WOWOWOWOW!!! Congrats to Parasite. It was my favorite film of 2019 so I’m thrilled for it.

When did Anna Paquin lose her accent?

Life Achievement time, aka time for me to check in on the Australian Open. Nothing against De Niro, but these things do kinda bore me, although Tom Hanks’ speech at the Globes was perfection. De Niro, just doesn’t seem as, well, effusive as Hanks.

I like the heck out of Laura Dern. She seems like a great person and I know she’s a great actress. I hated Marriage Story and her role in it was nothing. So, in my mind, her win is for Little Women. It had more impact and Oscar worthy moments than Renata or whatever her lawyer in MS is named. I really do love her and wouldn’t have minded her…[Read more]

See Taron present made me still bummed that he wasn’t nominated. I would have nominated him definitely over Leo. Glad to see the Parasite cast up there, one of my favorite movies of the past few years. Happy for Brad Pitt, he was excellent in Once Upon… Al Pacino needs to stop looking like Phil Spector before someone…let’s leave it there. You…[Read more]

Yea for Maisel! Their acting ensemble is truly spectacular.

Millie Bobbie Brown is a super talented and lovely young lady. Her stylist has her looking like Mandy Moore’s older sister.

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]