My 2025 Oscar Scorecard
So how did I do? Well, my Oscar prognostications came up more than a little short this year. I only had three correct calls out of six, with two others where I was in the ballpark but not spot on.
Who Will Win the 2025 Oscars?
It’s that time of year again – time for my predictions of the winners at the upcoming annual Academy Awards. For me, this is generally a labor of love, but this year’s awards season has been strange – wild, unpredictable and, ultimately, often frustrating, which has made looking into my cinematic crystal ball far more difficult than in most years.
The Best of 2024
With 2024 now in the books, it’s time to look back on the year in movies. In this first of two blogs, I spotlight my Top 10 Films of 2024.
New Movies for December
Join yours truly and show host Frankie Picasso for looks at five new films and two film festival wrap-ups on the upcoming movie review edition of the Frankiesense & More video podcast, to begin airing Thursday December 12 at 1 pm ET.
This Week in Movies with Meaning
Reviews of "Wicked," "A Real Pain" and "Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story," along with a podcast preview and a film festival wrap-up, are all in the latest Movies with Meaning post on the web site of The Good Media Network, available by clicking here.
‘A Real Pain’ chronicles the search for self
The search for self is a process that many of us believe we complete when we come of age. However, as we often later discover, it’s something we need to revisit as the circumstances of our lives evolve. In fact, we might find that this is an ongoing, life-long process that requires continual vigilance and assessment. That can be confusing, if not disconcerting, particularly if we assume we’ve arrived at all the answers we need at an earlier stage of life.