Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Crazy to be talking about the Emmys again so soon after the last category. I have a feeling it's going to be an underwhelming affair full of sweeps. I think the category(ies) to watch are in the realm of Limited Series. This is a very zeitgeisty format. One award that I think has to be pretty locked...

The Fall Guy reminds me a little of Free Guy. Different actor and director (although it's not hard to see them swapping) but a reasonably fun, fresh piece of summer entertainment. The big difference between them is watching Free Guy I realized the limitations of making a movie from that kind of scen...

Greg wrote Trying to predict Trump's mind, including the VP choice he will make, always appears to be a lost cause. Bloomberg is now reporting Trump’s final four are Doug Burgum, Marco Rubio, Tim Scott, and JD Vance. Which means he’s probably picking JD Vance, right? I was wondering why Doug Burgum...

danfrank wrote I, of course, also prefer films with strong stories and themes I can relate to. There are certain films, though, that are just so cinematically captivating that I can overlook the story weakness and just enjoy the cinematic ride. Dune 2 fits that bill, as have other films like Mad Ma...

Greg wrote And now, DeSantis just signed a law criminalizing food he doesn't like. What do you make of DeSantis' meeting with Trump? After the Kristi Noem meltdown, I don't see a strong VP candidate for him. Everyone else comes with significant problems (besides the fact that they're all obviously ...

Mister Tee wrote No doubt, had this film come out last Fall as intended, Godzilla Minus One wouldn't have had a prayer of winning the effects Oscar. It's fully likely Dune will take the prize next Spring, and I'll have no issue with that. Other nominations in the glamour categories (film/director),...

Zendaya weekend! Denis Villeneuve's Dune franchise just isn't my thing for a few reasons. It has a lot of ideas but they're more spoken about in hushed tones than dramatized. I don't necessarily want it to be a series but I think a lot of its ideas would be more successful in a serialized format. Th...

Big Magilla wrote Zendaya is fine but it's never explained why her character is so cranky, or as one of the twins said in their YouTube review, so mean. Haha, I'm glad you said this because the biggest issue I have with the film is Zendaya although I think her role in the film is interesting and ul...

If Challengers wasn't thrillingly directed, it would still be a good movie. It's a strong script with a compelling love triangle. All three characters are equally important (not always the case in love triangles). And it's very well-plotted. I either never knew where it was going or it got there in ...

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Haven't seen any of his films. Should definitely remedy that.

Just looking back over the years… why was this category so barren? 2001 was a pretty stellar year for movies and this lineup stands out for just being disappointing. Tee’s formula explains it a bit. First up, is McKellan who was the only nominee prominently featured in a Best Picture nominee. Next w...

Posting because we were just talking about him. He was 87.

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Oh, I've read it. It is not an exaggeration. It took about ten years but it happened. The streaming model has destroyed everything. Oh sure, you can point to things that happen under streaming that wouldn't otherwise in today's market, like three hour Scorsese movies. But the decade-to-decade contin...

Can't wait. There's already a strong crop of films I need to catch up on released this year. Oscar twitter and reddit is obsessed with Mickey 17 getting an Oscar qualifying release this December. They're so certain obsessed with the idea of releasing movies by the end of the year to get Oscar tracti...

Anyone who still checks out Jeffrey Wells' site in zombie-rotation mode as I do should avoid it today. He is a fucking monster for several reasons but that idiot just posted a massive spoiler image today at 1pm PST with the audacity to say "I assume most of you have seen it by now..." It's...