Langella’s character is certainly far from likable in this film. Not sure how anyone could find that possible.

It’s a very one note character but Langella does as well with the material as one could considering how it’s basically him being despicable and nothing else.

And believe me, I know some of these had no shot at all.

2009: The White Ribbon
2010: Incendies
2011: A Separation
2012: The Master
2013: Blue is the Warmest Color
2014: Nightcrawler
2015: Carol
2016: The Handmaiden
2017: A Fantastic Woman
2018: Burning
2019: Portrait of a Lady on Fire

2009: Up
2010: The Social Network (Toy Story 3 is practically tied)
2011: The Tree of Life
2012: Amour
2013: Her
2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Selma and Whiplash are very close)
2015: Mad Max: Fury Road
2016: Moonlight (Arrival deserves a mention)
2017: Three Billboards
2018: The Favourite
2019: Parasite

2009: The Blind Side
2010: 127 Hours
2011: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
2012: Life of Pi/Les Miserables
2013: Dallas Buyers Club
2014: American Sniper
2015: The Martian
2016: Hell or High Water
2017: Darkest Hour
2018: Bohemian Rhapsody
2019: Joker (though I truthfully didn’t hate any of the nominees…I just thought JOKER was a little o…[Read more]

I’m going to list 20 that come to mind:

Monique
Sandy Dennis
Viola Davis
Marcia Gay Harden
Linda Hunt
Vanessa Redgrave
Meryl Streep, KvK
Lila Kedrova
Cloris Leachman
Kim Hunter
Eva Marie Saint
Ruth Gordon
Dianne Wiest (Bullets)
Tilda Swinton
Patty Duke
Jane Darwell
Josephine Hull
Juliette Binoche
Catherine Zeta Jones
Maggie Smith (California Suite)

I went for Finch but I certainly have to commend Tracy and Ledger.

I certainly don’t think she was the worst winner by any means but she would’ve ranked 4th for me.

Blanchett would’ve been my choice but I also would’ve also gladly supported a Rampling win.

Ronan was worthy of the nomination.

Lawrence’s slot felt like unnecessary filler.

They have already been said on this thread by other people and I’ve brought it up in the past, but:

The fact that Lupita Nyong’o and Song Kang ho were snubbed when they were far and away better than anyone in those categories was truly laughable. That’s especially true in the former’s case as I don’t think any of the actual Actress nominees…[Read more]

While Pesci was good in the role (and it was certainly a more subdued portrayal than what he often gave in his other famous performances), I still came out of that movie thinking Pacino stole the whole thing. Any time he was onscreen, the movie had so much life.

Without Song Kang-Ho or Willem Dafoe in the category, Pacino was an easy winner for me.

I do have to say, since it was brought up, that the McKinnon and Baldwin wins in 2017 were certainly more based on politics than the quality.

I love Kate McKinnon but the fact that Judith Light lost for the season 3 finale of TRANSPARENT is simply shameful. For me, that was one of the best slam dunk submission episodes ever.

Baldwin’s win u…[Read more]

The first one that came to mind was Sandra Bernhard for THE KING OF COMEDY. Along with her, DeNiro and Lewis should’ve been easy nominations. Honestly, all three of them should’ve been in serious contention to win.

I’ll also second Griffin Dunne and Rosanna Arquette for AFTER HOURS.

As happy as I am to see the SCHITT’S CREEK sweep, I do have to say that its Directing win was certainly questionable. I knew it could happen, but I still thought that the glitz of MAISEL would pull it off. I also had a sneaking feeling about Murphy but still predicted Borstein. I also agree that it is definitely ironic that Borstein lost for what…[Read more]

1. Laurie Metcalf, LADYBIRD
2. Naomi Harris, MOONLIGHT
3. Florence Pugh, LITTLE WOMEN
4. Amy Adams, THE MASTER
5. Michelle Williams, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA

I hate this kind of thing so much! It was a brief snippet appearance that only got nominated due to the fact it was Brad Pitt and because of the politics.

Sup. Actress:
1930s: Hattie McDaniel, GONE WITH THE WIND
1940s: Jane Darwell, THE GRAPES OF WRATH
1950s: Kim Hunter, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
1960s: Sandy Dennis, WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
1970s: Meryl Streep, KRAMER VS. KRAMER
1980s: Linda Hunt, THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY
1990s: Anna Paquin, THE PIANO
2000s: Mo’Nique, PRE…[Read more]

1930s:
Vivien Leigh, Gone with the Wind
Robert Donat, Goodbye Mr. Chips

1940s:
Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress
Ray Milland, The Lost Weekend

1950s:
Anna Magnani, The Rose Tatoo
Marlon Brando, On the Watefront

1960s:
Elizabeth Taylor, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Maximillian Schell, Judgement at Nuremberg

1970s:
Diane Keaton, Annie H…[Read more]

1. Schindler’s List
2. The Silence of the Lambs
3. Unforgiven
4. American Beauty
5. Forrest Gump
6. Titanic
7. Shakespeare in Love
8. The English Patient
9. Dances with Wolves
10. Braveheart

God, what a list…I am completely fine with the top 2. UNFORGIVEN is a very good film but wouldn’t get my vote that year. AMERICAN BEAUTY is also good but…[Read more]

I do still find it interesting how Allison Janney managed to surge through the televised awards. I guess the love for her in the business just is that palpable. It certainly isn’t a bad performance (far from it)…in fact, I would even say it’s worthy overall. However, it is still basically a one note performance in many ways.

Metcalf, how…[Read more]

I didn’t look too closely at the others because I was curious to see if my thoughts matched up with anyone else.

For Best Picture, the most recent example was 2018 in which I would’ve only nominated one of the films (THE FAVOURITE).

While that also would’ve been the case with 2019 as well, I still very much enjoyed the other films even if I wou…[Read more]

Here are 25 in alphabetical order:

8 1/2
The 400 Blows
2001: A Space Odyssey
Au Revoir Les Enfants
Blue Velvet
Casablanca
A Clockwork Orange
City Lights
Come and See
Fargo
Goodfellas
The Godfather
The Graduate
High and Low
In the Mood for Love
L’avventura
Pan’s Labyrinth
Parasite
Persona
Psycho
Scenes from a Marriage
Tokyo Story
Who’s Afrai…[Read more]