Just watched Hustlers and it hasn’t provided much further clarity on JLo’s Oscar chances. She would definitely be deserving (though I’d say she’s arguably a co-lead), but the film and marketing have been unashamedly commercial, making no pretense of ‘elevated’ status outside of positive reviews. JLo could campaign her ass off and still go…[Read more]

The Farewell could make a comeback if Waves doesn’t take off, especially if it manages a SAG Cast nomination.

Listed alphabetically:

Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Oscar Isaac – Inside Llewyn Davis
Peter Simonischek – Toni Erdmann
Timothy Spall – Mr Turner
Jean-Louis Trintignant – Amour

Am I the only one not taking this as a given at this stage?

Well I couldn’t care less about DCEU vs MCU, I simply got stuck into a statistical issue. But yeah I regret veering off topic, back to Best Actor.

I think Jack was talking about the film The Front Runner which was distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, as is Little Women.

But seriously dude, move on.

Divisive films suffer there as well, though the spread of opinions is better laid out and easier to observe. Dogville, for instance, is often considered one of the most acclaimed films of the 21st century yet it has a Metascore of 60, with scores ranging from 100 to 0. I think it’s fair to say that Joker is a more acclaimed film than Avengers:…[Read more]

Amour – which was apparently less accessible than Parasite and also a Palme d’Or winner. And this was before the recent surge in international members.

None of those would be an essential pick for top 100 of 21st Century. The Pianist comes closest, I suppose. Is it fair to assume your tastes are mostly limited to the mainstream?

I’m sad to see the ‘Stone as sole lead’ option has caught up with the correct ‘all three are leads’ argument on the poll. Years of cynical and greedy category fraud have warped the common conception of what a lead role is in relation to supporting. While I didn’t like Weisz and especially Stone competing in supporting, at least I got to enjoy…[Read more]

Easy, more people dislike it. The ones who do like it probably rate it higher than most Marvel movies, but the Tomatometer doesn’t take that into account with its binary fresh/rotten system. Rotten Tomatoes is not a truly accurate measurement of acclaim.

Oh yes she was so cute in The Favourite whacking her head with a hardcover book and derisively wanking off her newlywed and crushing a bunny rabbit under her shoe.

Having Team America in the top 10 is pure journalistic jerk-off. Not saying I dislike it, but it’s certainly more interesting in ideas than execution (South Park movie was more focused, though of course that was just before the turn of the century).

Honestly I found Pawar more believable than Patel and, if anything, would’ve preferred them to be campaigned the other way round with Pawar being nominated in supporting, though it still wouldn’t be right.

Lead lead lead lead lead lead lead.

Did I mention lead?

Definitely supporting. True he has quite a bit of screen time but he disappears for most of the last third of the movie until the penultimate scene, and he’s present but not dominant for much of what goes on beforehand.

Netflix has never really had multiple Best Picture hopefuls so we don’t have precedent to compare it to. All three of Netflix’s main contenders are getting a brief exclusive theatrical window so I don’t think the company should have any trouble getting them all nominated (unless The Irishman doesn’t meet expectations). Winning may be trickier as…[Read more]

I was all ready to defend Erivo’s chances of a nomination and possible win, but then I read this review (specifically paragraph 8):

Sure it’s only one review, and others have praised her, but that’s not the sort of thing I’d want to read while hoping to generate Oscar buzz.

Talking of Screenplay, doesn’t McCarten’s script belong in Adapted?

Oddly this doesn’t seem to be listed anywhere in the film credits; perhaps it was written as a screenplay first? I’m anticipating another contentious issue with…[Read more]

In Curzon cinemas maybe yes, but unfortunately there isn’t one of those in my area. Oddly Parasite doesn’t seem to be showing at the London Film Festival either, unless it’s the surprise film (which I won’t be going to).