Pete, widely considered to be one of the preeminent awards analysts for both film and television, has for the past seven years been Deadline's Awards Columnist covering what is seemingly now the year-round Oscar and Emmy seasons. He is also Deadline's Chief Film Critic, having previously reviewed films for MovieLine, Boxoffice magazine, Backstage, Hollywood.com and Maxim. In addition to writing, Pete is also host of the year-round KCET Cinema Series, where he screens a selection of films prior to their theatrical release and interviews filmmakers. He previously held producing positions at Entertainment Tonight, Extra, Access Hollywood, The Arsenio Hall Show, The Martin Short Show and AMC Network and is the recipient of five Emmy nominations for writing.
Jack London’s classic adventure The Call of the Wild was first published in 1903 and has been a staple of young readers ever since. There have also been several movies made from the story of Buck, the St. Bernard/Scotch Collie, and his journey to his forever home in the open wild. From silent movies to star-driven…
OK, so I confess I wouldn’t know Sonic the Hedgehog from Sonic the Hedgefund. Nor do I really care about a film version about a 1990s video game sensation and a speed demon character that hits 265 mph while basically taking a stroll. So take this all with a grain of salt: Sonic the Hedgehog isn’t my thing, but it coul…
The brilliant animation wizards at Aardman strike again with A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, a thoroughly delightful and hilarious new feature outing with Shaun the Sheep and all his friends at Mossy Bottom Farm, this time in a comical, slapstick-style takeoff on just about every alien and Spielberg movie you…
Just in time for Valentine’s Day comes a true love story, one whose strength is tested in the face of a personal crisis. I can think of no more appropriate day for Bleecker Street to release Ordinary Love, a film about an older married couple facing a cancer diagnosis and facing the prospect of death doing them part…
In 2014, Ruben Ostlund’s Swedish film Force Majeure hit a nerve, not just in his country but also on the worldwide art house circuit. Now it has been Americanized, and for those fearing something unworthy of the original, fear not. In the hands of the Oscar-winning The Descendants screenwriters, the writing and…
“Cinema won tonight,” NEON head Tom Quinn said as he escorted his father to his waiting limo in the parking garage of the Soho House, where a long line of partygoers was still waiting well past 11 p.m. just to get inside to the wild and very packed celebration Quinn’s company had planned for its Oscar nominees, Parasit…
Here it is. The moment you have been waiting for. All 24 categories for the 92nd Oscars analyzed and predicted just in time to enter your office pools (just don’t blame me if you don’t win). Some of these categories could produce surprising results, others you can take to the bank right now, and I will indicate which…
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Well, it is all just about over but the counting, and in fact, I would guess PriceWaterhouse accountants have even finished that at this point. What that means is two numbers crunchers out of everyone in the whole world are now looking at every…
Everyone knew this day was coming. No one lives forever, and Kirk Douglas was 103, but for some reason he seemed invincible to me. Maybe it was all those movies, but for my entire life Kirk Douglas has always been there in so many memorable performances I can’t begin to count. Ace in the Hole, Detective Story, 20,000 L…
Joker and his origin story have stolen most of the awards-season thunder as far as the DC Comic Book movie world is concerned. But now it is time for his girlfriend to take the spotlight. Or should I say, ex-girlfriend, as we learn that fact very early on in the wildly entertaining Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Em…
“The Integrity Of Our Voting Results Is Paramount.”
That was the red-band headline late Monday night on MSNBC as the Iowa Caucus returns became a complete mess with dysfunction everywhere and confusion rampant. However, that headline could also be applied to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which…
It is a good thing the Academy Awards are getting it over with two weeks earlier than normal, because this year’s truncated season’s suspense quotient has been virtually zapped by the weekly procession of the same winners we have been witnessing Sunday after Sunday for the past month (these winners are running out of…
