tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095Mon, 16 Mar 2026 02:54:32 +0000OscarsFilm NewsArts of CinemaBest of CinemaAwardsEnglish SubtitledFilm CommentMental BreakSocial RelationsIntimateResearchGolden GlobesHumourIn BriefFamily RelationsGenderCharacter StudyCognitionExistentialNeurosciencePsychology in MediaWordsAntisocial Personality DisorderFilm BitsHorrorQuentin TarantinoReligion and SpiritualityDocumentaryFreudian TheoryHomosexualityPersonalityPredictionsScifi FantasyAnimationJungian TheoryTIFFTruth and FictionWes AndersonConstructivismNarrative TheorySubstance AbuseAdlerian TheoryAutistic DisorderBehaviourismCoen BrothersDavid LynchDissociative Identity DisorderIn TherapyIn the NewsIngmar BergmanLawrence of ArabiaMusicalPsychologist in MediaRodolfo LlinásSophia CoppolaStanley KubrickWoody AllenThe Writing's On The Screenhttp://www.cinemapsychologia.com/noreply@blogger.com (Editor)Blogger208125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-1957543292199046468Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:04:00 +00002026-03-15T22:54:32.806-04:00OscarsWinners are bolded in red. My friend Griz's predix are in purple.PICTURE One battle after anotherAlt. Sinners One Battle After Another Alt: Sinners DIRECTORPaul Thomas AndersonAlt. @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727http://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2026/03/oscars-2026-winners-predix-battling-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-785657669966502980Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:57:00 +00002026-01-22T03:57:28.772-05:00OscarsAs last minute as they come. My friend Griz's predix are in purple, for the big 6.  PICTURE @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face {font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4; mso-font-charset:http://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2026/01/oscars-nominations-predictions-2026-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-3861054729360682695Sun, 02 Mar 2025 07:42:00 +00002025-03-02T02:42:50.489-05:00Oscars It's wide open out there. A very weird Oscars indeed. My friend Griz's predix are in purple, as usual. PICTUREAnoraAlt. Emilia Pérez Conclave Alt. The BrutalistDIRECTOR Brady Corbet - The BrutalistAlt. Sean Baker   Brady Corbet Alt. Sean BakerACTRESSDemi Moore    Alt. Fernanda Torres  Demi Moore    Alt. Mikey Madison http://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2025/03/oscars-winners-predix-2025-anybodys.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-8624531460066088503Fri, 24 Jan 2025 05:38:00 +00002025-01-24T00:43:37.944-05:00OscarsShould this be called the Oscars blog? My friend Griz's predix are in purple, as usual. PICTURE Anora The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Conclave Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez A Real Pain Nickel BoysSing Sing I'm still hereThe Substance Wicked Anora The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Conclave Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez Nickel Boys Ahttp://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2025/01/oscars-nominations-2025-message-films.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-3163146457958933341Sun, 10 Mar 2024 22:14:00 +00002024-03-10T22:21:38.482-04:00 I'm banking on some upsets this year, given how wide open some of the categories are. That'd be good! A little excitement for a dying show that outside of people like me and Griz (in purple), noone cares because WHO GOES TO THE MOVIES?? Winners in red.BEST PICTURE OppenheimerAlt: The Zone of Interest OppenheimerAlt: Anatomy of a Fall  Years from now, without the context of http://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2024/03/oscars-2024-year-of-upsets-maybe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-2978454212298022340Tue, 23 Jan 2024 06:08:00 +00002024-01-23T23:28:46.279-05:00Oscars  Here comes the annual Oscars post to sustain this blog... for unknown reasons. My friend Griz's predix are in purple, as usual.  PICTURE American Fiction Anatomy of a Fall Barbie The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon Maestro Poor Things Oppenheimer Past Lives The Zone of Interest Alt. The Color Purple  American Fiction Anatomy of a Fall Barbie The http://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2024/01/oscars-nominations-2024-barbieheimer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-4406193894704471255Sun, 12 Mar 2023 22:50:00 +00002023-03-13T20:03:23.490-04:00OscarsPre-show: I just found out the Oscars is this weekend ... in about 2 hours or so. The neglect is real. I'm one of the plebs who occasionally watch something in theatre now, so it's hard to know what to predict/root for, which is so sad. In any case, I suppose I still care enough to make this list, so here goes nothing. (And my friend Griz's, again, in purple). Winners in red.Brief comment: I'm http://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2023/03/all-at-once-now-oscars-goes-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-5266091493590305880Tue, 24 Jan 2023 03:23:00 +00002023-01-23T22:25:51.005-05:00Oscars Disclosure: I googled what actually came out that would be eligible for the Oscars, because watching movies at home and at the theatres have become a blur. 'tis a sad state of big screen cinemas.My friend Griz's predix are in purple, as usual.Disclaimer: I have not been following the award season at all, so basically this prediction set is based on mostly my own biased views. PICTUREAll http://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2023/01/oscars-nominations-2023-everything.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-6224334463203108755Sun, 27 Mar 2022 20:35:00 +00002022-03-28T00:48:32.623-04:00OscarsPlacehoder for further commentary, and more last minute change ... But first, the predix, with my friend Griz's in purple. Winners in red.  Prior to the show comments: you know what, I'm all about the worm of the desert, but that's not what the Oscar's gonna be about, so we're gonna settle in for whatever wins the least amount of outrage.  Show comments: - Wow I'm so glad Dunehttp://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2022/03/oscars-winners-2022-predix-its-dogs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-4482175745388642111Tue, 08 Feb 2022 10:23:00 +00002022-03-27T15:56:04.614-04:00OscarsDune for everything! My friend Griz's predix are in purple, as usual.A disclaimer: I have not seen most of the films, and basically this prediction set is based on nothing. As such, it will only be the major categories I'm predicting. The format is a mess, but I gotta sleep. PICTUREBelfastCODADon't look upDuneKing RichardLicorice PizzaNightmare AlleyThe Power of the Dogtick, tick…BOOM!West http://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2022/02/oscars-2022-predix-whats-playing-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-1114211028224018847Sun, 25 Apr 2021 20:00:00 +00002021-05-04T21:10:14.217-04:00Oscars Here we go! I'm not sure if I'll actually get to watch this. In any case, I'm expecting a big night for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. My friend, Griz, predicts in purple. Red is for actual winners. The show: I feel like I did goood this year. The ones I didn't get were pretty much shockers? You know what was the big loser of this year? More than the producers' intentional set up for an absent http://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2021/04/oscars-2021-winner-predictions-bottoms_25.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-297115840466640033Mon, 15 Mar 2021 04:37:00 +00002021-03-15T00:37:52.327-04:00OscarsI'm doing this just so I can keep up with the tradition. It's a bit of an imaginary duty call. Or a fear of loss. One of those things.I did not watch the Globes this year because frankly, this whole thing is a bit ridiculous. The theatres suffered so much last year (and they still not have opened in most of Canada), and nobody has seen anything not on Disney+ or whatever other streamers have. Whyhttp://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2021/03/oscars-2021-nomination-predix-show-must.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-9052756690511762914Sun, 09 Feb 2020 23:50:00 +00002020-02-10T13:36:47.840-05:00Oscars Parasite Oscar is tonight and it's time for last minute predictions! Added my friend Griz's predictions in purple. May the best prognosticator win at doing things that don't matter! (Actual results will be in red). So, a few thoughts about the show and the winners : - New hashtags: #oscarstryhard, #oscarsgoodnoracist, and #oscarsokorean - PARASITE - How amazing is Bong Joon-ho and his http://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2020/02/oscars-2020-winners-predictions-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-2454744165765669942Sun, 09 Feb 2020 05:44:00 +00002020-02-09T15:10:24.856-05:00Best of CinemaFilm Comment Parasite I know I'm saying this every year, but it's especially true this year: life was exceedingly stretched for me, and as a result, my film watching time shrunk significantly. Without the Toronto International Film Festival, I don't know if I would have had anything to write for this post. I removed myself almost completely out of the awards season loop once I realized that it was going http://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2020/02/cinemaps-best-of-2019-all-pain-all-gains.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-1004810398405912795Sun, 12 Jan 2020 23:49:00 +00002020-01-14T02:33:07.858-05:00AwardsOscars Parasite Oscar is coming for all hand wringers tomorrow! Added my friend Griz's predictions in purple. May the best prognosticator win at doing things that don't matter! (Actual results will be in red). So, a feeeeew thoughts about the announcement and the nominations: - My god, John Cho's enunciation was ON POINT. - Having looked at this website this morning, I realized that the backgroundhttp://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2020/01/oscars-nominations-2020-predictions-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-3314504194272231002Sun, 24 Feb 2019 06:24:00 +00002019-02-24T01:29:58.219-05:00Best of Cinema First Man What a mess of a year. And in all that white noise, there were a number of important films that do not get duly recognized. One of the most unfortunate film victims of this changing time in Hollywood was perhaps First Man, a biopic about a white stoic man being sent to the Moon. It's a tremendous technical marvel, and a deeply emotional film that only hits at the very end (so it http://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2019/02/cinemaps-best-of-2018-journey-of-unrest_24.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-4411900484557824841Sun, 24 Feb 2019 03:53:00 +00002019-02-23T23:07:01.604-05:00AwardsOscars The following prediction depends on one version of the night, the one in which Green Book's controversies catch up to it and it loses all that it's up for. The film should have had this in the bag, but we're in a different time, and this version is going to mark this change in the sand. The other version brings us back to more a more aw-shucks Oscars year, so brace yourself for a very bad timehttp://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2019/02/oscars-2019-prediction-american-crisis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-6179528432371132096Tue, 22 Jan 2019 06:20:00 +00002019-02-23T21:03:37.026-05:00AwardsOscars Green Book Ahhh Oscars is nigh! So many problems, so little time! Added my friend Griz's predictions in purple. May the best prognosticator win at life and everything. (Actual results will be in red). PICTURE Black Panther BlacKkKlansman Bohemian Rhapsody The Favourite First Man x Green Book If Beale Street Could Talk x Roma A star is born Vice Alt. Cold War I'm predicting Black Pantherhttp://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2019/01/oscars-nominations-2019-predictions-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-2007875177548789771Mon, 07 Jan 2019 04:28:00 +00002019-01-06T23:28:32.163-05:00AwardsGolden Globes The good: - Send up of Gaga's oft-repeated line about 99 people not believing in her - Colourful dresses! Saoirse Ronan's barely-there, Catherine Zeta-Jones' green dress, Nicole Kidman's wine dress, Janelle Monae's holy-crap what is that outfit? Halle Berry is how old? - Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph, always making me laugh - Christian Bale's speech and taking cues from his wife, so cute! - http://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2019/01/golden-globes-2019-winners-in-which.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-8956254502595695715Sun, 06 Jan 2019 21:43:00 +00002019-01-06T23:35:13.270-05:00AwardsGolden Globes Well, I missed the nomination predictions, again. But, fear not! Here are some last minute winner predix! Purple is my friend and long time guest, Griz. BEST PICTURE (COMEDY/MUSICAL) The Favourite Alt: Green Book Green Book Alt: The Favourite I really want to go with the crowd-pleaser, but, for some reason, it is not really burning up this award season. What gives? Anyway, I guess I http://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2019/01/golden-globes-2019-winners-predictions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-9180714315477533384Sun, 04 Mar 2018 22:01:00 +00002018-03-05T01:49:40.357-05:00Oscars Frances McDormand in Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri I've been feeling like McDormand in this scene here (not the entire film) this past week, so I'm glad for the Oscars to cap the night off. I wonder who'd tune in to the telecast though, with its roster of old-news, indie-crossing films, contrasting with the lingering buzz of new and exciting time at the theatre for one http://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2018/03/2018-oscars-winners-prediction-let.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-1255454528258900048Mon, 29 Jan 2018 07:25:00 +00002018-01-29T02:59:29.588-05:00Best of CinemaFilm Comment The Florida Project It's the year of the chillun! Probably poetically fitting that we had this many child-acting breakthroughs in the same year an adult-child wreaked havoc in the White House? Too bad AMPAS ignored these performances. Fear not, kids, I'm here to give you mentions and go where no one cares. Literally (because no one cares about this list but me). Bright futures you'll all have http://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2018/01/cinemaps-best-of-2017-les-enfants.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-2032697998424200769Tue, 23 Jan 2018 08:07:00 +00002018-01-28T23:27:12.101-05:00AwardsOscars Phantom Thread As usual, last minute posting! Hopefully this time it's better than the savagery of the Globes predix for me. Added my friend Griz's predictions in purple. To the death! (Actual results will be in red). (Also: I realize I have the same picture up but I'm too lazy and tired to change it now. Edit: I've changed it to the surprise horse, Phantom Thread). PICTURE The Big Sickhttp://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2018/01/oscars-2018-nominations-predix-let.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-1873366036614951891Mon, 08 Jan 2018 04:11:00 +00002018-01-07T23:24:48.563-05:00AwardsGolden Globes Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri The good: - Oprah's speech - not a dry eye in the house! - Look at all the different LBD! - Natalie Portman's zinger about the all male director slate! The meh: - Seth Meyer's opening monologue The bad: - My prognostication - Seth Meyer's jokes delivered with other people BEST PICTURE (DRAMA) Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri Huh. http://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2018/01/golden-globes-2018-winners.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789701395983372095.post-1382603903036903333Sun, 07 Jan 2018 05:47:00 +00002018-01-07T16:42:51.740-05:00AwardsGolden Globes The Post Well I missed the nomination predictions, but in my defense, I was occupied with an even bigger event to my profession (like, the Olympics of my field) so I'm going to give me a pass. I'll get right to this, and I can only hope that the mood is not dampened too much on the show tomorrow. Purple is my friend and long time guest, Griz. BEST PICTURE (DRAMA) The Post Alt: Three http://www.cinemapsychologia.com/2018/01/golden-globes-2018-winners-predictions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Editor)0