tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19140348121692337142024-03-11T08:07:45.757-04:00Reviews of Movies, TV shows & metro Detroit RestaurantsShort movie & TV show reviews and metro Detroit restaurant reviewsLarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713177084508315409noreply@blogger.comBlogger197125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914034812169233714.post-2115817708273943312024-03-10T07:35:00.002-04:002024-03-11T08:07:13.811-04:002024 Oscar Predictions<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEik82MhLUuafZlAxivoh_KI2OK7_v34LFeBnQjyfwOXctqjK7Ai-OyTW0CWew5ho11zNSKtu2MYYUelv6i--PFQbk6FM6ebVieP9Gxqgot_0BJe7p-dQSiDuf55gmPTxi49HNdpOR5mqwMUHsIDZGZI9qZWFZ2l-LROUxd8NDPAwKWBkcHFOCCoRJIVbbxu" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="1500" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEik82MhLUuafZlAxivoh_KI2OK7_v34LFeBnQjyfwOXctqjK7Ai-OyTW0CWew5ho11zNSKtu2MYYUelv6i--PFQbk6FM6ebVieP9Gxqgot_0BJe7p-dQSiDuf55gmPTxi49HNdpOR5mqwMUHsIDZGZI9qZWFZ2l-LROUxd8NDPAwKWBkcHFOCCoRJIVbbxu=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I think 2023 was a great year for movies and I saw some great ones throughout the year with many of those nominated for numerous Oscars. Here are my predictions in 18 of the 23 categories for the 2024 Oscars.</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">UPDATE: I went 13/18 with my predictions and unlike last year, I believe the Best Picture Oscar was awarded correctly. The winners below are in <span style="color: #2b00fe;">blue</span>.</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BEST PICTURE</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">American Fiction</span></i></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Anatomy of a Fall</span></i></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Barbie</span></i></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Holdovers</span></i></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Killers of the Flower Moon</span></i></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Maestro</span></i></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">Oppenheimer</span></i></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Past Lives</span></i></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Poor Things</span></i></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Zone of Interest</span></i></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>What I want to/think should win and what I predict will win:</b> You heard it here last…<i>Oppenheimer</i></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BEST ACTOR</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Bradley Cooper, <i>Maestro</i></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Colman Domingo, <i>Rustin</i></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Paul Giamatti, <i>The Holdovers</i></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">Cillian Murphy, <i>Oppenheimer</i></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Jeffrey Wright, <i>American Fiction</i></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Who I want to/think should win and who I predict will win:</b> You heard it here last again…Cillian Murphy</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BEST ACTRESS</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Annette Bening, <i>Nyad</i></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Lily Gladstone, <i>Killers of the Flower Moon</i></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sandra Hüller, <i>Anatomy of a Fall</i></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Carey Mulligan, <i>Maestro</i></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">Emma Stone, <i>Poor Things</i></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Who I want to/think should win and who I predict will win:</b> Lily Gladstone</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sterling K. Brown, <i>American Fiction</i></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Robert De Niro, <i>Killers of the Flower Moon</i></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">Robert Downey Jr., <i>Oppenheimer</i></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ryan Gosling, <i>Barbie</i></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mark Ruffalo, <i>Poor Things</i></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Who I want to/think should win:</b> Ryan Gosling</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Who I predict will win:</b> Robert Downey Jr.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Emily Blunt, <i>Oppenheimer</i></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Danielle Brooks, <i>The Color Purple</i></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">America Ferrera, <i>Barbie</i></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Jodie Foster, <i>Nyad</i></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">Da'Vine Joy Randolph, <i>The Holdovers</i></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Who I want to/think should win and who I predict will win:</b> Da'Vine Joy Randolph</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BEST DIRECTOR</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Jonathan Glazer, <i>The Zone of Interest</i></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yorgos Lanthimos, <i>Poor Things</i></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">Christopher Nolan, <i>Oppenheimer</i></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Martin Scorsese, <i>Killers of the Flower Moon</i></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Justine Triet, <i>Anatomy of a Fall</i></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Who I want to/think should win and who I predict will win:</b> Slam dunk time…Christopher Nolan</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Io Capitano</i>, Italy</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Perfect Days</i>, Japan</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Society of the Snow</i>, Spain</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>The Teachers' Lounge</i>, Germany</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><i>The Zone of Interest</i>, United Kingdom</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>What I want to/think should win:</b> <i>Society of the Snow</i></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>What I predict will win: </b><i>The Zone of Interest</i></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">The Boy and the Heron</span></i></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Elemental</span></i></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Nimona</span></i></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Robot Dreams</span></i></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse</span></i></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>What I want to/think should win and what I predict will win: </b><i>Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse</i></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><i>American Fiction</i> – Cord Jefferson</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Barbie</i> – Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Oppenheimer</i> – Christopher Nolan</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Poor Things</i> – Tony McNamara</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>The Zone of Interest</i> – Jonathan Glazer</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>What/Who I want to/think should win: </b><i>Oppenheimer</i> – Christopher Nolan</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>What/Who I predict will win: </b><i>American Fiction</i> – Cord Jefferson</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><i>Anatomy of a Fall</i> – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>The Holdovers</i> – David Hemingson</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Maestro</i> – Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>May December</i> – Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Past Lives</i> – Celine Song<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>What/Who I want to/think should win: </b><i>The Holdovers</i> – David Hemingson</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>What/Who I predict will win: </b><i>Anatomy of a Fall</i> – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BEST VISUAL EFFECTS</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>The Creator</i> – Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><i>Godzilla Minus One</i> – Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3</i> – Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One</i> – Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Napoleon</i> – Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco and Neil Corbould</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>What I want to/think should win: </b><i>Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One</i> – Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>What I predict will win: </b><i>The Creator</i> – Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BEST ORIGINAL SCORE</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>American Fiction</i> – Laura Karpman</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny</i> – John Williams</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Killers of the Flower Moon</i> – Robbie Robertson</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><i>Oppenheimer</i> – Ludwig Göransson</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Poor Things</i> – Jerskin Fendrix</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>What/Who I want to/think should win and what/who I predict will win:</b> <i>Oppenheimer</i> – Ludwig Göransson</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>El Conde</i> – Edward Lachman</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Killers of the Flower Moon</i> – Rodrigo Prieto</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Maestro</i> – Matthew Lib<span style="color: #2b00fe;">atique</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><i>Oppenheimer</i> – Hoyte van Hoytema</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Poor Things</i> – Robbie Ryan</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>What/Who I want to/think should win and what/who I predict will win:</b> <i>Oppenheimer</i> – Hoyte van Hoytema</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BEST COSTUME DESIGN</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Barbie</i> – Jacqueline Durran</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Killers of the Flower Moon</i> – Jacqueline West</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Napoleon</i> – Janty Yates and Dave Crossman</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Oppenheimer</i> – Ellen Mirojnick</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><i>Poor Things</i> – Holly Waddington</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>What/Who I want to/think should win: </b><i>Barbie</i> – Jacqueline Durran</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>What/Who I predict will win: </b><i>Poor Things</i> – Holly Waddington</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BEST FILM EDITING</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Anatomy of a Fall</i> – Laurent Sénéchal</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>The Holdovers</i> – Kevin Tent</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Killers of the Flower Moon</i> – Thelma Schoonmaker</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><i>Oppenheimer</i> – Jennifer Lame</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Poor Things</i> – Yorgos Mavropsaridis</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>What/Who I want to/think should win and what/who I predict will win: </b><i>Oppenheimer</i> – Jennifer Lame</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BEST SOUND</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>The Creator</i> – Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Maestro</i> – Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One</i> – Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Oppenheimer</i> – Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O'Connell</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><i>The Zone of Interest</i> – Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>What I want to/think should win: </b><i>Oppenheimer</i> – Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O'Connell</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>What I predict will win: </b><i>The Zone of Interest</i> – Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Barbie</i> – Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Killers of the Flower Moon</i> – Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Napoleon</i> – Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Elli Griff</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Oppenheimer</i> – Production Design: Ruth De Jong; Set Decoration: Claire Kaufman</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><i>Poor Things</i> – Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>What I want to/think should win and what I predict will win: </b><i>Oppenheimer</i> – Production Design: Ruth De Jong; Set Decoration: Claire Kaufman</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Golda</i> – Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Maestro</i> – Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Oppenheimer</i> – Luisa Abel</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><i>Poor Things</i> – Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Society of the Snow</i> – Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>What I want to/think should win: </b><i>Oppenheimer</i> – Luisa Abel</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>What I predict will win: </b><i>Maestro</i> – Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell</span></p>Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713177084508315409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914034812169233714.post-64819318104033131472024-03-08T12:34:00.005-05:002024-03-08T12:39:49.067-05:00Reviews & Ratings for the 2024 Oscar Best Picture Nominees<p style="text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfOfmLvcQSRGLUXaNXrICX7zIY8LTMT2_zoj7Ou_2y4CiCwlh5if9_51Y3Om4_2NXOZIMbgKKNRwC5gpfKvyPDkQ4q_rUVwRD8a22pMa6WpIZkCUAzh3jpYZFufeK6kfzY2Bv5nDZKR7Y9pHSiZjvl4CwxV3HTkqnmjbTWzArtsF5dRDvdS2LhIr5tj_ns" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="990" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfOfmLvcQSRGLUXaNXrICX7zIY8LTMT2_zoj7Ou_2y4CiCwlh5if9_51Y3Om4_2NXOZIMbgKKNRwC5gpfKvyPDkQ4q_rUVwRD8a22pMa6WpIZkCUAzh3jpYZFufeK6kfzY2Bv5nDZKR7Y9pHSiZjvl4CwxV3HTkqnmjbTWzArtsF5dRDvdS2LhIr5tj_ns=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oppenheimer </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15398776" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15398776</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">My expectations for </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Oppenheimer</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> since I first heard about it were very high and they were most decidedly met…</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">9.5/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Killers of the Flower Moon</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5537002" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5537002</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I think </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Killers of the Flower Moon</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> might be better than </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Oppenheimer</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, but I like </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Oppenheimer</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> more…</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">9.5/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Holdovers</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14849194" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14849194</span></a><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I really enjoyed </span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Holdovers </span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">as it’s funny & heart-warming and if it wasn’t for Cillian Murphy’s performance in </span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Oppenheimer</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, Paul Giamatti would win a much-deserved Best Actor Oscar for his performance…</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">8.5/10 stars</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">American Fiction</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23561236" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23561236</span></a><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">American Fiction</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> is an excellent and quite funny movie that definitely deserves its Best Picture nomination…</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">8.5/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Barbie</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517268" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517268</span></a><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Fun, bizarre, funny, silly, entertaining, sappy, absurd, and yet it has a good message. Those were my instant reactions to </span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Barbie</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> and that’s how I still feel about it…</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">8.0/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Zone of Interest</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7160372" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7160372</span></a><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It’s hard to say that I liked </span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Zone of Interest</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. It’s a pretty powerful & somewhat horrifying movie about a notably evil & monstrous Nazi…</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">8.0/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Past Lives</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13238346" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13238346</span></a><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Past Lives</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> is a unique & bittersweet romance movie with excellent performances, most notably by Greta Lee…</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">7.5/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Anatomy of a Fall</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17009710" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17009710</span></a><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I am a big fan of courtroom dramas and </span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Anatomy of a Fall</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> is definitely a good one with a great performance by Sandra Hüller at the center of it…</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">7.5/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Maestro</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5535276" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5535276</span></a><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I expected much more from </span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Maestro</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> after Bradley Cooper’s almost perfect directing debut with </span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A Star is Born</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> and I thought it was just OK…</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">6.0/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Poor Things</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14230458" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14230458</span></a><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The only thing preventing me from totally hating </span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Poor Things</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> was Emma Stone’s excellent performance as Bella, but it still wasn’t very good in my opinion…</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">3.0/10 stars.</span></span></p>Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713177084508315409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914034812169233714.post-4137134800621583272023-03-11T09:47:00.007-05:002024-03-10T07:12:28.575-04:002023 Oscar Predictions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjIPzeo21rK6JH5C82TgiygU6xaC368oIMvL6mdejKLd-8HJSCLxylvXhE7SOao3APQUQCfSxPzbCIZ37sihxHPiMj5aeXrgyuQqpHxj-YbsdLg5p2XQS__HSeVklvQpJ2hhUAH7r7sogTqwM8ieHCP27OQ8kzNcXOAqBl39xbep2OO15_nWfzFm7pZg/s2048/95O_Aframe_HeroImage_111822_BK_R1_Hero_1.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="2048" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjIPzeo21rK6JH5C82TgiygU6xaC368oIMvL6mdejKLd-8HJSCLxylvXhE7SOao3APQUQCfSxPzbCIZ37sihxHPiMj5aeXrgyuQqpHxj-YbsdLg5p2XQS__HSeVklvQpJ2hhUAH7r7sogTqwM8ieHCP27OQ8kzNcXOAqBl39xbep2OO15_nWfzFm7pZg/w640-h357/95O_Aframe_HeroImage_111822_BK_R1_Hero_1.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-b7562c33-7fff-0ac6-c155-b08206f36485"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There were a lot of good & even great movies in 2022 and some of them were nominated for Oscars. I am not as confident in some of my predictions as in past years, so it'll be interesting to see how I do this year. I do think a movie I pretty much hated (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Everything Everywhere All at Once</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) is going to clean up though and that kind of pisses me off and a movie I love (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Top Gun: Maverick</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) won't win nearly as many awards as it should...oh well. Here are my predictions for 17 of the 23 categories.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">UPDATE: I went 12/17 with my predictions and am disappointed in this year's Best Picture winner. Oh well, hopefully <i>Dune 2</i> sweeps everything in 2024. The winners are below in </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe;">blue</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></span></span><div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BEST PICTURE</span></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-146cfabd-7fff-e8d5-657b-ccd6114d127c"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All Quiet on the Western Front</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Avatar: The Way of Water</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Banshees of Inisherin</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elvis</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Everything Everywhere All at Once</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Fabelmans</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tár</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Top Gun: Maverick</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Triangle of Sadness</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Women Talking</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win: </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Of course, I think </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Top Gun: Maverick</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> should win all of the awards it’s nominated for and thus want it to win Best Picture. But...</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This pains me, but I predict that </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Everything Everywhere All at Once</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is going to win...Ugh.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST DIRECTING</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Banshees of Inisherin</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Martin McDonagh</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Everything Everywhere All at Once</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Fabelmans</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Steven Spielberg</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tár </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">— Todd Field</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Triangle of Sadness </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">— Ruben Östlund</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Steven Spielberg</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (ugh)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Austin Butler in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elvis</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Colin Farrell in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Banshees of Inisherin</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brendan Fraser in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Whale</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Paul Mescal in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Aftersun</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bill Nighy in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Living</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Austin Butler (who is great as Elvis)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brendan Fraser</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cate Blanchett in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tár</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ana de Armas in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blonde</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Andrea Riseborough in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To Leslie</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Michelle Williams in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Fabelmans</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Michelle Yeoh in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Everything Everywhere All at Once</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I want to/think should win and who I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cate Blanchett (who carries </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tár</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and why that movie is as good as it is)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brendan Gleeson in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Banshees of Inisherin</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brian Tyree Henry in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Causeway</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Judd Hirsch in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Fabelmans</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Barry Keoghan in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Banshees of Inisherin</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ke Huy Quan in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Everything Everywhere All at Once</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brian Tyree Henry who is great in a really good movie</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ke Huy Quan</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Angela Bassett in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Black Panther: Wakanda Forever</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hong Chau in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Whale</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kerry Condon in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Banshees of Inisherin</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jamie Lee Curtis in</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Everything Everywhere All at Once</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stephanie Hsu in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Everything Everywhere All at Once</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I want to/think should win: </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kerry fecking Condon</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jamie Lee Curtis</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST COSTUME DESIGN</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Babylon</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Mary Zophres</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Black Panther: Wakanda Forever</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Ruth Carter</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elvis</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Catherine Martin</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Everything Everywhere All at Once</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Shirley Kurata</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">— Jenny Beavan</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wakanda Forever</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elvis</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST SOUND</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All Quiet on the Western Front</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Viktor Prásil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel and Stefan Korte</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Avatar: The Way of Water </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">— Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers and Michael Hedges</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Batman</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray and Andy Nelson</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elvis</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson and Michael Keller</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Top Gun: Maverick</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win and what I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Top Gun: Maverick</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST ORIGINAL SCORE</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All Quiet on the Western Front</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Volker Bertelmann</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Babylon</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Justin Hurwitz</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Banshees of Inisherin</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Carter Burwell</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Everything Everywhere All at Once</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Son Lux</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Fabelmans</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — John Williams</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win and what I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All Quiet on the Western Front</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All Quiet on the Western Front</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Screenplay by Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Written by Rian Johnson</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Living</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Written by Kazuo Ishiguro</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Top Gun: Maverick </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">— Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Women Talking</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Screenplay by Sarah Polley</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Top Gun: Maverick</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Women Talking</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Banshees of Inisherin</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Written by Martin McDonagh</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Everything Everywhere All at Once</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Fabelmans</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tár</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Written by Todd Field</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Triangle of Sadness</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Written by Ruben Östlund</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Fabelmans</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Everything Everywhere All at Once</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All Quiet on the Western Front</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Germany</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Argentina, 1985</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Argentina</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Close</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Belgium</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">EO</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Poland</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Quiet Girl </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">— Ireland</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win and what I predict will win: </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is a slam dunk...</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All Quiet on the Western Front</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All Quiet on the Western Front</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Batman</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Naomi Donne, Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Black Panther: Wakanda Forever</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Camille Friend and Joel Harlow</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elvis</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Mark Coulier, Jason Baird and Aldo Signoretti</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Whale</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Anne Marie Bradley</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All Quiet on the Western Front</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elvis</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All Quiet on the Western Front</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Production Design: Christian M. Goldbeck; Set Decoration: Ernestine Hipper</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Avatar: The Way of Water</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Production Design: Dylan Cole and Ben Procter; Set Decoration: Vanessa Cole</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Babylon</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elvis</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Production Design: Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy; Set Decoration: Bev Dunn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Fabelmans</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All Quiet on the Western Front</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Babylon</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All Quiet on the Western Front </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">— James Friend</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Darius Khondji</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elvis</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Mandy Walker</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Empire of Light </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">— Roger Deakins</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tár</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Florian Hoffmeister</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Top Gun: Maverick</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">...oh wait, it wasn’t nominated!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All Quiet on the Western Front</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST VISUAL EFFECTS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All Quiet on the Western Front </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">— Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Avatar: The Way of Water</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Batman</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Black Panther: Wakanda Forever</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Top Gun: Maverick </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">— Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson and Scott R. Fisher</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win: </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Real visual effects should always win this award...</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Top Gun: Maverick</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Avatar: The Way of Water</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST FILM EDITING</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Banshees of Inisherin</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Mikkel E.G. Nielsen</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elvis</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Everything Everywhere All at Once</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Paul Rogers</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tár</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Monika Willi</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Top Gun: Maverick</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> — Eddie Hamilton</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win and what I predict will win: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Top Gun: Maverick</span></span></span></div>Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713177084508315409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914034812169233714.post-75329742371946946552023-02-25T11:37:00.013-05:002023-02-25T12:32:50.656-05:00Reviews & Ratings for the 2023 Oscar Best Picture Nominees<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiuk1FX7T99r2RuPdriV6TdMPPVg7JO4Gd3yXChsTZztyeAyHEGr0ZeVOSVB-iiUwMT41jqzLguaS_dX856FJpwxqAlK_5oIvu37axKm9CEy0EKy6HwStWDEaxSTm7kAb99lYwRCnKBD4cCKuMxvnBuXeeJJ00O_AdqQm3lwzJ7yUzKwS3o4nnbrvL7A/s620/2023-Best-Picture.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="620" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiuk1FX7T99r2RuPdriV6TdMPPVg7JO4Gd3yXChsTZztyeAyHEGr0ZeVOSVB-iiUwMT41jqzLguaS_dX856FJpwxqAlK_5oIvu37axKm9CEy0EKy6HwStWDEaxSTm7kAb99lYwRCnKBD4cCKuMxvnBuXeeJJ00O_AdqQm3lwzJ7yUzKwS3o4nnbrvL7A/w640-h373/2023-Best-Picture.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I have seen all of the Best Picture nominees and I liked most of them. But two of these movies I did not like, which is rare for me for the most recent Best Picture nominees. I’m puzzled as to why one of these is such a critical darling and why the other one was nominated at all. Here are my quick thoughts and ratings for each. They are in order of my most favorite to least favorite.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Top Gun: Maverick </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1745960" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1745960</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’ve seen </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Top Gun: Maverick</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> three times already, including twice in a movie theater and I love this movie. I don’t think I can say anything that hasn’t already been said about this movie as it’s pretty awesome. The REAL (aka...NOT CGI) visual effects were incredible. It’s also a great story and better than the original </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Top Gun</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, which rarely happens with sequels. I would have loved to have seen this movie with my late brother Steve who was a huge </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Top Gun</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> fan as we saw the original together in a theater with my other brother Brian when it came out in 1986. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Top Gun: Maverick</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> was the best movie I saw in 2022...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9.5/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Fabelmans</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14208870" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14208870</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Fabelmans</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is another movie that I actually saw twice in a movie theater. It’s a wonderful story about young Steven Spielberg (aka, Sammy Fabelman) growing up, loving & making movies, dealing with a turbulent family life, and putting up with anti-Semitism in school. I loved </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Fabelmans...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9.0/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Avatar: The Way of Water </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1630029" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1630029</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I walked out of </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Avatar: The Way of Water</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (which I watched in 3D) and said “Big Jim did it again!”. Like the first </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Avatar</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, this movie is a technical masterpiece and visually incredible. I also think it has a better story than the original along with better performances. I truly enjoyed this movie...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9.0/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Banshees of Inisherin</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11813216" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11813216</span></a><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Banshees of Inisherin</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is a really good fecking movie. The performances are fantastic and it’s got some very funny moments. The humor is a bit dark at times, but it’s enjoyable. The dramatic elements are truly dramatic as well and the mixture of humor & drama is spot on...</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.5</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tár</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14444726" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14444726</span></a><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tár</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is a very well-made movie with a great performance by Cate Blanchett at the center of it. It’s an unconventional look at how awful a person can be regardless of gender or political affiliation. When I walked out of it, I knew I liked it, but I didn’t know how much. After thinking about it and listening to a great “The Big Picture” podcast about it, I decided that I really liked it (especially the ending)...</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.5/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All Quiet on the Western Front</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1016150" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1016150</span></a><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All Quiet on the Western Front</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is an intense & brutal war movie. As Americans, we don’t get to see war depicted from the enemy’s perspective and this movie shows that war sucked just as much for German soldiers as it did for the Allied soldiers. The production & sound design are both top notch too and I wish I’d have seen it in a movie theater instead of on Netflix...</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.0/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Women Talking</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13669038" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13669038</span></a><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The title of </span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Women Talking</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> says it all as that’s exactly what this movie is. And while that may sound boring to some, it was quite compelling to me. Another movie that is carried by some tremendous performances, especially from Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, and Ben Whishaw, essentially the only man in the movie. I definitely liked this movie...</span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.0/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elvis </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3704428" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3704428</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’ve said to a handful of people that once you get through what I call “The Baz Luhrmann bullshit”, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elvis</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is a pretty good movie. Austin Butler’s performance and a chance to listen to some awesome Elvis songs alone make it worth watching...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7.5/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Triangle of Sadness</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7322224" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7322224</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All I am going to say about this movie is that it’s too long, too ridiculous, and flat out obnoxious. I really couldn’t wait for it to end...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3.0/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Everything Everywhere All at Once</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6710474" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6710474</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I think it’s safe to say that I hated this movie. It’s a total farce and way too over the top. It does have a good cast and I was happy to see Ke Huy Quan in a movie again as I think the last movie I remember him in was </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Goonies</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. This movie is a critical darling for some reason and my reaction to that is, in the immortal words of Josh Baskin in Big, “I don’t get it”. I’ll be pissed if this wins Best Picture...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.0/10 stars.</span></span></p>Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713177084508315409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914034812169233714.post-18469625399838527502022-03-27T07:19:00.014-04:002022-03-28T07:53:53.787-04:002022 Oscar Predictions<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgaQX-HvUGdyqv5H_JQA5FIgbDNfInxNNo-AWB-bWGSSO3g_STbk8Sp1qO9TO9ly4D7hF8bhg5cqyPY6atVBlB11cRyGJSQLZPY_fHD5bWbwecP9FXkkgAtW1c7pSASSqUVtZiEiGtll55a84skK85JoHHSmRwSyjHl54LV17um9V7D7T1xNTfdTPCTw/s2688/2688x1076-Q75_f4473eb82610474789f64623cfff376a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="2688" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgaQX-HvUGdyqv5H_JQA5FIgbDNfInxNNo-AWB-bWGSSO3g_STbk8Sp1qO9TO9ly4D7hF8bhg5cqyPY6atVBlB11cRyGJSQLZPY_fHD5bWbwecP9FXkkgAtW1c7pSASSqUVtZiEiGtll55a84skK85JoHHSmRwSyjHl54LV17um9V7D7T1xNTfdTPCTw/w640-h256/2688x1076-Q75_f4473eb82610474789f64623cfff376a.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There seem to be a lot of locks, especially in the acting & technical awards (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is going to clean up on these). I think Best Picture is going to get interesting though. This is the first time I’ve ever placed actual bets using DraftKings for the awards based on these predictions.<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPDATE: I only got 2 of my predictions wrong (both screenplay awards). The winners are below in </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; white-space: pre-wrap;">blue</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST PICTURE</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Belfast<br /></span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CODA<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Don’t Look Up<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Drive My Car<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">King Richard<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Licorice Pizza<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nightmare Alley<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Power of the Dog<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">West Side Story</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">...was THE BEST PICTURE OF 2021! It deserves the </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Return of the King</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> treatment by sweeping everything it’s nominated for even though it won’t.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I predict will win:</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I am making a last-minute prediction that </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CODA</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> will win after originally predicting that </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Power of the Dog</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> would.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST DIRECTOR</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Paul Thomas Anderson (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Licorice Pizza</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kenneth Branagh (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Belfast</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)<br /></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jane Campion (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Power of the Dog</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Drive My Car</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Steven Spielberg (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">West Side Story</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I want to/think should win: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Denis Villeneuve for </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">...Oh wait, he was snubbed! The biggest snub of this year’s Oscars. He better win for </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune Part II</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I predict will win: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jane Campion</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST ACTRESS</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jessica Chastain (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Eyes of Tammy Faye</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Olivia Colman (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Lost Daughter</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Penélope Cruz (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Parallel Mothers</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nicole Kidman (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Being the Ricardos</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kristen Stewart (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spencer</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I want to/think should win: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Emilia Jones for </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CODA</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">...oh wait, she was snubbed. Rachel Zegler for </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">West Side Story</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">...oh wait, she was snubbed too! How about Alana Haim for </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Licorice Pizza</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">? Nope...SNUBBED! I like Olivia Colman, but did not like </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Lost Daughter</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, so it’d be OK if anyone else wins here even though Nicole Kidman shouldn’t win for a movie that’s just OK.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I predict will win:</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Jessica Chastain</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST ACTOR</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Javier Bardem (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Being the Ricardos</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Benedict Cumberbatch (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Power of the Dog</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Andrew Garfield (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tick, Tick … Boom!</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)<br /></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Will Smith (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">King Richard</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Denzel Washington (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Tragedy of Macbeth</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I want to/think should win and who I predict will win:</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Will Smith, who is awesome in </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">King Richard</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jessie Buckley (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Lost Daughter</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)<br /></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ariana DeBose (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">West Side Story</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Judi Dench (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Belfast</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kirsten Dunst (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Power of the Dog</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Aunjanue Ellis (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">King Richard</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I want to/think should win and who I predict will win:</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Ariana DeBose, who is amazing in </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">West Side Story.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ciarán Hinds (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Belfast</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)<br /></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Troy Kotsur (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CODA</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jesse Plemons (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Power of the Dog</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J.K. Simmons (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Being the Ricardos</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kodi Smit-McPhee (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Power of the Dog</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I want to/think should win and who I predict will win: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Troy Kotsur...I LOVE </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CODA</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and he’s fantastic in it.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST COSTUME DESIGN</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cruella</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Jenny Beavan)<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cyrano</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nightmare Alley</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Luis Sequeira)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">West Side Story</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Paul Tazewell)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I predict will win: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cruella</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST SOUND</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Belfast</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri)<br /></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett)<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">No Time to Die</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Power of the Dog</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">West Side Story</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win and what I predict will win: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST ORIGINAL SCORE</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Don’t Look Up</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Nicholas Britell)<br /></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Hans Zimmer)<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Encanto</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Germaine Franco)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Parallel Mothers</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Alberto Iglesias)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Power of the Dog</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Jonny Greenwood)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win and what I predict will win: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CODA</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (screenplay by Siân Heder)<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Drive My Car</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Lost Daughter</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (written by Maggie Gyllenhaal)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Power of the Dog</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (written by Jane Campion)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I predict will win: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Power of the Dog</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Belfast</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (written by Kenneth Branagh)<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Don’t Look Up</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (screenplay by Adam McKay; story by Adam McKay & David Sirota)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">King Richard</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (written by Zach Baylin)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Licorice Pizza</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (written by Paul Thomas Anderson)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Worst Person in the World</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win and what I predict will win: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Licorice Pizza</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST FILM EDITING</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Don’t Look Up</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Hank Corwin)<br /></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Joe Walker)<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">King Richard</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Pamela Martin)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Power of the Dog</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Peter Sciberras)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tick, Tick … Boom!</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win and what I predict will win: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Coming 2 America</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cruella</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr)<br /></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Eyes of Tammy Faye</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh)<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">House of Gucci</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I predict will win: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Eyes of Tammy Faye</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST ANIMATED FEATURE</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Encanto</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino, and Clark Spencer)<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Flee</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Luca</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Mitchells vs. the Machines</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Kurt Albrecht)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Raya and the Last Dragon</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer, and Peter Del Vecho)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I predict will win: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I haven’t seen any of these, but I predict that </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Encanto</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> will win.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST ORIGINAL SONG</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Be Alive” — music and lyrics by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">King Richard</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Dos Oruguitas” — music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Encanto</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Down to Joy” — music and lyrics by Van Morrison (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Belfast</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)<br /></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“No Time to Die” — music and lyrics by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">No Time to Die</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Somehow You Do” — music and lyrics by Diane Warren (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Four Good Days</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win and what I predict will win: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“No Time to Die”</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Greig Fraser)<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nightmare Alley</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Dan Laustsen)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Power of the Dog</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Ari Wegner)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Tragedy of Macbeth</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Bruno Delbonnel)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">West Side Story</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Janusz Kaminski)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win and what I predict will win: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Drive My Car</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Japan)<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Flee</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Denmark)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Hand of God</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Italy)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Bhutan)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Worst Person in the World</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Norway)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win and what I predict will win: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Drive My Car</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (production design: Patrice Vermette; set decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos)<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nightmare Alley</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (production design: Tamara Deverell; set decoration: Shane Vieau)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Power of the Dog</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (production design: Grant Major; set decoration: Amber Richards)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Tragedy of Macbeth</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (production design: Stefan Dechant; set decoration: Nancy Haigh)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">West Side Story</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (production design: Adam Stockhausen; set decoration: Rena DeAngelo)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win and what I predict will win: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BEST VISUAL EFFECTS</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor, and Gerd Nefzer)<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Free Guy</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, and Dan Sudick)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">No Time to Die</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner, and Chris Corbould)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker, and Dan Oliver)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spider-Man: No Way Home</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein, and Dan Sudick)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f9412bd-7fff-e955-960c-a9030e4bf8db"><span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win and what I predict will win: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune</span></span></span></span></div>Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713177084508315409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914034812169233714.post-21096349398719689502022-03-25T18:04:00.008-04:002022-03-25T18:10:24.587-04:00Reviews & Ratings for the 2022 Oscar Best Picture Nominees<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0scRZWKcZ3w2ZktOAlQhvnUr0E0o-qlPBdLz_O2S4Uu_2PWeTCTbbh3PlwodjfbyNjVSyprS4qbplUcKMjNDRt47YkuG97Z9OYcQccdkXLzxd4u6ZvAOwq5FW1PbrQEfBgq8LOfs0nFpPtOq6hBAORTWepwl8Ki3YtDGV1vzP4tMuqjcPPccCbIidw/s620/2022-Oscar-Predictions-Best-Picture-Winner.jpg.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="620" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0scRZWKcZ3w2ZktOAlQhvnUr0E0o-qlPBdLz_O2S4Uu_2PWeTCTbbh3PlwodjfbyNjVSyprS4qbplUcKMjNDRt47YkuG97Z9OYcQccdkXLzxd4u6ZvAOwq5FW1PbrQEfBgq8LOfs0nFpPtOq6hBAORTWepwl8Ki3YtDGV1vzP4tMuqjcPPccCbIidw/w640-h373/2022-Oscar-Predictions-Best-Picture-Winner.jpg.webp" width="640" /></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I liked all of this year’s Best Picture nominees and even loved some of them as 4 of them were my 4 favorite movies from 2021. It’s rare that my favorite movies of the year are nominated for Best Picture, much less 4 of them.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1160419" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1160419</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I saw </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dune</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in a theater (Emagine Rochester Hills, MI EMAX) with my nephews & their girlfriends. It's visually astounding with incredible sound effects and a kick-ass score by Hans Zimmer. It really should be seen in a theater and I am glad I got to experience it in that setting. It’s a fantastic movie and was my favorite movie from 2021...</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9.5/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Licorice Pizza</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11271038" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11271038</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This was my 2nd favorite movie from 2021. It was just a fun movie to watch and the soundtrack is great. It has a lot of funny moments and some great needle drops. I really loved </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Licorice Pizza</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9.0/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">West Side Story</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3581652" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3581652</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Remakes never live up to the original movie...until now. I think THIS version of </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">West Side Story</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is better than the original (which I finally watched in 2021 & is great). It blew me away and was my 3rd favorite movie from 2021...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9.0/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CODA</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10366460" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10366460</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And finally, my 4th favorite movie from 2021. After I watched it, I posted this on Facebook about the movie and it still holds true: Give yourself a break from the noise of the world and watch this wonderful movie on Apple TV...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9.0/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Drive My Car</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14039582" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14039582</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Don’t be intimidated by a Japanese 3-hour movie because </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Drive My Car</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is really good. It was a great way to spend an afternoon for me and I never felt bored by it or that it dragged at all...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.5/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Belfast</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12789558" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12789558</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kenneth Branagh's </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Belfast </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is an excellent & charming semi-autobiographical movie about his childhood in Belfast, Northern Ireland...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.0/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">King Richard</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9620288" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9620288</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Will Smith's fantastic performance as Richard Williams (Venus & Serena's dad) really carries this one...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.0/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Don’t Look Up</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11286314" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11286314</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This movie was very controversial and polarizing. I took it at face value and didn’t read into its underlying message too much. I did like it...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.0/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nightmare Alley</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7740496" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7740496</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This movie is good, not great, but it’s entertaining. Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, and Willem Defoe are all very good in it...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7.5/10 stars.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Power of the Dog </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10293406/reference/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10293406</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I liked this movie, but didn’t love it. It has great performances and a good twist at the end. But it’s a bit of a slog and I really wish it’d actually been filmed in Montana instead of New Zealand...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7.0/10 stars.</span></span></p>Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713177084508315409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914034812169233714.post-32325632103103206962021-07-01T13:00:00.007-04:002021-07-01T13:05:41.667-04:00Alfred Hitchcock Movies<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid__MSGD_pFcy3SSXkusA-yP8ALHhvRJNgzvdnY0IJR1rA_QmkzM-Lhbsu7o3G6Z1CqvshgiEIukWZKR9_m1ecx7YuTWbnJkCZX-x8Y8P-e1YU6DjtMUnGmH3HtR09BA4QklcBvbQqM9Wp/s1221/71zWrwtQP3S.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid__MSGD_pFcy3SSXkusA-yP8ALHhvRJNgzvdnY0IJR1rA_QmkzM-Lhbsu7o3G6Z1CqvshgiEIukWZKR9_m1ecx7YuTWbnJkCZX-x8Y8P-e1YU6DjtMUnGmH3HtR09BA4QklcBvbQqM9Wp/w295-h400/71zWrwtQP3S.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-90fa81ff-7fff-b813-af31-bbd6ada30de9"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In 2020, one of my favorite podcasts (The Ringer’s “The Big Picture”, which I highly recommend) did an episode on Alfred Hitchcock movies for the 60th anniversary of the release of </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Psycho</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. After listening to this episode, I realized that I hadn’t seen as many Hitchcock movies as I thought. I have since watched (or rewatched) 18 of them, many of them for the first time. These are all excellent movies, with some of them being the greatest movies of all time. Here are my ratings for these 18 movies.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">North By Northwest </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053125" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053125</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not only one of the greatest Hitchcock movies, but one of the greatest movies of all time. It’s my personal favorite of all of his movies and one of my favorite movies of all time as well...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9.5/10 stars</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rear Window </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047396" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047396</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Every time I watch this movie, whenever Grace Kelly appears, I sigh due to her classic beauty. Similar to </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">North By Northwest</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, in addition to being one of my favorite Hitchcock movies, it’s one of my favorite movies, period...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9.5/10 stars</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vertigo </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052357" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052357</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jimmy Stewart brings his A game and Kim Novak’s performance is haunting...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9.0/10 stars</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Psycho </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Psycho</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> broke all of the rules and set the tone for all horror movies to follow...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9.0/10 stars</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Notorious </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038787" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038787</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I had never seen this one until 2020 and wow...what a great movie! It was very cutting edge for its time (1946)...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9.0/10 stars</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strangers On a Train </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044079" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044079</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I had seen this a long time ago, so it was like watching it for the first time and it’s excellent...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.5/10 stars</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dial M For Murder </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046912" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046912</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another one I had seen a long time ago, thus it was like a fresh watch. Another one with Grace Kelly (sigh...) and excellent as well...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.5/10 stars</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To Catch a Thief </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048728" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048728</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I think I had seen this once upon a time, but it was definitely like watching it for the first time regardless. And yes, Grace Kelly again made me swoon...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.0/10 stars</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>The Birds</i> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056869" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056869</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I had never seen </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Birds</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> until 2020 and wow...it’s terrifying! I really liked it...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.0/10 stars</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rebecca </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032976" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032976</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A first timer for me based on the book by Daphne du Maurier and a movie that I really liked...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.0/10 stars</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saboteur </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035279" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035279</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another first timer that I really liked...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.0/10 stars</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Marnie </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058329" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058329</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was watching these movies in a certain order and this one coincidentally came up on my watch list 1 day after Sean Connery died. And I really enjoyed it...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.0/10 stars</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Suspicion</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034248" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034248</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cary Grant turns on the charm, but differently than he normally does. I enjoyed my first time viewing...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.0/10 stars</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Man Who Knew Too Much</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - 1956 Version (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049470" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049470</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This was the first Hitchcock movie I ever saw in the summer of 1989 when I was 17 at my brother Dennis’ apartment in State College, PA. I liked it then and I still did after rewatching it...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.0/10 stars</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Foreign Correspondent</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032484" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032484</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not a thriller in the classical Hitchcock way, but still thrilling and quite good...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.0/10 stars</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rope</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040746" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040746</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">An excellent version of the stage play of the same name with Jimmy Stewart in an atypical role for him...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.0/10 stars</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spellbound</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038109" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038109</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gregory Peck & Ingrid Bergman at their finest...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7.5/10 stars</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The 39 Steps</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026029" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026029</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></p><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In spite of being made in 1935 and of low picture quality, I was pleasantly surprised how well this movie holds up...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7.5/10 stars</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></span><p></p>Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713177084508315409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914034812169233714.post-69824211895050345622021-04-25T06:54:00.004-04:002021-04-26T06:53:38.966-04:002021 Oscar Predictions<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-EE5s3FTm1c51BNSHc1gMvRE0KUC1youeg_RUmzKZSsH0lq4YNrwodWVEbHW_RORz_NW850bVFJgwnJgNkCneXZveLcPrv1S6g5fBrFmpJ1SaJnf2f5iPwjSXxzuPO8uO0Sk7A4BWbEvi/s700/2021-Oscar-Nominations.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="311" data-original-width="700" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-EE5s3FTm1c51BNSHc1gMvRE0KUC1youeg_RUmzKZSsH0lq4YNrwodWVEbHW_RORz_NW850bVFJgwnJgNkCneXZveLcPrv1S6g5fBrFmpJ1SaJnf2f5iPwjSXxzuPO8uO0Sk7A4BWbEvi/w640-h285/2021-Oscar-Nominations.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It’s time for my annual Oscar predictions and I’m predicting 19 of the 23 categories. Some awards seem to be locks (like Chadwick Boseman for Best Actor, <i>Soul</i> for Best Animated Film) and many seem to be up in the air. Here we go!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #222222;">UPDATE: So much for Boseman being a lock for Best Actor...wow! Anyway...I was 17 of 19 for my predictions and the winners are updated below in </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">blue</span><span style="color: #222222;">.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-be6f02b9-7fff-4f88-4aaa-f938968178b4"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best Picture</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Father</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Judas and the Black Messiah</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mank</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Minari</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nomadland</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promising Young Woman</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sound of Metal</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Trial of the Chicago 7</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Judas and the Black Messiah</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nomadland</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best Directing</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thomas Vinterberg, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another Round</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">David Fincher, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mank</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lee Isaac Chung, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Minari</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chloe Zhao, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nomadland</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Emerald Fennell, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promising Young Woman</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chloe Zhao</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chloe Zhao</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best Actress in a Leading Role</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Viola Davis, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ma Rainey's Black Bottom</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Andra Day, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">United States vs. Billie Holiday</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vanessa Kirby, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pieces of a Woman</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Frances McDormand, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nomadland</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Carey Mulligan, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promising Young Woman</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Carey Mulligan</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Frances McDormand</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best Actor in a Leading Role</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Riz Ahmed, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sound of Metal</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chadwick Boseman, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ma Rainey's Black Bottom</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Anthony Hopkins, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Father</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gary Oldman, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mank</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Steven Yeun, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Minari</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Riz Ahmed</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chadwick Boseman. I’m not sure if he’d win if he hadn’t sadly passed away, but this is almost a no-brainer. He IS great in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have no problem with him winning, I just think Riz Ahmed, Steven Yeun, and Anthony Hopkins are better.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best Actress in a Supporting Role</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Maria Bakalova, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Borat Subsequent Moviefilm</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Glenn Close, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hillbilly Elegy</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Olivia Colman, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Father</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amanda Seyfried, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mank</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yuh-Jung Youn, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Minari</span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amanda Seyfried</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yuh-Jung Youn</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best Actor in a Supporting Role</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sacha Baron Cohen, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Trial of the Chicago 7</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Daniel Kaluuya,</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Judas and the Black Messiah</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Leslie Odom, Jr.,</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> One Night in Miami</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Paul Raci,</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Sound of Metal</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LaKeith Stanfield,</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Judas and the Black Messiah</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LaKeith Stanfield (he really should be nominated for Best Actor)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Daniel Kaluuya</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best Original Screenplay</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Judas and the Black Messiah</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Screenplay by Will Berson and Shaka King; Story by Berson, King, Keith and Kenny Lucas</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Minari</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Lee Isaac Chung</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promising Young Woman</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Emerald Fennell</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sound of Metal</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Screenplay by Abraham and Darius Marder; Story by Derek Cianfrance and D. Marder</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Aaron Sorkin</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promising Young Woman</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Emerald Fennell</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promising Young Woman</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Emerald Fennell</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best Adapted Screenplay</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Borat Subsequent Moviefilm</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Jena Friedman, Anthony Hines, Lee Kern, Dan Mazer, Erica Rivinoja and Dan Swimer; Story by Baron Cohen, Hines, Nina Pedrad and Swimer; Based on the character by Baron Cohen</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Father</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller, based on the play by Zeller</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nomadland</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Chloé Zhao, based on the book by Jessica Bruder</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One Night in Miami</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Kemp Powers, based on his play</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The White Tiger</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Ramin Bahrani, based on the novel by Aravind Adiga</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One Night in Miami</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Kemp Powers, based on his play</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Father</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller, based on the play by Zeller</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best Cinematography</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Judas and the Black Messiah</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Sean Bobbitt</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mank</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Erik Messerschmidt</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">News of the World</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Dariusz Wolski</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nomadland</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Joshua James Richards</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Trial of the Chicago 7</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Phedon Papamichael</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nomadland</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Joshua James Richards</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mank</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Erik Messerschmidt</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best Film Editing</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Father</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Yorgos Lamprinos</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nomadland</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Chloé Zhao</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promising Young Woman</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Frédéric Thoraval</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sound of Metal</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Trial of the Chicago 7</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Alan Baumgarten</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nomadland</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Chloé Zhao</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sound of Metal</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best Animated Feature Film</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Onward</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Over the Moon</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Soul</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wolfwalkers</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The only one I saw...</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Soul</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. This arguably could have been nominated for Best Picture and sure would have been that “breath of fresh air movie” that I think was needed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Soul</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best International Feature Film</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another Round</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Better Days</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Collective</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Man Who Sold His Skin</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Quo Vadis, Aida?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another Round. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This movie is fantastic and I think it should have been nominated for Best Picture as well.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another Round</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best Original Score</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Da 5 Bloods</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Terence Blanchard</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mank</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Minari</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Emile Mosseri</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">News of the World</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – James Newton Howard</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Soul</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste</span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tenet</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Ludwig Göransson. Oh wait...he wasn’t nominated which is a total joke as that score is fantastic.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Soul</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best Original Song</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Fight For You," </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Judas and the Black Messiah</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Music by D'Mile and H.E.R.; lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Hear My Voice," </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Trial of the Chicago 7</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Music by Daniel Pemberton; lyric by Celeste and Pemberton</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Husavik," </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Music and lyric by Rickard Göransson, Fat Max Gsus and Savan Kotecha</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Io Si (Seen)," </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Life Ahead</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Music by Diane Warren; lyric by Laura Pausini and Warren</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Speak Now," </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One Night in Miami </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Music and lyric by Sam Ashworth and Leslie Odom Jr.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who cares? This category is only worth talking about when songs are integrated into the movie and not just played over the credits (like “Shallow” from </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A Star Is Born</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). I do like Leslie Odom Jr. as Sam Cooke in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One Night in Miami</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> though.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Speak Now," </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One Night in Miami </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Music and lyric by Sam Ashworth and Leslie Odom Jr.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best Sound</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Greyhound</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mank</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">News of the World</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Soul</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sound of Metal</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Duh, the movie with the word “sound” in its title...</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sound of Metal</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sound of Metal</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best Costume Design</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Emma</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ma Rainey's Black Bottom</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mank</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mulan</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pinocchio</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mank</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ma Rainey's Black Bottom</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best Makeup and Hairstyling</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Emma</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hillbilly Elegy</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ma Rainey's Black Bottom</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mank</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pinocchio</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mank</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ma Rainey's Black Bottom</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best Production Design</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Father</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ma Rainey's Black Bottom</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mank</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">News of the World</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tenet</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tenet</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I predict will win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mank</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best Visual Effects</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Love and Monsters</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Midnight Sky</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mulan</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The One and Only Ivan</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tenet</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I want to/think should win: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tenet</span></p><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I predict will win: </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tenet</span></span></span></div>Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713177084508315409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914034812169233714.post-87946807343578545192021-04-18T08:27:00.012-04:002021-04-18T08:30:48.348-04:00Reviews & Ratings for the 2021 Oscar Best Picture Nominees<div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPe3evaE8L26_N6YKjF3Vca-kOOLcROV5UlxtxC6kl44bYlc3mhRKep8uNYSMNeEVJmwHQcOav7tFdNExkAUn3RzAThtqn-I8ox7sA61jhuSACdfhzxtYnYOG7-Jrfw49xZ_HmARQyEax/s1280/Best+Picture+Noms.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1280" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPe3evaE8L26_N6YKjF3Vca-kOOLcROV5UlxtxC6kl44bYlc3mhRKep8uNYSMNeEVJmwHQcOav7tFdNExkAUn3RzAThtqn-I8ox7sA61jhuSACdfhzxtYnYOG7-Jrfw49xZ_HmARQyEax/w400-h289/Best+Picture+Noms.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="font-size: xx-large; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: x-large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I have now seen all of the 2021 Best Picture nominees and I liked all of them. But none of them would be considered “pick me up” movies as they are all pretty intense with a lot of heartbreak. Given the last year, it’d have been nice to have something nominated that was more refreshing and a lot less heavy. Anyway...here are my ratings for each in the order that I liked them.</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Judas and the Black Messiah</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9784798" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9784798</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While I could have watched </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Judas and the Black Messiah</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> from home, I was fortunate enough to see it in a theater. It's a fantastic & powerful movie with great performances from the entire cast, but especially from Daniel Kaluuya as Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton & Lakeith Stanfield (who I've loved since I first saw him in the TV show </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Atlanta</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) as party infiltrator Bill O'Neal. I didn't know the story of Hampton prior to seeing this movie and sadly I wasn't surprised by how it ended. This is an excellent movie...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9.0/10 stars</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-348a4b0b-7fff-59a7-dc2b-7dfccb1c679d"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nomadland</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9770150" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9770150</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-348a4b0b-7fff-59a7-dc2b-7dfccb1c679d"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nomadland</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is a wonderful journey and a great story. Francis McDormand is in every scene and turns in an outstanding performance as modern-day nomad Fern. The following quote from the movie says it all:</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-348a4b0b-7fff-59a7-dc2b-7dfccb1c679d"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“One of the things I love most about this life is that there's no final goodbye. You know, I've met hundreds of people out here and I don't ever say a final goodbye. I always just say, ‘I'll see you down the road.’”</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-348a4b0b-7fff-59a7-dc2b-7dfccb1c679d"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I did really like this movie...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.5/10 stars</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-348a4b0b-7fff-59a7-dc2b-7dfccb1c679d"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sound of Metal</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5363618" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5363618</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-348a4b0b-7fff-59a7-dc2b-7dfccb1c679d"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’ve been a fan of Riz Ahmed since I first saw him in the HBO miniseries </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Night Of</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. His performance in </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sound of Metal</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> carries this movie to another level and I was very impressed with him in this role of heavy metal drummer Ruben who loses his hearing. While the supporting performances by Olivia Cooke (playing Ruben’s girlfriend & band partner Lou and who I’ve liked since I first saw her in the TV show </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bates Motel</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) and Paul Raci (playing Joe, the man who runs the shelter for deaf recovering addicts that Ruben goes to) are outstanding, it’s Ahmed’s that carries the movie. The movie’s portrayal of Ruben’s deafness is outstanding and I really liked it...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.0/10 stars</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-348a4b0b-7fff-59a7-dc2b-7dfccb1c679d"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promising Young Woman</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9620292" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9620292</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-348a4b0b-7fff-59a7-dc2b-7dfccb1c679d"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I had heard that this movie was good, but didn't really know what it was about. At the time I saw it, movie theaters had just reopened. Since I needed happy things in my life and going to movies makes me happy, I went to see it in a theater. And I am very glad that I did! I guess it's probably technically a thriller, but it has moments of comedy (albeit dark) & romance as well. Carey Mulligan plays Cassandra who goes on quite the journey in this movie and she might just win her first Oscar for her performance. I really liked it...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.0/10 stars</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-348a4b0b-7fff-59a7-dc2b-7dfccb1c679d"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mank</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10618286" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10618286</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-348a4b0b-7fff-59a7-dc2b-7dfccb1c679d"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I think </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Citizen Kane</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is an overrated movie. Apparently, its filmmaking is groundbreaking and that is probably true, but I just don’t think it’s that great of a story. I actually like </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mank</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, a movie about the writer of </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Citizen Kane</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Herman Mankiewicz), better than the movie whose story it’s telling. I think Gary Oldman carries this movie as Mankiewicz and Amanda Seyfried’s (who I have liked since first seeing her in the HBO series </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Big Love</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) supporting performance as actress Marion Davies is brilliant. I definitely liked it...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.0/10 stars</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-348a4b0b-7fff-59a7-dc2b-7dfccb1c679d"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Minari</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10633456" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10633456</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-348a4b0b-7fff-59a7-dc2b-7dfccb1c679d"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Immigrants frequently come to the United States to find a better life than what they had in their home country. That is the ultimate American dream and how the U.S. was founded. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Minari</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is a movie that tells this exact story, with the immigrants in this case coming to Arkansas from South Korea. It’s a wonderful telling of just such a story. It has moments of humor, but is quite dramatic otherwise and heart-wrenching. All of the performances are great, from the kids (Anne played by Noel Kate Cho and David played by Alan Kim) all the way to the grandma (played perfectly by Youn Yuh-jung and deserving of her Oscar nomination). But Steven Yuen really stood out for me playing the father Jacob Yi and I’ve liked him ever since I first saw him in </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Walking Dead </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(plus he grew up in Michigan!). His Best Actor nomination is also well-deserved. I enjoyed this movie a lot...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.0/10 stars</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-348a4b0b-7fff-59a7-dc2b-7dfccb1c679d"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Trial of the Chicago Seven</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1070874" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1070874</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-348a4b0b-7fff-59a7-dc2b-7dfccb1c679d"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I knew very little about the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago going into this movie. It is a compelling story and </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Trial of the Chicago Seven</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> does a great job of telling it. Aaron Sorkin is one of the greatest screenwriters of all time and while this isn’t his greatest screenplay, he does tell this story well. What shocked me the most about this story was the treatment of Bobby Seale during the trial (told accurately by the movie) and this at times was difficult to watch, but a necessary part of the story. I liked this movie...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.0/10 stars</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-348a4b0b-7fff-59a7-dc2b-7dfccb1c679d"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Father</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10272386" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10272386</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-348a4b0b-7fff-59a7-dc2b-7dfccb1c679d"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-348a4b0b-7fff-59a7-dc2b-7dfccb1c679d"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m not sure if anyone could have done a better job of portraying Anthony (an aging man who must deal with his progressing memory loss) than Anthony Hopkins (and not just because they have the same name!). Like so many of this year’s Best Picture nominees, a great performance by this powerhouse actor carries this movie. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Father</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> depicts Anthony’s memory loss as if the audience IS Anthony and living through his confusion. It’s a sad story that is difficult to watch at times, which is why it’s my least favorite of the nominees. But I still liked it quite a bit...</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.0/10 stars</span></span></span></div>Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713177084508315409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914034812169233714.post-67849852228022399372020-08-16T09:37:00.004-04:002020-08-16T09:43:59.822-04:00Movies with 8.0 Stars<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_A56fyLVM_WYqHYK-VwYZPTaYu1PJsr7kbEe00zL7QG_pwswpXIRn9sPgl-nqtAvQtA1UOTJTA8cAbff7EfTYNVjnjZ76zShkBpQMk1ImHRhBeoyTcKQ_H8UBezOpfxvepsJmYXLPRi7/s400/see_you_at_the_movies_photosculpture-p153340086776253862env3c_400_400x400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_A56fyLVM_WYqHYK-VwYZPTaYu1PJsr7kbEe00zL7QG_pwswpXIRn9sPgl-nqtAvQtA1UOTJTA8cAbff7EfTYNVjnjZ76zShkBpQMk1ImHRhBeoyTcKQ_H8UBezOpfxvepsJmYXLPRi7/s0/see_you_at_the_movies_photosculpture-p153340086776253862env3c_400_400x400.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I have compiled this list of movies that I give 8.0/10 stars to over about 6 years and I've finally gotten around to posting it. It's a long list, but every movie on here is excellent and I highly recommend all of them. Here we go!</span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Say Anything </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098258"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098258</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">It had been many years since I’ve seen this and it still holds up quite well. Even the 80s clothing isn’t that bad! And it reminded me of how big of a crush I had on Ione Skye 30 years ago…</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>A League of Their Own </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104694"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104694</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I had somehow never seen this movie until 2020 and I definitely enjoyed it. It’s a bit predictable, but has a lot of heart.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>That Thing You Do! </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117887"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117887</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Yet again, a movie I hadn’t seen until 2020 that I really liked.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Something’s Gotta Give </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337741"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337741</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">A different spin on the modern rom-com that I enjoyed very much. Another movie that I somehow had never seen until 2020!</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Irresistible </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9076562"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9076562</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">An excellent commentary on the sad state of politics in the United States.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>The Old Guard </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7556122"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7556122</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I watched 4 streaming new movies from 7/8/2020-7/12/2020 and this was the 3rd best of that bunch. It was much better than I expected and was the best action movie I’d seen in a while.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Serpico </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070666"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070666</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Network </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074958"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074958</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I’ve been making my way through classics I’d never seen and <i>Network</i> is most definitely worth all of the accolades it has gotten over the years. I’m not “mad as hell” that I finally watched it!</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Bad Education </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8206668"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8206668</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>The King of Staten Island </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9686708"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9686708</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">This dramedy was much better than I expected and has a lot of heart.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Da 5 Bloods </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9777644"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9777644</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>The Big Sleep </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038355"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038355</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Another old movie that I’d heard so much about, but had never seen until 2020. Bogey nails it as Philip Marlowe!</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Driveways </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9318280"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9318280</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">A nice, excellent little movie with a heartbreaking performance by Brian Dennehy, his last.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>The Lady Eve </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033804"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033804</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">A fun, old movie with great performances from Henry Fonda & Barbara Stanwyck.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Witness for the Prosecution </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051201"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051201</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Some 1950s sappiness and a little bit of overacting, but otherwise excellent.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Set It Up </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5304992"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5304992</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Further proof that I am a big fan of romantic comedies!</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Some Like It Hot </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053291"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053291</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Such a fun movie that I hadn’t seen in a very long time.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Honey Boy </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8151874"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8151874</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Never Rarely Sometimes Always </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7772582"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7772582</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">A very powerful movie about a sensitive subject. Sidney Flanigan does a wonderful job of playing the lead character (Autumn) and deserves an Oscar nomination.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>The Invisible Man</i> (<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1051906"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1051906</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Sadly, this is the last movie I saw in a theater due to the pandemic. But it was an excellent horror movie!</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Waves </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8652728"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8652728</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Clueless </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112697"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112697</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I know this doesn't seem possible, but I watched <i>Clueless </i>for the first time in March 2020 in preparation to watch <i>Emma</i> as both are adaptations of the classic Jane Austen novel <i>Emma</i> (which I've never read), with <i>Clueless</i> being a loosely-based, modernized version. I did really like <i>Clueless</i>, but what it really proved to me is that Paul Rudd DOES NOT AGE!</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>The Two Popes </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8404614"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8404614</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Richard Jewell </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3513548"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3513548</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Clint is 90 and is still making excellent movies!</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>An Affair to Remember </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050105"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050105</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3224458"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3224458</span></a>)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Dark Waters </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9071322"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9071322</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Burning </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7282468"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7282468</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>It </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1396484"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1396484</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Knock Down the House </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9358052"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9358052</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Personally, I like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and this documentary is centered on her. But it also covers other women’s campaigns to become members of the U.S. Congress. It’s a great underdog story that I truly enjoyed.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Gosford Park </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280707"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280707</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Stuffy Brits doing crazy shit in a period piece and the precursor to <i>Downton Abbey</i>? I’m all in!</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Instant Family </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7401588"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7401588</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">A funny, feel-good movie is right in my wheelhouse!</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>A Simple Favor </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7040874"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7040874</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Election </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0126886"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0126886</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Tracy Flick in 2020!</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Can You Ever Forgive Me? </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4595882"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4595882</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Beautiful Boy </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226837"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226837</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Widows </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4218572"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4218572</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Creed II </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6343314"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6343314</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Juliet, Naked </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5607096"><span style="color: blue;"><i>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5607096</i></span></a></span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>First Man </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1213641"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1213641</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Operation Finale </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5208252"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5208252</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Eighth Grade </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7014006"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7014006</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Tully </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5610554"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5610554</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Wonder </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543472"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543472</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Incredibles 2 </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3606756"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3606756</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>All About Eve </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042192"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042192</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Coco </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2380307"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2380307</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Laura </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037008"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037008</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Hostiles </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5478478"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5478478</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Blockers </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2531344"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2531344</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>I, Tonya </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5580036"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5580036</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>The Cowboys </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068421"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068421</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Battle of the Sexes </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4622512"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4622512</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Annihilation</i> (<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2798920"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2798920</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>The French Connection </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067116"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067116</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Upon rewatch, I liked this movie a lot more than I first did.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Philadelphia </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107818"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107818</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>The Florida Project </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5649144"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5649144</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Mudbound </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2396589"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2396589</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>The Gathering Storm </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314097"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314097</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Captain Fantastic </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3553976"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3553976</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Snowden </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3774114"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3774114</span></a></span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Paterson </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5247022"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5247022</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;"><i>20</i></span><span style="color: black; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><i><sup>th</sup></i></span><span style="color: black;"><i> Century Women </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4385888"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4385888</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>The Edge of Seventeen </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1878870"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1878870</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Being a teenager is hard and when your "perfect" brother starts dating your best friend, it gets just a bit harder.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>American Beauty </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169547"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169547</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I didn’t like this after first seeing it, but that was 15+ years ago. I watched again and did like it this time. Kevin Spacey is UNHINGED as Lester.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Allied </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3640424"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3640424</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Nocturnal Animals </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4550098"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4550098</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Loving </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4669986"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4669986</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Edgerton has little dialogue but says so much with body language.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>A Bridge Too Far </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075784"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075784</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>The Girl on the Train </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3631112"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3631112</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Joy</i> (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2446980"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2446980</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Trumbo</i> (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3203606"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3203606</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Deadpool </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1431045"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1431045</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Steve Jobs</i> (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2080374"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2080374</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Straight Outta Compton </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1398426"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1398426</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Kingsman: The Secret Service</i><b> </b>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2802144"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2802144</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Nightcrawler</i> (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872718"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872718</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Wild</i> (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2305051"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2305051</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>The Fault in Our Stars</i> (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582846"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582846</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies</i> (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2310332"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2310332</span></a>)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>This is Where I Leave You</i> (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371150"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371150</span></a>)</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">A very faithful adaptation of a book that I really liked.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Boyhood</i> (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1065073"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1065073</span></a>)</span></span></p>Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713177084508315409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914034812169233714.post-49558811196662899842020-04-04T11:38:00.002-04:002020-05-03T08:10:24.385-04:00Movies with 8.5 Stars<div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here ya go, a list of excellent movies to get you through these difficult times we are living through in the spring of 2020.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Creed </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3076658">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3076658</a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>A Quiet Place </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6644200"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6644200</span></a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>All the President’s Men </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074119"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: blue;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074119</span></a>)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Wonder Woman </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451279">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451279</a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When I would watch <i>Downton Abbey</i> on TV, it was always with a glass of wine in my hand and usually some chocolate to go with the wine and that’s exactly what I did when I saw the <i>Downton Abbey</i> movie in a theater!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">There have been a lot of teen comedies over the years, especially about the end of high school and <i>Booksmart</i> holds its own against all of them. It starts a little slow, but picks up steam. It's funny, well-written, with great music, and loads of fun.</span></span></div>
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Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713177084508315409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914034812169233714.post-22251244424658945942020-02-29T08:33:00.001-05:002020-05-03T08:09:45.521-04:00Marvel Movies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've seen 8 Marvel movies over the last few years and here are my ratings for them. They are in the order that I liked them from best to "less best" since I didn't dislike any of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Avengers: Infinity War</i> (<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4154756">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4154756</a>)</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">8.5/10 stars</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Spider-Man: Into The Spider Verse</i> (<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4633694">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4633694</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This movie is truly a joy!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">8.5/10 stars</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Avengers: Endgame</i> (<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4154796">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4154796</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am...inevitable.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">8.5/10 stars</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Thor: Ragnorak</i> (<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3501632">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3501632</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This movie is tons of fun!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">8.0/10 stars</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Captain Marvel</i> (<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4154664">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4154664</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 1.2;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Spider-Man: Homecoming</i> (<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2250912">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2250912</a>)</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 1.2;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">7.5/10 stars</span></b></span>Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713177084508315409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914034812169233714.post-49829232594481393052020-02-16T08:44:00.002-05:002020-05-03T08:11:16.182-04:00Movies with 9.0/10 Stars<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've got a serious backlog of movies that I've seen over the past few years that I haven't posted my ratings for. Here is a small list of movies over that time that I give 9.0/10 stars (some movies that I saw which were nominated for Oscars fall into this category, but I've already posted those movie ratings).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>Apollo 11 </i>(</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8760684">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8760684</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>They Shall Not Grow Old </i>(</span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7905466">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7905466</a>)</span></span></div>
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Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713177084508315409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914034812169233714.post-28431287695536669982020-02-08T06:44:00.002-05:002020-02-10T06:58:34.344-05:002020 Oscar Predictions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It’s time for my annual predictions! I’m predicting 20 of the 24 categories. The acting categories seem to be foregone conclusions and it’s going to be interesting to see if <i>1917</i> continues its momentum & nabs Best Picture or if <i>Parasite</i> sneaks in for the win. Here we go…</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Best Director</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Martin Scorsese - <i>The Irishman</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Todd Phillips - <i>Joker</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sam Mendes - <i>1917</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Quentin Tarantino - <i>Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bong Joon-ho - <i>Parasite</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Who I want to/think should win: </b>Greta Gerwig for <i>Little Women</i>…oh wait, she wasn’t nominated! Of the nominees, I’d think Sam Mendes should win and…</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Cynthia Erivo - <i>Harriet</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Scarlett Johansson - <i>Marriage Story</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Saoirse Ronan - <i>Little Women</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Charlize Theron - <i>Bombshell</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Renée Zellweger - <i>Judy</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Who I want to/think should win:</b> Saoirse Ronan</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Leonardo DiCaprio - <i>Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Joaquin Phoenix - <i>Joker</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jonathan Pryce - <i>The Two Popes</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Margot Robbie - <i>Bombshell</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Who I want to/think should win:</b> Florence Pugh</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Who I predict will win:</b> Laura Dern</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Anthony Hopkins - <i>The Two Popes</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Al Pacino - <i>The Irishman</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Joe Pesci - <i>The Irishman</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Brad Pitt - <i>Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Who I want to/think should win:</b> Brad Pitt</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Who I predict will win:</b> Brad Pitt</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Best Original Screenplay</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Knives Out</i> - Rian Johnson</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Marriage Story</i> - Noah Baumbach</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>1917</i> - Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood</i> - Quentin Tarantino</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Parasite</i> - Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Who I want to/think should win: </b><i>Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood</i> - Quentin Tarantino</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Who I predict will win: </b><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Parasite</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> - Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Best Adapted Screenplay</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Irishman</i> - Steven Zaillian</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Jojo Rabbit</i> - Taika Waititi</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Joker</i> - Todd Phillips and Scott Silver</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Little Women</i> - Greta Gerwig</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Two Popes</i> - Anthony McCarten</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Who I want to/think should win: </b><i>Little Women</i> - Greta Gerwig</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Who I predict will win: </b><i>Jojo Rabbit</i> - Taika Waititi</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Best Cinematography</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Irishman</i> - Rodrigo Prieto</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Joker</i> - Lawrence Sher</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Lighthouse</i> - Jarin Blaschke</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>1917 </i>- Roger Deakins</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood</i> - Robert Richardson</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Who I want to/think should win:</b> <i>1917</i> - Roger Deakins</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Who I predict will win:</b> <i>1917</i> - Roger Deakins</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Best Animated Feature Film</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I Lost My Body</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Klaus</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Missing Link</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Toy Story 4</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Who I want to/think should win: </b>I’ve only seen one of these, so I guess that’s the only one I “want” to win…<i>Toy Story 4</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Who I predict will win:</b><i> Toy Story 4</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Best International Feature Film</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Corpus Christi</i> (Poland)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Honeyland</i> (North Macedonia)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Les Misérables</i> (France)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Pain and Glory</i> (Spain)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Parasite</i> (South Korea)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Who I want to/think should win and who I predict will win: </b>This is the award I am most confident in predicting correctly…<i>Parasite</i> is a no-brainer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Best Costume Design</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Irishman</i> - Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Jojo Rabbit</i> - Mayes C. Rubeo</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Joker</i> - Mark Bridges</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Little Women</i> - Jacqueline Durran</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood</i> - Arianne Phillips</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Who I want to/think should win:</b> <i>Little Women</i> - Jacqueline Durran</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Who I predict will win: </b><i>Little Women</i> - Jacqueline Durran</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Best Makeup and Hairstyling</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Bombshell</i> - Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan, and Vivian Baker</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Joker</i> - Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Judy</i> - Jeremy Woodhead</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Maleficent: Mistress of Evil</i> - Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten, and David White</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>1917</i> - Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis, and Rebecca Cole</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Who I want to/think should win: </b><i>Bombshell</i> - Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan, and Vivian Baker</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Who I predict will win: </b><i>Bombshell</i> - Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan, and Vivian Baker</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Best Production Design</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Irishman</i> - Production Design: Bob Shaw; Set Decoration: Regina Graves</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Jojo Rabbit</i> - Production Design: Ra Vincent; Set Decoration: Nora Sopková</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>1917</i> - Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood</i> - Production Design: Barbara Ling; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Parasite</i> - Production Design: Lee Ha-jun; Set Decoration: Cho Won-woo</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Who I want to/think should win: </b><i>Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood</i> - Production Design: Barbara Ling; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh. It felt like this movie was actually set in 1969.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Who I predict will win: </b><i>1917</i> - Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Best Visual Effects</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" from <i>Toy Story 4</i> – Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Joker</i> - Hildur Guðnadóttir</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Little Women</i> - Alexandre Desplat</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Marriage Story</i> - Randy Newman</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>1917</i> - Thomas Newman</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Ford v Ferrari</i> - Donald Sylvester</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Joker</i> - Alan Robert Murray</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>1917</i> - Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood</i> - Wylie Stateman</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker</i> - Matthew Wood and David Acord</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Ad Astra</i> - Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulano</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Ford v Ferrari</i> - Paul Massey, David Giammarco, and Steven A. Morrow</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Joker</i> - Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic and Tod Maitland</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>1917</i> - Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood</i> - Michael Minkler, Christian P. Minkler, and Mark Ulano</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Ford v Ferrari</i> - Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Irishman</i> - Thelma Schoonmaker</span></span></div>
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Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713177084508315409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914034812169233714.post-48680595680881703132020-02-02T09:03:00.001-05:002020-02-02T09:13:13.565-05:00Reviews & Ratings for the 2020 Oscar Best Picture Nominees<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is definitely an interesting spin on the Manson Family story. I think it’s an excellent story about Hollywood in 1969 and very well written. I think the performances are what really stand out. Leonardo DiCaprio as fading actor Rick Dalton and Brad Pitt as his stunt double Cliff Booth take Quentin Tarantino’s script to another level. I also enjoyed seeing Margot Robbie’s portrayal of Sharon Tate as a wide-eyed, fun-loving young woman. And Julia Butters as the young actress Trudi Fraser is just a treat. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I really liked this movie…</span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">9.0/10 stars</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I’ve neither read the book nor have I seen any previous version of “Little Women”, but I loved this new version of it! Writer & director Greta Gerwig again delivers a wonderful movie. Another movie with great performances with Saoirse Ronan as Jo March and Florence Pugh as her sister Amy doing their best work. Pugh is quickly becoming one of the best young actresses in the business and Ronin just continues to deliver. Again, I loved this movie…<b>9.0/10 stars</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>1917 </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8579674"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8579674</span></a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sam Mendes’ World War I movie about a mission two young soldiers are assigned to is a technical wonder. It is shot in “real time” and was edited to look like one single take. This approach ramps up the drama & terror these boys went through attempting to fulfill their mission and it’s very effective. I was on the edge of my seat for most of it. The cinematography by renowned cinematographer Roger Deakins is astounding. One particular scene in the middle of the movie took my breath away and this movie should be viewed in a movie theater. It is a brilliant film…<b>9.0/10 stars</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Irishman </i>(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1302006"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1302006</span></a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The first thought that went through my mind after watching this movie was “A modern epic”. I still believe that as it is epic in scale, star power, and film making. The bringing together of Martin Scorsese, Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci delivered exactly what I was expecting. I did manage to watch this in one sitting and the length of it didn’t bother me one bit. The de-aging of the actors took a little getting used to, but eventually it seemed seamless. I truly enjoyed this movie…<b>9.0/10 stars</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This movie about class difference is funny (albeit darkly at times), dramatic, and even horrific. Early on, I laughed out loud a lot as the struggling Kim family uses its street smarts to work their way into the lives of the wealthy Park family. Once that happens, it gets much more dramatic. This rollercoaster ride of a movie is one that you are anxious to see how it ends, but once it gets there, it leaves your jaw on the floor. This is an excellent movie…<b>8.5/10 stars</b></span></span></div>
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Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713177084508315409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914034812169233714.post-65941090648753913622019-02-23T09:01:00.001-05:002019-02-25T08:15:46.712-05:002019 Oscar Predictions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Amy Adams - <i>Vice</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Marina de Tavira - <i>Roma</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Regina King - <i>If Beale Street Could Talk</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Emma Stone - <i>The Favourite</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Rachel Weisz - <i>The Favourite</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Who I want to/think should win:</b> Anyone except the 2 from <i>The Favourite</i> and not because I don’t like these actresses, but because I think that movie is a big turd. In actuality, who I want to/think should win is also...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Spike Lee - <i>BlacKkKlansman</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pawel Pawlikowski - <i>Cold War</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yorgos Lanthimos - <i>The Favourite</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Alfonso Cuarón - <i>Roma</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Adam McKay - <i>Vice</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Who I want to/think should win:</b> Bradley Cooper...oh wait, he was robbed and didn’t get nominated.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Animated Feature</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Incredibles 2</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Ballad of Buster Scruggs</i> - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>BlacKkKlansman</i> - Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Can You Ever Forgive Me?</i> - Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>If Beale Street Could Talk</i> - Barry Jenkins</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>A Star Is Born</i> - Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The movie I predict will win:</b> <i>BlacKkKlansman</i> - Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Favourite</i> - Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>First Reformed</i> - Paul Schrader</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Green Book</i> - Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Roma</i> - Alfonso Cuarón</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Vice</i> - Adam McKay</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The movie I want to/think should win: </b><i>Roma</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The movie I predict will win: </b><i>The Favourite</i>, Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Cold War</i> - Lukasz Zal</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Favourite</i> - Robbie Ryan</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Never Look Away</i> - Caleb Deschanel</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Roma</i> - Alfonso Cuarón</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>A Star Is Born</i> - Matthew Libatique</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The movie I want to/think should win AND predict will win: </b>I think <i>Roma</i> is a visually beautiful movie, so I will not pick <i>A Star Is Born</i> for this award and will pick <i>Roma</i> - Alfonso Cuarón.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Best Foreign Language Film</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Capernaum</i> (Lebanon)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Cold War</i> (Poland)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Never Look Away</i> (Germany)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Roma</i> (Mexico)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Shoplifters</i> (Japan)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The movie I want to/think should win AND predict will win: </b>Slam dunk...<i>Roma.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Film Editing</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>BlacKkKlansman</i> - Barry Alexander Brown</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Bohemian Rhapsody</i> - John Ottman</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Green Book</i> - Patrick J. Don Vito</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Favourite</i> - Yorgos Mavropsaridis</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Vice</i> - Hank Corwin</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The movie I predict will win: </b>I am picking this category for the first time ever (like many others) and don’t have a “want” to win pick here. I think <i>Vice - </i>Hank Corwin will win.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sound Editing</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Black Panther</i> - Benjamin A. Burtt, Steve Boeddeker</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Bohemian Rhapsody</i> - John Warhurst</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>First Man</i> - Ai-Ling Lee, Mildred Iatrou Morgan</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>A Quiet Place</i> - Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Roma</i> - Sergio Diaz, Skip Lievsay</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The movie I want to/think should win AND predict will win: </b><i>First Man - </i>Ai-Ling Lee, Mildred Iatrou Morgan</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sound Mixing</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Black Panther</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bohemian Rhapsody</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">First Man</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Roma</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A Star Is Born</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The movie I predict will win: </b><i>Bohemian Rhapsody</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Production Design</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Black Panther</i> - Hannah Beachler</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>First Man</i> - Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Favourite</i> - Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Mary Poppins Returns</i> - John Myhre, Gordon Sim</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>Roma</i> - Eugenio Caballero, Bárbara Enr</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">ı́</span><span style="font-kerning: none;">quez</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The movie I predict will win: </b><i>Black Panther - </i>Hannah Beachler</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Original Score</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>BlacKkKlansman</i> - Terence Blanchard</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Black Panther</i> - Ludwig Goransson</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>If Beale Street Could Talk</i> - Nicholas Britell</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Isle of Dogs</i> - Alexandre Desplat</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Mary Poppins Returns</i> - Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The movie I want to/think should win: </b>Justin Hurwitz for <i>First Man</i>...Oh wait, Hurwitz got robbed and wasn’t even nominated!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The movie I predict will win: </b><i>If Beale Street Could Talk</i> - Nicholas Britell</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Original Song</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“All The Stars” from <i>Black Panther</i> by Kendrick Lamar, SZA</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“I’ll Fight” from <i>RBG</i> by Diane Warren, Jennifer Hudson</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“The Place Where Lost Things Go” from <i>Mary Poppins Returns</i> by Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Shallow” from <i>A Star Is Born</i> by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt and Benjamin Rice</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The movie I want to/think should win AND predict will win: </b>Sadly, this may be the only Oscar that <i>A Star Is Born</i> wins…”Shallow” should be a no-brainer here.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Makeup and Hair</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Border</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mary Queen of Scots</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Vice</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The movie I predict will win: </b><i>Vice </i>for Christian Bale’s transformation alone.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Costume Design</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Ballad of Buster Scruggs</i> - Mary Zophres</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Black Panther</i> - Ruth E. Carter</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Favourite</i> - Sandy Powell</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The movie I predict will win: </b><i>Avengers: Infinity War</i></span>Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713177084508315409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914034812169233714.post-71050566554851032602019-02-16T12:21:00.000-05:002019-02-16T12:21:51.401-05:00Reviews & Ratings for the 2019 Oscar Best Picture Nominees<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I absolutely love this movie! The story is almost as old as Hollywood itself as this 4th version of <i>A Star is Born</i> (the 1st one came out in 1937), yet this new take on such an old story is truly wonderful. I have seen it 3 times, including twice at the theater. The performances by Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, and one of my all-time favorite mustaches & voices, Sam Elliott, are all Oscar-worthy. And even Andrew Dice Clay gives a heartfelt performances as Ally’s dad!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">How can a black & white movie be visually stunning? <i>Roma</i> is that movie. Netflix has established itself as a beast to reckon with when it comes to “TV” shows and now it is doing the same with movies with a movie that is the odds-on favorite to win Best Picture.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Roma</i> tells a powerful story of maid Cleo (played masterfully by newcomer Yalitza Aparicio who greatly deserved her Best Actress nomination) who works for an upper middle class family in Mexico City. Director Alfonso Alfonso Cuarón crafts this story wonderfully drawing from his own life growing up in Mexico City. It’s obvious that it’s very personal for him as it is very vivid & emotional. Not only did Cuarón direct <i>Roma</i>, he also wrote it and is listed as its cinematographer. He very well could win Oscars in all 3 of those categories as well as Best Foreign Film. He poured his heart into this movie and it’s very good…<b>8.0/10 stars</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>BlacKkKlansman </i>is a pretty intense movie (with a few comedic bits thrown in) based on a true story about a black man (Ron Stallworth played by John David Washington) who infiltrates the KKK with a white Jew (Flip Zimmerman played by Adam Driver) acting as his “stand-in” when it comes time to physically meet with the hate group.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am a big fan of period pieces, especially British period pieces. I love the TV shows <i>The Crown</i> and <i>Victoria</i>, both well-done portrayals of British royalty. I loved <i>Downton Abbey, </i>recently<i> </i>enjoyed the movie <i>Victoria and Abdul, </i>and find most movies about British royalty to be intriguing. But <i>The Favourite</i>? This movie I did not like. I found it to be a big absurd turd (how’s that for a rhyme?).</span></span></div>
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The last 3 movies on this list were part of a 2018 Christmastime movie marathon my brother Dennis and I had which is something we used to do all the time back in the 80s & 90s during the holiday season!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">If I saw <i>Mary Poppins</i> as a kid, I don't remember seeing it. I finally watched it, mostly because of the movie <i>Saving Mr. Banks</i> (which I really liked). I definitely enjoyed it and it made me feel like a kid.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Paul Newman, Sally Field, Wilfred Brimley (in a brief, but very memorable scene) directed by Sidney Pollack? Yeah, I am bound to like a movie with those people involved!</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gregory Peck turns in an outstanding performance playing yet another honorable man, this time fighting anti-Semitism.</span></span></div>
Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713177084508315409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914034812169233714.post-67841948972446569902019-01-27T09:25:00.002-05:002019-02-03T16:24:31.056-05:00Movies With 7.0 Stars<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">All of these movies that I've seen over the last few years get 7.0/10 stars, so they are definitely entertaining and worth watching.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Wife</i> (<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3750872">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3750872</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Citizen Kane </i>(</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033467">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033467</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Support the Girls </i>(</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6859352">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6859352</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Regina Hall is great in this story of a manager at a Hooters-like bar in Texas.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Ballad of Buster Scruggs</i> (<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6412452">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6412452</a>)</span></span></span><br />
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Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713177084508315409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914034812169233714.post-20248512748469095762019-01-26T21:08:00.001-05:002019-01-27T07:31:30.488-05:00Movies With 4.0-6.5 Stars<div>
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Working through my backlog of movies which is pretty big. Here are some of the movies that are at the bottom of the ratings from that backlog.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Pitch Perfect 3 </i>(</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4765284">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4765284</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>How to Talk to Girls at Parties </i>(</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3859310">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3859310</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Grinch </i>(</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2709692">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2709692</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I didn't hate this version of The Grinch story, but it was just OK.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Red Sparrow </i>(</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2873282">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2873282</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>6.5/10 stars</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Human Stain </i>(</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308383">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308383</a>)</span></div>
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Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713177084508315409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914034812169233714.post-64980863700951540522018-03-04T08:08:00.000-05:002018-03-05T07:41:02.827-05:002018 Oscar Predictions (UPDATE: Winners are highlighted in blue)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222;">I've seen all of the Best Picture Nominees (<a href="http://www.detroitmovieman.com/2018/03/reviews-ratings-for-2017-oscar-best.html" target="_blank">Reviews & Ratings for the 2018 Best Picture Nominees</a>) plus some of the others nominated for other awards (<i>Molly's Game, The Big Sick, </i></span><i>Roman J. Israel - Esq., </i><i>The Florida Project, Mudbound, Baby Driver, <span style="background-color: white;">Star Wars: The Last Jedi, </span><span style="background-color: white;">Beauty and the Beast, </span><span style="background-color: white;">Victoria and Abdul, </span><span style="background-color: white;">Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2</span></i><span style="color: #222222;">), so I am ready to make my predictions. Here they are, my 2018 Oscar predictions along with who I personally would pick to win if I was voting.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It’s not an easy year to choose Best Picture. I don’t think my favorites (<i>Lady Bird</i> & <i>Dunkirk</i>) will win, but it’s one of those years that you never know and there could be an upset. I think that <i>Molly's Game</i>,<i> Mudbound</i>, or <i>The Big Sick</i> belong on this list instead of <i>Phantom Thread</i> (just read my review of this movie to see what I think about it). I think <i>The Shape of Water</i> could just as easily win as <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, </i>but I also think something like <i>Get Out</i> could pull off an upset. It's going to be interesting to see how it all pans out!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Christopher Nolan is a brilliant director who deserves this award for previous movies (most notably <i>The Dark Knight</i> & <i>Inception</i>) as well as <i>Dunkirk</i>. I’d be THRILLED if he won, but I don’t think he will...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I think this one is pretty much a slam dunk even though I’d LOVE to see an upset and have Daniel Kaluuya win.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I think this is a slam dunk too, but I think Saoirse Ronan gave the best performance that I saw (I haven’t seen <i>I, Tonya</i> yet and I think Jessica Chastain got robbed for not being nominated for <i>Molly’s Game</i>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I loved Richard Jenkins in <i>The Shape of Water</i>, but I think Sam Rockwell will snag this one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As I said above, I haven’t seen <i>I, Tonya</i> yet, but from what I’ve heard, Allison Janney is great in it (as she is in everything) and will probably win. I thought Laurie Metcalf was great in <i>Lady Bird</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713177084508315409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914034812169233714.post-1270976213272104412018-03-02T15:14:00.001-05:002018-03-04T23:47:57.045-05:00Reviews & Ratings for the 2018 Oscar Best Picture Nominees<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I really enjoyed <i>Lady Bird</i> and it’s my favorite movie amongst the Best Picture nominees. I don’t think it’ll win Best Picture, but it’d be my #1 vote. There was just something about this movie that was just so enjoyable. It’s a great coming-of-age movie about the relationship (often strained) between a high school senior Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson (played amazingly by Saoirse Ronan) and her Mom Marion (another fantastic performance, this time by Laurie Metcalf). While this type of story is not relatable to me (I’m a boy and my relationship with my Mom was most decidedly NOT strained), it’s told in such a natural way in this movie. I’ve heard numerous people (most notably Bill Simmons from <i>The Ringer</i>) say they didn’t want this movie to end and that’s how I felt about it as well...<b>9.0/10 stars.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Talk about a unique movie. How many Oscar-nominated movies can say they are about a love affair between a mute human (Elisa Esposito played superbly by Sally Hawkins) and an amphibious creature (played by Doug Jones) with a 1962 Cold War backdrop? Not many, right? <i>The Shape of Water</i> is that unique movie and it’s an excellent movie at that. I have never been a big fan of Guillermo Del Toro’s movies (I thought <i>Pan’s Labyrinth</i> was overrated), but this movie is an exception. It’s a great story and it’s visually stunning. The performances by the cast from top to bottom are all outstanding, with Hawkins, Richard Jenkins as Giles (Elisa’s neighbor), and Octavia Spencer as Zelda Fuller (Elisa’s co-worker & best friend) delivering on all levels. There are a lot of emotions at play here from love to friendship to misunderstanding to hatred and Del Toro mixes them all together perfectly. I definitely enjoyed this movie...<b>8.0/10 stars.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Not very critically acclaimed, but I enjoyed this movie quite a bit. And shockingly, Denzel was fantastic in it.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>American Made</i> (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3532216">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3532216</a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A very entertaining movie! And Barry Seal was the perfect character for Tom Cruise to play.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Bad Moms</i> (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4651520"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 255); color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4651520</span></a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Girls Trip</i> (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3564472"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 255); color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3564472</span></a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Atomic Blonde </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2406566"><span style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2406566</span></a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><i>Baby Driver</i></span><span style="color: black; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3890160"><span style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3890160</span></a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Captain America: The First Avenger</i> (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458339"><span style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458339</span></a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Patriots Day </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4572514"><span style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4572514</span></a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Into the Storm </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0992993"><span style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0992993</span></a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Not quite as good as its predecessor <i>The Gathering Storm</i>, but good nonetheless.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Conversation </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071360"><span style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071360</span></a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">This movie f</span><span style="font-kerning: none;">elt somewhat like a Hitchcock movie to me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3896198"><span style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3896198</span></a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Animal Kingdom </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1313092"><span style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1313092</span></a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Accountant </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2140479"><span style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2140479</span></a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Miss Sloane</i> (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4540710"><span style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4540710</span></a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Passengers</i> (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1355644"><span style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1355644</span></a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Jackie </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1619029"><span style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1619029</span></a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Chinatown </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071315"><span style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071315</span></a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Annie Hall </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075686"><span style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075686</span></a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Infiltrator </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1355631"><span style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1355631</span></a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Everybody Wants Some!</i> (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2937696"><span style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2937696</span></a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Everest</i> (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2719848"><span style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2719848</span></a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Danny Collins</i> (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772288"><span style="color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772288</span></a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's not an Oscar winner and it's a bit predictable, but it's charming and enjoyable.</span></span></div>
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Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713177084508315409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914034812169233714.post-70761957756787217062018-01-20T07:44:00.003-05:002018-01-20T07:48:00.493-05:00Another Group of Movies with 7.0 Stars<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've got a backlog of movies I've seen over the past few years and not written reviews for them, so I am going to just post lists of movies. The </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">movies on this </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">short list all get <b>7.0/10 stars</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Detroit </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5390504"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 255); color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5390504</span></a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Eddie the Eagle </i>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1083452"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 255); color: blue;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1083452</span></a>)</span></span></div>
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Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713177084508315409noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914034812169233714.post-63465920153757146662017-10-13T07:05:00.000-04:002017-10-13T07:11:22.518-04:00Movie Review: Dunkirk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had been anxiously waiting for <i class="">Dunkirk</i> since I heard about it. I saw it at the AMC IMAX theater in my backyard on the day it was released and loved it. It's intense, relentless, and flies by. It met all of my expectations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">During World War II, the battle of France in the late spring of 1940 was most decidedly a disaster for the Allies as Hitler’s army blitzkrieged (yes, I created that word, but it fits) France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. The Germans mowed down these Low Countries in 6 weeks. But there was one glimmer of hope at the end of this battle...Operation Dynamo. The Allied forces were pushed back to the sea, most notably at the French city of Dunkirk. Now while this in & of itself was bad and the Allies were losing, this operation was a success in spite of it being a rescue effort/retreat. When Operation Dynamo started, almost 340,000 Allied troops (about 2/3 of them British & 1/3 French) were stranded near & in Dunkirk. <i class="">Dunkirk</i> tells an intense story of that rescue mission.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i class="">Dunkirk</i> tells its stories from three different perspectives: (1) The land/mole (a mole is a pier/breakwater usually made of stone), (2) The sea, and (3) The air. The timeframe for each of these perspectives is different too, so it does get a little confusing as to how much time passes. But that confusion does not distract from the story-telling.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The story on the land/mole focuses on young soldiers trying to get rescued. The story on the sea is all about those civilians (one boat in particular, captained by Mr. Dawson played by Mark Rylance) who were commissioned by the British government to participate in the rescue mission. The story in the air shows how Spitfire aircraft (on in particular, piloted by Farrier played by Tom Hardy) protected the soldiers on the ground from being killed by the Nazis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I don't usually make Oscar predictions until February, but I predict that this movie will be nominated for at least 12 Oscars and will win quite a few of them. Here are the nominations I believe it will receive:</span><br />
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<span class="" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">1) Best Picture<br class="" />2) Supporting Actor (Mark Rylance)<br class="" />3) Cinematography<br class="" />4) Best Director<br class="" />5) Film Editing<br class="" />6) Music (original score)<br class="" />7) Production Design<br class="" />8) Sound Editing<br class="" />9) Sound Mixing<br class="" />10) Visual Effects<br class="" />11) Original Screenplay<br class="" />12) Costume Design</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I think it is a masterpiece of filmmaking by Christopher Nolan. Its visual and sound effects are some of the best I’ve experienced. It is action-packed, yet hits on an emotional level as well. I was on the edge of my seat for the entire movie and didn’t breathe until the final scene. Yes, I loved this movie...<b class="">9.0/10 stars.</b></span></div>
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