Oscar Week: Where to watch this year s Oscar nominated films
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FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2015 file photo, an Oscar statue appears outside the Dolby Theatre for the 87th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
By: Tom Santilli
and last updated 2021-04-20 13:18:59-04
(WXYZ) â Tom Santilli is a respected journalist and member of the Critics Choice Association, Detroit Film Critics Society and Online Film Critics Society since 2010. Tom is the Executive Producer and co-host of the syndicated TV show, Movie Show Plus, which has been on the air for 20+ years in the Metro-Detroit market and Mid-West. He is also the film critic for WXYZ-TV.
Has a Best Picture race ever felt like
such a done deal? Even in years where there s been an obvious frontrunner, there was still some room for surprise come Oscars night. That doesn t seem to be the case this year, where
Nomadland is so primed to win that if any other film were read off, we would say,
Why do they keep letting Warren Beatty present Best Picture?!
Chloé Zhao s resilient road movie became the first film to ever win both Venice s Golden Lion Award and the Toronto International Film Festival s People s Choice Award, the latter heralding it as one to watch come awards season. Then
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How the 2021 Oscars will be different from previous Academy Awards ceremonies
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Show Transcript whether we win or lose and I m gonna cross my fingers that we re gonna be in it. But the fact that we re even in the nominations in my heart, what I just want is being in the top five is already a win regardless of whether we win it. Of course, I have my fingers crossed that we do. Of course I want us to win. Of course I want Hollywood to recognize that. Look at this, huh? They won a person that I never would have considered even being in the running, and I think that s what the wind will do. Um but honestly, I think that the goal is to alleviate that fear to open the doors so that executives don t look at our ability to hear or no
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