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Barely a post, but I spoke with my film critic buddy who has largely the same issues with The Holdovers that I do (he wanted something a little more schematic & less shambling) but he thinks voters are going to go for it and it's a minor threat to win. He reminded me of a major blind spot that ...

Sabin wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 5:42 pm He's fine. Keep him. I think people are going to watch the show this year and I think he'd be a good fit for Barbenheimer.

I've never really thought about the host in context of the year's films, but that's an interesting observation.

This is the best time of the year – where almost anything seems possible. Sabin, I actually have the opposite thought – we could have a year that we haven’t had since 1989 where the NBR/NY/LA/Nat. best picture and director goes to four different films. If you asked me to bet, I can see Poor Things, ...

Okri wrote Honestly, I started typing the post before I saw the movie. I'm not predicting Giamatti, but I think the film is probably ensconced in the top five. Oh interesting. We're far out from the precursor awards but watching the film I did find myself thinking that while this is a very showy ro...

I haven't seen The Zone of Interest but I agree with you on Anatomy of a Fall. I would be far more bullish on it if.... y'know, it wasn't a legal drama executed with zest. I'm not the biggest Drive my Car fan but it's a far fuller meal. .... I think Past Lives gets in due to the strength of its box...

Yeah, I think I liked it slightly more than you, but a good snack with some good weed is about right. I'm just glad Fassbender is back on screen, to be honest.

Honestly, I started typing the post before I saw the movie. I'm not predicting Giamatti, but I think the film is probably ensconced in the top five.

For the sake of argument, I'll agree with your top five, Sabin, though I'm a little curious about The Holdovers. Let's pair up the ten you mention (and I do think that the remaining five will come from those ten) The Cannes Duo: Because the Neon and A24 purchased Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of In...

Post-Election, I've not really embraced a Payne movie. And I didn't really embrace this one. I found some of the sentimental stuff a little desperate if not outright phony. In general, I found the early school stuff playing like a cynical Dead Poets Society. Some great lines sprinkled throughout, bu...

Fuck. Just... fucking hell.

flipp525 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 11:44 am

“Casually chilling” is the exact way I described DeNiro’s performance in my initial review last Wednesday. Lol.

Yeah, I definitely filched that.

There's a little bit of talk going around about how the "birth of the FBI" angle was minimized in the film. Did you find the movie that we ended up with lacking in any way? Or needing something like that? Refresh my memory, how did you feel about Scorsese's last handful of projects and ho...

Given that Spielberg was strong enough to get a directing nomination, I find it interesting you think the film might have been omitted under 5. That said, outside of Power of the Dog all the films in 2021's best picture line-up feel like they could be omitted with only five best picture nominees. I ...

Yeah, TGIF was big for me. Basically, anyone on "Boy Meets World," "Step by Step" and "Family Matters" were huge parts of my childhood.