Two-time Oscar winning producer Branko Lustig has died https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/branko-lustig-dead-schindlers-list-gladiator-producer-dies-at-87-1254800

It could easily be said that Avengers would have been a success without Scarlett, but The Blind Side and The Proposal marketing relied heavily on Sandra Bullock’s brand and her doing promo.

However, it’s not like Scarlett Johansson can’t carry a movie to success on her own. Lucy wasn’t a particularly good movie, but still pulled huge numbers…[Read more]

Avatar is a shit movie, but at that time it was groundbreaking in terms of sound and visuals and it brought back 3D from the dead. It has a big influence on big-budget cinema. Fury Road and Black Panther were also revolutionary in different ways.

Avengers movies, as entertaining as they are, aren’t innovative in terms of story telling, or…[Read more]

lol these Avengers people, I can’t

I agree that Hustlers is in contention, but I am reluctant to predict it because the Academy rarely respond well to movies about sexy women, or women comfortable with their sexuality, or women aware of their sexuality and utilizing it, especially if those women are portrayed in a positive light.

I personally don’t view Joker’s Venice win as an indicator for the Oscars, but as an indicator that it is viewed as a “serious” picture by other filmmakers, as opposed to other comic-book movies.

Eh, that’s not exactly true, her performance hasn’t got perfect reviews either.
But I agree that she is still definitely in the mix, because the is doing so well and because of who she is playing.

Wake up

At the moment I think it will be

1. Phoenix
2. Driver
3. De Niro
4. Murphy
5. Edgerton

6. Banderas
7. Pryce
8. DiCaprio

I know Banderas has a lot of passion behind him, but Murphy and Edgerton just seem more industry-friendly.
I admit that I haven’t seen Pain and Glory yet, but somehow Almodovar’s movies starring men are always weaker than…[Read more]

Yeah, I think Pryce misses out here. I haven’t seen The Irishman yet, but De Niro isn’t safe here either IMO.

SAG are going to go so hard for Dolemite, watch it get four nods here.

˄ She does have passionate fans in the actors and writers branches, but in directors branch, I dunno. LW just doesn’t seem like a movie that gets a director nod to me. Unless it’s really really good.

Fair enough, I haven’t seen MS, and I am avoiding reviews because I want to go into it with less info.
But those are GoldDerby odds. They are based on likelihood of getting nominated, not winning. Dicaprio’s odds are only slightly longer, even though we all know that in reality he is way behind the top two. Don’t take them too seriously.

Yeah, I just put back Erivo instead of Woodard in my SAG predictions. I still have Awkwafina and Ronan ahead of Erivo at the Oscars though, but I’m not sure anymore. Really didn’t expect Harriet to do so well.

Phoenix is justifiably the front-runner, he is the considered overdue and he is the favourite of the public.
I suppose there is a road for Eddie Murphy to win as well, he is likely to win the Comedy Globe, and SAG is a group that will appreciate him as well.
Then maybe Ian McKellen if his movie turns out to be really good.
And ofc,…[Read more]

At the risk of getting ridiculed, Imma say Downton Abbey.
I somehow have a feeling that it’s going to get SAG ensemble and PGA, and then sneak into Oscar lineup.

Oh come on, surely you see a pattern here. Critics and film nerds praise an indie drama, GD forum posters get hyped, then something more typically baity wins.
It happens every year.

I swear the same people who are saying that Driver will win are the same people who thought that Willem Dafoe would win over Sam Rockwell, and that Chalamet will win over Oldman, and that Carol is a BP contender etc.

You lot are stuck in FilmTwitter bubble.

Keira Knightley for Pride and Prejudice got in instead.

It’s ridiculous that Zhang has three (deserved) Bafta nods and not a single Oscar nod.

Idk, he is starring in the BP frontrunner. And he is De Niro. Hard to imagine that five others beat him.