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New Academy Rules And Campaign Promotional Regulations Announced For The 99th Oscars
The Academy’s Board of Governors has approved awards rules, inclusion standards, and campaign promotional regulations for the 99th Academy Awards. For Academy Awards consideration, a feature film must have a qualifying theatrical release between January 1st, 2026, and December 31st, 2026. Substantive awards rules changes include: In the Acting category, actors may be nominated for multiple performances in the same…
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Five Seasons In, “Abbott Elementary” Still Has Lessons For Other Long-Running Sitcoms
THE STORY – A group of dedicated, passionate teachers—and a slightly tone-deaf principal—find themselves thrown together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life. THE CAST – Quinta Brunson, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Janelle James, Tyler James William, Lisa Ann Walter, Chris…
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“CONBODY VS EVERYBODY”
THE STORY – Throughout the course of eight years, Coss Marte constructs ConBody, a gym modeled after the exercises he learned while incarcerated. THE CAST – Coss Marte THE TEAM – Debra Granik (Director) THE RUNNING TIME – 336 Minutes With her debut feature “Down to the Bone,” it was clear 21 years ago that Debra…
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interview With “Two Pianos” Filmmaker Arnaud Desplechin
“Two Pianos” (or in French, “Deux pianos”) is a 2025 French romantic drama film directed by Arnaud Desplechin, starring François Civil as a virtuoso French pianist who returns from Asia to experience an impossible love story in his hometown of Lyon. The cast also includes Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Charlotte Rampling, and Hippolyte Girardot. The film had its…
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“SWAPPED”
THE STORY – A tiny woodland creature and a majestic bird suddenly swap bodies, forcing them to team up to survive the wildest adventure of their lives. THE CAST – Michael B. Jordan, Juno Temple, Tracy Morgan, Cedric the Entertainer, Justina Machado, Ambika Mod, Lolly Adefope & Táta Vega THE TEAM – Nathan Greno (Director), John…
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – “Doubt”
Our 2008 retrospective continues with John Patrick Shanley’s adaptation of his own Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony Award-winning 2004 stage play “Doubt: A Parable” with “Doubt” starring Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, and Viola Davis. With four Oscar-nominated performances driving the gripping drama, exploring themes such as doubt and uncertainty, certainty vs. suspicion, moral…
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“DOUBT”
THE STORY – In 1964, the winds of change are sweeping through Sister Aloysius’ (Meryl Streep) St. Nicholas school. Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a charismatic priest, is advocating reform of the school’s strict customs, and the first black student has just been accepted. When a fellow nun (Amy Adams) tells Sister Aloysius that Father Flynn…
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The 2026 Summer Movies We Cannot Wait To See
MAY 1st As opposed to the usual superhero fare, this summer starts with the hotly anticipated “The Devil Wears Prada 2.“ The long-awaited sequel comes twenty years after the iconic original and has positioned itself as a “Barbie“- like event for people to come with their friends, families, dates, dress up, and hopefully kick off…
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