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by flipp525
Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:21 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: BAFTA Long Lists
Replies: 10
Views: 97416

Re: BAFTA Long Lists

You all know that I’ve been incessantly beating the drum on All of Us Strangers since November so I was very pleased by its showing today. I predicted that all four actors would be longlisted. Also psyched about the love for Saltburn which is hitting the zeitgeist right now and is on everyone’s lips...
by flipp525
Tue Dec 26, 2023 8:06 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Greater Western New York Film Critics Association
Replies: 2
Views: 6268

Re: Greater Western New York Film Critics Association

Fix your formatting, Reza.

Supporting Actress lineups with these regional awards seems the most fluid which makes me think (as I’ve thought all season) that there will be some shockers come nomination morning.
by flipp525
Mon Dec 25, 2023 6:18 pm
Forum: General Off-Topic
Topic: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Replies: 7
Views: 23374

Re: We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Happy Christmas from Hartwell House in Buckinghamshire! Having a very Gosford Park-esque Christmas this year.
by flipp525
Thu Dec 21, 2023 5:45 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: London Film Critics Circle
Replies: 2
Views: 6495

Re: London Film Critics Circle

Love the strong showing for the brilliant All of Us Strangers. And thank god someone finally fucking nominated Claire Foy! I bet these citations for the film repeat at BAFTA.
by flipp525
Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:23 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Let's Talk Best Supporting Actress
Replies: 21
Views: 53226

Re: Let's Talk Best Supporting Actress

I am so confused by the Erika Alexander talk for American Fiction . She’s always a likable presence and does nicely with the love interest role in the film, but there is nothing there for a nomination. Trust me. Tracie Ellis Ross does more in her much more limited screen time. I could even see a vet...
by flipp525
Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:13 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Let's Talk Best Supporting Actress
Replies: 21
Views: 53226

Re: Let's Talk Best Supporting Actress

I’m still honestly dumbfounded that Claire Foy has not made a foothold in this race for her superb performance in All of Us Strangers . It was so affecting and beyond anything I’ve seen her do before. I thought she was just perfect. She would be my number one if I had a ballot. Foy seems to be a per...
by flipp525
Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:23 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Replies: 19
Views: 36883

Re: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

I read something somewhere about Zone of Interest having won here to show support for Israel in the Israeli-Hamas War. I don't know where that is coming from. I haven't seen it, but descriptions of the film remind me of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008) with Asa Butterfield as the son of a newl...
by flipp525
Fri Dec 08, 2023 3:49 pm
Forum: 2023
Topic: American Fiction reviews
Replies: 4
Views: 6924

Re: American Fiction reviews

When American Fiction introduces the central problem of Theolonious “Monk” Ellison (Jeffrey Wright) during an early scene at Issa Rae’s character’s book reading, I knew that this film was going to be something special, smart, and fun. I had also just finished All of Us Strangers maybe only a half an...
by flipp525
Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:30 pm
Forum: The People
Topic: R.I.P. Terence Davies
Replies: 5
Views: 7631

Re: R.I.P. Terence Davies

Over 15 years ago, Terence Davies wanted to adapt one of my grad school mentor’s novels for film and had actually written a full screenplay for it. Mother of Sorrows by Richard McCann. Richard and Terence had been in conversation on and off for years about this project (Richard really wanted Paul Da...
by flipp525
Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:37 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Chicago Film Critics Association
Replies: 3
Views: 8676

Chicago Film Critics Association

Glad to see Andrew Scott make an appearance here. He’s my winner in that category by a country mile. Also, thrilled that Julianne Moore is starting to get citations. She is the best she’s been in years in May December. Ditto Natalie Portman who I think people have been sleeping on in Best Actress. N...
by flipp525
Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:50 am
Forum: 2023
Topic: The Zone of Interest reviews
Replies: 14
Views: 2430

Re: The Zone of Interest reviews

I recently read The Zone of Interest and will be very interested to see how this is translated to film. Intelligently written and rather unflinching, it’s told in the viewpoints of a highly connected SS officer, the commandant of the camp (Auschwitz) and a Jewish kapo who is in charge of figuring ou...
by flipp525
Wed Dec 06, 2023 12:05 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Last predictions before precursors
Replies: 18
Views: 9179

Re: Last predictions before precursors

Big Magilla wrote Who is Cece? The central character in The Color Purple is named Celie. Corrected was largely copy and pasting from text. flipp525 wrote My friend who saw The Color Purple last Tuesday night at the NYC screening (with the cast in attendance) said that all instances of rape and ince...
by flipp525
Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:10 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Last predictions before precursors
Replies: 18
Views: 9179

Re: Last predictions before precursors

My friend who saw The Color Purple last Tuesday night at the NYC screening (with the cast in attendance) said that all instances of rape and incest have been pretty much deleted from the storyline. Considering how much those crimes wreak havoc on the women in both the book and 1985 film (think Oprah...
by flipp525
Tue Dec 05, 2023 3:17 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Indie Spirit Nominations
Replies: 4
Views: 1419

Re: Indie Spirit Nominations

I really don’t understand the lumping together of male and female performances in separate lead and supporting rosters. It seems like a total overreaction to the “gender issue” yet deprives two additional actors of potential recognition. So it’s basically just dumb. That said, these are great nomina...
by flipp525
Sun Dec 03, 2023 1:07 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: 2023 Michigan Film Critics Guild Awards
Replies: 12
Views: 5496

Re: 2023 Michigan Film Critics Guild Awards

I love the Sterling K. Brown nomination. That category seems too crowded for him to make it in this year but he is hysterical in American Fiction and steals every scene he’s in.

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