It’s still the highest rated awards show and the highest rated non-sporting live show on TV.

Everything on TV has lower ratings now. I don’t know why the Oscars are the only ones who should change but they don’t say the same thing to the Grammys which have even LOWER ratings than the Oscars this year.

No. I will say it will become obsolete once the Oscar Best Picture nominee slate is averaging 50% non-English language films for a few years. Only then will I say, yeah, we can do away with the International Feature Film category now.

Why was DGA *and* PGA wrong this year? I think the more international Academy membership MAY have pushed Parasite over the edge. DGA and PGA are largely American.

Pretty sure it’s the In Memoriam. She has a couple of songs that would be appropriate.

I read an article that suggested Laurie could have been cast as a POC and not detract too much from the story since he was described in the book as having brown skin and is a bit of an outsider. Someone of part Latino or part-Asian ancestry could have played and they don’t have to change a thing.

Yes.

I think him and Lucas Hedges could do it. They only have four more years to do it though. Right behind them are Jacob Tremblay and Noah Jupe who have more time to be able to do it.

That was during a time when there’s a rule that only Academy members who have seen ALL the Foreign Film candidates in special, designated screenings can vote in the category. This rule has resulted in quite a number of upsets in this category. And again, a lot the members who have time to do this are usually old and white so they have a largely…[Read more]

I think if you HAVE to remake Parasite in America, race and racism should be layered into the story to justify the remake. One of these families should be cast with people of color.

Meryl Streep.

For those trying to predict this, out of nowhere surprise nominees are nominees little to no precursor support that pop up in the nominations list. They come in three forms that sometimes overlap:

1. COATTAIL NOMINEES – These are nominees from a Best Picture or a Best Acting front-runner that were brought along for the ride. These nominees make…[Read more]

Cynthia Erivo is British so her missing BAFTA isn’t a good sign for her Oscar nom.

John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch is one of the best, more awesome things on Netflix right now. If you haven’t seen it, you’re missing out. It definitely deserves all the Emmys: Pre-Taped Variety Special, Directing, Writing, at least two nominations in the Original Music & Lyrics category, Choreography and, I’m not kidding, Supporting Actor in…[Read more]

I’ve seen 15 of the entries (17 if you count the two films that were disqualified). The ones who will getting my top five vote would be:

1. South Korea
2. Brazil
3. Spain
4. Russia
5. Japan

My list:

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
CAROL
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
MOONLIGHT
THE HANDMAIDEN
A FANTASTIC WOMAN
THE FAVOURITE
THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY
STRANGER BY THE LAKE
BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR

The first ever Oscar nominated performance directed by a woman happened way back in 1930 when Ruth Chatterton got a Best Actress nomination for a film called Sarah and Son directed by Dorothy Arzner.

But there’s already another person that fits that profile: Taron Egerton.

The last time was Pan’s Labyrinth so it wasn’t THAT long ago.

My current predictions for Score:

Ford v. Ferrari
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
1917

“Three” (VFX, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing) is not “many”.