Below is a full list of the 2016 nominees, with the winners in blue: Best motion picture of the year “The Big Short” “Bridge of Spies” “Brooklyn” “Mad Max: Fury Road” “The Martian” “The Revenant” “Room” “Spotlight” Original screenplay “Bridge of Spies” by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen “Ex Machina” by Alex Garland “Inside Out” by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh…

    Oscar predictions (for the main categories) by Paul Stathakis | February 28, 2016   Best Picture: “Spotlight” Best Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu, “The Revenant” Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant” Best Actress: Brie Larson, “Room” Best Supporting Actor: Sylvester Stallone, “Creed” Best Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander, “The Danish Girl” Best Animated Feature: “Inside Out” Best Documentary: “The Look of Silence” Best Foreign Language…

      Selected by Paul Stathakis | February 26, 2016     No other film in 2015 was as bold as “Spotlight.” It features wondrous performances from its all-star cast which includes Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery, Liev Schreiber, and Stanley Tucci. Based on the Boston Globe’s Pulitzer Prize winning investigation that exposed child abuse within the Catholic Church. The subject…

Steven Spielberg is a heck of a good filmmaker. If you didn’t know that by now, you have nearly 50 titles including “Bridge of Spies” as proof. This is the work of a seasoned storyteller in total control, confident, and working with an eye that is as sharp today, if not sharper, than it was when he first launched his career in Hollywood over 30 years ago. The director once…