Nope, I expressed an opinion. You told me what I CLEARLY wanted. You know for sure. Yeah, let’s drop it.

The Emmys are very different from the Oscars. They’re also far more desperate.

Of course, they have the right to push it. I’m certain that it would be disqualified and entered into the Emmys next year.

But one thing: You can’t know what I want. Your deductions are based on nothing. So please avoid telling me what I CLEARLY want.Thanks.

Yes, but the Academy specifies that these are special rules because of the impact on COVID-19 on current releases. HAMILTON was intended to be shown in October 2021. It was not intended to be released in 2020 and if you think about it, it’s in NO way impacted by the crisis at this point; it was filmed in 2016, was probably edited in 2017 (not…[Read more]

You’re just reading everything the way you want to. It wouldn’t matter if they put it in a theatre once theaters open. The rule actually concerns initial release. This is why Netflix films premiere in a movie theater before their Netflix release. Because otherwise, they would not be eligible.

This is not some minor rule. This is a huge rule, as we all know the industry’s sentiment toward Netflix and VOD. And in this rule applies this year only due to the crisis. The Academy already said so many times that the moment theaters open, the rule would be removed and would not apply. So why would they actually make an exception for a film…[Read more]

Yes, but the actual rule change the Academy did was that the VOD rule would apply ONLY to films that had premieres planned for 2020 (and theaters were closed at the time of the premiere). This is not the case here.

I know she doesn’t look that much like Winslet (though she was much closer than Stuart), but I’ve been watching clips of Honorary Oscars on youtube, and to be honest, I would have loved Deborah Kerr to be in Titanic and win her Oscar for that role. It would have been a great moment, I guess.

I don’t think it’s eligible. There is a minor but very important detail: the VOD rule applies only to films that were intended for premiere during the lockdown and the ongoing ban on screenings. Hamilton was not intended to be released in 2020 at all. It was intended to be released in 2021. So I guess it doesn’t fit the criteria.

On the other…[Read more]

I hate this. Call me old-fashioned, but I love it when award shows are competitive. The idea is that not everybody would get in.

I’m all for going back to 5 per category.

Streep is brilliant.
What I love most about her is what a smart actor she is. She’s always unusual in her characterization. Lange is always the same, always over the top.

I think La Streep will win her fourth this decade. If things turn out alright for her, she might even win a fifth, but she has to be really lucky to get a fifth. The fourth is extremely likely.

Blanchett has two and at this point in her career she isn’t in third Oscar territory, so she’ll have to wait until the 2030s and deliver regularly. And by…[Read more]

GENIUS
1. Bong Joon Ho – Parasite

TERRIFIC
2. Alfonso Cuaron – Gravity
3. Alfonso Cuaron – Roma

GOOD NOT GREAT
4. Damien Chazelle – La La Land

MIXED
5. Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist

LOVE THE DIRECTOR BUT THIS FILM IS REALLY MEDIOCRE
6. Ang Li – Life of Pi
7. Guillermo Del Toro – The Shape of Water

JUST HORRIBLE
8. Alejandro G. Innari…[Read more]

What’s going on is a premise that doesn’t have several seasons. It would have worked perfectly as a miniseries. One season. It would have been almost perfect. Now the show is lost. It’s going in circles. They spent two seasons not choosing a direction. The show can’t be a season 1 after season 1 after season 1. It needs a major change in…[Read more]

Winslet is at 7 nods but she has received a total of one nod in the last 11 years. She’s not as popular as she used to be. She’s one of these actresses who lose momentum once they win, which is nearly all actresses except for La Streep.

In my opinion, Winslet will probably win a second in supporting at some point. But I would never say she’s…[Read more]

+5 Meryl Streep, Doubt
-5 Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York

Meryl Streep, Doubt (342)

Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York (20)

ELIMINATED:
17. Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
16. Judi Dench, Chocolat
15. Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind
14. Denzel Washington, Fences
13. Ruby Dee, American Gangster
12. Ian McKellen, Lord of the Rings: Fellowship…[Read more]

This episode was a waste of time. What’s the purpose of an episode when every viewer is absolutely aware of how it would pan out? And it happened just as expected. Beat by beat.

Another thing: It didn’t help Comer, whom I normally like a lot, to face an actress (the one portraying her mother) who absolutely stole the show by just looking at her…[Read more]

Mantello is quite deserving and heartbreaking, but I liked Jim Parsons, an actor I used to hate because of that awful show of his, quite a lot here. Yes, he’s rough around the edges, all over the place and quite often hamming it up, but this is all the character. I find his performance quite intriguing.

By the way, it’s May 2 in Europe and I…[Read more]

I’ve watched the first episode so far. It’s enjoyable, nicely shot, very shallow. The scene with Patti LuPone is better than the rest. It’s too much sex.

TERRIFIC
1. Parasite
VERY GOOD
2. Her
3. Get Out
4. Manchester by the Sea
5. Spotlight
KINDA OK
6. Birdman
7. The King’s Speech
WELL…
8. Midnight in Paris
9. Django Unchained
TERRIBLE
10. Green Book

I think that Merritt Wever is absolutely brilliant. But the show doesn’t have magic. I agree with whoever wrote (sorry, no disrespect, I just hate looking for a specific name) that this would have worked better as a movie. The episodes are too brief and this is all like the College episode on The Sopranos.