Newcomers will define the Emmy race for Comedy Series Comedy Series feels a lot more open than it actually is. While two of last year’s nominees, Louie and Parks and Recreation, are ineligible this year, the other five are returning. However, I think there is room for a lot of movement in the category especially…
Five of last year's Emmys' Drama Series nominees should make it back in. Which one will be left off? Drama Series is a category that probably won’t have a lot of movement from last year’s line-up. Of course, Mad Men is out of the way which opens up a spot, but barring a huge shock,…
Atmospheric and suspenseful, The Invitation is a blast to watch and easily one of the best movies of the year so far If you haven’t watched The Invitation yet, open up Amazon or iTunes and watch it right now. I’ve said it about other movies, but if I had to choose one movie for you to…
Sundance hit Birth of a Nation and Cannes breakout Loving are Early Oscar Frontrunners The Cannes Film Festival is just ending and for people not cool enough to attend, but are too geeky to not keep track of what the buzz coming out of there is (me) it also marks the real beginning of Oscar season. Out of…
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series is looking to have a major overhaul with an influx of contenders Lead Actress in a Comedy Series is really the category that I feel is going to be the hardest to predict. There are easily 11 legitimate competitors for the six spots. It’s a wide open category with…
Mike Flanagan follows-up Oculus with an equally menacing and thrilling movie in Hush Blumhouse Pictures has become a horror-movie machine and the latest one off the conveyor belt is Mike Flanagan's Hush. Most people were probably introduced to Flanagan after his second feature Oculus, a movie that we loved. While Hush strips out the supernatural elements that Oculus had, what it maintains is the…
There are a few gems among Kelly Link's short story collection Get In Trouble that are certainly worth the trouble of reading I wasn’t sure what to expect going into Kelly Link’s short story collection Get In Trouble. I never read a short story collection before it and I had my apprehensions. However, after just hearing…
This year, Limited Series is a surprisingly competitive category this year. There are feasibly nine legitimate competitors for the five slots. At the top of the list is FX's "The People vs. O.J. Simpson". They are going to feasibly be the nominations leader with multiple nominations in each category and it has the cultural clout that…
The most recent installment in the Disney renaissance, Zootopia, is also easily their most timely and political. Basically the movie could be described as "let's talk about racism with animals," but like the best animated movies it mixes social subtext with genuinely hilarious moments and interesting characters. Zootopia starts on an elementary school play starring rabbit…
Refreshingly, Lead Actress in a Drama Series is the more competitive of the lead categories on the drama side. However, there doesn't seem to be much movement from last year's group. Reigning champ Viola Davis ("How to Get Away with Murder") is sure to return along with last year's near winner Taraji P. Henson ("Empire"). After them, Robin Wright…
