2009: Up
2010: The Social Network
2011: Hugo
2012: Silver Linings Playbook
2013: Her
2014: Birdman
2015: Room
2016: Arrival
2017: Get Out
2018: The Favourite
2019: Parasite

Great question! I’ve thought about it…

Best Original Screenplay:
1. The Florida Project (2017)
2. Zootopia (2016)
3. A Quiet Place (2018)
4. 50/50 (2011)
5. I, Tonya (2017)
6. Phantom Thread (2017)

Best Adapted Screenplay:
1. Wonder (2017)
2. Deadpool (2016)
3. Gone Girl (2014)
4. Hustlers (2019)
5. Cloud Atlas (2012)
6. The Perks of Being A…[Read more]

2009: A Serious Man or The Blind Side
2010: Winter’s Bone
2011: The Tree of Life
2012: Beasts of the Southern Wild
2013: American Hustle
2014: American Sniper
2015: The Revenant
2016: Hell or High Water
2017: Darkest Hour
2018: Vice
2019: Once Upon A Time in Hollywood

OOOOO I’m not going to frame this as worst, but rather least favorite:

2019: Laura Dern (Marriage Story)
2018: Sam Rockwell (Vice)
2017: Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)
2016: Michelle Williams (Manchester By The Sea)
2015: Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)
2014: Steve Carell (Foxcatcher)
2013: Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
2012: Q…[Read more]

OOO as much as I would love for that to happen, feature animation directors aren’t allowed membership to the DGA, and without that DGA backing, it’s hard to imagine it happening. I think an animated film will win Best Picture some day, (it should have been Inside Out), possibly without a Directing nomination.

Here’s an interesting article…[Read more]

Soul is going to be a huge contender.

Is he??

So… no animated features this decade were good enough to warrant a nomination outside Best Animated Feature/Best Original Song?

I have a feeling Mad Max: Fury Road and Inception will get the most nominations.

NEON’s response: “Understandable, he can’t read.”

Final FYC:

How To Train Your Dragon for Best Original Score

this. They had ROCKETMAN this year and for whatever reason, it got lost in the shuffle. Not sure if I blame them, after all, Taron Egerton and Elton John were making the rounds this season.

Did racism end when Obama got elected?

I will say this re: Laura Dern. In the video, Daniel mentioned that there were a lot of votes for ALL the Supporting Actress nominees, and that Laura was only 100 votes ahead of the 5th place nominee.

We haven’t had our Best Picture winner repeat at the Oscars since 12 Years A Slave, but I’m hoping Parasite can break that stat!

2010: The Social Network (Runner-up: Toy Story 3)
2011: Hugo (Runner-up: Bridesmaids)
2012: Cloud Atlas (Runner-up: Silver Linings Playbook)
2013: The Great Gatsby (Runner-up: Frozen)
2014: Birdman (Runner-up: Boyhood)
2015: Inside Out (Runner-up: Room)
2016: Your Name (Runner-up: Zootopia)
2017: Get Out (Runner-up: The Big Sick)
2018: Annihilation…[Read more]

Best Picture: PARASITE
Best Director: Dexter Fletcher, ROCKETMAN
Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, JOKER
Best Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, US
Best Supporting Actor: Al Pacino, THE IRISHMAN
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lopez, HUSTLERS
Best Original Screenplay: KNIVES OUT
Best Adapted Screenplay: JOJO RABBIT
Best Animated Feature: TOY STORY 4
Best…[Read more]

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

WALL-E for Best Picture, 2008

FYC: “Show Yourself” (Frozen II)

1917 : A-