A Beautiful Day In the Neighborhood: Children on the subway break out into the Mr. Rogers theme song/ Mr. Rogers surprisingly shows up at a dying man’s house

For Sama: Watching a dead baby be brought back to life as doctors vigorously shake it and slap its back

The Irishman: Al Pacino’ final moments

John Wick 3: Knife fight in the antique…[Read more]

1) Pulp Fiction
2) Inglorious Basterds
3) Kill Bill Volume 1
4) Django Unchained
5) Jackie Brown
6) Reservoir Dogs
7) Kill Bill Volume 2
8) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
9) The Hateful Eight

For Sama A

Oh, it is stacked. I spent the last two weekends catching up on my doc viewing (“The Great Hack”, “One Child Nation”, “Knock Down the House”, etc.) and the only doc I had seen at that point made it into the Oscar race was “American Factory”. After seeing “For Sama” I am up to two Oscar nominees.

On your recommendation I watched this last night on YouTube and it was as good as you said.

It is not very long and widely available so I would highly recommend it for some last minute Goldderby Award viewing.

Adele Exarchopoulos- “Blue is the Warmest Color”
Armie Hammer- “Call Me By Your Name”
Ashton Sanders- “Moonlight”
Awkwafina- “The Farewell”
Benicio Del Toro- “Sicario”
Bill Murray- “Rushmore”
Brad Pitt- “The Tree of Life”
Carey Mulligan- “Shame”
Charlize Theron- “Young Adult”
Charlotte Rampling- “Under the Sand”
Colin Farrell- “The Beguiled”
Jake…[Read more]

Gwyneth Paltrow- “Shakespeare in Love”
Denzel Washington- “Training Day”
Jack Lemmon- “Save the Tiger”
Hilary Swank- “Million Dollar Baby”
Morgan Freeman- “Million Dollar”
“Chariots of Fire”- best picture
“How Green Was My Valley”- best picture (Yes, I think “Citizen Kane” is better and yet this is still one of the best film to even win best…[Read more]

The Art of Self Defense B
Brittany Runs a Marathon B
The Dead Don’t Die C
High Life B

Since there are so many films ahead of “Little Women” in likelihood of taking best picture my top priority is that Greta Gerwig win best adapted screenplay.

Also, even though I think Joaquin Phoenix is far ahead for best actor I really want Adam Driver to win best actor as I believe he is the most exciting actor working right now.

BEST PICTURE: Little Women
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Florence Pugh – Little Women
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood
INTERNATIONAL FILM: Parasite
ORIGINAL SONG: (I’m Gonna) Love Me Again – Rocketman
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: Toy Story 4
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Little Women
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Marriag…[Read more]

The Great Hack A-

Even being in two different categories can lead to vote splitting but it far more often leads to winning in at least one. Examples would include Holly Hunter, Jamie Foxx, Teresa Wright, Fay Bainter, Jessica Lange, Al Pacino, Barry Fitzgerald (nominated in both supporting and lead for the same film), etc.

1) Little Women
2) Marriage Story
3) Jojo Rabbit
4) Parasite
5) 1917
6) Ford vs Ferrari
7) Joker
8) The Irishman
9) Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

So SAG voters are not also Renee Zellweger’s peers? Or Charlize Theron’s peers? Or any actress, actually?

1917 A
American Factory A
Knock Down the House A-
Linda Rondstadt: The Sound of My Voice B-
One Child Nation B+

My top wish would be “Little Women” making it into the best picture race, and I am taking a bonus wish that Florence Pugh gets nominated for the film.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
I Lost My Body
The Souvenir
The Two Popes
Us (falls aparts the more you think about it)
The Irishman (I like it but it takes a long time to get going and it is far from Robert DeNiro’s best work)

And even though I loved “Marriage Story” I did not feel Laura Dern was the highlight of the film and find her performance…[Read more]

Alita: Battle Angel B-
Annabelle Comes Home C+
A Dog’s Journey C-
Fighting with My Family B+
Five Feet Apart C+
Hellboy C-
The Kid Who Would Be King A-
Ma C
The Secret Life of Pets 2 B-
Under the Silver Lake B

The Souvenir C+
Apollo 11 A-

The Perfection C+