to take those nominations and name a winner, films, performances,...
View ArticleAwards Circuit Staff Top 10 of 2015
The Oscars have weighed in with their choices on what was “best” of the year, along with dozens of critics groups and guilds. The staff of Awards Circuit has compiled their lists and have decided to...
View ArticleSix Spot: Best Actress in a Leading Role (2015)
Welcome back to Six Spot! Click the link if you want to read back issues of Six Spot, but if you’re new, the concept is easy: Who just missed an Oscar nomination? Who was #6? Who has the dubious...
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