Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Actor: Cillian Murphy Actress: Lily Gladstone Supporting Actor: Robert DeNiro (close over Gosling and Downey) Supporting Actress: Emily Blunt (I would toss the entire lineup) Director: Christopher Nolan (or Scorsese) Original Screenplay: May December Adapted Screenplay: Oppenheimer Cinematography: K...

I'm convinced that the publications who do these brutally honest ballots contact a bunch of voters and then pick the most outrageous ballots to share.

I think Murphy will get this, and I am very happy about that. Giamatti is not bad, but the "best of the year!" acclaim he has gotten is a complete mystery to me. I really don't get it at all. Other than being, as some might say, a bit "cringe" in interviews, I don't get why Coope...

I've said before that Oscars are often won on PR narratives as much as performances. Not always: voters didn't bite on Chadwick Boseman a few years back, and we all know how Glenn Close's nomination for The Wife worked out, but last year Michelle Yeoh, who had "great performance + Best Picture ...

I might give this one to DeNiro, but Downey will be a great winner, and Gosling wouldn't be bad either.

Her biggest moment on the world stage was winning the Best Actress prize at Cannes in 2016; I'm sure anonymous1980 could tell us more about her career and her status in the Filipino film/TV industry. ---- Tragic Loss: Renowned actress Jaclyn Jose passes away at 59 In a heartbreaking turn of events, ...

This American Fiction win, which seems inevitable, is not going to age any better than Jojo Rabbit's.

This should be Killers of the Flower Moon . Wild how other, less impressive Scorsese films made runs through the tech awards and this one won't win anything below the line. Between Barbie and Poor Things , I think it'll be Poor Things . The Barbie stuff is great but some voters may feel like they've...

1. Oppenheimer
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
3. Anatomy of a Fall
4. Past Lives
5. Barbie
6. The Zone of Interest
7. The Holdovers
8. Maestro
9. American Fiction
10. Poor Things

The nominees: The Creator Maestro Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part I Oppenheimer The Zone of Interest Movies not nominated for Best Picture have won Sound awards, but A) not since the category merge (which is a small sample, but still), and B) only once since the Best Picture expansion, whe...

But what if ASC follows its British cousins and goes for Poor Things? It's not as if the film isn't stunningly photographed -- I'd put the lighting of the skies in Lisbon up against any image in Oppenheimer . I would argue that is more (or as much) a function of the visual effects than the cinemato...

But what if ASC follows its British cousins and goes for Poor Things? It's not as if the film isn't stunningly photographed -- I'd put the lighting of the skies in Lisbon up against any image in Oppenheimer . I would argue that is more (or as much) a function of the visual effects than the cinemato...

I knew very early that the race was going in a different direction, but I hate that Jack Fisk is probably headed for a fourth-place finish for Killers of the Flower Moon . He doesn't work a ton, and is getting up there in age, so this could be his last real shot at winning, and it is incredibly good...

Not a lot to talk about it in terms of who will win; I have lots of questions as to why and how Randolph became the only choice. The movie doesn't know what to do with her, and I think that comes through a bit in her performance. I'm happy for her, and won't be mad at her win though. I guess I would...

Gladstone - Lead Foster - Support Gosling - Lead Gladstone could go either way; I think there is an argument for Support, as the film by design centers the criminals (essentially pointing the finger at the predominantly-white audience members), but she has a point-of-view, she is a window to the nat...