Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Some musings instead of predictions a) I'm really gonna need BAFTA to go over the top for All of Us Strangers for me to continue predicting it outside of screenplay - though the Barbie news has me worried even there. Maybe throw the supporting categories out of kilter and nominate Foy, Bell AND Mesc...

Yeah, I liked it a lot. Fun to see with an audience - they clearly didn't know what to expect. I want to see it again to see if the post-wedding scenes really hold up [to my understanding, the only wholly invented section]. Lanthimos' Lisbon resembles Fassbinder's Brest, which I found delightful. An...

In case anyone's wondering what the hell "The Fire Inside" from Flamin' Hot is...yes, you knew deep down: it's Diane Warren! Apparently, these days, the Warren claque not only insists on nominating her, they choose the most obscure of her yearly credits. 80 for Brady was evidently too mai...

Phoenix Film Critics Society Winners: (Not to be confused with the Phoenix Critics Circle, below) ... this is ridiculous. 15 critics are in the Critics Circle, 23 are in the Film Critics Society (two are in both, for a total of 36 critics). Even my lovingly mocked Kansas City Film Critics Circle ha...

Hmmm... How I'd group them Tier 1: Randolph, Blunt I just can't imagine a scenario where either of them miss out. Randolph is obviously beginning to lap the field for a win. Tier 2: Brooks While we've spoken of The Colour Purple tripping up, I do think Brooks remains reasonably well positioned. Even...

Okri wrote a) Yeah, The Color Purple is dead. I think I was the most positive on its chances on the board, but if the organization that nominated Nine, The Greatest Showman, Into the Woods and many others couldn't find it a spot with six spots available... sheesh. I don't think it's dead for one re...

I don't have a lot to say about The Boy and the Heron. It was beautiful to watch (the fire sequences in particular have an expressiveness I rarely associate with anime). It reminded me of my favourite Miyazaki (Castle in the Sky). The dialogue for anime films is rarely strong but subtitles help miti...

Best Director Bradley Cooper, Maestro Celine Song, Past Lives Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer Greta Gerwig, Barbie Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things --- Other comments a) Yeah, The Color Purple is dead. I think I was the most positive on its chances on the boar...

a) I did not see Randolph as a steamroller coming, to be honest. I'm in the "I'll be fine with a nomination for her" in that it's always nice to see underheralded performers get them but I also have to say I don't find supporting actress all that interesting this year (though this is not h...

Honestly, I kinda like that about Boston if only to counter the samey-ness of having so many critics groups.

General thoughts a) Given the rave reviews, I really would've thought Poor Things would've performed a little better than it has. It's not that it's done badly, I guess - and the lack of runners-up at NY really twists the knife a little. I also wonder about All of Us Strangers in the same way. Thoug...

Mister Tee wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 3:03 pm Oh, and: just when we all came around to the idea NBR had a best film plus 10 more, they cut it back to winner + 9.

Which they didn't do for International or Documentary, just to be confusing.

https://www.playbill.com/article/actor-sheila-smith-dies-at-90 This tidbit from the obituary stood out for me. "In a particularly memorable chain of events, Follies director Hal Prince asked her to simultaneously stand by for Jane Russell as Joanne in Company during the run of Follies. One even...

A different type of category fraud: Sandra Huller for the breakthrough award. Even if the award is meant to include veteran artists breaking through to American consciousness, didn’t she do that big-time with Toni Erdmann about 7 years ago? Honestly, she was my personal best actress winner in 2006 ...

I feel like predicting The Iron Claw for best picture here just for shits and giggles. Either that or American Fiction.