Consider my “summaries” write-up as the intro to this column, assuming you got through it all.   I only include categories where I’ve seen all or most of the nominees. – – – – – I added...

Quick:  Name the three previous Best Picture Oscar winners. While you’re “um”ing and “er”ing trying to remember, I’ll bet when someone asks, “Who won Best Picture the year ‘La La Land’ came out?”, you’ll remember it was...

2016 was a good year for movies and an outstanding year for black stories, films, film makers and actors.  It was proof that if you can get a good story into the hands of a good producer...

  Dan Walker on Film       Director: Damien Chazelle (“Whiplash”) Main Cast: Ryan Gosling (“Lars and the Real Girl”, “Drive”, “The Big Short”) Emma Stone (“The Help”, “Birdman”, “Irrational Man”) Running Time:  128 Minutes ____________________________________________________________________________...

Let me go into this saying I have very little confidence in picking winners this year but I want to give the main categories a rundown before the ceremonies.  I originally entitled this article “My Oscar Predictions”...