If a movie tackles weighty issues, tells a true story, or deals with sweeping/broad emotions, it might be Oscar bait.Throughout the first half of the 2020s, no Oscar bait has been as bad (or as ...

Some of these movies manage to rise above the formulaic expectations and actually deliver compelling, well-executed stories that justify their accolades. The key to a successful Oscar-bait movie ...

Variety similarly asked Superman stars Nathan Fillion (who plays Guy Gardner) and James’ brother Sean Gunn (who plays Maxwell ...

Take a movie like The Danish Girl — which was probably tagged as Oscar bait more than any film last year, and which did, in fact, win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

It’s hard to definitively declare that movies are getting longer, but whether you’re watching a Marvel movie or “House of Gucci,” it feels like they are. A few reasons – from the death ...

$140 million, a dozen stars, six stories, two directors, and Keith David. What could POSSIBLY go wrong?

And do any Oscar-nominated films this year meet the definition? Filmweek contributor and LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson joins John at Musso &… ...

Saoirse Ronan plays a British Rosie the Riveter looking for her 9-year-old son in what could almost be a middlebrow Oscar-bait movie from 1992. As a filmmaker, the British director Steve McQueen ...