I saw it twice already. Entertainting and smart. Really great. I would not call it the best movie of the year becuase i think Portrait of Lady on fire and Ad Astra are even better, masterpieces for me, but that’s not a knock towards Parasite which i still love it and will see third time soon.

Banderas performance is great but no easy one to get. You need certain level of film knowledge to fully appreciate it. People who watch movies few times a year might think “he is doing nothing”. but thats not the case.

Phoenix should and imo will be nominated. It’s very good and showy performance but i don’t think he will beat Driver. Joker has 58 on Metacritic and it’s hard to find precedence for such win. While people seems to really like the movie, its not a crowdpleaser like Bohemian Rhapsody. instead it’s pretty dark, grim film which AMPAS almost never…[Read more]

Dafoe is wishful thinking.

Why so many people are predicting Bening lol. Report wont get other noms. She is this year Melissa Leo.

Unbelievable acclaim for Irishman. 93 MC. This is nearly Marriage Story territory

Why people are so high on Brown? his movie wont get other nominations and its hard to be lone nominee in supporting categories. you have to have film in best picture usually. Unless you are legendary actor

Pitt (3 time nominee)
Hanks (2 time oscar winner)
Hopkins (oscar winner)
Pacino (oscar winner)
Foxx (oscar winner)
Pesci (oscar winner)
Dafoe (4 time nominee)
Alda (1 time nominee)
Lithgow (2 time nominee)

Can we talk about how legendary this field is?

Btw i don’t think De Niro will be even in contention. The performance is apparently very quiet, subde As is the film (which you can sense from the trailer anyway) Pacino might be the standout.

I can see you are not really following reviews, buzz from festivals. Hanks has very supporting role, there is no discussion at all. Its Matthew Rhys story.

Same with Two Popes. Pryce will be lead and Hopkins supporting. I think the only questions is Ford vs Ferrari where apparently both Bale and Damona are lead and its hard to imagine any of…[Read more]

Hustlers is probably the safest SAG Ensemble prediction. Big box office hit, female/diverse big cast, early release. Fits the mold of many past nominees like Crazy Rich Asians, Big Sick, Bridesmaids etc.

Erivo is in. Relax. She is playing Harriet Tubman. Film would have to be disaster (and its not) for her to not get in for such baity part in this weak field.

Add Felicity Jones (The Aeronauts) to this list. Movie is apparently meh but she has strong reviews. Won’t happen likely happen but she is in TOP9.

But yeah the category is weak. After those 9 i don’t know if anybody has any chance. I mean maybe Jodie Turner Smith will surprises in Queen and Slim.

Portman, Stewart, Blanchett, Moore, Thompson…[Read more]

Duh. Everybody knew this would flop. Not surprised at all. Only people who dont really follow the oscars were predicting it.

McKenzie will be big supporting contender for this. heard she is MVP of the movie and we got sneak peak of her emotional role in the trailer. Scarlet apparently has small part in the movie.

The Two Popes sounds like this years Green Book in the oscar year Ugh. Could very well get into BP and acting. Its been rvaed from Telluride and can win TIFF audience award. its apparentyl crowdpleaser.

Tonight we will get reviews for Aeronauts and you will see why i think its major contender

I heard Aeronauts is pretty great so i wouldnt pay too much attention to trailer. Reviews tomorrow from Telluride

The Irishman will be 210 minutes long. Longest Scorsese film. it confirms the rumors that its gonna be slow, meditative and probably something closer to Silence than Goodfellas. could be too inaccesible. im more more doubting this hits Best Picture nom. https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2019/films/the-irishman/