Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

DUNE PART II Cast: Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Stellan Skarsgaard, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Lea Seydoux, Charlotte Rampling. Dir: Denis Villenueve. The continuation of the story of Paul Atreides and his rise to pow...

The nominees: Barbie Killers of the Flower Moon Napoleon Oppenheimer Poor Things I agree with people here that this is The Favourite v. Black Panther Part 2 when it comes to both design awards. Oppenheimer is firmly in third place. It could win if the Academy decides to give it everything. Killers a...

The nominees: Cord Jefferson, American Fiction Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer Tony McNamara, Poor Things Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest This is another contentious which I think is a genuine three-way race. Let's eliminate the ones with minimal chances: ...

I can now finally share my Best Picture ballot. Strong year. Numbers 1-6 are in my Top 10.

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

The nominees: The Creator Godzilla Minus One Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One Napoleon Ever since Dune Part II decided to move to 2024 and Oppenheimer failed to make the bake-off list, this category has become one of the most contentious and confusing of a...

AMERICAN FICTION Cast: Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, Issa Rae, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Tracee Ellis Ross, Adam Brody, Leslie Uggams. Dir: Cord Jefferson. An African-American writer is having getting his works published and decides to write a stereotypical "black" book then experi...

POOR THINGS Cast: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichael, Kathryn Hunter, Christopher Abbott, Hannah Schygulla, Suzy Bemba, Margaret Qualley. Dir: Yorgos Lanthimos A young woman who's been brought back to life by a deformed scientist through a brain transplant from h...

SUNCOAST Cast: Nico Parker, Laura Linney, Woody Harrelson, Matt Walsh. Dir: Laura Chinn. This is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama about a teenage girl befriending a right-to-life activist during the Terri Schiavo controversy and trying to have fun after helping to care for her terminally ...

Christopher Nolan has won DGA.

Celine Song wins First-Time Feature Director.

Finished this category as well. The ABC's of Book Banning - A group of children are interviewed and give their thoughts on the issue of banning certain books. This is what I call a "no shit, Sherlock" documentary, meaning if you already agree with the premise, it just reinforces it. But it...

MEAN GIRLS Cast: Angourie Rice, Renee Rapp, Auli'i Cravalho, Jaquel Spivey, Christopher Briney, Avantika, Bebe Wood, Jenna Fischer, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows. Dirs: Samantha Jayne & Arturo Perez Jr. This is the film version of the stage musical adaptation of the 2004 teen comedy where a homeschooled...

LISA FRANKENSTEIN Cast: Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse, Liza Soberano, Carla Gugino, Henry Eikenberry, Joe Chrest. Dir: Zelda Williams. A sullen teenage girl whose mother has been murdered gets obsessed with a dead musician in an abandoned cemetery then after lightning strikes, this dead musician come...

Here's my assessment of the live-action shorts: The After - David Oyelowo plays a man who becomes an Uber driver after an unspeakable tragedy happens to him. The main thing this film has it going for it is David Oyelowo's truly great performance. I don't know if this one works as a short, it feels l...

ORION AND THE DARK Cast: Jacob Tremblay, Paul Walter Hauser, Angela Bassett, Colin Hanks, Mia Akemi Brown, Natasia Demetriou, Nat Faxon, Ike Barinholtz, Carla Gugino, Werner Herzog (voices). Dir: Sean Charmatz A young boy who's afraid of most everything especially the dark is visited by the actual e...

PRISCILLA Cast: Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Dagmara Domińczyk, Ari Cohen. Dir: Sofia Coppola. Based on her memoirs, this film chronicles Priscilla Presley's relationship and marriage to Elvis Presley from the time she met him when she was 14 through their separation/divorce in the early '70s. This ...