Recently Watched Movies (Jan 2026 - )

Send Help (Raimi, 2026) - B

Sometimes I Think About Dying (Lambert, 2024) - B

Dracula (Besson, 2026) - C

Fallen Leaves (Kaurismäki, 2023) - B+

Plainclothes (Emmi, 2025) - C+

Eephus (Lund, 2025) - B+

Blue Sun Palace (Tsang, 2025) - B+

Familiar Touch (Friedland, 2025) - B+

Chariots of Fire (Hudson, 1981) - B

The Mastermind (Reichardt, 2025) - B-

The Secret Agent (Mendonça, 2025) - B+

Swingers (Liman, 1996) - A-

On Golden Pond (Rydell, 1981) - B

The Plague (Polinger, 2025) - B+

Twinless (Sweeney, 2025) - A-

Shelter (Waugh, 2026) - C+

Grace of My Heart (Anders, 1996) - B-

Iron Lung (Markiplier, 2026) - C-

Labyrinth (Henson, 1986) - B

Basquiat (Schnabel, 1996) - B+

Boyz n the Hood (Singleton, 1991) - A-

Crank (Neveldine & Taylor, 2006) - C

The Baltimorons (Duplass, 2025) - B+

Mother (Brooks, 1996) - B+

A Room With a View (Ivory, 1986) - B

Gas Food Lodging (Anders, 1992) - B

Don't Let's Go To the Dogs Tonight (Davidtz, 2025) - C+

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (DaCosta, 2026) - B

The Perfect Neighbor (Gandbhir, 2025) - B+

Mercy (Bekmambetov, 2026) - C-

Hamnet (Zhao, 2025) - B

Seance (Barrett, 2021) - C

Ash (Flying Lotus, 2025) - C

A Man For All Seasons (Zinnemann, 1966) - B-

Delicatessen (Caro & Jeunet, 1991) - B

Come See Me In the Good Light (White, 2025) - B+

Cimarron (Ruggles, 1931) - B-

Abraham's Boys (Kermani, 2025) - C-

Marathon Man (Schlesinger, 1976) - B-

The Lost Bus (Greengrass, 2025) - B

Eleanor the Great (Johansson, 2025) - B

The Fisher King (Gilliam, 1991) - B+

Queens of the Dead (Romero, 2025) - C

Blue Moon (Linklater, 2025) - B-

The Ugly Stepsister (Blichfeldt, 2025) - B

Greenland 2: Migration (Waugh, 2026) - C+

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (Reiner, 2025) - C

She's Gotta Have It (Lee, 1986) - B+

Stripes (Reitman, 1981) - C+

Goodbye June (Winslet, 2025) - C

Stand By Me (Reiner, 1986) - B+

Popeye (Altman, 1980) - B

Relay (Mackenzie, 2025) - B

Eden (Howard, 2025) - B-

Beautiful Girls (Demme, 1996) - B+

Point Break (Bigelow, 1991) - B+

Bone Lake (Morgan, 2025) - B-

Wake Up Dead Man (Johnson, 2025) - B

I Was a Stranger (Andersen, 2026) - C+

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. 

98th Oscars Luncheon!

I totally forgot they didn't have these last year because of the fires. 

Group photo:

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Past Oscar Scores

2007: 

Top 8: 29/40 = 72.5%
Total: 65/99 = 65.7%

Winners: 13/24 = 54.2%

2008: 

Top 8: 29.5/40 = 73.8%

Total: 70.5/97 = 72.7%

Winners: 16/24 = 66.7%

(The .5 is about Kate Winslet in Lead Actress.)

2009: 

Top 8: 40/45 = 88.9%

Total: 82/106 = 77.4%

Winners: 18/24 = 75%

2010:

Top 8: 42/45 = 93.3%

Total: 86/106 = 81.9%

Winners: 17/24 = 70.3%

2011: 

Top 8: 37/44 = 84.1%

Total: 74/104 = 71.2%

Winners: 17/24 = 70.3%

2012:

Top 8: 36/44 = 81.8%

Total: 80/107 = 74.8%

Winners: 19/24 = 79.2%

2013: 

Top 8: 36/44 = 81.8%

Total: 79/107 = 73.8%

Winners: 22/24 = 91.7%

2014:

Top 8: 36/43 = 83.7%

Total: 84/106 = 79.2%

Winners: 18/24 = 75%

2015: 

Top 8: 36/43 = 83.7%

Total: 79/106 = 74.5%

Winners: 17/24 = 70.3%

2016: 

Top 8: 39/44 = 88.6%

Total: 89/107 = 83.2%

Winners: 16/24 = 66.7%

2017: 

Top 8: 39/44 = 88.6%

Total: 88/107 = 82.2%

Winners: 18/24 = 75%

2018:

Top 8: 35/43 = 81.4%

Total: 81/106 = 76.4%

Winners: 15/24 = 62.5%

2019:

Top 8: 41/44 = 93.2%

Total: 93/109 = 85.3%

Winners: 18/24 = 75%

2020:

Top 8: 35/43 = 81.4%

Total: 80/103 = 77.7%

Winners: 15/23 = 65.2%

2021:

Top 8: 35/45 = 77.8%

Total: 82/105 = 78.1%

Winners: 22/23 = 95.7%

2022:

Top 8: 37/45 = 82.2%

Total: 79/105 = 75.2%

Winners: 17/23 = 73.9%

2023:

Top 8: 41/45 = 91.1%

Total: 85/105 = 80.95%

Winners: 18/23 = 78.3%

2024:

Top 8: 39/45 = 86.7%

Total: 82/105 = 78.1%

Winners: 17/23 = 73.9%

2025:

Top 8: 41/45 = 91.1%

Total: 92/110 = 83.6%

So far...

Best Top 8 Score: 2010 - 93.3%

Worst Top 8 Score: 2007 - 72.5%

Best Total Score: 2019 - 85.3%

Worst Total Score: 2007 - 65.7%

Best Winners Score: 2021 - 95.7%

Worst Winners Score: 2007 - 54.2%

What the hell was wrong with me in 2007? That was the year of the writers' strike. 

The 78th DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA Winners!

Theatrical Feature Film
Paul Thomas Anderson
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Michael Apted First-Time Theatrical Feature Film

Charlie Polinger

The Plague (IFC Films)

Documentary Film

Mstyslav Chernov

2000 Meters to Andriivka (PBS)

DGA Dix

 Announcing on Saturday.

Winner: Anderson

(alt: Coogler)

The 78th WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA Nominations!

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Black Bag Written by David Koepp

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You Written by Mary Bronstein

Marty Supreme Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie

Sinners Written by Ryan Coogler

Weapons Written by Zach Cregger

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Bugonia Screenplay by Will Tracy, Based on the Film "Save the Green Planet" Written and Directed by Jang Joon Hwan and Produced by Sidus

Frankenstein Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro, Based on "Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus" by Mary Shelley

Hamnet Screenplay by Chloe Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell, Based on the Novel Written by Maggie O’Farrell

One Battle After Another Screenplay by Paul Thomas Anderson, Screen Story by Paul Thomas Anderson, Inspired by the novel "Vineland" by Thomas Pynchon

Train Dreams Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar, Based on the Novella by Denis Johnson

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

2,000 Meters to Andriivka Written by Mstyslav Chernov

Becoming Led Zeppelin Written by Bernard MacMahon & Allison McGourty

White with Fear Written by Andrew Goldberg

8/10. That Black Bag nom might be my favorite of the season! Criminally underappreciated movie this season!

The ACE EDDIES Nominations!

EDITED FEATURE FILM (Drama, Theatrical)

F1 – Stephen Mirrione, ACE

Hamnet – Chloé Zhao, ACE; Affonso Gonçalves, ACE

Sentimental Value – Olivier Bugge Coutté

Sinners – Michael P. Shawver

Weapons – Joe Murphy

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Comedy, Theatrical)

Bugonia – Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ACE, BFE

Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein; Josh Safdie

One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery – Bob Ducsay, ACE

Wicked: For Good – Myron Kerstein, ACE

BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

The Bad Guys 2 – Jesse Averna, ACE

KPop Demon Hunters – Nathan Schauf

Zootopia 2 – Jeremy Milton, ACE

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Becoming Led Zeppelin – Dan Gitlin

It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley – Brian Kates, ACE; Stacy Goldate, ACE

John Candy: I Like Me – Shane Reid; Darrin Roberts

Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music – James Lester; Oz Rodríguez

The Perfect Neighbor – Viridiana Lieberman

The 79th BAFTA Nominations!

BEST FILM

HAMNET 

MARTY SUPREME 

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER 

SENTIMENTAL VALUE 

SINNERS 

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

28 YEARS LATER

THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND

BRIDGET JONES: MAD ABOUT THE BOY 

DIE MY LOVE 

H IS FOR HAWK 

HAMNET 

I SWEAR 

MR BURTON 

PILLION

STEVE 

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

THE CEREMONY Jack King (Director, Writer), Hollie Bryan (Producer), Lucy Meer (Producer)

MY FATHER’S SHADOW Akinola Davies Jr. (Director), Wale Davies (Writer)

PILLION Harry Lighton (Director, Writer)

A WANT IN HER Myrid Carten (Director)

WASTEMAN Cal McMau (Director), Hunter Andrews (Writer), Eoin Doran (Writer)

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT 

THE SECRET AGENT 

SENTIMENTAL VALUE 

SIRĀT

THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB

DOCUMENTARY

2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA 

APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS 

COVER-UP

MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN

THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR

ANIMATED FILM

ELIO

LITTLE AMÉLIE

ZOOTROPOLIS 2

CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM

ARCO

BOONG

LILO & STITCH

ZOOTROPOLIS 2

DIRECTOR                                                          

BUGONIA Yorgos Lanthimos

HAMNET Chloé Zhao

MARTY SUPREME Josh Safdie

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Paul Thomas Anderson

SENTIMENTAL VALUE Joachim Trier

SINNERS Ryan Coogler

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

I SWEAR Kirk Jones

MARTY SUPREME Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie

THE SECRET AGENT Kleber Mendonça Filho

SENTIMENTAL VALUE Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

SINNERS Ryan Coogler

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND Tom Basden, Tim Key

BUGONIA Will Tracy

HAMNET Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Paul Thomas Anderson

PILLION Harry Lighton

LEADING ACTRESS

JESSIE BUCKLEY Hamnet

ROSE BYRNE If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

KATE HUDSON Song Sung Blue

CHASE INFINITI One Battle After Another

RENATE REINSVE Sentimental Value

EMMA STONE Bugonia

LEADING ACTOR

ROBERT ARAMAYO I Swear

TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET Marty Supreme

LEONARDO DICAPRIO One Battle After Another

ETHAN HAWKE Blue Moon

MICHAEL B. JORDAN Sinners

JESSE PLEMONS Bugonia

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

ODESSA A’ZION Marty Supreme

INGA IBSDOTTER LILLEAAS Sentimental Value

WUNMI MOSAKU Sinners

CAREY MULLIGAN The Ballad of Wallis Island

TEYANA TAYLOR One Battle After Another

EMILY WATSON Hamnet

SUPPORTING ACTOR

BENICIO DEL TORO One Battle After Another

JACOB ELORDI Frankenstein

PAUL MESCAL Hamnet

PETER MULLAN I Swear

SEAN PENN One Battle After Another

STELLAN SKARSGÅRD Sentimental Value

CASTING

I SWEAR

MARTY SUPREME

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

SINNERS

CINEMATOGRAPHY

FRANKENSTEIN

MARTY SUPREME

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

SINNERS

TRAIN DREAMS

EDITING

F1

A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE

MARTY SUPREME

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

SINNERS

COSTUME DESIGN

FRANKENSTEIN

HAMNET

MARTY SUPREME

SINNERS

WICKED: FOR GOOD

MAKE UP & HAIR

FRANKENSTEIN

HAMNET

MARTY SUPREME

SINNERS

WICKED: FOR GOOD

ORIGINAL SCORE

BUGONIA

FRANKENSTEIN

HAMNET

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

SINNERS

PRODUCTION DESIGN

FRANKENSTEIN

HAMNET

MARTY SUPREME

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

SINNERS

SOUND

F1

FRANKENSTEIN

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

SINNERS

WARFARE

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH

F1

FRANKENSTEIN

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

THE LOST BUS

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

CARDBOARD

SOLSTICE

TWO BLACK BOYS IN PARADISE

BRITISH SHORT FILM

MAGID / ZAFAR 

NOSTALGIE

TERENCE

THIS IS ENDOMETRIOSIS

WELCOME HOME FRECKLES

EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)

ROBERT ARAMAYO

MILES CATON

CHASE INFINITI

ARCHIE MADEKWE

POSY STERLING

Ballad of Wallis Island! 28 Years Later! Jesse Plemons! But no Madigan - Boo! Mostly decent set. I Swear is being released this year from Sony Pictures Classics so I'm looking forward to seeing that.

WGA Dix

Tomorrow, the WGA, ACE, and BAFTA announce. I know ACE and WGA have announced after the Oscar noms a few times, but it's been awhile since BAFTA did it. (I think?) No idea if this will be a regular thing.

Original: A House of Dynamite, Jay Kelly, Marty, Sinners, Weapons

alt: If I Had Legs....

Adapted: Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, One Battle..., Train Dreams

alt: LOL no

98th Reax

Picture: 10/10 (!)

Directing: 5/5

Actress: 4/5 (+alt)

Actor: 5/5

S. Actress: 4/5 

S. Actor: 4/5

O. Screenplay: 4/5

A. Screenplay: 5/5

Animated: 5/5

International: 5/5

Documentary: 2/5 (+alt)

Casting: 4/5

Cinematography: 5/5

Costume Design: 3/5 (+alt)

Film Editing: 4/5

Production Design: 4/5

Makeup: 3/5 (+alt)

Music - Score: 4/5

Music - Song: 4/5

Sound: 4/5 (+alt)

Visual Effects: 4/5

Top 8 = 41 / 45 = 91.1%

Overall = 92  / 110 = 83.6%

I really need to do an update of my score lists. Both those numbers are better than last year, but no idea where they fall overall. 

Sinners breaks the record with 16 Nominations! I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing for it. Good because it proves what a legit contender it's always been, but bad because we know certain people are going to be like "Oh, a vampire musical got the most noms ever?" (Read that in an asshole Bill Maher voice to get it.) Happy for Delroy but that's another McAdams/JLC situation. Loving that a horror movie broke the record.

Sentimental also maxed out. I totally called in like 2010 that Elle would be the first Fanning sister to get an Oscar nom.

Paul Mescal is probably the acting snub of the morning. Wicked: For Good completely blanked. That makes me so happy. 

Sad for Jesse Plemons who gave one of my fave performances of the year. Stone got her 6th & 7th Oscar nom this morning. Bugonia's score nom is so deserved.

Ecstatic that Rose Byrne is finally an Academy Award nominee! She should have been nominated for both Paul Feig movies she did. 

I KNEW Hudson was happening. I think people really need to listen to what the industry is saying and they've been pushing her hard for the past month or so.

AMY FUCKING MADIGAN!!!! She now holds the record for longest gap between nominations for an actress - 40 years! And funnily enough, her first nom was for a film called Twice In a Lifetime.

Lewis Pullman looked so good this morning. 

The acting categories feature a vampire, alien, monster, and a witch.  HORROR RULES!

THE 98TH ACADEMY AWARDS NOMINATIONS!

 BEST PICTURE

BUGONIA

F1

FRANKENSTEIN

HAMNET

MARTY SUPREME

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

THE SECRET AGENT

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

SINNERS

TRAIN DREAMS

BEST DIRECTING

CHLOÉ ZHAO - HAMNET

JOSH SAFDIE - MARTY SUPREME

PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON - ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

JOACHIM TRIER - SENTIMENTAL VALUE

RYAN COOGLER - SINNERS

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET - MARTY SUPREME

LEONARDO DICAPRIO - ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

ETHAN HAWKE - BLUE MOON

MICHAEL B. JORDAN - SINNERS

WAGNER MOURA - THE SECRET AGENT

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

JESSIE BUCKLEY - HAMNET

ROSE BYRNE - IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU

KATE HUDSON - SONG SUNG BLUE

RENATE REINSVE - SENTIMENTAL VALUE

EMMA STONE - BUGONIA

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

BENECIO DEL TORO - ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

JACOB ELORDI - FRANKENSTEIN

DELROY LINDO - SINNERS

SEAN PENN - ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

STELLAN SKARSGÅRD - SENTIMENTAL VALUE

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

ELLE FANNING - SENTIMENTAL VALUE

INGA IBSDOTTER LILLEAAS - SENTIMENTAL VALUE

AMY MADIGAN - WEAPONS

WUNMI MOSAKU - SINNERS

TEYANA TAYLOR - ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

BEST WRITING - ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

BLUE MOON

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT

MARTY SUPREME

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

SINNERS

BEST WRITING - ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

BUGONIA

FRANKENSTEIN

HAMNET

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

TRAIN DREAMS

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

ARCO

ELIO

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS

LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN

ZOOTOPIA 2

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

THE ALABAMA SOLUTION

COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT

MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN

THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR

CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

THE SECRET AGENT

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

SIRĀT

THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB

BEST CASTING

HAMNET

MARTY SUPREME

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

THE SECRET AGENT

SINNERS

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

FRANKENSTEIN

MARTY SUPREME

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

SINNERS

TRAIN DREAMS

BEST FILM EDITING

F1

MARTY SUPREME

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

SINNERS

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH

FRANKENSTEIN

HAMNET

MARTY SUPREME

SINNERS

BEST FILM EDITING

F1

MARTY SUPREME

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

SINNERS

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

FRANKENSTEIN

KOKUHO

SINNERS

THE SMASHING MACHINE

THE UGLY STEPSISTER

BEST MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE

BUGONIA

FRANKENSTEIN

HAMNET

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

SINNERS

BEST MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG

"DEAR ME" - DIANE WARREN: RELENTLESS

"GOLDEN" - KPOP DEMON HUNTERS

"I LIED TO YOU" - SINNERS

"SWEET DREAMS OF JOY" - VIVA VERDI!

"TRAIN DREAMS" - TRAIN DREAMS

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

FRANKENSTEIN

HAMNET

MARTY SUPREME

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

SINNERS

BEST SOUND

F1

FRANKENSTEIN

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

SINNERS

SIRĀT

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH

F1

JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH

THE LOST BUS

SINNERS

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

BUTTERFLY

FOREVER GREEN

THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS

RETIREMENT PLAN

THE THREE SISTERS

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

BUTCHER'S STAIN

A FRIEND OF DOROTHY

JANE AUSTEN'S PERIOD DRAMA

THE SINGERS

TWO PEOPLE EXCHANING SALIVA

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

ALL THE EMPTY ROOMS

ARMED WITH ONLY A CAMERA

CHILDREN NO MORE

THE DEVIL IS BUSY

PERFECTLY A STRANGENESS

98th Oscar Predix

Announcing Thursday morning at 8:30AM Eastern by Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman. 

How much do they go for the foreign film performances after SAG ignored them? 3 foreign films in the Best Picture lineup? 3 horror movies in that lineup? (Yes, please!) Can Sinners break the nomination record? Are the tech categories just going to be the same 7-8 films over and over? Is One Battle going to be the first film in 49 years to get 5 acting nominations? Did I break the question mark key.

VISUAL EFFECTS

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH

F1

THE LOST BUS

SINNERS

SUPERMAN

alt: Frankenstein

MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG

"Dear Me" - DIANE WARREN: RELENTLESS

"Golden" - KPOP DEMON HUNTERS

"I Lied To You" - SINNERS

"Train Dreams" - TRAIN DREAMS

"The Girl In the Bubble" - WICKED: FOR GOOD

alt: "Last Time I Seen the Sun" - Sinners

Diane Warren making a documentary about herself to get another stupid nomination in the category feels like something Jenna from 30 Rock would do. Rooting for The Ballad of Wallis Island's song to get in!

MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE

FRANKENSTEIN

HAMNET

MARTY SUPREME

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

SINNERS

alt: F1

SOUND

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH

F1

FRANKENSTEIN

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

SINNERS

alt: Sirāt

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

FRANKENSTEIN

MARTY SUPREME

SINNERS

THE SMASHING MACHINE

WICKED: FOR GOOD

alt: The Ugly Stepsister

Haven't seen the alt yet, but would love if that got in. 

PRODUCTION DESIGN

FRANKENSTEIN

HAMNET

MARTY SUPREME

SINNERS

WICKED: FOR GOOD

alt: Fantastic Four: First Steps

COSTUME DESIGN

FRANKENSTEIN

HAMNET

HEDDA

SINNERS

WICKED: FOR GOOD

alt: Marty Supreme

FILM EDITING

F1

HAMNET

MARTY SUPREME

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

SINNERS

alt: Frankenstein

CINEMATOGRAPHY

FRANKENSTEIN

MARTY SUPREME

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

SINNERS

TRAIN DREAMS

alt: F1

CASTING

HAMNET

MARTY SUPREME

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

SINNERS

WEAPONS

alt: Wicked: For Good

The first of two categories being introduced over the next year. Hopefully, this ends up being more than just an Ensemble prize.

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT

THE SECRET AGENT

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

SIRĀT

THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB

alt: Left-Handed Girl

Congrats to those Neon movies!

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA

COVER-UP

MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN

MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART 1 - LAST AIR IN MOSCOW

THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR

alt: Come See Me In the Good Light

ANIMATED FEATURE

ARCO

ELIO

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS

LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN

ZOOTOPIA 2

alt: In Your Dreams

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

BUGONIA

FRANKENSTEIN

HAMNET

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

TRAIN DREAMS

alt: Wake Up Dead Man

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT

MARTY SUPREME

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

SINNERS

SORRY, BABY

alt: Weapons

Fifth slot is up for grabs. Julia Roberts' Golden Globe endorsement of Eva Victor might have helped put it over the edge.

SUPPORTING ACTOR

BENECIO DEL TORO - ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

JACOB ELORDI - FRANKENSTEIN

PAUL MESCAL - HAMNET

SEAN PENN - ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

STELLAN SKARSGÅRD - SENTIMENTAL VALUE

alt: Miles Caton - Sinners

I've said this has been the lineup for a few months now.

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

ODESSA A'ZION - MARTY SUPREME

INGA IBSDOTTER LILLEAAS - SENTIMENTAL VALUE

AMY MADIGAN - WEAPONS

WUNMI MOSAKU - SINNERS

TEYANA TAYLOR - ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

alt: Ariana Grande - Wicked: For Good

I really hope they don't nominate Ariana. 

LEADING ACTOR

TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET - MARTY SUPREME

LEONARDO DICAPRIO - ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

ETHAN HAWKE - BLUE MOON

MICHAEL B. JORDAN - SINNERS

WAGNER MOURA - THE SECRET AGENT

alt: Jesse Plemons - Bugonia

I feel bad for Joel Edgerton. I'd love Jesse to get in, though. 

LEADING ACTRESS

JESSIE BUCKLEY - HAMNET

ROSE BYRNE - IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU

KATE HUDSON - SONG SUNG BLUE

CHASE INFINITI - ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

RENATE REINSVE - SENTIMENTAL VALUE

alt: Emma Stone - Bugonia

Most are swapping Hudson for Stone, but I've been sticking with the Hawn spawn all season. She has a lot of industry support. I've never been sold on Chase, but the film just feels too big to miss.

DIRECTING

CHLOÉ ZHAO - HAMNET

JOSH SAFDIE - MARTY SUPREME

PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON - ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

JOACHIM TRIER - SENTIMENTAL VALUE

RYAN COOGLER - SINNERS

alt: Jafar Panahi - It Was Just An Accident

Oof, this one is tough. Accident's buzz has really died off over the past couple of weeks. I think Paul and Ryan are the only truly safe nominations. Zhao would be the first woman to return after winning. And then there's Del Toro with a film that has been inexplicably strong throughout the season.

PICTURE

BUGONIA

F1

FRANKENSTEIN

HAMNET

MARTY SUPREME

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

THE SECRET AGENT

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

SINNERS

TRAIN DREAMS

alt: It Was Just An Accident

Top 5 would be Battle, Sinners, Hamnet, Marty & Frank. Then, Sentimental. Then, Bugonia, Then, Train Dreams. Then, about half a dozen movies vying for the last two lots. I went with F1 cause it feels like another Ford V Ferrari, and it feels like a good "average" voter choice.  Went with Agent because that Brazil contingent is very strong and loud. Among others to consider: Weapons, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Wicked: For Good.

Nom totals: 

Sinners - 15 (!!!!)

One Battle - 13

Marty - 11

Hamnet - 10

Frankenstein - 9

Sentimental - 7

F1 - 4

Train Dreams - 4

Wicked: For Good - 4

The Secret Agent - 3

Avatar: Fire and Ash, Bugonia, It Was Just An Accident, KPop Demon Hunters, Weapons - 2

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. 

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. 

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

 

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