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Tiny Reviews: "Sorry, Baby", "Sentimental Value", "Avatar: Fire and Ash" and "Song Sung Blue"

SORRY, BABY An auspicious directorial debut by Eva Victor who goes triple duty here (director, writer and actress) and the result is a film that understands itself, with a core, a soul and a heart. There are two secret ingredients here: a sharp and sensitive script that builds a narrative based on an event without overexploring it; and a pitch perfect comedic tone in a vibrant blend of being dramatic with the right amount of being light and funny. Victor is perfect in the leading role and Naomi Ackie makes for a great scene partner - both have great chemistry and they do sell a true and honest friendship on-screen. A simple execution, yet an extremely effective (and affecting) one. A pleasant surprise! RATING: 8/10 SENTIMENTAL VALUE A film about old wounds that still need stitches, Joachim Trier's film is handled in such an introspective way that you can't help but notice you thinking about this movie at some random part of your day. It's a movie about feeling miscast in li...
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Academy Awards 2026 nominees - full list

Sinners leads the Academy Awards 2026 nominations with a record-breaking of 16 nominations across the board, the most any movie has ever scored, beating the record previously held by All About Eve (1950), Titanic (1997) and La La Land (2016), which scored 14. Sinners nominations combined with One Battle After Another 's (13) and Amy Madigan's nod for Weapons , make a total of 30 nominations for Warner Bros.... such an impressive score!  A note about the strong showing of international films with Sentimental Value and The Secret Agent scoring multiple nods, including Best Picture. It Was Just An Accident scored Best International Film and Best Original Screenplay and Sirât that managed to be nominated in both Best International Feature and Best Sound. Strong campaign work by Neon that deserves to get its flowers for believing and promoting international cinema. The winners will be announced March 15, 2026, during the Oscars ceremony. Here are the nominees: BEST PICTURE B ugo...

Academy Awards 2026 nominees predictions - all categories, FINAL ROUND

 

2025 Awards Catch-Up: Golden Globes, NYFCC Awards, LAFCA Awards and National Board of Review

GOLDEN GLOBES 2026 NOMINEES BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA Frankenstein Hamnet It Was Just an Accident The Secret Agent Sentimental Value Sinners BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL Blue Moon Bugonia Marty Supreme No Other Choice Nouvelle Vague One Battle After Another BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM It Was Just an Accident No Other Choice The Secret Agent Sentimental Value Sirât The Voice of Hind Rajab BEST ANIMATED FILM Arco Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle Elio KPop Demon Hunters Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Zootopia 2 BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA Jessie Buckley - Hamnet Jennifer Lawrence - Die, My Love Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value Julia Roberts - After the Hunt Tessa Thompson - Hedda Eva Victor - Sorry, Baby BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA Joel Edgerton - Train Dreams Oscar Isaac - Frankenstein Dwayne Johnson - The Smashing Machine Michael B Jordan - Sinners Wagner Moura - The Secret Agent Jeremy Allen White - Springsteen: Deliver Me...

Academy Awards 2026 nominees predictions: all categories (2nd ROUND)

BEST PICTURE While I am quite optimistic and confident about the 8 first contenders, I am not so sure about the #9 and #10 seats. Neon is having an amazing year with Sentimental Value , It Was Just an Accident and The Secret Agent doing great with the awards bodies, but so it's No Other Choice . Can the distributor get 4 (!!!!) films in the final Best Picture nominees shortlist? If not, I consider No Other Choice as the most fragile of the bunch in the awards conversation. The final spot: I always bet on a blockbuster, but this year's reception of blockbuster has been kinda... lackluster actually. I had Wicked: For Good , but the second part is considerably less acclaimed than the first movie and even audiences recognize the songs are not as epic and the narrative is not as interesting... Can it get enough #1 votes? My guess is "not". Then I considered Avatar: Fire and Ash , which was received with underwhelming reviews, but it is still way too early to get the aud...