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 September
Join yours truly and show host Frankie Picasso for looks at four new films and a few other surprises on the upcoming movie review edition of the Frankiesense & More video podcast, to begin airing Thursday September 19 at 1 pm ET.
This Week in Movies with Meaning
Reviews of "Sing Sing," "Green Border" and "Widow Clicquot" are all in the latest Movies with Meaning post on the web site of The Good Media Network.
Rehabilitation Through the Arts on The Cinema Scribe
Tune in for the latest Cinema Scribe segment on Bring Me 2 Life Radio, beginning Tuesday August 27.
‘Sing Sing’ explores personal resurgence through the arts
When everything gets taken away from one’s life, it must be nearly impossible to find something that provides a meaningful reason to carry on. The pervasive sense of hopelessness that sets in makes it difficult to establish a purpose in one’s existence. And so it often is for the incarcerated, individuals faced with an uncertain future of indeterminate duration. Under conditions as difficult as these, realistically speaking, one can’t help but wonder whether even the prospect of rehabilitation will actually pan out as a viable option.