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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Here are the Top 10 Oscar bait movies of recent years, according to Rossman and Schilke's algorithm: 1. Come See the Paradise (1990) 2. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 3.

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 … ...

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’… ...

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 ...

The movies that made us laugh, cry, helped us escape or made a return to theaters a joy. Here are the best movies of 2022.