Movies like The Post and Spotlight to me were very tense and exciting. It can be tough to show research and interviews in the same thrilling way as a car chase or a bear attack. But I loved both movies and I’m very thrilled Spotlight won best picture (I didn’t care for The Revenant). I actually though Rachael was did a great job showing care and…[Read more]

This is one where I believe she was a very strong 2nd place. I think her next best chance was I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing. Stephen Schwartz had already won for Pocahontas and Aerosmith’s version was HUGE

Not plagiarize, recapping 😉

I think it’s tough to call some of the more recent winners controversial, yet. I think the historical ones that stick out are the ones that have fans and critics looking back and asking why more for who lost than who won. Many of these wins have already been discussed in this thread, such as:

1950 – Judy Holliday over 2 of the most iconic…[Read more]

Unfortunately for Diane Warren, she either has a memorable song up against a juggernaut, or a middling song/film on more open years. Here are her nominations and the winners:

1987 – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now – Mannequin (winner: The Time of My Life – Dirty Dancing)

1996 – Because You Loved Me – Up Close and Personal (winner: You Must Love Me…[Read more]

I think what people are overlooking with the Rocketman nom is not that it’d be an Elton win, but it’d be a Bernie Taupin win. All of Elton’s big wins haven’t been for writing with Bernie. His Grammys are performance except for Aida’s musical show award, his Oscar and Tony are with Tim Rice. Elton winning with Bernie would be a great story,…[Read more]

Here’s my opinion on likelihood of winning:
1. Editing
2. Adapted Screenplay
3. Director
4. Picture
5. Supporting Actor
6. Visual Effects
7. Supporting Actor
8. Cinematography
9. Production Design
10. Costume Design

Outside of last year, this is the other more recent year that I was looking at. Nothing I really rallied behind, although I did love Hugo more than most did.

I don’t count suspense/thriller the same as horror. Horror usually (not always) has some sort of supernatural element to it that a regular thriller doesn’t. But of horror, The Exorcist would have been most likely followed by Get Out. Rosemary’s Baby would have made it in an expanded lineup. Scream would have been a great screenplay nominee. It…[Read more]

Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voigt for the 50th anniversary of Midnight Cowboy winning best picture. Or Maggie Smith & Goldie Hawn for the 50th anniversary of their Oscar wins, well, Maggie’s first.

Or Tom Hanks and Sally Field for the 25th anniversary of Forrest Gump’s wins.

Yep, that was the only year. Holly Hunter wasn’t as much of a guaranteed nominee for The Firm as Thompson was for Name I don’t think, since The Firm didn’t make any awards traction and Hunter had a big year with the HBO cheerleader mom movie.

I think you are correct. Streep was such a clear favorite for Sophie’s Choice, but Lange was so good in Frances, I think it was a case where having double nominations helped her (even though I preferred Garr). Weaver could have been too much to choose from. I don’t think she was a threat for Best Actress, but some vote splitting could have…[Read more]

I took a peek and the last double non-winner was Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth: The Golden Age and I’m Not There and that was 12 years ago. That was also the last double nom overall, winner or not. Only 4 performers have gone home empty handed on Oscar night: Sigourney Weaver, Emma Thompson, Julianne Moore, and Cate Blanchett. I think only Weaver…[Read more]

Boo:
No Lupita for a great performance
No Taron Egerton
No Rocketman in Costume/Sound/etc. I blame Bore-hemian Rhapsody

Yea:
Parasite love
Tom Hanks’ first nom in almost 20 years

Gotta:
Finally catch up on movies now that I’m not traveling for work all the time

Surprises:
No Lopez is a bit of a surprise

Still don’t get:
Marriage Story love

Yea Bong Joon-Ho!! I loooooooooved Parasite so much. I also can’t wait to see 1917.

Has Renee’s accent always been this thick? I don’t remember it being that thick in the early 2000s. I think it’s utterly charming.

Bradley Whitford’s comment about Michelle not being there, I died I died. It was wrong but dang I laughed. Is that wrong? haha

I must say I agree with you. I don’t get the love for him either. Glad that I’m not the only one who feels that way.

I liked the dress and loved the blue. The really puke colored dress I thought was Gwyneth’s. I also wonder if half of Charlize’s dress got caught in the limo door and she thought, screw it I’ll go with it like it is. That was brave of her to overcome like that.

Let me start by saying I love Laura Dern. Let me conclude by saying I didn’t like Marriage Story and I don’t get the love for this performance. I need to see the other performances to see how they stack up.