Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Really quickly: I'm enjoying how close at least one of these categories is. Very interested in hearing more thoughts on Gladstone. I'm still mulling it over myself. Reza wrote I think Sacha Stone may well be right and Bening might get a surprise win - fifth time lucky like Hayward, MacLaine, Sarand...

With Gladstone out of Best Actress, Robbie would likely have gotten the fifth nod and Lee the sympathy vote for being passed over. It would then be a race between Stone and Hüller, but Sasha Stone would still be writing clickbait articles about how the Academy's old guard would vote for Bening, giv...

Michael Jayston: Dr Who and Only Fools and Horses star dies aged 88 Other acting credits included EastEnders, Coronation Street, and Emmerdale TINA CAMPBELL 3 HOURS AGO Only Fools and Horses star Michael Jayston has died aged 88 after a "short illness," his agent has confirmed. In a statem...

Indochine (Régis Wargnier, 1992) 8/10 Interesting to re-watch this film in the very country it is set in. Epic film recreates a time and era long gone and set against the backdrop of the rising Vietnamese nationalist movement. An imperious French rubber plantation owner (Catherine Deneuve) gets caug...

The problem with your frustration is that I find conversations about "snub" and "fraud" tend to lead to a lot of good conversations. Maybe not in general but certainly on this board. The word snub is definitely thrown around loosely and it's pretty subjective. Category fraud isn...

Sandra Milo Dies: Federico Fellini’s Former Mistress & ‘8 ½’ Star Was 90 by Melanie Goodfellow (Deadline) 1/29/2024 Italian actress Sandra Milo, who was best known for her supporting roles in Federico Fellini’s Oscar winner 8 ½ and Golden Globe winner Juliet of the Spirits, has died at the age o...

Three-Time Tony Winner Hinton Battle Dies at 67 Mr. Battle made his Broadway debut as the original Scarecrow in The Wiz. By Margaret Hall (Playbill) 1/30/2024 Three-time Tony-winning dancer, actor, and choreographer Hinton Battle passed away January 29 after a brief illness. He was 67. News of his p...

Congratulations on getting the visa.

China Moon (John Bailey, 1994) 6/10 Woman (Madeleine Stowe) married to an abusive husband (Charles Dance) meets a cop (Ed Harris) who falls head over heels in love with her and they begin an affair. During an altercation with her husband she shoots him dead in self defence and the cop helps her dump...

I've accepted that Cillian Murphy (who absolutely deserved his nom) will be passed over in favor of Giamatti. I think Murphy will win as part of a 9-award sweep for Oppenheimer -- Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Lead Actor, Supporting Actor, Original Score, Film Editing, Cinematography, and ...

I have a very long list to sift through: Anatomy of a Fall The Zone of Interest Rustin The Color Purple The Boy and the Heron Elemental Nimona Robot Dreams Io capitano Perfect Days Society of the Snow The Teacher's Lounge El Conde Golda Flamin' Hot American Symphony Godzilla Minus One Guardians of t...

Sonic Youth wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:56 am

mlrg wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:49 am

Reza wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:35 am

But why did she have to "pull off"?

She didn’t “have to”.

I think that was more a “how could such a thing happen?” statement than a “why did she have to…?”.

Thank you, yes!! A total headscratcher, as was Laura Dern in Wild.

mlrg wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:39 am I had a feeling America Ferrera would pull off…

But why did she have to "pull off"?

Jewison's best film was the Oscar-winning In the Heat of the Night but also memorable was his followup film, The Thomas Crown Affair.

R.I.P.

Mister Tee wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 5:14 pm Won't mean much to many of you, but Summer of '42 was a huge hit when I was in college.

The film was a massive hit in Pakistan when it was released sometime in 1975 or 1976. I remember watching it with a bunch of my high school mates. Sex has always been a best seller.