I’m going to list three for every year.

1990: Goodfellas, Awakenings, Miller’s Crossing
1991: The Silence of the Lambs, Barton Fink, Beauty & The Beast
1992: The Crying Game, Howards End, Malcolm X
1993: Schindler’s List, Groundhog Day, The Piano
1994: Pulp Fiction, Quiz Show, Ed Wood
1995: The Usual Suspects, To Die For, Seven
1996: Fargo, Secre…[Read more]

Good performances but I had to also go for Lane for giving Roy Cohn some new interesting shades that only he could provide while also being quite surprising.

There are a couple here that I really liked and considered but I ended up voting for Goldsberry

I went with this year’s winner as it was a combo of great performance and such a wonderful career.

I really loved Oslo more than I expected to. It got my vote.

For such a flawed musical, it’s amazing how stellar PIPPIN can turn out when staged and performed by such talented people.

I voted for A View from the Bridge, as it completely made me rethink everything about that show. It was a stunning exercise.

I did love quite a few of these other winners though.

Honestly, I could make a case for several of these but for now, I’m tossing my vote to a Andrew Garfield.

I gave my vote to Platt, but I did also strongly consider Michael Cerveris.

This was a pretty strong set of people but I went with the decade’s first winner: Viola Davis.

For me, it was FUN HOME.

I also want to give a shout-out to last night’s winner HADESTOWN.

I voted for Cynthia Erivo, but I also considered Katrina Lenk as well.

I also really loved Patina Miller and Audra McDonald.

1960: Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry
1961: Maximillian Schell, Judgement at Nuremberg
1962: Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird
1963: Sidney Poitier, Lillies of the Field
1964: Peter Sellers, Dr. Strangelove
1965: Rod Steiger, The Pawnbroker
1966: Richard Burton, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1967: Paul Newman, Cool Hand Luke
1968: Peter O…[Read more]

I posted on this thread way back in 2011 but I figured I’d go ahead and post mine again and add more pre-1980 and update it to the present. And it’s strictly based on the nominees and not factoring in people who were snubbed.

1960-Shirley MacLaine, The Apartment
1961-Sophia Loren, Two Women
1962-Katharine Hepburn, Long Days Journey into Nig…[Read more]

My ranking:

#1-Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
#2-Olivia Colman, The Favourite
#3-Frances McDormand, Three Billboards
#4-Natalie Portman, Black Swan
#5-Julianne Moore, Still Alice
#6-Brie Larson, Room
#7-Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
#8-Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
#9-Emma Stone, La La Land

Best Picture:
Moonlight

Best Director:
Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water

Best Actor:
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea

Best Actress:
Olivia Colman – The Favourite

Best Supporting Actor:
J. K. Simmons – Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis – Fences

Best Original Screenplay:
Birdman

Best Adapted Screenpla…[Read more]

I wrote a long thing about how passionate I was for Cotillard to win then it got erased. Aaaauuugh!

Long story short. I think by the time of the Oscars, it was known by a lot of people following the race that Cotillard had picked up steam. I predicted Christie because I just wanted to prep for disappointment and prayed to be wrong. That was also…[Read more]

The problem with Rami Malek is that it’s a good performance to some degree but the fact that it gained award traction is a bit much. I remember going into LA LA LAND and coming out thinking Emma Stone did a good job…but when she won the SAG, I was floored. I couldn’t believe that this performance was going to be gaining traction over her oth…[Read more]

I never took to The Color Purple as many others have, and I think a lot of that had to deal with Spielberg.

Had Whoopi won, it would’ve been very well deserved as it was a spectacular debut. However, I still think I’d vote for Geraldine Page in what certainly seemed like a career win but the performance itself warranted the prize. I do agree tha…[Read more]

BULLOCK: -3
CROWE: -2

COTILLARD: +2
HARDEN (Pollock): +3

Charlize Theron, Monster (42)

Marion Cotillard, La vie en Rose (36)

Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood (35)
Mo’Nique, Precious (35)
Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds (35)

Colin Firth, A Single Man (34)

Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (33)
Natalie Portman, C…[Read more]