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 ...

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

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 ...

There's something of a science to getting your movie nominated for an Oscar. There's even a term for the sort of movie that gets released with a seeming expectation of being nominated, "Oscar bait." ...

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 ...

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.

$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 &… ...

As we head into Awards Season and prestige films hit our multiplexes left and right, replacing all of the silly movies about robots, aliens, and car crashes, you might start to feel like you’… ...

As Hollywood held its breath and wondered what the Golden Globes nominations might portend about the upcoming Oscars, far away at the Dubai Film Festival, the ever-durable Samuel L. Jackson blew a … ...

While some actors really want that monumental Oscar moment (think Leonardo DiCaprio in every movie he was in from 2000-2015) others would rather have fun than play a stuffy old man living in the ...