Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

"How can it be nominated for best picture and not best director?" was annoying enough to have to answer back in the five-and-five days -- no matter how often you explained the directors' branch was a much smaller group with more art-aligned tastes, the media would scream about someone bein...

I had 82%. Not great, but not too bad either. I'm frustrated about missing Bradley Cooper, since that was a no brainer. I blame the Golden Globes that decided to have six nominees per category instead of five. Oh, well. I had my fun ;-) We've very much enjoyed having you back, and hope it's an ongo...

So...a perfectly solid slate -- which would have been hard to avoid with such a broadly strong field of candidates. But disappointment around the edges: hackery on display with Diane Warren, John Williams, Annette Bening, America Ferrera. As Magilla notes, you can feel the presence of the old guard ...

I can’t shake the feeling of Domingo weakness, despite his universal TV-precursor showing. And Leo hasn’t missed a nomination since The Departed, where he had category confusion. Would love to predict Scott, and will be delighted if he makes it, but tough to justify. J. Edgar anyone? Though whether...

In the category Things We'd Care About Except WGA Moved Post-Oscars...

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Salient overall fact: it's a super-competitive year, and nearly every category could trade in the top two runners-up without significantly diminishing quality. Other comments as warranted sprinkled throughout. 1. Best Film American Fiction Anatomy of a Fall Barbie The Holdovers Killers of the Flower...

My first exposure to him was The Thrill of It All, which I saw at a drive-in when I was 11 years old. I actually enjoyed the film (still do, mostly product of childhood nostalgia), and I'd say it's more representative of Jewison's overall career than his sometime reputation as an "important&quo...

Houston Film Critics' winners: Best Picture: Poor Things Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer Best Actor: Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers Best Actress: Emma Stone, Poor Things Best Supporting Actor: Ryan Gosling, Barbie Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers Best Screenpl...

Bog has flattered me into putting this together; I can’t recall the last time I did one, though I know it used to be a regular feature. Hope it amuses you and/or enhances your perception of the rapid read-off coming Tuesday morning. I’m skipping the best picture category, because we’re all picking t...

Been making me look like a nom morning genius in from of my wife and kids for better part of 2 decades personally......last few years though, my oldest daughter just gives me a look in reference to any "smartest guy in the room" comment and says.... "Mr. T, dad??!" (shrug/blush/...

I saw this just before Christmas, and wish I'd written about it before I fell sick, while my impressions were fresher. I think of it as often very funny (I laughed out loud quite a bit), with a cutting-edge premise that keeps topping itself for a long stretch, and also offers some surprising detours...

Are the nominees still presented in alphabetical order? Tee, I think you would do a fun rundown back in the day of different scenarios when certain names didn’t come up at first, based on that. One of the best reads every single year...bar none I had no idea it was that popular. I have a few things...

Greg wrote Could Barbie being ahead of Oppenheimer be the result of a glitch that Barbie had most of its precursor successes in the Original Screenplay category which, this year, has been less competitive than the Adapted Screenplay category? That is 100% the case. I am bracing myself for an Oscar ...

We knew BAFTA had gone a bit wacky during its first years with that jury system -- most notably, the 2021 lead actress slate that included not a single Oscar nominee -- but last year's (in terms of performers) more-or-less Oscar-adjacent results led some of us to believe they were back more or less ...

Well, they've finally done it: come up with two people I've NEVER heard of to make the live announcement on Tuesday.

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