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How’d I Do on This Year’s Oscars?

How’d I Do on This Year’s Oscars?

With this year’s Academy Awards ceremony behind us, it’s time to take a look at how I did on my predictions for the winners in this annual competition, as first outlined in my previous blog, “Who Will Win This Year’s Oscars”, posted on February 17. And the result? Five out of six correct calls, with one miss. Here are the details: Best Picture Projected Winner: “Spotlight”Actual Winner: “Spotlight”Result: Correct call As the toughest of the major races to call in this year’s Oscars, it was gratifying to make the right prediction in this category. Despite the formidable challenge put forth by “The Revenant” and modest competition from “The Big Short,” “Spotlight” managed to prevail, probably for the reasons outlined in my previous blog. I still would have preferred “The Big Short” as the winner in this category, but, in the end, it didn’t have enough momentum behind it to pull off a win. Best Actor Projected Winner: Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant”Actual Winner: Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant”Result: Correct call This was a slam dunk. Because DiCaprio won virtually everything leading up to the Oscars, there was no way this trend wouldn’t hold in this competition. As noted in my previous blog, ...

‘Race’ elevates us to rise to our destiny

“Race” (2016). Cast: Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, William Hurt, Shanice Banton, Carice van Houten, Eli Goree, David Kross, Jonathan Higgins, Barnaby Metschurat, Shamier Anderson, Jeremy Ferdman, Giacomo Gianniotti, Michèle Lonsdale Smith, Andrew Moodie, Glynn Turman, Adrian Zwicker, Gaetan Normandin, Jacob Andrew Kerr, Dondre Octave, Chantel Riley, Kayla Stewart, Yvanna-Rose Leblanc. Director: Stephen Hopkins. Screenplay: Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse. Web site. Trailer. Fulfilling our destiny often seems like a daunting prospect. Can we achieve it? Are we willing and able to do what it takes to rise to the occasion? And what if we undertake that task under intimidating circumstances, especially if there’s much at stake and the whole world is watching? Those are among the questions raised in director Stephen Hopkins’s inspiring new biopic, “Race.” In 1936, German Chancellor Adolf Hitler (Adrian Zwicker), leader of the notorious Third Reich, sought to use his country’s hosting of the Berlin Olympic Games as a platform for propagandizing the Nazi ideology and the rise of the Aryan race. Through a carefully constructed plan orchestrated by Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels (Barnaby Metschurat), and documented cinematically by his hand-picked filmmaker, Leni Riefenstahl (Carice van Houten), the Führer wanted the event ...
Movies with Meaning Is Back!

Movies with Meaning Is Back!

Join me and host Frankie Picasso for this month’s edition of Movies with Meaning on Frankiesense & More radio, today at 1 pm ET. We’ll look at some enlightening new movie releases and preview this week’s Oscars. Tune in by clicking here ...
Check out the Smart Women Talk Podcast!

Check out the Smart Women Talk Podcast!

Did you miss Conscious Creation Goes to the Oscars on Smart Women Talk Radio with host Katana Abbott? Catch the podcast for on-demand listening by clicking here ...
Reviewers Roundtable Is Back!

Reviewers Roundtable Is Back!

Looking for recommendations of inspiring new books and movies? If so, tune in to this quarter’s broadcast of New Consciousness Review radio’s Reviewers Roundtable with host Miriam Knight, reviewer Cynthia Sue Larson and yours truly. We’ll look at the latest in enlightening books and cinema, with detailed descriptions and critiques. Tune in for some great tips by clicking here ...
Conscious Creation Goes to the Oscars!

Conscious Creation Goes to the Oscars!

What is conscious creation? And how is it reflected in some of this year’s top Oscar-nominated films? Find out on Tuesday February 23 at 11 am ET on Smart Women Talk Radio with host Katana Abbott when we’ll discuss “Conscious Creation Goes to the Oscars!” Tune in for some lively chat by clicking here ...
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