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The Shape of The Oscars: Our Final 2018 Oscar Wrap Up

“I’m telling you right now.  I think there’s a real chance The Shape of Water could fall flat on its face come Oscar night.”...

Podcast: The 2018 Oscar Reactions

https://soundcloud.com/popbreakdotcombreakcast/the-2018-oscar-reactions-podcast The 2018 Academy Awards are in the books! After months of prognosticating and predicting, the Oscars have been handed out. There were no envelope...

Breaking Down the Foreign Language and Documentary Oscars

 Welcome back to The Pop Break's third annual Oscar predictions series. This installment of our breakdown is written by Associate Television editor Matt Taylor,...

Best Picture Race: One of the Closest Best Picture Races in Years

Welcome back to The Pop Break's third annual Oscar predictions series. Like the previous two years, the site's film editor, and Oscar guru Daniel...

Best Director Race: A Heavyweight Title Fight

Welcome back to The Pop Break's third annual Oscar predictions series. Like the previous two years, the site's film editor, and Oscar guru Daniel...

They Remain: A Rote Paranoid Thriller

Based on the novella "—30—" by Laird Barron, writer-director Philip Galett's They Remain feels like an episode of Black Mirror minus the techno-terror. It...

Game Night: A Surprisingly Smart, Tense Comedy

Game Night Plot Summary: Max (Jason Bateman) and Annie (Rachel McAdams) are two highly competitive game players. They host a weekly game night, but things...

Best Actor Race: Can Chalamet or Daniel Day Beat Gary Oldman?

Welcome back to The Pop Break's third annual Oscar predictions series. Like the previous two years, the site's film editor, and Oscar guru Daniel...

BreakCast: Oscars 2018 – Predicting One of the Most Unpredictable Oscars in Ages

The BreakCast: Oscars 2018 - Predicting One of the Most Unpredictable Oscars in Ages Pop Break's fifth annual Oscar Predictions podcast returns! Editor-in-chief Bill Bodkin...

Mute: A Dystopian Wasteland of Good Ideas

Mute Plot Summary: Leo (Alexander Skarsgard) navigates the seedy underworld of a near-future Berlin to find out what happened to his girlfriend, while an AWOL...

Best Actress Race: Can Anyone Beat Frances McDormand?

Welcome back to The Pop Break's third annual Oscar predictions series. Like the previous two years, the site's film editor, and Oscar guru Daniel...

Annihilation: A lot of Style. Some Substance.

Annihilation Plot Summary: A mysterious void known as “the shimmer” is currently expanding, and previous expeditions to figure out what the disturbance is have resulted...