Sean Penn

This Week in Movies with Meaning

Reviews of "Is This Thing On"? and "Your Attention Please," along with my 2026 Oscar scorecard, are all in the latest Movies with Meaning post on the web site of The Good Radio Network, at https://www.thegoodradionetwork.com/2026/03/26/movies-with-meaning-by-brent-marchant-tgrn-movie-correspondent-2/. #BrentMarchant #TheGoodRadioNetwork #MovieswithMeaning #IsThisThingOn #YourAttentionPlease #Oscarscorecard #WillArnett #LauraDern #BradleyCooper #standupcomedian #divorce #personalfulfillment #volleyballcoach #film #movies #romanticcomedydrama #documentary #SaraRobin #socialmedia #cellphones #cyberbullying #teensuicide #BigInformation #AI #antisocialbehavior #AcademyAwards #OneBattleAfterAnother #Sinners #Hamnet #Weapons #SentimentalValue #MichaelBJordan #JessieBuckley #SeanPenn #AmyMadigan #PaulThomasAnderson

Brent Marchant2026-03-26T11:05:31-05:00March 26th, 2026|Announcements, Awards Season Discussion, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Featured Event, Movie Reviews, Web Posts|

My 2026 Oscar Scorecard

So how did I do? Well, my Oscar prognostications came up better than last year but still a little short of the mark. I had five correct calls out of eight/

Brent Marchant2026-03-17T03:12:00-05:00March 16th, 2026|Awards Season Discussion, Featured Post|

Who Will Win the 2026 Oscars?

It’s that time of year again – time for my predictions of the winners at the upcoming annual Academy Awards.

Brent Marchant2026-03-12T10:07:19-05:00March 12th, 2026|Action-Adventure, Awards Season Discussion, Biography, Character Study, Comedy, Drama, Featured Post, Foreign, LGBTQ+, Movie Reviews, Romance, Sci-Fi|

2026 Windie Award winners named

“Sinners,” the smart horror blockbuster released in early 2025, took top honors at the Ninth Windie Awards ceremony, the annual awards program of Chicago Indie Critics, held January 15 at Chicago’s Blue Bayou Restaurant. In all, the film won 10 awards, including best studio film, best actor and best director, among other honors.

Brent Marchant2026-02-25T10:24:07-05:00January 17th, 2026|Announcements, Awards Season Discussion, Chicago Indie Critics|

‘Still’ profiles an icon’s journey of celebrity and challenge

As a society that worships those in the celebrity spotlight, we tend to place these icons on pedestals, imbuing them with almost superhuman attributes. We often look on them as leading seemingly perfect lives. We may even wonder, “What problems could they possibly have?” But, given their seemingly larger-than-life accomplishments, we frequently lose sight of the fact that these luminaries are people just like the rest of us.

Brent Marchant2023-07-03T23:07:13-05:00May 19th, 2023|Conscious Creation, Documentary, Movie Reviews|