Monday, January 12, 2026

The 83rd GOLDEN GLOBES Winners!

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA: HAMNET
BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY/MUSICAL: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
BEST DIRECTOR: PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON - ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
BEST SCREENPLAY: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
BEST ACTOR - DRAMA: WAGNER MOURA - THE SECRET AGENT
BEST ACTRESS - DRAMA: JESSIE BUCKLEY - HAMNET
BEST ACTOR - COMEDY/MUSICAL: TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET - MARTY SUPREME
BEST ACTRESS - COMEDY/MUSICAL: ROSE BYRNE - IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: STELLAN SKARSGÅRD - SENTIMENTAL VALUE
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: TEYANA TAYLOR - ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
BEST ANIMATED FILM: KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
BEST NON ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM: THE SECRET AGENT
BEST SCORE: SINNERS
BEST SONG FROM A MOTION PICTURE: "GOLDEN" - KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
CINEMATIC AND BOX-OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT: SINNERS

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA: THE PITT
BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY: THE STUDIO
BEST LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY, OR TV MOVIE: ADOLESCENCE
BEST ACTOR IN A SERIES - DRAMA: NOAH WYLE - THE PITT
BEST ACTRESS IN A SERIES - DRAMA: RHEA SEEHORN - PLURIBUS
BEST ACTOR IN A SERIES - COMEDY: SETH ROGEN - THE STUDIO
BEST ACTRESS IN A SERIES - COMEDY: JEAN SMART - HACKS
BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY, OR TV MOVIE: STEPHEN GRAHAM - ADOLESCENCE
BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY, OR TV MOVIE: MICHELLE WILLIAMS - DYING FOR SEX
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A SERIES : OWEN COOPER - ADOLESCENCE
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A SERIES: ERIN DOHERTY - ADOLESCENCE
BEST PERFORMANCE IN STAND-UP COMEDY: RICKY GERVAIS - MORTALITY
BEST PODCAST: GOOD HANG WITH AMY POEHLER

Film Score: 14/15
TV Score: 11/13 (+2 ALTS)
Overall: 25/28 = 89.3%
That has to be the best I ever did? This group changing its membership has the made the nominations and winners much more predictable.

As for the show, it was mostly solid. Glaser is terrific at this and is probably doing this many more times. No objections from me. 

The major issue was those fucking announcers - Kevin Frazer and Marc Malkin. Frazer did this last year and I complained about it then. They added Malkin, who is a terrible interviewer that the internet rightfully has daggers out for frequently. Just drop it. Also, the sports betting thing was terrible. Other than those two issues, it was fairly decent. Nothing too chaotic. Also, I'm pretty sure I heard every single pop sing of the past 20 years. Now That's What I Call Music: Golden Globes edition. They need to drop those stupid extra categories. 

I've pointed this out before, and it's an interesting thing to age and see actors who once were young take on the position of respected elder statesman. Man, did Julia Roberts get it tonight! Loved that standing ovation for her as she's still the type of once in a generation star that the industry wishes it could replicate. And her shouting out Eva Victor? How fucking cool was that? Ecstatic for Rose Byrne! Lovely speeches from PTA, too. Wanda Sykes wins presenter of the night. It seemed a lot more starry than usual. Considering that just three years ago about a quarter of the nominees didn't attend, they've made progress in that regard. I did not care for the red carpet copying the Met Gala stairs, though. 


Sunday, January 11, 2026

Recently Watched Movies (Jan 2026 - )

The Housemaid (Feig, 2025) - C+
Primate (Roberts, 2026) - C+
Ballad of a Small Player (Berger, 2025) - C
Oh, Hi! (Brooks, 2025) - C
Army of the Dead (Snyder, 2021) - D+
Welcome to the Dollhouse (Solondz, 1996) - A
It Was Just An Accident (Panahi, 2025) - B
Manny & Lo (Krueger, 1996) - B-
Barton Fink (Coen, 1991) - B+
Circle of Friends (O'Connor, 1995) - B-
Sentimental Value (Trier, 2025) - B+
Marty Supreme (Safdie, 2025) - B
Train Dreams (Bentley, 2025) - B+
A House of Dynamite (Bigelow, 2025) - C+
Sorry, Baby (Victor, 2025) - B+
Bottoms (Seligman, 2023) - B
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (Han & Vallade, 2025) - B+
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (Bronstein, 2025) - B+
Nouvelle Vague (Linklater, 2025) - B+
Frankenstein (del Toro, 2025) - B
KPop Demon Hunters (Appelhans & Kang, 2025) - B
Jay Kelly (Baumbach, 2025) - D+
JFK (Stone, 1991) - B+

This year I'm going to emphasize 1996 & 2001, two truly great years. The former is one of the best for American indies ever and there's quite a few I missed. Right now I've seen 60 Best Picture winners overall (61 if One Battle After Another or Sinners takes it in 2.5 months), so I'm trying to fill in as many blindspots for that as well. 

Friday, January 9, 2026

Globe Predix!

They air Sunday evening at 8PM Eastern on CBS. Official red carpet begins an hour earlier, and E! does coverage starting at 6. Nikki Glaser hosts for the second year in a row. She did a great job last year, so looking forward to that.

TV: 

Podcast: Good Hang With Amy Poehler
(alt: Smartless)

Performance In Stand-Up: Brett Goldstein
(alt: Ricky Gervais)

Supporting Actor: Tillman
(alt: Cooper)

Supporting Actress: Doherty
(alt: O'Hara)

Actor - Limited/Anthology/Movie: Graham
(alt: Hunnam)

Actress - Limited/Anthology/Movie: Williams
(alt: Snook)

Actor - Comedy/Musical: Rogen
(alt: Powell)

Actress - Comedy/Musical: Smart
(alt: Ortega)

Actor - Drama: Wyle
(alt: Ruffalo)

Actress - Drama: Seehorn
(alt: Lower)

Limited Series/Anthology/Movie: Adolescence
(alt: Dying For Sex)

Series - Comedy/Musica: The Studio
(alt: Hacks)

Series - Drama: The Pitt
(alt: Pluribus)

MOVIES!

Cinematic and Box-Office Achievement: Sinners
(alt: Wicked: For Good)

Picture - Non-English Language: Sentimental Value
(alt: It Was Just An Accident)

Picture - Animated: KPop Demon Hunters
(alt: Zootopia 2)

Original Song: "Golden" - KPop Demon Hunters
(alt: "I Lied To You" - Sinners)

Original Score: Sinners
(alt: One Battle After Another)

Screenplay: One Battle After Another
(alt: It Was Just An Accident)

Supporting Actress: Teyana Taylor
(alt: Amy Madigan)
I'd say if Amy takes this, she's probably sweeping the season.

Supporting Actor: Stellan Skarsgård
(alt: Jacob Elordi)
Probably only Sandler doesn't have a chance. 

Actress - Comedy/Musical: Rose Byrne
(alt: Kate Hudson)

Actor - Comedy/Musical: Timothée Chalamet
(alt: Leonardo DiCaprio)

Actress - Drama: Jessie Buckley
(alt: Renate Reinsve)

Actor - Drama: Wagner Moura
(alt: Michael B. Jordan)

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
(alt: Jafar Panahi)

Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical: One Battle After Another
(alt: Marty Supreme)

Motion Picture - Drama: Hamnet
(alt: Sinners)
I think Sinners taking that Box-Office award (which is inexplicably still a thing) probably sets up a Hamnet victory here. 

The 37th PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA Nominations!

Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
"Bugonia" 
"F1"
"Frankenstein"
"Hamnet"
"Marty Supreme"
"One Battle After Another"
"Sentimental Value"
"Sinners" 
"Train Dreams"
"Weapons"

Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
"The Bad Guys 2"
"Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle"
"Elio"
"KPop Demon Hunters"
"Zootopia 2"


I got 9/10, plus the alt. Happy to see Weapons in there, especially over mediocre blockbusters like the Avatar and Wicked sequels. 

Thursday, January 8, 2026

The 40th AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS

Theatrical Feature Film
Autumn Durald Arkapaw, ASC - Sinners
Michael Bauman - One Battle After Another
Darius Khondji, ASC, AFC - Marty Supreme
Dan Laustsen, ASC, DFF - Frankenstein
Adolpho Veloso, ABC, AIP - Train Dreams

Spotlight Award
Steven Breckon - The Plague
Mátyás Erdély, ASC, HSC - Orphan
Karl Walter Lindenlaub, ASC, BVK - Amrum

The 78th DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA Nominations!

Outstanding Directorial Achievement In Theatrical Feature Film
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON - One Battle After Another
RYAN COOGLER - Sinners
GUILLERMO DEL TORO - Frankenstein
JOSH SAFDIE - Marty Supreme
CHLOÉ ZHAO - Hamnet

Michael Apted Award for First-Time Theatrical Feature Film
HASAN HADI - The President’s Cake
HARRY LIGHTON - Pillion
CHARLIE POLINGER - The Plague
ALEX RUSSELL - Lurker
EVA VICTOR - Sorry, Baby
 

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

SAG Reax; DGA & PGA Dix

I went 20/25. (Apparently, my record is 21.) So good job me. 

I completely forgot that they changed their name to The Actor Awards. Bleck!

So they did blank all the foreign stuff. That makes me certain none of these lineups will translate to the Oscars. 

Happy to see Plemons nominated as that's one of my favorite performances of the year. Grande is the only Wicked mention. One mention too many.

One Battle After Another broke the record for most nominated film - 7 noms total. If it does get those 5 acting nominations at the Oscars, it would be the first film in 49 years to do so. (The last was Network.)


DGA announces tomorrow: 

Anderson - Coogler - del Toro - Safdie - Zhao

alt: Trier


PGA Friday:

Bugonia - F1 - Frankenstein - Hamnet - Marty Supreme - One Battle After Another - Sentimental Value - Sinners - Train Dreams - Wicked: For Good
alt: Weapons


The 32nd SCREEN ACTORS GUILD "Actor" Awards

The Motion Picture Nominees are:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET / Marty Mauser – “MARTY SUPREME”
LEONARDO DICAPRIO / Bob – “ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER”
ETHAN HAWKE / Lorenz Hart – “BLUE MOON”
MICHAEL B. JORDAN / Smoke/Stack – “SINNERS”
JESSE PLEMONS / Teddy – “BUGONIA”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
JESSIE BUCKLEY / Agnes – “HAMNET”
ROSE BYRNE / Linda – “IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU”
KATE HUDSON / Claire – “SONG SUNG BLUE”
CHASE INFINITI / Willa – “ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER”
EMMA STONE / Michelle – “BUGONIA”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
MILES CATON / Sammie Moore – “SINNERS”
BENICIO DEL TORO / Sensei Sergio St. Carlos – “ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER”
JACOB ELORDI / The Creature – “FRANKENSTEIN”
PAUL MESCAL / Will – “HAMNET”
SEAN PENN / Col. Steven J. Lockjaw – “ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
ODESSA A’ZION / Rachel Mizler – “MARTY SUPREME”
ARIANA GRANDE / Glinda – “WICKED: FOR GOOD”
AMY MADIGAN / Gladys – “WEAPONS”
WUNMI MOSAKU / Annie – “SINNERS”
TEYANA TAYLOR / Perfidia – “ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER”

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
FRANKENSTEIN
DAVID BRADLEY / Blind Man
CHRISTIAN CONVERY / Young Victor Frankenstein
CHARLES DANCE / Leopold Frankenstein
JACOB ELORDI / The Creature
MIA GOTH / Elizabeth/Claire Frankenstein
OSCAR ISAAC / Victor Frankenstein
FELIX KAMMERER / William Frankenstein
LARS MIKKELSEN / Capt. Anderson
CHRISTOPH WALTZ / Harlander

HAMNET
JOE ALWYN / Bartholomew
JESSIE BUCKLEY / Agnes
NOAH JUPE / Hamlet
PAUL MESCAL / Will
EMILY WATSON / Mary

MARTY SUPREME
ODESSA A’ZION / Rachel Mizler
SANDRA BERNHARD / Judy
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET / Marty Mauser
EMORY COHEN / Ira Mizler
FRAN DRESCHER / Rebecca Mauser
ABEL FERRARA / Ezra Mishkin
PENN JILLETTE / Hoff
KOTO KAWAGUCHI / Koto Endo
LUKE MANLEY / Dion Galanis
TYLER OKONMA / Wally
KEVIN O’LEARY / Milton Rockwell
GWYNETH PALTROW / Kay Stone
GÉZA RÖHRIG / Béla Kletzki
LARRY RATSO SLOMAN / Murray Norkin

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
BENICIO DEL TORO / Sensei Sergio St. Carlos
LEONARDO DICAPRIO / Bob
REGINA HALL / Deandra
CHASE INFINITI / Willa
SEAN PENN / Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
TEYANA TAYLOR / Perfidia

SINNERS
MILES CATON / Sammie Moore
BUDDY GUY / Old Sammie
MICHAEL B. JORDAN / Smoke/Stack
JAYME LAWSON / Pearline
DELROY LINDO / Delta Slim
OMAR MILLER / Cornbread
WUNMI MOSAKU / Annie
JACK O’CONNELL / Remmick
HAILEE STEINFELD / Mary

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
F1
FRANKENSTEIN
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
SINNERS


The Television Nominees are:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
JASON BATEMAN / Vince Friedkin – “BLACK RABBIT”
OWEN COOPER / Jamie Miller – “ADOLESCENCE”
STEPHEN GRAHAM / Eddie Miller – “ADOLESCENCE”
CHARLIE HUNNAM / Ed Gein – “MONSTER: THE ED GEIN STORY”
MATTHEW RHYS / Nile Jarvis – “THE BEAST IN ME”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
CLAIRE DANES / Agatha Wiggs – “THE BEAST IN ME”
ERIN DOHERTY / Briony Ariston – “ADOLESCENCE”
SARAH SNOOK / Marissa Irvine – “ALL HER FAULT”
CHRISTINE TREMARCO / Manda Miller – “ADOLESCENCE”
MICHELLE WILLIAMS / Molly – “DYING FOR SEX”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
STERLING K. BROWN / Agent Xavier Collins – “PARADISE”
BILLY CRUDUP / Cory Ellison – “THE MORNING SHOW”
WALTON GOGGINS / Rick Hatchett – “THE WHITE LOTUS”
GARY OLDMAN / Jackson Lamb – “SLOW HORSES”
NOAH WYLE / Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch – “THE PITT”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
BRITT LOWER / Helly – “SEVERANCE”
PARKER POSEY / Victoria Ratliff – “THE WHITE LOTUS”
KERI RUSSELL / Kate Wyler – “THE DIPLOMAT”
RHEA SEEHORN / Carol – “PLURIBUS”
AIMEE LOU WOOD / Chelsea – “THE WHITE LOTUS”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
IKE BARINHOLTZ / Sal Saperstein – “THE STUDIO”
ADAM BRODY / Noah Roklov – “NOBODY WANTS THIS”
TED DANSON / Charles Nieuwendyk – “A MAN ON THE INSIDE”
SETH ROGEN / Matt Remick – “THE STUDIO”
MARTIN SHORT / Oliver Putnam – “ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
KATHRYN HAHN / Maya Mason – “THE STUDIO”
CATHERINE O’HARA / Patty Leigh – “THE STUDIO”
JENNA ORTEGA / Wednesday Addams – “WEDNESDAY”
JEAN SMART / Deborah Vance – “HACKS”
KRISTEN WIIG / Maxine Simmons – “PALM ROYALE”

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
THE DIPLOMAT
ALI AHN / Eidra Park
PENNY DOWNIE / Frances Munning
ROSALINE ELBAY / Nora Koriem
ATO ESSANDOH / Stuart Hayford
DAVID GYASI / Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison
RORY KINNEAR / Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge
NANA MENSAH / Billie Appiah
GRAHAM MILLER / Neil Barrow
KERI RUSSELL / Kate Wyler
RUFUS SEWELL / Hal Wyler

LANDMAN
PAULINA CHÁVEZ / Ariana
MARK COLLIE / Sheriff Walt Joeberg
SAM ELLIOTT / T.L. Norris
COLM FEORE / Nathan
ANDY GARCIA / Gallino
JAMES JORDAN / Dale Bradley
ALI LARTER / Angela Norris
JACOB LOFLAND / Cooper Norris
CALEB MARTIN / Ben “BR” Reynolds
DEMI MOORE / Cami Miller
MICHELLE RANDOLPH / Ainsley Norris
MUSTAFA SPEAKS / Boss
BILLY BOB THORNTON / Tommy Norris
KAYLA WALLACE / Rebecca Falcone

THE PITT
AMIELYNN ABELLERA / Nurse Perlah Alawi
SHABANA AZEEZ / Med Student Victoria Javadi
PATRICK BALL / Dr. Frank Langdon
ISA BRIONES / Dr. Trinity Santos
JALEN THOMAS BROOKS / Nurse Mateo Diaz
TAYLOR DEARDEN / Dr. Mel King
FIONA DOURIF / Dr. Cassie McKay
SUPRIYA GANESH / Dr. Samira Mohan
JOANNA GOING / Theresa Saunders
GERRAN HOWELL / Med Student Dennis Whitaker
MICHAEL HYATT / Gloria
TRACY IFEACHOR / Dr. Heather Collins
KATHERINE LANASA / Charge Nurse Dana Evans
KRYSTEL V. MCNEIL / Kiara Alfaro
BRANDON MENDEZ HOMER / Nurse Donnie Donahue
ALEXANDRA METZ / Dr. Yolanda Garcia
TRACY VILAR / Lupe Perez
KRISTIN VILLANUEVA / Nurse Princess Dela Cruz
NOAH WYLE / Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch

SEVERANCE
PATRICIA ARQUETTE / Harmony Cobel
SARAH BOCK / Miss Huang
MICHAEL CHERNUS / Ricken
ZACH CHERRY / Dylan
DICHEN LACHMAN / Ms. Casey
BRITT LOWER / Helly
DARRI ÓLAFSSON / Drummond
ADAM SCOTT / Mark
TRAMELL TILLMAN / Milchick
JEN TULLOCK / Devon
JOHN TURTURRO / Irving
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN / Burt

THE WHITE LOTUS
LESLIE BIBB / Kate Bohr
CARRIE COON / Laurie Duffy
NICHOLAS DUVERNAY / Zion Lindsey
ARNAS FEDARAVIČIUS / Valentin
CHRISTIAN FRIEDEL / Fabian
SCOTT GLENN / Jim Hollinger
WALTON GOGGINS / Rick Hatchett
JON GRIES / Gary/Greg Hunt
DOM HETRAKUL / Pornchai
SARAH CATHERINE HOOK / Piper Ratliff
JASON ISAACS / Timothy Ratliff
YURI KOLOKOLNIKOV / Vlad
JULIAN KOSTOV / Aleksei
CHARLOTTE LE BON / Chloe
LALISA MANOBAL / Mook
MICHELLE MONAGHAN / Jaclyn Lemon
SAM NIVOLA / Lochlan Ratliff
MORGANA O’REILLY / Pam
LEK PATRAVADI / Sritala
SHALINI PEIRIS / Amrita
PARKER POSEY / Victoria Ratliff
SAM ROCKWELL / Frank
NATASHA ROTHWELL / Belinda Lindsey
PATRICK SCHWARZENEGGER / Saxon Ratliff
TAYME THAPTHIMTHONG / Gaitok
AIMEE LOU WOOD / Chelsea

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
ABBOTT ELEMENTARY
QUINTA BRUNSON / Janine Teagues
WILLIAM STANFORD DAVIS / Mr. Johnson
JANELLE JAMES / Ava Coleman
CHRIS PERFETTI / Jacob Hill
SHERYL LEE RALPH / Barbara Howard
LISA ANN WALTER / Melissa Schemmenti
TYLER JAMES WILLIAMS / Gregory Eddie

THE BEAR
LIONEL BOYCE / Marcus Brooks
LIZA COLÓN-ZAYAS / Bettina “Tina” Marrero
AYO EDEBIRI / Sydney Adamu
ABBY ELLIOTT / Natalie “Sugar” Berzatto
EDWIN LEE GIBSON / Ebraheim
COREY HENDRIX / Gary “Sweeps” Woods
ANDREW LOPEZ / Garrett
MATTY MATHESON / Neil Fak
EBON MOSS-BACHRACH / Richard “Richie” Jerimovich
OLIVER PLATT / Uncle Jimmy
SARAH RAMOS / Jessica
RICKY STAFFIERI / Theodore Fak
JEREMY ALLEN WHITE / Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto

HACKS
ROSE ABDOO / Josefina
DAN BUCATINSKY / Rob
CARL CLEMONS-HOPKINS / Marcus Vaughan
PAUL W. DOWNS / Jimmy Lusaque, Jr.
HANNAH EINBINDER / Ava Daniels
MARK INDELICATO / Damien
JEAN SMART / Deborah Vance
MEGAN STALTER / Kayla Schaeffer
MICHAELA WATKINS / Stacey

ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
MICHAEL CYRIL CREIGHTON / Howard Morris
BEANIE FELDSTEIN / Thē
JERMAINE FOWLER / Randall
SELENA GOMEZ / Mabel Mora
JACKIE HOFFMAN / Uma Heller
STEVE MARTIN / Charles-Haden Savage
MARTIN SHORT / Oliver Putnam
DIANNE WIEST / Rainey

THE STUDIO
IKE BARINHOLTZ / Sal Saperstein
KATHRYN HAHN / Maya Mason
CATHERINE O’HARA / Patty Leigh
SETH ROGEN / Matt Remick
CHASE SUI WONDERS / Quinn Hackett

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
ANDOR
LANDMAN
THE LAST OF US
SQUID GAME
STRANGER THINGS

The 30th ART DIRECTORS GUILD Nominations!

PERIOD FEATURE FILM
Frankenstein - Tamara Deverell
Hamnet - Fiona Crombie
Marty Supreme - Jack Fisk
The Phoenician Scheme - Adam Stockhausen
Sinners - Hannah Beachler

FANTASY FEATURE FILM
Avatar: Fire and Ash - Dylan Cole and Ben Procter
The Fantastic Four: First Steps - Kasra Farahani
Mickey 17 - Fiona Crombie
Superman - Beth Mickle
Wicked: For Good - Nathan Crowley

CONTEMPORARY FEATURE FILM
Bugonia - James Price
F1 - Ben Munro and Mark Tildesley
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning - Gary Freeman
One Battle After Another - Florencia Martin
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery - Rick Heinrichs

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
The Bad Guys 2 - Luc Desmarchelier
Elio - Harley Jessup
KPop Demon Hunters - Mingjue Helen Chen and Dave Bleich
The Spongebob Movie: Search for Squarepants - Pablo R. Mayer
Zootopia 2 - Cory Loftis

Monday, January 5, 2026

SAG Dix

SAG announces Wednesday, DGA on Thursday, PGA on Friday, and Globes on Sunday. Will be doing predictions for all throughout the week. 

This might be a year with a very small overlap with the Oscars. SAG has never been overly good to performances in foreign films, and this year we have 5 potential noms. They gave Parasite the Ensemble award, which was the first sign of how big it would be. They also nominated Marion Cotillard for her Oscar-winning performance. Outside of those, their track record with non-English performers is spotty at best. So where that leaves Sentimental Value and The Secret Agent's performers remains to be seen. I insisted Sandra Hüller would make it here two years ago for Anatomy of a Fall, and she missed. If those spots open up to others, how well does Wicked: For Good do? If it's blanked here, Cynthia and Ariana are most likely done for good. (Har har!)

Male Actor in a Supporting Role:
Del Toro - Elordi - Mescal - Penn - Skarsgård
alt: Lindo
I'm sticking with Stellan. If Lindo wants to make the Oscar lineup, he has to show up here. I really hope it's not Sandler, but this org loves Netflix.

Female Actor in a Supporting Role:
Fanning - Grande - Madigan - Mosaku - Taylor
alt: Blunt
Not sure about this beyond Amy & Teyana. Haven't seen Sentimental Value yet, but I think all (most?) of Elle's performance is in English? If Ingrid does make it, she's safely in third. A'Zion needs this to stay in the game. 

Male Actor in a Leading Role:
Chalamet - DiCaprio - Edgerton - Hawke - Jordan
alt: Moura

Female Actor in a Leading Role:
Buckley - Byrne - Erivo - Hudson - Infiniti 
alt: Reinsve
Swap out Cynthia for Renate and that's probably the Oscar lineup.

Ensemble: 
Hamnet - Marty Supreme - One Battle After Another - Sinners - Wicked: For Good
alt: Sentimental Value
People are predicting Frankenstein, which would be a good sign if it makes it. 

Thursday, January 1, 2026

Recently Watched Movies (July - Dec 2025)

494 for the year. 53 more than last year. I said last year I wouldn't beat that anytime soon, and I topped it. My focus year was 1995 and I watched 60 movies from that year. There were a small handful I tried to get but couldn't, and one I'll be watching this weekend that came late. Sorry, Babe! Sad I couldn't get Living In Oblivion, which was something I really wanted. 

The Third Man (Reed, 1950) - A-
Wonder Boys (Hanson, 2000) - B+
Whatever It Takes (Raynr) - C-
House Party (Hudlin, 1990) - B+
Match Point (Allen, 2005) - B
Anaconda (Gornican, 2025) - C-
Stardust Memories (Allen, 1980) - C+
Song Sung Blue (Brewer, 2025) - C+
The Seven Year Itch (Wilder, 1955) - B+
Brokeback Mountain (Lee, 2005) - A
Dances With Wolves (Costner, 1990) - B
Please Baby Please (Kramer, 2022) - C
The Ballad of Wallis Island (Griffiths, 2025) - A-
Saving Grace (Cole, 2000) - C+
Almost Famous (Crowe, 2000) - A-
Waiting To Exhale (Whitaker, 1995) - B-
East of Eden (Kazan, 1955) - B+
Hedda (DaCosta, 2025) - B
Awakenings (Marshall, 1990) - B+
In a Violent Nature (Nash, 2024) - C-
Avatar: Fire and Ash (Cameron, 2025) - C
Unstoppable (Scott, 2010) - C
After the Hunt (Guadagnino, 2025) - C-
The Net (Winkler, 1995) - B
While You Were Sleeping (Turteltaub, 1995) - B+
Back to the Future Part III (Zemeckis, 1990) - C+
Altered States (Russell, 1980) - B
U-571 (Mostow, 2000) - C
Hustle & Flow (Brewer, 2005) - B+
David (Cunningham & Dawes, 2025) - C
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Howard, 2000) - C-
Ella McKay (Books, 2025) - C
Junebug (Morrison, 2005) - A-
Silent Night, Deadly Night (Nelson, 2025) - D+
The In Crowd (Lambert, 2000) - D
Tank Girl (Talalay, 1995) - B+
Copycat (Amiel, 1995) - B+
His Girl Friday (Hawks, 1940) - A
All That Heaven Allows (Sirk, 1955) - B+
Ordinary People (Redford, 1980) - A-
Paradise Now (Abu-Assad, 2005) - B+
Back to the Future Part II (Zemeckis, 1989) - C+
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (Tammi, 2025) - D+
Eternity (Freyne, 2025) - B
Fackham Hall (O'Hanlon, 2025) - C+
100 Nights of Hero (Jackman, 2025) - B-
Pacific Heights (Schlesinger, 1990) - C+
Under the Sand (Ozon, 2001) - B+
All Quiet on the Western Front (Milestone, 1930) - A-
You Can Count On Me (Lonergan, 2000) - A
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Lee, 2000) - A
Where the Heart Is (Williams, 2000) - C+
Frequency (Hoblit, 2000) - C
The Other Guys (McKay, 2010) - B
A History of Violence (Cronenberg, 2005) - A-
Jagged Edge (Marquand, 1985) - C+
Darling (Schlesinger, 1965) - B+
Predator: Badlands (Trachtenberg, 2025) - C
Wicked: For Good (Chu, 2025) - C-
Days of Thunder (Scott, 1990) - C
Two Mules For Sister Sara (Siegel, 1970) - B-
Mighty Aphrodite (Allen, 1995) - B
Gossip (Guggenheim, 2000) - C+
To Die For (Van Sant, 1995) - A
The Brady Bunch Movie (Thomas, 1995) - B+
Best In Show (Guest, 2000) - B+
Traffic (Soderbergh, 2000) - A
Malena (Tornatore, 2000) - B
The Sound of Music (Wise, 1965) - A-
Edward Scissorhands (Burton, 1990) - B+
Zootopia 2 (Bush & Howard, 2025) - C+
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam & Jones, 1975) - B+
Rental Family (Hikari, 2025) - B-
Xanadu (Greenwald, 1980) - C
Keeper (Perkins, 2025) - C
Sisu: Road to Revenge (Helander, 2025) - C+
Looking For Mr. Goodbar (Brooks, 1977) - B+
On the Waterfront (Kazan, 1954) - A-
Beau Travail (Denis, 2000) - B+
Three Days of the Condor (Pollack, 1975) - B
The Way of the Gun (McQuarrie, 2000) - C
Better Off Dead (Holland, 1985) - B
Agnes of God (Jewison, 1985) - B
Harvey (Koster, 1950) - B
Sarah's Oil (Nowrasteh, 2025) - C
The Running Man (Wright, 2025) - C
The Purple Rose of Cairo (Allen, 1985) - B+
Nuremberg (Vanderbilt, 2025) - C+
Smooth Talk (Chopra, 1985) - B+
Shampoo (Ashby, 1975) - B
The Shop Around the Corner (Lubitsch, 1940) - A-
Mirror (Tarkovsky, 1975) - B
Vertical Limit (Campbell, 2000) - C
The Philadelphia Story (Cukor, 1940) - A-
A Night at the Opera (Wood, 1935) - B+
Postcards From the Edge (Nichols, 1990) - B+
Henry & June (Kaufman, 1990) - B-
Lost and Found in Cleveland (Gerchak & Guterman, 2025) - D+
Die My Love (Ramsay, 2025) - B
Bugonia (Lanthimos, 2025) - B+
Regretting You (Boone, 2025) - C-
My Family (Nava, 1995) - C+
Christy (Michôd, 2025) - C+
Back To the Future (Zemeckis, 1985) - B+
Good Night, and Good Luck. (Clooney, 2005) - A-
Beasts of No Nation (Fukunaga, 2015) - B+
Jonah Hex (Hayward, 2010) - D+
Mutiny On the Bounty (Lloyd, 1935) - B+
The Lost Weekend (Wilder, 1945) - B+
Marty (Mann, 1955) - B+
Amores Perros (Iñárritu, 2000) - C+
Violent Ends (Powell, 2025) - C+
Good Fortune (Ansari, 2025) - B-
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (Cooper, 2025) - C
Desperately Seeking Susan (Seidelman, 1985) - B+
Shelby Oaks (Stuckmann, 2025) - C-
Anniversary (Komasa, 2025) - C+
Private Benjamin (Zieff, 1980) - B
Gloria (Cassavetes, 1980) - B+
Safe (Haynes, 1995) - A
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (Chappelle, 1995 - Theatrical Cut) - B
The Crazies (Eisner, 2010) - B+
Eyes Without a Face (Franju, 1960) - B+
Se7en (Fincher, 1995) - A-
The Body Snatcher (Wise, 1945) - B-
The Shining (Kubrick, 1980) - A
Soylent Green (Fleischer, 1973) - C
Blue Velvet (Lynch, 1986) - B+
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (Burton & Johnson, 2005) - B+
Mirror, Mirror (Sargenti, 1990) - C+
Trick or Treat (Smith, 1986) - B-
Red Planet (Hoffman, 2000) - C
Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight (Dickerson, 1995) - B+
Fright Night (Holland, 1985) - B
Candyman: Farewell To the Flesh (Condon, 1995) - B
Tales From the Hood (Cundieff, 1995) - B
Alice Sweet Alice (Sole, 1976) - B-
Duel (Spielberg, 1971) - B+
Lord of Illusions (Barker, 1995 - Director's Cut) - B
House of Wax (Collet-Serra, 2005) - B
The Ring Two (Nakata, 2005) - C
Mother's Boys (Simoneau, 1994) - C+
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Box & Park, 2005) - B+
The Black Phone 2 (Derrickson, 2025) - C-
Tron: Ares (Rønning, 2025) - C
One Battle After Another (Anderson, 2025) - A-
Good Boy (Leonberg, 2025) - B
The Keep (Mann, 1983) - C+
Body Parts (Red, 1991) - B
Orca: The Killer Whale (Anderson, 1977) - C+
Race With the Devil (Starrett, 1975) - B+
Scary Movie (Wayans, 2000) - B-
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (Brooks, 1995) - C
Cherry Falls (Wright, 2000) - B
War of the Worlds (Spielberg, 2005) - B+
Village of the Damned (Carpenter, 1995) - B
Hell of a Summer (Bryk & Wolfhard, 2025) - C-
Roofman (Cianfrance, 2025) - B+
Casper (Silberling, 1995) - B-
Species (Donaldson, 1995) - B
Kiss of the Spider Woman (Condon, 2025) - C+
Nightmare Alley (Goulding, 1947) - B+
Psycho IV: The Beginning (Garris, 1990) - C
The Stepford Wives (Forbes, 1975) - B+
Psycho III (Perkins, 1986) - B
Lost Souls (Kominski, 2000) - C
The Changeling (Medak, 1980) - B
The Phantom of the Opera (Little, 1989) - C-
Eaten Alive (Hooper, 1976) - B-
The Smashing Machine (Safdie, 2025) - C+
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (Berlinger, 2000) - C+
Perfect Blue (Kon, 1997) - B
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (Sholder, 1999) - D
Psycho II (Franklin, 1983) - B-
Cursed (Craven, 2005) - B-
Dracula 2000 (Lussier, 2000) - B-
Dial M For Murder (Hitchcock, 1954) - B
Jacob's Ladder (Lyne, 1990) - A-
Dolores Claiborne (Hackford, 1995) - B+
Black Sunday (Bava, 1960) - B
The Conjuring: Last Rites (Chaves, 2025) - C
The Strangers: Chapter 2 (Harlin, 2025) - D
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (Kogonada, 2025) - B-
George A Romero's Land of the Dead (Romero, 2005) - B+
Psycho (Hitchcock, 1960) - A
Tremors (Underwood, 1990) - A-
Misery (Reiner, 1990) - B+
Day of the Dead (Romero, 1985) - B+
The Tenant (Polanski, 1976) - B+
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Sharman, 1975) - B+
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (Francis, 1965) - B
Deep Red (Argento, 1975) - B-
The Senior (Lurie, 2025) - C
Him (Tipping, 2025) - C
The Long Walk (Lawrence, 2025) - B
Toy Story (Lasseter, 1995) - B+
The City of Lost Children (Caro & Jeunet, 1995) - B
Children of the Damned (Leader, 1964) - B
The Watcher (Charbanic, 2000) - C-
The Addiction (Ferrara, 1995) - B
Jaws: The Revenge (Sargent, 1987) - C-
Village of the Damned (Rilla, 1960) - B+
Howling 2: Your Sister Is a Werewolf (Mora, 1985) - C
Humanoids From the Deep (Peeters, 1980) - B
Weapons (Cregger, 2025) - B+
Sunset Boulevard (Wilder, 1950) - A
The Stuff (Cohen, 1985) - C+
Lifeforce (Hooper, 1985) - C+
The Cell (Singh, 2000) - B-
Shivers (Cronenberg, 1975) - C
Monkey Shines (Romero, 1988) - B-
Jaws 3-D (Alves, 1983) - C
Psycho Beach Party (King, 2000) - C-
The Roses (Roach, 2025) - C-
The Thing (Carpenter, 1982) - A
Splitsville (Covino, 2025) - B+
Lurker (Russell, 2025) - B+
Jaws 2 (Szwarc, 1978) - C-
Nixon (Stone, 1995) - B
The Hearse (Bowers, 1980) - C+
Black Death (Smith, 2010) - C
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (Henkel, 1995) - C-
Wolf Creek (McLaen, 2005) - B+
Caught Stealing (Aronofsky, 2025) - C+
The Toxic Avenger (Blair, 2025) - C
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Kubrick, 1964) - A-
Jaws (Spielberg, 1975) - A
Red Eye (Craven, 2005) - B
Pitch Black (Twohy, 2000) - B+
Doctor Zhivago (Lean, 1965) - B
Clueless (Heckerling, 1995) - A
Miller's Crossing (Coen, 1990) - B+
After Hours (Scorsese, 1985) - B+
Wild at Heart (Lynch, 1990) - B
Barry Lyndon (Kubrick, 1975) - A-
Nurse Betty (LaBute, 2000) - B+
Before Sunrise (Linklater, 1995) - A
Honey Don't! (Coen, 2025) - C-
Americana (Tost, 2025) - C
Congo (Marshall, 1995) - B
Batman Forever (Schumacher, 1995) - C
The Two Jakes (Nicholson, 1990) - B-
The Crossing Guard (Penn, 1995) - C
Love & Basketball (Prince-Blythewood, 2000) - B
Fletch (Ritchie, 1985) - B
Clockers (Lee, 1995) - C+
Reversal of Fortune (Schroeder, 1990) - B+
Snatch (Ritchie, 2000) - C
Eli Roth Presents: Jimmy & Stiggs (Begos, 2025) - C-
East of Wall (Beecroft, 2025) - B
Tron: Legacy (Kosinski, 2010) - C+
My Brilliant Career (Armstrong, 1980) - A-
Miami Rhapsody (Frankel, 1995) - C+
Restoration (Hoffman, 1995) - C
Final Destination (Wong, 2000) - B+
Fame (Parker, 1980) - B
Nobody 2 (Tjahjanto, 2025) - B-
Freakier Friday (Ganatra, 2025) - B-
Strange Harvest (Ortiz, 2025) - C+
Tron (Lisberger, 1982) - C+
Smoke (Wang, 1995) - B
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Dante, 1990) - B+
Rob Roy (Caton-Jones, 1995) - C+
Rebecca (Hitchcock, 1940) - A-
The Naked Gun (Schaffer, 2025) - B+
Sketch (Worley, 2025) - C+
The Bad Guys 2 (Perifel, 2025) - C+
The Elephant Man (Lynch, 1980) - A-
Leaving Las Vegas (Figgis, 1995) - B
Space Cowboys (Eastwood, 2000) - B
St. Elmo's Fire (Schumacher, 1985) - D+
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Morris, 2025) - B-
Together (Shanks, 2025) - B
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Shakman, 2025) - C
Eddington (Aster, 2025) - C+
The Postman (Radford, 1995) - B
Performance (Cammell & Roeg, 1970) - B
Melvin and Howard (Demme, 1980) - B+
Winchester '73 (Mann, 1950) - A-
Before Night Falls (Schnabel, 2000) - A-
The Blues Brothers (Landis, 1980) - B
But I'm a Cheerleader (Babbit, 2000) - B
House on Eden (Collins, 2025) - C
Smurfs (Miller, 2025) - C
I Know What You Did Last Summer (Robinson, 2025) - C+
Dead Man Walking (Robbins, 1995) - B+
All About Eve (Mankiewicz, 1950) - A
Total Eclipse (Holland, 1995) - C-
Weird Science (Hughes, 1985) - B-
Real Genius (Coolidge, 1985) - B
Tommy (Russell, 1975) - B+
Elio (Molina, Sharafian & Shi, 2025) - C+
Superman (Gunn, 2025) - B-
Avalon (Levinson, 1990) - C+
Prizzi's Honor (Huston, 1985) - B-
Toni (Renoir, 1935) - B
Strange Days (Bigelow, 1995) - A-
Dead Man (Jarmusch, 1996) - B+
M3GAN 2.0 (Johnstone, 2025) - C+
Paranthu Po (Raw, 2025) - C
Metropolitan (Stillman, 1990) - B+
The Contender (Lurie, 2000) - B-
Biutiful (Iñárritu, 2010) - C
9 to 5 (Higgins, 1980) - B+
Spartacus (Kubrick, 1960) - A-
Jurassic World: Rebirth (Edwards, 2025) - C
F1 (Kosinski, 2025) - C

Monday, December 15, 2025

The 38th USC Libraries Scripter Award Nominations!

Guillermo del Toro - Frankenstein based on the novel "Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus" by Mary Shelley
Chloe Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell - Hamnet based on O’Farrell’s novel of the same name
Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another based on the novel "Vineland" by Thomas Pynchon
Ira Sachs - Peter Hujar’s Day based on the book of the same name by Linda Rosenkrantz
Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar - Train Dreams based on the novella of the same name by Denis Johnson

Friday, December 12, 2025

The 28th COSTUME DESIGNERS GUILD Nominations

Excellence in Contemporary Film
"Bugonia" - Jennifer Johnson
"F1" - Julian Day
"One Battle After Another" - Colleen Atwood
"Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery" - Jenny Eagan
"Weapons" - Trish Summerville

Excellence in Period Film
"Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale" - Anna Mary Scott Robbins
"Frankenstein" - Kate Hawley
"Hamnet" - Malgosia Turzanska
"Hedda" - Lindsay Pugh
"Sinners" - Ruth E. Carter

Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film
"Avatar: Fire and Ash" - Deborah L. Scott
"How To Train Your Dragon" - Lindsay Pugh
"Thunderbolts*"- Sanja Milkovic Hays
"Tron: Ares" - Christine Bieselin Clark & Alix Friedberg
"Wicked: For Good" - Paul Tazewell

Monday, December 8, 2025

83rd Globes Reax!

Drama: 5/6 (+alt)
Comedy/Musical: 4/6 
Director: 5/6
Actress - Drama: 5/6
Actor - Drama: 5/6
Actress - Comedy: 6/6
Actor - Comedy: 6/6
Supp. Actress: 5/5
Supp. Actor: 6/6
Screenplay: 6/6
Foreign: 5/6 (+alt)
Animated: 5/6 (+alt)
Score: 4/6 (+alt)
Song: 4/6 (+alt)
 
71/84 = 84.52%

I did 86.9% last year, which was a record. This year will be my second highest, so these have gotten more predictable even with the influx of more foreign voters. This feels like a mix of the old Globes (mostly those Smashing Machine nominations) with the new group of voters (Victor, all the foreign films getting into major categories). Could have been better, could have been worse. 

Neon getting 5 nominees in the Foreign category. Good morning for them. And Richard Linklater. 

The podcast category ended up not being so embarrassing, but the Standup category is shit. Box Office & Cinematic Achievement = Avatar which hasn't opened yet, and a Netflix movie. Just get rid of these new fucking things. 

Marlon Wayans needs to work on his pronunciations, oof that was rough. 

The 83rd GOLDEN GLOBES Nominations!

MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES:

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
FRANKENSTEIN
HAMNET
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
THE SECRET AGENT
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
SINNERS

BEST MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
BLUE MOON
BUGONIA
MARTY SUPREME
NO OTHER CHOICE
NOUVELLE VAGUE
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

BEST DIRECTOR
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON - ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
RYAN COOGLER - SINNERS
GUILLERMO DEL TORO - FRANKENSTEIN
JAFAR PANAHI - IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
JOAQUIM TRIER - SENTIMENTAL VALUE
CHLOÉ ZHAO - HAMNET

BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
JOEL EDGERTON - TRAIN DREAMS
OSCAR ISAAC - FRANKENSTEIN
DWAYNE JOHNSON - THE SMASHING MACHINE
MICHAEL B. JORDAN - SINNERS
WAGNER MOURA - THE SECRET AGENT
JEREMY ALLEN WHITE - SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
JESSIE BUCKLEY - HAMNET
JENNIFER LAWRENCE - DIE MY LOVE
RENATE REINSVE - SENTIMENTAL VALUE
JULIA ROBERTS - AFTER THE HUNT
TESSA THOMPSON - HEDDA
EVA VICTOR - SORRY, BABY

BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY/MUSICAL
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET - MARTY SUPREME
GEORGE CLOONEY - JAY KELLY
LEONARDO DICAPRIO - ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
ETHAN HAWKE - BLUE MOON
LEE BYUNG-HUN - NO OTHER CHOICE
JESSE PLEMONS - BUGONIA

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY/MUSICAL
ROSE BYRNE - IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU
CYNTHIA ERIVO - WICKED: FOR GOOD
KATE HUDSON - SONG SUNG BLUE
CHASE INFINITI - ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
AMANDA SEYFRIED - THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE
EMMA STONE - BUGONIA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE
BENECIO DEL TORO - ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
JACOB ELORDI - FRANKENSTEIN
PAUL MESCAL - HAMNET
SEAN PENN - ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
ADAM SANDLER - JAY KELLY
STELLAN SKARSGÅRD - SENTIMENTAL VALUE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE
EMILY BLUNT - THE SMASHING MACHINE
ELLE FANNING - SENTIMENTAL VALUE
INGA IBSDOTTER LILLEAAS - SENTIMENTAL VALUE
ARIANA GRANDE - WICKED: FOR GOOD
AMY MADIGAN - WEAPONS
TEYANA TAYLOR - ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

BEST SCREENPLAY
HAMNET
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
MARTY SUPREME
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
SINNERS

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
F1
FRANKENSTEIN
HAMNET
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
SINNERS
SIRĀT

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"DREAM AS ONE" - AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
"GOLDEN" - KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
"I LIED TO YOU" - SINNERS
"TRAIN DREAMS" - TRAIN DREAMS
"THE GIRL IN THE BUBBLE" - WICKED: FOR GOOD
"NO PLACE LIKE HOME" - WICKED: FOR GOOD

BEST MOTION PICTURE - ANIMATED
ARCO
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA INFINITY CASTLE
ELIO
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARCTER OF RAIN
ZOOTOPIA 2

BEST MOTION PICTURE - NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
NO OTHER CHOICE
THE SECRET AGENT
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
SIRĀT
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB

CINEMATIC AND BOX-OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
F1
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - THE FINAL RECKONING
SINNERS
WEAPONS
WICKED: FOR GOOD
ZOOTOPIA 2


TELEVISION: 

BEST SERIES – DRAMA
THE DIPLOMAT
THE PITT
PLURIBUS
SEVERANCE
SLOW HORSES
THE WHITE LOTUS

BEST SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
ABBOTT ELEMENTARY
THE BEAR
HACKS
NOBODY WANTS THIS
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
THE STUDIO

BEST LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
ADOLESCENCE
ALL HER FAULT
THE BEAST IN ME
BLACK MIRROR
DYING FOR SEX
THE GIRLFRIEND

BEST ACTRESS IN A SERIES – DRAMA
KATHY BATES - MATLOCK
BRITT LOWER - SEVERANCE
HELEN MIRREN - MOBLAND
BELLA RAMSEY - THE LAST OF US
KERI RUSSELL - THE DIPLOMAT
RHEA SEEHORN - PLURIBUS

BEST ACTOR IN A SERIES – DRAMA
STERLING K. BROWN - PARADISE
DIEGO LUNA - ANDOR
GARY OLDMAN - SLOW HORSES
MARK RUFFALO - TASK
ADAM SCOTT - SEVERANCE
NOAH WYLE - THE PITT

BEST ACTESS IN A SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
KRISTEN BELL - NOBODY WANTS THIS
AYO EDEBIRI - THE BEAR
SELENA GOMEZ - ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
NATASHA LYONNE - POKER FACE
JENNA ORTEGA - WEDNESDAY
JEAN SMART - HACKS

BEST ACTOR IN A SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
ADAM BRODY - NOBODY WANTS THIS
STEVE MARTIN - ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
GLEN POWELL - CHAD POWERS
SETH ROGEN - THE STUDIO
MARTIN SHORT - ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUIDLING
JEREMY ALLEN WHITE - THE BEAR

BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
CLAIRE DANES - THE BEAST IN ME
RASHIDA JONES - BLACK MIRROR
AMANDA SEYFRIED - LONG BRIGHT RIVER
SARAH SNOOK - ALL HER FAULT
MICHELLE WILLIAMS - DYING FOR SEX
ROBIN WRIGHT - THE GIRLFRIEND

BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
JACOB ELORDI - THE NARROW ROAD TO THE NORTH
PAUL GIAMATTI - BLACK MIRROR
STEPHEN GRAHAM - ADOLESCENCE
CHARLIE HUNNAM - MONSTER: THE ED GEIN STORY
JUDE LAW - BLACK RABBIT
MATTHEW RHYS - THE BEAST IN ME

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE ON TELEVISION
CARRIE COON - THE WHITE LOTUS
ERIN DOHERTY - ADOLESCENCE
HANNAH EINBINDER - HACKS
CATHERINE O'HARA - THE STUDIO
PARKER POSEY - THE WHITE LOTUS
AIMEE LOU WOOD - THE WHITE LOTUS

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE ON TELEVISION
OWEN COOPER - ADOLESCENCE
BILLY CRUDUP - THE MORNING SHOW
WALTON GOGGINS - THE WHITE LOTUS
JASON ISAACS - THE WHITE LOTUS
TRAMELL TILLMAN - SEVERANCE
ASHLEY WALTERS - ADOLESCENCE

BEST PERFORMANCE IN STAND-UP COMEDY ON TELEVISION
BILL MAHER - BILL MAHER: IS ANYONE ELSE SEEING THIS?
BRETT GOLDSTEIN - BRETT GOLDSTEIN: THE SECOND BEST NIGHT OF YOUR LIFE
KEVIN HART - KEVIN HART: ACTING MY AGE
KUMAIL NANJIANI - KUMAIL NANJIANI: NIGHT THOUGHTS
RICKY GERVAIS - RICKY GERVIS: MORTALITY
SARAH SILVERMAN - SARAH SILVERMAN: POSTMORTEM

BEST PODCAST
ARMCHAIR EXPERT WITH DAX SHEPARD
CALL HER DADDY
GOOD HANG WITH AMY POEHLER
THE MEL ROBBINS PODCAST
SMARTLESS
UP FIRST

Friday, December 5, 2025

83rd Globe Dix

Announing Monday morning. They've added a podcast category this year. I feel we're not far off from an Influencer category. Continuing my trend of only predicting film categories...

Original Song:
"Drive" - F1
"Golden" - KPop Demon Hunters
"I Lied To You" - Sinners
"Clothed By the Sun" - The Testament of Ann Lee
"Train Dreams" - Train Dreams
"The Girl In the Bubble" - Wicked: For Good
alt: "Dream As One" - Avatar: Fire and Ash

Original Score:
Bugonia - Frankenstein - Hamnet - Marty Supreme - One Battle After Another - Sinners
alt: Train Dreams

Animated Film:
Arco - Elio - Little Amélie or the Character of Rain - KPop Demon Hunters - Ne Zha 2 - Zootopia 2
alt: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Infinity Castle
Oof, bleak category.

Foreign Language Film:
Belén - It Was Just An Accident - No Other Choice - The Secret Agent - Sentimental Value - Sirât
alt: The Voice of Hind Rijab

Screenplay:
Hamnet - It Was Just An Accident - Marty Supreme - One Battle After Another - Sentimental Value - Sinners
alt: The Secret Agent

Supporting Actor:
Benecio Del Toro - One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein
Paul Mescal - Hamnet
Sean Penn - One Battle After Another
Adam Sandler - Jay Kelly
Stellan Skarsgård - Sentimental Value
alt: Delroy Lindo - Sinners
That's the consensus 6. 

Supporting Actress:
Elle Fanning - Sentimental Value
Ariana Grande - Wicked: For Good
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan - Weapons
Gwyneth Paltrow - Marty Supreme
Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another
alt: Wunmi Mosaku - Sinners
It's been a fun debate throughout the year which film was getting dual nominations here: Marty, Sentimental, or even Sinners

Lead Actor - Comedy/Musical:
Timothée Chalamet - Marty Supreme
George Clooney - Jay Kelly
Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon
Lee Byung-hun - No Other Choice
Jesse Plemons - Bugonia
alt: Brendan Fraser - Rental Family
Or Hugh Jackman, maybe. Or the Wake Up Dead Man boys.

Lead Actress - Comedy/Musical:
Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Cynthia Erivo - Wicked: For Good
Kate Hudson - Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti - One Battle After Another
Amanda Seyfried - The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone - Bugonia
alt: Dakota Johnson - Materialists
Seems to be everyone's predictions.

Lead Actor - Drama:
Will Arnett - Is This Thing On?
Joel Edgerton - Train Dreams
Dwayne Johnson - The Smashing Machine
Michael B. Jordan - Sinners
Wagner Moura - The Secret Agent
Jeremy Allen White - Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
alt: Russell Crowe - Nuremberg
Or Oscar Isaac.

Lead Actress - Drama:
Jessie Buckley - Hamnet
Jennifer Lawrence - Die My Love
Helen Mirren - Goodbye June
Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value
Julia Roberts - After the Hunt
Tessa Thompson - Hedda
alt: Jodie Foster - Private Life
Maybe Eva Victor. There's also *gulp* Sydney Sweeney. The comedy acting categories are so much stronger. 

Director:
Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler - Sinners
Jafar Panahi - It Was Just An Accident
Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme
Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value
Chloé Zhao - Hamnet
alt: Kleber Mendonça Filho - The Secret Agent
Or Del Toro.

Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical:
Bugonia
Jay Kelly
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
Wicked: For Good
alt: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Motion Picture - Drama:
Hamnet
It Was Just An Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
alt: Frankenstein
Or F1 or Avatar: Fire and Ash

Nom count:
OBAA - 9 
Sentimental - 8
Hamnet & Marty & Sinners - 6
Though Sinners will also have the Box Office category.

Thursday, December 4, 2025

The 2025 AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE Honorees!

AFI MOTION PICTURES OF THE YEAR
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
BUGONIA
FRANKENSTEIN
HAMNET
JAY KELLY
MARTY SUPREME
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
SINNERS
TRAIN DREAMS
WICKED: FOR GOOD

AFI SPECIAL AWARD
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT

AFI TELEVISION PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR
ADOLESCENCE
ANDOR
DEATH BY LIGHTNING
THE DIPLOMAT
THE LOWDOWN
THE PITT
PLUR1BUS
SEVERANCE
THE STUDIO
TASK

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

The 2025 NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW Winners!

Best Film: One Battle After Another
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another
Best Actress: Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Best Supporting Actor: Benicio Del Toro - One Battle After Another
Best Supporting Actress: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value
Best Directorial Debut: Eva Victor - Sorry, Baby
Breakthrough Performance: Chase Infiniti - One Battle After Another
Best Original Screenplay: Ryan Coogler - Sinners
Best Adapted Screenplay: Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar - Train Dreams
Best Animated Feature: Arco
Best International Film: It Was Just an Accident
Best Documentary: Cover-Up
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Autumn Durald Arkapaw - Sinners
Outstanding Achievement in Stunt Artistry: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

Top 10 Films (in alphabetical order)
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Frankenstein
Jay Kelly
Marty Supreme
Rental Family
Sinners
Train Dreams
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Wicked: For Good

TOP 5 International Films (in alphabetical order)
Left-Handed Girl
The Love That Remains
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirāt

TOP 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order)
2000 Meters to Andriivka
Come See Me in the Good Light
My Mom Jayne
Natchez
Orwell: 2+2=5

TOP 10 Independent Films (in alphabetical order)
The Baltimorons
Bring Her Back
Father Mother Sister Brother
Friendship
Good Boy
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
The Mastermind
Rebuilding
Sorry, Baby
Urchin