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Sabin wrote:
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Tee is absolutely correct. You have to have more disposable income than most of us have to keep up with all the disparate venues.
Just ask a friend or someone in your family to give you their account password. It's literally fine. Everybody does it. I cannot stress enough: somebody has one. I haven't seen The Morning Show but Ted Lasso is charming.
Again, I have no idea what Apple TV is, but I assume it has something to do with Apple products, none of which I own, nor do any of my family members.
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Mister Tee wrote
I know I said this in some form before, but, looking over these lists, to be Oscar-literate this year, you need to be subscribed (at least temporarily) to Netflix/hulu/Amazon Prime/HBO MAX (for Warner Brothers films)/Disney+/AppleTV, plus shell out $20 a pop for pay-per-view on films like News of the World and Promising Young Woman. Who has that kind of disposable income?
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Tee is absolutely correct. You have to have more disposable income than most of us have to keep up with all the disparate venues.
Just ask a friend or someone in your family to give you their account password. It's literally fine. Everybody does it. I cannot stress enough: somebody has one. I haven't seen The Morning Show but Ted Lasso is charming.
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A lot of people probably have a free Apple TV+ subscription without knowing. After my seven year-old MacBook got too slow about 18 months ago, I got a new one, and found out that I had a free year of Apple TV+ at launch. Then the free year somehow got extended to February of this year, and when I bought an iPad for work purposes last month, I found out that my free subscription had been extended through July. For awhile they were giving free subscriptions to everyone who bought certain Apple products. I bet very few people are actually paying for that subscription.

All that said, I hardly ever think to watch anything on it. I don't think I've watched anything since Boys State back in August. (Which was good.) They have very little original content, and as part of their business model, they do not get temporary streaming rights to other content.
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Yes, Sabin, I've heard of those two shows, but have no interest in them.

Tee is absolutely correct. You have to have more disposable income than most of us have to keep up with all the disparate venues.

I have Amazon Prime for other reasons than their video streaming. I have HBO as part of my Xfinity (formerly Comcast) TV service so as long as they don't charge extra for HBO Max, I have that.

I resisted Netflix for years, finally reluctantly gave in last year.

I reluctantly recently added Hulu because it only cost $5-6 per month for the vanilla version. New films come ad free, but you have to pay extra for older programming if you want to watch it ad free.

I also have Peacock because it comes free, but gave up on it after one try. It has more commercials than regular TV!

I paid $21with for Promising Young Woman on pay-per-view - I refuse to pay that for News of the World or any other recent release. I will buy it on Blu-ray when it's released in March for a dollar or two more but have it for repeated viewing assuming I like it. If not, I'll get some satisfaction out of putting it through the shredder.
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Sabin wrote:
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And I'm sorry, I don't even know what Apple TV is much less care about something you can only see on there.
It's like Netflix. They have The Morning Show and Ted Lasso. Have you really not heard of either show?
I've heard of The Morning Show, but I can't conceive of spending X dollars a month just to watch it. Of course, I don't like television in general. I like things that have closure; I don't want to have to come back indefinitely. Hell, I just went through Unorthodox, and was half-bothered I had to watch four episodes, rather than a single sitting.

I know I said this in some form before, but, looking over these lists, to be Oscar-literate this year, you need to be subscribed (at least temporarily) to Netflix/hulu/Amazon Prime/HBO MAX (for Warner Brothers films)/Disney+/AppleTV, plus shell out $20 a pop for pay-per-view on films like News of the World and Promising Young Woman. Who has that kind of disposable income?
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Big Magilla wrote
And I'm sorry, I don't even know what Apple TV is much less care about something you can only see on there.
It's like Netflix. They have The Morning Show and Ted Lasso. Have you really not heard of either show?
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How can these even be considered nominations when all they are are long lists of contenders? The BAFTA long list was better considered.

Ben Affleck? Zendaya? And I'm sorry, I don't even know what Apple TV is much less care about something you can only see on there.
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Or, as BJ (still miss you, guy) would have said, the Broadcast Film Critics release their list of Oscar predictions.
I'll second the above.

They usually go about 4/5 in every category. Sometimes they get all of them.

I guess The Father is the big loser with four nominations for Best Actor, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, and Film Editing but not Best Picture. Also, the Da 5 Bloods writers who couldn't get a Best Original Screenplay nomination over Eliza Hittman for Never Rarely Sometimes Always.

I would say the big winner here is probably Minari. Ten nominations is a lot. But also News of the World, which has largely been sitting this season out, picked up nominations for Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Production Design, and Original Score. As well as Paul Raci and Ellen Burstyn picking up their first precursors as well.

I'll throw one more winner out: Zendaya. Best Actress this year seems to have three solid projections: Viola Davis, Vanessa Kirby, Frances McDormand, and Carey Mulligan. Both are SAG, Globe, and now Critic's Choice nominees. They're in. Who's left? The Globes nominated Andra Day for Drama and Maria Bakalova for Comedy. It's hard to make the case for anyone who is about to lose to Maria Bakalova. SAG nominated Amy Adams, a performance nobody liked in a film that got a lot of hate. Critics have championed Sidney Flanigan for Never Rarely Sometimes Always. Of these films and performances, Andra Day would seem to make the most sense except her film hasn't come out yet so it's a great, big unknown. Malcolm and Marie may be a room splitter (reviews are mixed and getting worse) but Zendaya seems to have escaped the hatred, and she's on a roll. If everyone who likes that film votes for her, she could end up as the fifth nominee. I think it's pretty unlikely, but she was a long shot before this past year, and ended up getting a nomination and more.

I'd include Ben Affleck as a winner, but his odds are longer.
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Or, as BJ (still miss you, guy) would have said, the Broadcast Film Critics release their list of Oscar predictions.

And who was the bozo who posted this last week?: "The Broadcasters are going to have to expand acting categories 7 or 8 wide to be sure every possibility's covered."
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The nominees have been announced:

BEST PICTURE
Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
Mank (Netflix)
Minari (A24)
News of the World (Universal Pictures)
Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

BEST ACTOR
Ben Affleck – The Way Back (Warner Bros.)
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
Tom Hanks – News of the World (Universal Pictures)
Anthony Hopkins – The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
Gary Oldman – Mank (Netflix)
Steven Yeun – Minari (A24)

BEST ACTRESS
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu)
Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features)
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman (Netflix)
Frances McDormand – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
Zendaya – Malcolm & Marie (Netflix)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)
Bill Murray – On the Rocks (A24/Apple TV+)
Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Amazon Studios)
Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman (Netflix)
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy (Netflix)
Olivia Colman – The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
Amanda Seyfried – Mank (Netflix)
Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari (A24)

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Ryder Allen – Palmer (Apple TV+)
Ibrahima Gueye – The Life Ahead (Netflix)
Alan Kim – Minari (A24)
Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features)
Caoilinn Springall – The Midnight Sky (Netflix)
Helena Zengel – News of the World (Universal Pictures)

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
Minari (A24)
One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

BEST DIRECTOR
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari (A24)
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
David Fincher – Mank (Netflix)
Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
Regina King – One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari (A24)
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
Jack Fincher – Mank (Netflix)
Eliza Hittman – Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features)
Darius Marder & Abraham Marder – Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Paul Greengrass & Luke Davies – News of the World (Universal Pictures)
Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller – The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
Kemp Powers – One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt – First Cow (A24)
Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Christopher Blauvelt – First Cow (A24)
Erik Messerschmidt – Mank (Netflix)
Lachlan Milne – Minari (A24)
Joshua James Richards – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
Newton Thomas Sigel – Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
Hoyte Van Hoytema – Tenet (Warner Bros.)
Dariusz Wolski – News of the World (Universal Pictures)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Cristina Casali, Charlotte Dirickx – The Personal History of David Copperfield (Searchlight Pictures)
David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan – News of the World (Universal Pictures)
Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas – Tenet (Warner Bros.)
Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale – Mank (Netflix)
Kave Quinn, Stella Fox – Emma (Focus Features)
Mark Ricker, Karen O’Hara & Diana Stoughton – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)

BEST EDITING
Alan Baumgarten – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
Kirk Baxter – Mank (Netflix)
Jennifer Lame – Tenet (Warner Bros.)
Yorgos Lamprinos – The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
Mikkel E. G. Nielsen – Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Alexandra Byrne – Emma (Focus Features)
Bina Daigeler – Mulan (Disney)
Suzie Harman & Robert Worley – The Personal History of David Copperfield (Searchlight Pictures)
Ann Roth – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
Nancy Steiner – Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
Trish Summerville – Mank (Netflix)

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Emma (Focus Features)
Hillbilly Elegy (Netflix)
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
Mank (Netflix)
Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Greyhound (Apple TV+)
The Invisible Man (Universal Pictures)
Mank (Netflix)
The Midnight Sky (Netflix)
Mulan (Disney)
Tenet (Warner Bros.)
Wonder Woman 1984 (Warner Bros.)

BEST COMEDY
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Amazon Studios)
The Forty-Year-Old Version (Netflix)
The King of Staten Island (Universal Pictures)
On the Rocks (A24/Apple TV+)
Palm Springs (Hulu and NEON)
The Prom (Netflix)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Another Round (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Collective (Magnolia Pictures)
La Llorona (Shudder)
The Life Ahead (Netflix)
Minari (A24)
Two of Us (Magnolia Pictures)

BEST SONG
“Everybody Cries” – The Outpost (Screen Media Films)
“Fight for You” – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)
“Husavik (My Home Town)” – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (Netflix)
“Io sì (Seen)” – The Life Ahead (Netflix)
“Speak Now” – One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
“Tigress & Tweed” – The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu)

BEST SCORE
Alexandre Desplat – The Midnight Sky (Netflix)
Ludwig Göransson – Tenet (Warner Bros.)
James Newton Howard – News of the World (Universal Pictures)
Emile Mosseri – Minari (A24)
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Mank (Netflix)
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste – Soul (Disney)
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