Top 10:
1. Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
2. Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
3. Emma Stone, The Favourite
4. Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
5. Rooney Mara, Carol
6. Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
7. Naomie Harris, Moonlight
8. Marina de Tavira, Roma
9. Nicole Kidman, Lion
10. June Squibb, Nebraska

Bottom 5 we could have done…[Read more]

Top 10:
1. Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
2. Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
3. Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
4. Viola Davis, The Help
5. Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
6. Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
7. Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
8. Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
9. Reese Witherspoon, Wild
10. Sandra Bullock, Gravity

Bottom 5 we could have done…[Read more]

Watching:
– Mad Men (S1)

Since last posting I have finished:
– The Undoing
– We Are Who We Are
– The Mandalorian (S2)
– The Crown (S4)
– The Act
– I May Destroy You

My Top 10 of 2020 (listed in alphabetical order).

Better Call Saul (S5)
The Crown (S4)
The Good Fight (S4)
Homeland (S8)
I May Destroy You
The Mandalorian (S2)
Ozark (S3)
The Queen’s Gambit
Schitt’s Creek (S6)
We Are Who We Are

Was lucky enough to catch Sound of Metal in the cinemas yesterday. Riz Ahmed is beautiful – conveys so much emotion using his eyes and body language. Has your classic break down Oscar bait scenes too!
He is absolutely in contention
Out of the performances I have seen to date I would place him alongside Delroy Lindo and ahead of Gary Oldman…[Read more]

I would be very interested in being a part of this! I have been following the Gold Derby forums since 2011 and keenly watch the Emmy and Oscar races. Let me know if you would like to see something written up

Watching:
– The Crown S4
– We Are Who We Are
– The Undoing
– The Act

Just Finished
– The Queens Gambit
– The Good Fight S4
– The Boys S2
– Carnivale S2

Absolutely devastated HBO cancelled Carnivale back in 2005! That is a story and mythology I need to see in it imagined entirety – a show well before it’s time. I had been putting watching it…[Read more]

Show
2020: Better Call Saul S5
2019: Fleabag S2
2018: The Americans S6
2017: The Leftovers S3
2016: Game of Thrones S6
2015: The Leftovers S2
2014: Game of Thrones S4
2013: Breaking Bad S5B
2012: Breaking Bad S5A
2011: Homeland S1
2010: Lost S6

Episode
2020: Bagman, Better Call Saul
2019: A God Walks into Abar, Watchmen
2018: START, The…[Read more]

Just finished “The Gang Goes to War”. I’m not sure why but TGF was super delayed here in Australia and they still proceeded with weekly releases!!

Another high caliber season. “The Gang Deals with Alternate Reality” should have been nominated for the drama writing Emmy!
I’ll a little bummed knowing that Jumbo and Lindo did not get their…[Read more]

Watching

Carnivale (S2)
The Good Fight (S4)
The Boys (S2)
The Undoing
The Queen’s Gambit

Recently Finished

Schitts Creek (S1-6)
The X-Files (S5)

From when I started watching series:

2004: The Sopranos (S4)
2005: Lost (S1)
2006: 24 (S5)
2007: The Sopranos (6b)
2008: Mad Men (S1)
2009: Mad Men (S2)

2010: Modern Family (Season 1)
2011: Modern Family (Season 2)
2012: Homeland (Season 1)
2013: Breaking Bad (S5a))
2014: Breaking Bad (S5b)
2015: Veep (S4)
2016: Game of Thrones (S6)
2017: The…[Read more]

Trial of the Chicago 7 was released in select cinemas here in Australia

This is being filmed on my grandparents property! Lot’s of trucks and film crew there this morning

I also had no problem with Tenet’s sound. I thought the balance of dialogue, score and sound effects were seamless and fitting to Nolan’s vision. Tenet WILL deserving win Best Sound and I confidently say this without having seen Dune).

Tenet is a Christopher Nolan screenplay which in the past have been highly conceptual and cerebral. They…[Read more]

My vote is for two The Favourite actresses.

The Irishman and Almost Famous pair runner ups!

This really makes me want to be involved in the behind the scene action!

2014 Ceremony

Picture: 12 Years A Slave
Director: Gravity
Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Actress: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Original Screenplay: Her
Adapted Screenplay: Before Midnight
Animated Feature: The Wind…[Read more]

2015 Ceremony

Picture: Whiplash
Director: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Actor: Michael Keating, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Actress: Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Supporting Actor: Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
Supporting Actress: Laura Dern, Wild
Original Screenplay: Nightcrawler
Adapted Screenplay: The Imitation Game
Animated Feature:…[Read more]

Disclaimer for those who think scenes in Tenet were inaudible.
There are scenes that are meant to be occurring in reverse time. Therefore, in these instances, the dialogue is backwards. You are not meant to be unable to understand these lines. It’s all part of Nolan’s concept… (many of these scenes have actually already occurred or will occur…[Read more]

Let’s start the week with 2016 ceremony

Picture: Mad Max: Fury Road
Director: Alejandro G. Inarritu, The Revenant
Actor: Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Actress: Brie Larson, Room
Supporting Actor: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Supporting Actress: Rooney Mara, Carol
Original Screenplay: Inside Out
Adapted Screenplay: Brooklyn
Animated…[Read more]