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OSCAR PREDICTIONS 2016: The music and sound categories

Through several editorial features, here is my analysis to formulate my official Academy Award predictions.  In this first post, we look at the musical and sound categories that include original score, original song, sound editing, and sound mixing.  Stick with me and I will win you your Oscar pool!

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COLUMN: Who should win/will win the 2016 Golden Globes?

More and more each year, the Golden Globes have become more an a popularity contest than a true precursor to the Academy Awards.  What you're watching on TV is a party thrown by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and hosted by Ricky Gervais in an effort to be loved and share some love.  To its credit, the awards show still garners legitimate attention and ratings.  The winners do get a pretty positive rub and the marketers gain a few more "Winner of..." graphics to put in the newspapers next to their films.

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ADVANCE MOVIE REVIEW: Spectre

With the arrival of "Spectre" for Daniel Craig's fourth outing as 007 and the returning follow-up of Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes, questions arise to the notion of raised and renewed expectations.  How do you top "Skyfall?"  How do you improve or follow a game changer like that?  The first answer is you can't.  The best this film can do is continue the momentum and build to the next game changer.  "Spectre" stands as exactly that precise first step down from a summit on its way to find the next mountain and next great challenge.

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COLUMN: 2015 Holiday Movie Preview

The holiday months of November and December stand to close out a strong 2015.  Some films debuting in October may have elected to take an early jump into the Oscar season, but it's here where the race really begins.  Between the year-end blockbusters and the Oscar hopefuls, this 2015 holiday movie season is packed.  Six of this website's "15 most anticipated films of 2015" are finally arriving.  Here's a full preview of this season's upcoming films.

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CHECKLIST: 2015 Holiday Movie Calendar

Here is your lineup of upcoming films for the peak Oscar season months of November and December.  Add these to your calendar or print and slip this list on the fridge.  As always, release dates shift all of the time, so be aware.  My full seasonal preview will be coming soon!  Enjoy!

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EDITORIAL: My 15 most anticipated films of 2015

During the shift from December to January, I enjoy retracing what I reviewed and enjoyed from the previous year, but the trailers and previews for next year's films are starting to make an impact.  I can't help but look ahead.  Every year, I wrote an "Most Anticipated List."   2015 looks wildly loaded with must-see films.  Let's make a new list for a new year.  Here are my 15 most anticipated films of this new year.  Enjoy!

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