February 19 according to IMDb.

Google White Latin Americans.

Frankly, the parameters of what we consider to be different racial groups are becoming increasingly blurred and will eventually be obsolete; however, Latino is properly considered an ethnicity, not a race, and those with a preponderance of European ancestry or a pale complexion are usually considered to be white…[Read more]

This is a frequent problem. Stars who are contracted for top billing always have their name go on the left as it’s assumed people will automatically read any text from left to right; problem is, poster artists and photographers have their own ideas for whose image should go where, so we get these messes.

An easy solution would be to have the…[Read more]

No they weren’t. Mexican/Latino does not automatically equal POC.

He does?

I can’t think of a single case in Oscar history where someone was snubbed because they already won. Voters just aren’t that generous.

I think you overestimate the willingness of the Academy to create narratives like this.

In all honesty I don’t think she was better than Garland that year. Great performance though.

Baron Cohen actually (deservedly) won LAFCA for Borat, tied with Forest Whitaker. I hope Maria Bakalova can accomplish the same.

Lead acting nominations for foreign-language performances are fairly routine when they have a good distributor, especially if they’ve won a festival award. Besides, Adjani was a previous nominee with The Story of Adele H (up to that point the youngest ever Best Actress nominee). There is really nothing irregular about this nomination.

My life experience has taught me that real-life dialogue can sometimes be more weirdly specific and unrelatable than movie dialogue. True, attempts to recapture that can seem jarring on film, especially if it doesn’t mesh with the overall tone, but my point is, for all I know this person really did say this. I’d be interested to know if it’s in…[Read more]

He also has Kingsley Ben-Adir listed in supporting along with Leslie Odom Jr. (and not even in the top five?!) Interesting.

I basically agree, except I am reminded of Quiz Show where John Turturro was nominated at Globes and SAG yet it was Paul Scofield who got the Oscar nod. I wonder if a similar thing could play out with Sacha Baron Cohen and Mark Rylance respectively; then again, Rylance seems the type who would also be recognised at SAG.

Guys, just don’t engage with posts like Kalinda’s. Put them on ignore and don’t give them what they crave, which is a response. Any response.

But it’s not 2011 any more, it’s the era of covid-19 and Trump. Even if he loses the upcoming election we’ll still be reeling from the havoc he’s wreaked. Awarding classic Hollywood Oscar-bait such as Mank over more ‘current’ or topical movies may not be a good look in 2021, although I have read that it contains some thematic elements relevant…[Read more]

Judging category placement by screen time is always flawed in my opinion, as narrative thrust is the main factor. Also how is that screentime calculated? Is it the amount of time an actor is present in a scene or simply the amount of time he’s visible on screen? There’s a difference.

Still, I don’t want to press this point too far. There are…[Read more]

Even Redmayne is supporting now? Smh

Is it even meant to be that wise? I got the impression it was supposed to be sort of cute.

Anyway, I’m not defending the movie as I have no idea whether it’ll be any good. I was annoyed by how lazily the trailer just tacked a load of Oscar-bait clips together instead of properly showcasing what the core of the movie was about or what it had to…[Read more]

My God, imagine being on your deathbed and suddenly realising what you could’ve been doing and thinking about instead of having these pointless arguments about nothing.

And yes, I am far from guiltless in this respect.

They’d probably both get in if campaigned supporting to be honest, and then Ben-Adir might be the frontrunner. But so far I don’t see any evidence for Amazon planning this. Ben-Adir isn’t even listed in both categories in the predictions centre and GD is supposed to be in contact with the studios.

Oh. For a moment you had me thinking you’d seen it. Where are these critical reactions?