Ranking Best Pictures of the 21st Century (2000 – Present)

18. Argo
17.Gladiator
16.Crash
15.Million Dollar Baby
14.Slumdog Millionaire
13.A Beautiful Mind
12.The Artist
11.The Departed
10.The Shape of Water
9. Spotlight
8. Chicago
7. Birdman
6. 12 Years a Slave
5. The King’s Speech
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
3. No Country…[Read more]

Right now, Lead Actress in a play is a close tie b/t Elaine May (The Waverly Gallery) and Janet McTeer (Bernhardt/Hamlet). Both stellar productions. I’d also like to see nomination for Lucas Hedges for The Waverly Gallery, and a slew of nominations for the brilliant The Ferryman!

I’d also watch out for Janet McTeer in Best Lead Actress in a play as well. Regardless what you think of the show (I think it’s brilliant), Bernhardt/Hamlet provides her an excellent showcase for one hell of a performance. It feels so lived in.

Was Ron Cephas Jones actually in his submitted episode aside from the voice-over poem recital?

+ 5 Emma Stone (La La Land)
– 5 Robert Duvall (The Judge)

Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine (41)

Isabelle Huppert, Elle (35)
Natalie Portman,Black Swan (35)

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant (34)

Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables (32)
Naomi Watts, The Impossible (32)

Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge (31)
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln (31)

Jessica Chastain,…[Read more]

People who don’t care about the Oscars care too much about their favorite films not winning Oscars. As if earning millions or billions of dollars was not enough. Makes no sense. They already achieved their goal. Smaller films need platforms like the Oscars to get more attention to make more money. It’s important to preserve originality in cinema…[Read more]

Best Lead Actor
1. Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs
2. Robert De Niro, Raging Bull
3. Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
4. Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
5. Frederic March, The Best Years of Our Lives
6. Marlon Brando, The Godfather
7. Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird
8. George C. Scott, Patton
9. Tom Hanks, Philadelphia
10.…[Read more]

Some that stand out to me:

Robert Duvall (The Judge)
Brenda Vaccarro (Once Is Not Enough)
Margaret Rutherford (The V.I.P.s)
Elizabeth Taylor (Butterfield 8)
Christopher Plummer (All the Money in the World)
J Law (American Hustle, Joy)
Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)
Get Out
Lady Bird

2013

Best Actor – Joaquin Phoenix, Her
Best Actress – Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Best Supp Actor – Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Best Supp Actress – Sally Jenkins, Blue Jasmine

1-Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine
2-Sandra Bullock in Gravity
3-Judi Dench in Philomena
4-Amy Adams in American Hustle
5-Meryl Streep in August: Osage County

Mieko Harada, Ran
** Kelly McGillis, Witness
Ann Wedgeworth, Sweet Dreams
Oprah Winfrey, The Color Purple
Chunchuna Villafañe, The Official Story

1930 – All Quiet on the Western Front
1931 – Cimarron
1932 – Grand Hotel
1933 – Little Women
1934 – The Thin Man
1935 – David Copperfield
1936 – Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1937 – A Star Is Born
1938 – The Adventures of Robin Hood
1939 – The Wizard of Oz
1940 – The Grapes of Wrath
1941 – Citizen Kane
1942 – Yankee Doodle Dandy
1943 – Casablanca
1944 -…[Read more]

1930s
Best Actor
Paul Muni, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Runner-Up: James Stewart, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Best Actress
Bette Davis, Of Human Bondage
Runner-Up: Norma Shearer, Romeo and Juliet

1940s
Best Actor
James Stewart, It’s a Wonderful Life
Runner-Up: Orson…[Read more]

This is one of the most negative, ego-centric threads I’ve ever seen on this site…as if one feels their opinion is the only logical one.

As long as there’s a message, who cares about the quality and talent?

Top 5 Winners:
1. Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire
2. Elizabeth Taylor, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
3. Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs
4. Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment
5. Jane Fonda, Klute

Bottom 5 Winners:
1. Elizabeth Taylor, Butterfield 8
2. Halle Berry, Monster’s Ball
3. Jessica Lange, Blue Sky
4. Glenda Jackson, A…[Read more]

Top 5 Winners:
1. Jane Darwell, The Grapes of Wrath
2. Tatum O’Neal, Paper Moon
3. Eva Marie Saint, On the Waterfront
4. Sandy Dennis, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
5. Mo’Nique, Precious

Bottom 5 Winners:
1. Margaret Rutherford, The V.I.P.s
2. Allison Janney, I, Tonya
3. Miyoshi Umeki, Sayonara
4. Shelley Winters, A Patch of Blue
5. Helen…[Read more]