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Oh boy. Well folks, it’s come to that time again. No, not the start of fall, though that was last week, officially. It’s now about to be October, so we’re definitely out of the summer, even if the weather doesn’t suggest that. However, we’re not here to talk weather, but whether or not some screenplays are getting awards. Yes, today I’m continuing on down the line with the last of the big eight categories and finishing off with the other writing one…yes, Best Original Screenplay.

Yesterday, the cinematic landscape was finally altered by Martin Scorsese’s long brewing gangster epic The Irishman. Opening up the 57th New York Film Festival, the movie partners Scorsese with Netflix for their most ambitious work yet. Buzz had been huge for months, but until early Friday morning no one knew if it was truly any good. Well, I can state firsthand that it’s one of the year’s best films and a surefire awards contender. Scorsese and company knocked this one out of the park, yet again.

We are moving right along with this series folks! As you fine ladies and gentlemen must all know by now and be potentially sick of hearing from me, it’s one thing entirely to read early Academy Award predictions. You do it in order to see what pundits like myself think will happen this winter, but, as I’ve often said, it’s a whole separate thing to actually know something about who and what will be in contention.

Back at the Sundance Film Festival, buzz was pretty strong initially for Corporate Animals, a satirical comedy. Most of it centered on how Demi Moore would fare in a baity role. Well, Sundance came and went, with middling response to the film. Sometimes, that’s just the nature of the festival. However, in this case, people were on to something. Despite a clever premise and some funny lines here and there, this is a bit of a misfire.