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So, based on my predictions, I did alright. Best Picture 9/10 - I missed Drive My Car (I predicted Being the Ricardos) Best Actor 5/5 Best Actress 3/5 - I missed Penelope Cruz and Jessica Chastain (though she was my longshot) - I predicted Lady Gaga and Jennifer Hudson Best Director 4/5 - I missed Ryusuke Hamaguchi (I predicted Denis Velleneuve) Best Supporting Actor 4/5 - I missed Jesse Plemons - though I'm very happy that he was nominated (I predicted Jamie Dornan) Best Supporting Actress 2/5 - I missed Jessie Buckley (though my longshot), Judi Dench (predicted Caitriona Balfe), and Aunjaneue Ellis (other predictions were Marilee Matlin and Cate Blanchett for Nightmare Alley)

The Abyss is a good call.

September of 2019.

Blufans?

Palm Springs was such a pleasant surprise. I’d heard nothing of it prior to watching and and adored it.

Thought both Doctor Who fans and Funko Pop! fans would get a kick out of this.

The script was marvelous.

Pig was SO good

I have not seen it. I do not have that channel. I'd like to check out the original though. I wrote a movie review if you're interested.

For those of you who have not seen Nightmare Alley, it's a very worthy film. It definitely is in my top 10 of the year.

Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley is a marvelously delivered Film Noir. My wife asked a couple of times: what's the plot? What's the point? I told her to be patient as it comes in at 2 hours and 30 minutes. It's very much a rise and fall story of Stanton Carlisle - which Bradley Cooper plays flawlessly. Stanton is a man with a past that haunts him. He runs away from it to the circus/carnival. He's young and easy on the eyes according to Toni Collette's Zeena the Seer. He establishes himself as useful early by helping to catch an escaped, dangerous geek. He learns quickly and demonstrates his usefulness to nearly everyone in the circus. He aspires to move beyond the backroads of the Midwest. He recognizes quickly that Zeena and Pete's act of being a clairvoyant/medium is where he could excel. He spend his time with them learning all he can to become part of the act and eventually (in his mind) become an act of his own. Stanton has eyes for Rooney Mara's Molly and sees the two of them running away from the circus to take their act to ballrooms of the big cities. Once established as a popular act, Stanton draws the attention of a respected psychiatrist, Dr. Lilith Ritter. As his attention turns to her, and they partner to manipulate wealthy elite of the city for wealth and status, the plot turns and Stanton finds his fate to come ironically full circle. This movie is a star-studded cast of Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Wilem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Mary Steenburgen, David Strathairn - all actors nominated for Oscars in the past. It's a mix of del Toro's usual players and a few new faces. del Toro paints a visually stunning canvas as the cinematography of John Lausten is gorgeous. The two of them pluck us from modern day and transplant us into the dustbowl and Midwest of late 1930s/early 1940s America. From what I understand, audiences may have the opportunity to see this film in black and white which I'm sure would look amazing as well. The acting is top notch (how could it not be with a cast like that). Cooper and Blanchett are particularly great. Cooper demonstrates his ability to play both a stoic and animated character in the same role. He also plays the type of character that you want to like, but know something is dark and awful seething beneath the surface - and that perhaps his charm would eventually be your undoing. Cate Blanchett's Dr. Lilith Ritter is a particularly splendid femme fatale and steals every scene she's in - including those with Cooper, which are a majority of her scenes. I can't say enough of how much I enjoyed this film. The original, which I'd never heard of, was not received well critically or commercially. However, it seems to me that this was a passion project of the cast and crew. It feels like perhaps the original movie stood the test of time better than expected and the remake is glorious. I give this movie 8/10 stars (though I'd bump to 8.5 if I could). Where the movie falls a bit short for me is that with the final devastating scene, the movie almost come off like one of Aesop's fables, and the medium and parts are greater than the final work. The movie is still a breath-taking ride between the stellar performances and the visuals/cinematography. You can watch this right now on Hulu or HBO Max - though if you're able to get to a theater, the black and white version might be fun and give you a modernized sense of what the original was like. The original

Didn’t realize they ship to the US.

Do we know when the group buy for this is?

Have a link to the site?

Have any of you on this thread seen all three of these movies?

If you get a chance, check out my review on the site, it’d be good to get a conversation going on that thread.

I just watched The Lost Daughter last night. Colman was amazing in it - not as amazing as The Favourite - but amazing. I was a bit let down by the story. I wrote a review of it in the Movie Review section.

My wife would agree with you on Dunst. I promoted the movie to her as the front-runner for Best Pic and Best Supporting Actress, and halfway through she said, “Unless Dunst has a big scene coming up, I’m not seeing it.” I, on the other hand, loved her. I too have enjoyed her past performance - I still argue that she should have an Oscar nod for Interview with a Vampire. She was tremendous in Fargo Season 2. For me, I loved that she was; A. mailing it in - which I think her character, Rose, was too, and B. coasting through life, ignoring signs that she just might be living the rest of her life with a sociopath. I thought it was very well done with what she had to work with from the page. We’ve yet to see Licorice Pizza.

1994 and 1999 were tough years.

Love, love, love that you included directors. I edited my post to do the same.

Which movies did you have the hardest time leaving off your list? For me, the top three were Shaun of the Dead (2004), What We Do in the Shadows (2014) and The Endless (2017)

No nomination for Kristen Dunst?

Good morning all. In years past, I used to host an Oscar Party. I did this every year for about 15 years. When my first wife and I divorced, I tried to keep it going for a couple more years, but I just ran out of gas. I still love watching The Oscars and movies which are nominated for Academy Awards. I thought it would be fun to start a thread for others interested in The Oscars in predicting nominations for the major categories. I'd love to start. My predictions will be below with movies which I've seen underlined. I'll also place them in order of likelihood of being nominated from top to bottom If you'd like to join the fun, I'd love to chat with you about them... Who know which titles we'll be seeing in Steelbook or premium treatment? Here we go: Best Picture The Power of the Dog *** Belfast CODA Licorice Pizza West Side Story Dune King Richard Being the Ricardos King Richard Nightmare Alley Outside shot - Spider-man: No Way Home Best Actor Benedict Cumberbatch - The Power of the Dog Will Smith - King Richard *** Andrew Garfield - tick, tick... BOOM! Denzel Washington - The Tragedy of Macbeth Javier Bardem - Being the Ricardos Outside shot - Peter Dinklage - Cyrano Best Actress Nicole Kidman - Being the Ricardos *** Olivia Colman - The Lost Daughter Kristen Stewart - Spencer Jennifer Hudson - Respect Lady Gaga - House of Gucci Outside shot - Jessica Chastain - The Eyes of Tammy Faye Best Supporting Actor Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Power of the Dog *** Troy Kotsur - CODA Ciaran Hinds - Belfast J.K. Simmons - Being the Ricardos Jamie Dornan - Belfast Outside shot - Bradley Cooper - Licorice Pizza Best Supporting Actress Ariana DeBose - West Side Story Kirsten Dunst - The Power of the Dog *** Caitriona Balfe - Belfast Marlee Matlin - CODA Cate Blanchet - Nightmare Alley Outside shot - Jessie Buckley - The Lost Daughter Best Director Jane Campion - The Power of the Dog *** Kenneth Branagh - Belfast Denis Velleneuve - Dune Paul Thomas Anderson - Licorice Pizza Steven Spielberg - West Side Story Outside Shot - Guillermo del Toro - Nightmare Alley There you have it - I thought about posting predictions for Best Animated Film and Best Original and Best Adapted Screenplay, but I thought I'd see what interest this thread stirs before sinking too much time into it. Looking forward to hearing your predictions/thoughts.