Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

criddic3 wrote I really admire Beto O'Rourke's enthusiasm. I think it was a mistake to attempt a run for the presidency, though. He never had a real chance there, but then again, a lot of people run for that job in recent years despite having zero chance. It raises their profile. I can't think of a...

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Is Beto O'Rourke even "promising" in quotation marks anymore? He lost his race for Senate, and the Presidency. He raised $80 million for his Senate race, $17.5 million for his Presidential race, and he raised $2 million for his Governor race within the first 24 hours which means he's prob...

I do find it amusing two different films, called "Swan Song," are being cited for best actor awards.
Udo Kier being mentioned here, and Mahershala Ali being nominated by the Golden Globes.

How about Richard Gere?

These are some great lists with some wonderful names. I'm also surprised that there hasn't been a bigger push for Harrison Ford to receive an honorary Oscar. He seems like a ripe candidate, but maybe people are just holding on to hope that he will win a competitive one. They've been rather reluctan...

This a bit strange, since we do have a Shouldabeens thread, but I have to say that I am disappointed that Pinocchio is not more heavily predicted for a win in makeup. I see other sites that are saying Ma Rainey's Black Bottom will run away with that. Costumes I can understand, since there is support...

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(Unless you count costumes and makeup/hair as “technical”—are they?) Is Crowley a big name in the industry or am I just an expert on Nolan’s guys Yes they are counted as technical categories. Nathan Crowley has been nominated 6 times, including Tenet . All but one ( First Man ) were for his work wi...

Love and Monsters might be a B-movie, but it is the one that I would vote for in this category. I second that vote. It's a hugely entertaining "B-movie" and the effects are very well-done. The surprise nomination (few people were predicting it as a possibility) shows it has support from t...

I think this one is between "Lo Si (Seen)" and "Speak Now," though either of the two best pic nominees could win it if they sweep somehow. "Husavik" could do it, but songs from comedies don't really fare that well. "It Might Be You," "Ghostbusters," ...

I don't know when he developed Alzheimer's but it was well before it was publicly disclosed. It was clearly evident by his second term to anyone who didn't have blinders on. You could see it in his responses at press conferences and other public speaking engagements where he had to respond to quest...

The Reagan thing I never got. He was an actor whose greatest performance was his pretending to be president while his writers wrote the lines for him and his wife fed him the lines when he couldn't remember them which was all the time when he wasn't in front of a teleprompter. He was the worst pres...

I wouldn't completely ignore Pinocchio . I had a feeling it might sneak in for costumes or production design, but didn't predict it beyond makeup. The fact that it has more support than just makeup has to raise its profile. If voters are split between Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and Mank , I could see ...

Clemency is a fine film featuring a great performance from Alfre Woodard as a prison warden whose most difficult job is overseeing lethal injection executions, and an even better one by Aldis Hodge as the death row prisoner whose execution breaks her heart and ours. Woodard replaces Charlize Theron...