Oscars

The 97th Academy Awards will take place this Sunday in Hollywood, CA - honoring movies released in 2024. Conan O’Brien will host. Every year we welcome one of the foremost film critics in the industry to join us and discuss our impressions of this year’s best in film.

“A Lien,” written and directed by brothers David and Sam Cutler-Kreutz, drops viewers into the tense and complicated experience that a noncitizen can go through in the U.S. legalization process.The short film, which is nominated for an Academy Award, follows a young couple navigating their Green Card interview at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office when Immigration and Customs Enforcement - or ICE - makes an unexpected appearance and the afternoon takes a turn for the worse, putting the couple and their young daughter in unexpected danger.

THE 96TH ACADEMY AWARDS will take place at The Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 10 – honoring movies released in 2023. They’ve moved up the start time, Jimmy Kimmel returns to host, and we’re going to share our impressions of this year’s best movies.

The 2023 Academy Award ceremony will take place this Sunday at 8pm in Hollywood, California. That means it's time to talk Oscars with our good friend Thelma Adams. Thelma is the author of the historical novel "Bittersweet Brooklyn," the best selling "The Last Woman Standing" and "Play Date." In addition to her fiction work, she is a prominent American film critic and an outspoken voice in the Hollywood community. She comes to us this morning in her role as an acclaimed Oscar-ologist.

In the new book "Oscar Wars," Michael Schulman chronicles the history of the Academy Awards and the personal dramas - some iconic, others never-before-revealed - that have played out on the stage and off camera.

The 2022 Academy Award ceremony will take place this Sunday at 8pm in Hollywood, California. Oscar contenders include Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story," Jane Campion's "The Power of the Dog," and Adam McKay's "Don't Look Up." Also making the Best Picture nominee list: "Coda", "Dune", "King Richard," "Licorice Pizza," "Nightmare Alley," "Drive My Car," and "Belfast." With all of that information and 10 great movies and a lot of other nominations - let's talk Oscars with our good friend Thelma Adams. Thelma is the author of the historical novel "Bittersweet Brooklyn," the best selling "The Last Woman Standing" and "Play Date." In addition to her fiction work, she is a prominent American film critic and an outspoken voice in the Hollywood community. She comes to us this morning in her role as an acclaimed Oscar-ologist.

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Jackson Murphy (a.k.a. Lights-Camera-Jackson) began his career as a movie critic at the age of 7 1/2, doing reviews in our region. He has talked movies…