No, really, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” which I caught yesterday, is out of the running for Best Picture. No matter what some pundits are telling you, it’s DOA.

A Louisiana woman, now 64 years-old, claims to have been sexually abused by Warren Beatty 49 years ago, when she was 15 and therefore a minor. The complainant has filed a lawsuit against Beatty, who is now 85.

On 10.07.22 it had been reported that one of the best animated movies of the year, Richard Linklater’s “Apollo 10 ½”, was deemed ineligible by the animation branch of the Academy.

First things first, you’ve seen the trailer for “The Fabelmans.” It’s exactly what you think it will be. There are no surprises or narrative risks, it’s quite literally “The Steven Spielberg Story.”

Here’s something to cheer you up on a Wednesday morning. The first still, that I know of at least, of Woody Allen’s upcoming Paris-set thriller.

We have a full-length trailer. “Bohemian Rhapsody” vibes all over this one. One can easily imagine this Whitney Houston biopic becoming a box-office hit.

Scott Feinberg’s latest predictions seem 90% accurate to my eyes, but that remaining 10% …

It was obvious and almost certainly conclusive that French critics were going to love James Gray’s “Armageddon Time.” After all, it is the French, along with a very vocal cabal in New York City, that have praised and given much-needed legs to Gray’s career.

In Gregory Elwood’s piece titled “The Fablemans’ Finally Lands in LA As Best Picture Buzz Grows,” a hilarious anecdote is revealed regarding the casting of David Lynch as John Ford in Spielberg’s film:

Not sure what to make of these, Grecian black & gold costumes. A reader by the name of Gary wrote, “Hope to God this doesn't end up as a kind of "Star Trek: Plato's Stepchildren" looking thing.”

Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale” finally has a trailer, but, as suspected, they’ve expertly edited it to show the least amount of footage as possible.

UPDATE: The reviews are in and … not Oscar-worthy by any stretch of the imagination.

Some of the most legendary Director/Cinematographer partnerships: Bertolucci/Storaro, Bergman/Nykvist, Godard/Coutard, Spielberg/Kaminski, Wong/Doyle, Coen/Deakins, Welles/Toland, Malick/Lubezki …

Rian Johnson’s critically-acclaimed “Knives Out” sequel will open from November 23-29 in more than 600 theaters. It’s basically a one-week sneak preview before the film starts streaming a month later on December 23rd. The film now also has a new full-length trailer.

Toronto will be known as the place where Florian Zeller’s “The Son” officially crashed and burned. It currently sits at 47% on Rotten Tomatoes. This is not the reception Sony Pictures Classics expected for the film. It is now being released November 25th.

Sundance will be announcing their entire lineup in late November. This will be the first edition of the Park City-set festival to take place in-person since 2020.

Quentin Tarantino’s new nonfiction novel “Cinema Speculation” just arrived in the mail. This is Tarantino playing film critic and writing about his love for cinema. I’ll eventually share my thoughts.

An Oscar host has been found and it’s none other than Jimmy Ki … zzzz. Jimmy Kimmel. It’s Jimmy Kimmel. I guess Chris Rock declined the Academy’s invite.

I don’t particularly find Variety’s Clayton Davis to be as clueless as many out there claim him to be. After all, Davis attends all the big Academy screenings and gets a good vibe as to what is well-received by voters.