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Critics Choice Awards Favor Nomadland and Promising Young Woman, Reshape Awards Race

What a difference a week makes. Seven days ago, the Golden Globes arrived with controversy and allegedly upended the race with some major surprises (and major head scratchers). Is Jodie Foster really a contender for Best Supporting Actress? Was the support for Maria Bakalova just internet hype? There was plenty of hand-wringing, but Sunday night’s 26th annual Critics Choice Awards arrived to recalibrate the state of the awards race—and to give an interesting look at how a singular industry marches on during a pandemic. The biggest winner of the night was Nomadland, which picked up the Critics Choice Awards for…
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Did Slasher Cult Favorite My Bloody Valentine Get the Shaft By Critics?

Just when you thought slasher movies couldn’t get any lower, My Bloody Valentine dug a mineshaft. A deep pit in the caverns of taste. Date movie? My Bloody Valentine was the antidote to Hallmark cards. The main suitor didn’t wear his heart on his sleeve; he bled it out with every candy in the box. Hence why critics weren’t so sweet on the slasher flick when it first came out in 1981, labeling it excessive and derivative. Nevertheless, the movie has amassed a cult following, and did indeed add subtle innovations to the genre. Is the ‘80s horror offering the…
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Link Tank: Nomadland Named Annual Best Picture by The Online Film Critics Society

The Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) has named Nomadland as Best Picture in their reveal of the annual top ten films and winners of other award categories. “The Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) has revealed its annual Top Ten List as well as winners of its film awards which was topped by Nomadland. In addition, The Chloé Zhao American wanderlust drama was named Best Picture. Also on the list is Pixar’s Soul which was also named Best Animated Feature.” Read more at Deadline. Acclaimed poet and writer Maya Angelou is the latest addition to Mattel’s “Inspiring Women” line of Barbie…
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Link Tank: Critics Choice Super Awards Winners Announced

The first Critics Choice Super Awards, hosted by Kevin Smith and Dani Fernandez on The CW, announced their winners last night. The inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards saw Palm Springs and Soul lead the film categories with three awards each, The Boys lead TV with four, and Netflix lead the studio/netflix in terms of total award count. Other highlights includes the presentation of the Legacy Award to the Star Trek franchise as it approaches its 55th anniversary. The award was accepted by Sir Patrick Stewart, and Star Trek: Discovery actress Sonequa Martin-Green. Find the full list of winners here. Trump’s intention to…
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Link Tank: First Critics Choice Super Awards to Air on The CW

The first Critics Choice Super Awards will air Sunday, January 10, 2021 (8:00-10:00pm ET/PT) on The CW. Intended to highlight and honor the impact of genre TV shows and movies on popular culture, the inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards will feature Kevin Smith and Dani Fernandez as hosts, with an incredible lineup of talents to following, including Mike Colter (Luke Cage), Tom Ellis (Lucifer), Jared Padalecki (Supernatural), Eliza Taylor (The 100) , and more. Read more about the Awards here. Reelgood, one of the most extensive streaming guides in the US and UK, has released their Q4 2020 VOD stats,…
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Netflix’s The Devil All The Time Review Round-Up: What the Critics Are Saying

The Devil All The Time hit Netflix on Wednesday (September 16), with Antonio Campos (2016’s Christine) directing a cast crammed with stars like Tom Holland, Bill Skarsgård, Riley Keough, Jason Clarke, Sebastian Stan, Haley Bennett, Eliza Scanlen, Mia Wasikowska and Robert Pattinson. Based on a novel by Donald Ray Pollock, The Devil All The Time is a Southern Gothic, a mix of murder mystery and psychological thriller — with a touch of horror — that focuses on the inhabitants of a town called Knockemstiff, Ohio and their intertwined post-World War II history of murder, adultery, madness, depravity and religious fanaticism.…
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