Oscar Nominations 2026

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The nominations are out!  And they look...a lot like the Critics' Choice nominations.  This is to be expected.  However!  There was a lot more love for horror movies this year, which is a hugely positive development.  

Best Picture

Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams

F1 is a little surprising for Best Picture but the rest are basically the same as Critics' Choice and Golden Globes.  I'm already two up, so yay, me.

Best Director

Chloe Zhao - Hamnet
Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another
Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler - Sinners

Again, no surprises.  This category has historically been dominated by the same names over and over so it's nice to see some relatively new faces.  Not really refuting the #OscarsSoWhite but Zhao is pulling double duty as both the token woman and a POC.

Best Actor

Timothee Chalamet - Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan - Sinners
Wagner Moura - The Secret Agent

In a just world, Jordan walks away with this.  It's a dual performance, meaning he literally did twice the work.

Best Actress

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

As usual, this is a much more competitive category.  Buckley is the favorite but you can't discount Byrne or Stone.  Hudson is a surprise contender, sneaking the spot from Ariana Grande or Cynthia Erivo, I suspect.

Best Supporting Actor

Benecio Del Toro - One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo - Sinners
Sean Penn - One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgard - Sentimental Value

I would love to see Lindo win for this.  He gave a phenomenal performance and he is overdue to be recognized.

Best Supporting Actress

Elle Fanning - Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan - Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku - Sinners
Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another

Interesting that Fanning got put in Supporting when she was up for Lead in the Critics' Choice and Golden Globes.  Madigan is the big upset inclusion and it would be great (for all horror fans) if she won but I don't think it's super likely.  Likewise, it's great to see Mosaku (who has quietly been putting out great performance after great performance for years) get recognized but that's probably all she's getting.

Best Adapted Screenplay

Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Train Dreams

No surprises here.

Best Original Screenplay

Blue Moon
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners

My fear is that Sinners will only win here, like Straight Outta Compton, because the Academy is more interested in looking progressive than actually being progressive. Hope I'm wrong.

Best Animated Feature

Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

This is the exact same lineup as the Critics' Choice.

Best International Feature

The Secret Agent - Brazil
It Was Just an Accident - France
Sentimental Value - Norway
Sirat - Spain
The Voice of Hind Rajab - Tunisia

Lockstep with the other awards.

Best Documentary Feature

The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor

The only two I've heard anything about are Come and See Me, which looks depressing as fuck, and Perfect Neighbor, which is on Netflix.

Best Animated Short

Butterfly
Forevergreen
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters

Best Casting

Nina Gold - Hamnet
Jennifer Venditti - Marty Supreme
Cassandra Kulukundis - One Battle After Another
Gabriel Domingues - The Secret Agent
Francine Maisler - Sinners

This is a new category and interestingly, a career field dominated by women.  I feel like it's going to go however the nominees for Best Picture go, but we'll see.

Best Cinematography

Frankenstein - Dan Laustsen
Marty Supreme - Darius Khondji
One Battle After Another - Michael Bauman
Sinners - Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Train Dreams - Adolpho Veloso

All new names this year.  Exciting.

Best Costume Design

Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners

Okay, so I have some quibbles with Avatar being included here.  Nearly the entire movie is CGI, so exactly which costumes are we highlighting here?  Like, I get it, but I am side-eyeing it.

Best Documentary Short

All the Empty Rooms
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Children No More: "Were and Are Gone"
The Devil is Busy
Perfectly a Strangeness

Best Film Editing

F1
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Best Live-Action Short

Butcher's Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen's Period Drama
The Singers
Two People Exchanging Saliva

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Frankenstein
Kokuhu
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister

Several surprises here.  More horror!  The Smashing Machine kind of feels like even more of a snub, somehow, by being included here.  And I've never even heard of Kokuhu.  No idea.

Best Original Score

Bugonia - Jerskin Fendrix
Frankenstein - Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet - Max Richter
One Battle After Another - Jonny Greenwood
Sinners - Ludwig Goransson

Best 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

Couple of odd little inclusions considering the distinct absence of Wicked: For Good.

Best Production Design

Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners

All these categories are the same movies.  It just makes for such a boring ceremony.

Best Sound

F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirat

Best Visual Effects

Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Jurassic World: Rebirth
The Lost Bus
Sinners

Rebirth flopped super hard so I am surprised it's included here.  Like the Academy thought it should have been a blockbuster because it's a franchise.

So there you have it.  Ceremony is March 15th so we have a little less than two months to get everything in bold watched.  The good news is that, thanks to all the repeats, we've knocked out a few of the major contenders already.  

97th Oscar Nominations (2025)

 So far, this month has been a shitshow and I have been struuuugglinnnnnng.  Similarly, the Oscars were supposed to be announced on Monday but got pushed back to today because of fires.  Like the dumpster fire that is my life.  Anyway, here's some nominees.

Best Picture

Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part 2
Emilia Perez
I'm Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked

Best Supporting Actor

Yuriy Borisov - Anora
Kieran Culkin  - A Real Pain
Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice

Best Costume Design

A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

A Different Man
Emilia Perez 
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

Best Original Score

The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Perez
Wicked
The Wild Robot

Best Live-Action Short

A Lien
Anuja
I'm Not a Robot
The Last Ranger
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Best Animated Short

Beautiful Men
In the Shadow of the Cypress
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Yuck!

Best Adapted Screenplay

A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Perez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing

Best Original Screenplay

Anora
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
September 5
The Substance

Best Supporting Actress

Monica Barbaro - A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande - Wicked
Felicity Jones - The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini - Conclave
Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Perez

Best Original Song

"Never Too Late" - Elton John: Never Too Late
"El Mal" - Emilia Perez
"Mi Camino" - Emilia Perez
"Like a Bird" - Sing Sing
"The Journey" - The Six Triple Eight

Best Documentary Feature

Black Box Diaries
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Sugarcane

Best Documentary Short

Death by Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Best International Feature

I'm Still Here - Brazil
The Girl with the Needle - Denmark
Emilia Perez - France
The Seed of the Sacred Fig - Germany
Flow - Latvia

Best Animated Feature

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Best Production Design

The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part 2
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Sound

A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part 2
Emilia Perez
Wicked
The Wild Robot

Best Visual Effects

Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part 2
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked

Best Actor

Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown
Coman Domingo - Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes - Conclave
Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice

Best Actress

Cynthia Erivo - Wicked
Karla Sofia Gascon - Emilia Perez
Mikey Madison - Anora
Demi Moore - The Substance
Fernanda Torres - I'm Still Here

Best Directing

Jacques Audiard - Emilia Perez
Sean Baker - Anora
Brady Corbet - The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat - The Substance
James Mangold - A Complete Unknown

A lot of overlap here from the Critics Choice and Golden Globes, as to be expected.  Feeling pretty good about myself for having seen 3 Best Picture nominees already.  That's way more than usual.  

You guys know the drill by now.  This blog is now Oscar central until March 2.  Check back here for... I was going to say updates but that's kind of dumb since you'll be able to see all the posts from the side menu there.  I guess check here to see how many I get done?  All in one convenient list?  

2024 Oscar Nominations

Best Picture

American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest

No real surprises here.  There's the obligatory Holocaust-But-Centered-on-Germans film, the Weird One, the Blockbuster/Here's-One-for-the-Plebs, a couple of biopics, a Black-led and an Asian film so they can pretend they're not racist.

Best Director

Justine Triet - Anatomy of a Fall

Martin Scorsese - Killers of the Flower Moon

Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer

Yorgos Lanthimos - Poor Things

Jonathan Glazer - The Zone of Interest

Looks like Triet got the Woman in Directing slot so no room for Greta Gerwig.  Everyone else is white and male, so expected.

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper - Maestro

Colman Domingo - Rustin

Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers

Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer

Jeffrey Wright - American Fiction

No big upsets here unless you're Leonardo DiCaprio.

Best Actress

Annette Benning - Nyad

Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon

Sandra Hüller - Anatomy of a Fall

Carey Mulligan - Maestro

Emma Stone - Poor Things

No Margot Robbie.  No Julianne Moore.

Best Supporting Actor

Sterling K. Brown - American Fiction

Robert De Niro - Killers of the Flower Moon

Robert Downey, Jr. - Oppenheimer

Ryan Gosling - Barbie

Mark Ruffalo - Poor Things

Best Supporting Actress

Emily Blunt - Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks - The Color Purple 

America Ferrara - Barbie

Jodie Foster - Nyad

Da'Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers

The Academy is going all-in for Nyad.  No Natalie Portman.

Best Adapted Screenplay

American Fiction

Barbie

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

The Zone of Interest

The Barbenheimer showdown for real.

Best Original Screenplay

Anatomy of a Fall

The Holdovers

Maestro

May December

Past Lives

Best Animated Feature

The Boy and the Heron

Elemental

Nimona

Robot Dreams

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Documentary Feature

Bobi Wine: The People's President

The Eternal Memory

Four Daughters

To Kill a Tiger

20 Days in Mariupol

Best International Feature

Io Capitano - Italy

Perfect Days - Japan

Society of the Snow - Spain

The Teacher's Lounge - Germany

The Zone of Interest - United Kingdom

Interesting that Past Lives didn't get nominated here.

Best Animated Short

Letter to a Pig

Ninety-Five Senses

Our Uniform

Pachyderme

War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko

Best Live-Action Short

The After

Invincible

Knight of Fortune

Red, White and Blue

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Best Documentary Short

The ABCs of Book Banning

The Barber of Little Rock

Island in Between

The Last Repair Shop

Nai Nai & Wài Pó

Best Cinematography

El Conde

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Best Costume Design

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Best Hair and Makeup

Golda

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Society of the Snow

Best Original Song

"The Fire Inside" - Flamin' Hot

"I'm Just Ken" - Barbie

"It Never Went Away" - American Symphony

"Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)" - Killers of the Flower Moon

"What Was I Made For?" - Barbie

What a world.  Ridley Scott just got as many nominations as the origin story of Flamin' Hot Cheetos.  Amazing.

Best Original Score

American Fiction

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Best Production Design

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Best Film Editing

Anatomy of a Fall

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Best Sound

The Creator

Maestro

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Oppenheimer

The Zone of Interest

Fun fact:  the sound editors had to create a whole ambient overlay to cover the sound of Tom Cruise's joints creaking.

Best Visual Effects

The Creator

Godzilla: Minus One

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Napoleon

Okay, so Scott ended up with three nominations.  That's respectable.  Probably still going to feel like a snub, though.

Oppenheimer is leading the board but I expected more for Barbie, if I'm honest.  Cutting Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig is a slight.  The May December camp is probably feeling the sting too.  Hilarious that two major films about women were overshadowed by their supporting male leads.  But it means we're getting a live performance from Gosling which makes all the misogyny worth it.

As always, the clock starts now on me watching as many of these things as I can until the ceremony on March 10.  Stay tuned.

95th Academy Award Nominations

You know what goes great with coffee on a Tuesday morning?  Outrage.   *ahem*  Why in THEE FUCK is Top Gun 2 nominated for Best Picture?!  And Glass Onion gets the pity Adapted Screenplay nod??  Excuse me??  And where exactly is Nope?  Nowhere to be seen!  SIX!  SIX nominations for Top Gun!  *sips coffee* Oh, the whole main cast of EEAO got nominated, that's nice.  And Brendan Fraser.  That makes me happy.  No disrespect to Cate Blanchett but if Michelle Yeoh doesn't win, I will riot.  Haven't seen either movie yet, but I've loved Michelle Yeoh since Wing Chun.  What the fuck is Triangle of Sadness?  And why didn't RRR get on the International Feature list?  I thought that was a shoe-in.

Best Picture

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking

Best Director

Martin McDonagh - The Banshees of Inisherin
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert - Everything Everywhere All at Once
Steven Spielberg - The Fabelmans
Todd Field - Tár
Ruben Östlund - Triangle of Sadness

Best Actor

Austin Butler - Elvis
Colin Farrell - The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser - The Whale
Paul Mescal - Aftersun
Bill Nighy - Living

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett - Tár
Ana de Armas - Blonde
Andrea Riseborough - To Leslie
Michelle Williams - The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actor

Brendan Gleeson - The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry - Causeway
Judd Hirsch - The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan - The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau - The Whale
Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis - Everything Everywhere All at Once
Stephanie Hsu - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Adapted Screenplay

All Quiet on the Western Front
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Living
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking

Best Original Screenplay

The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Triangle of Sadness

Best Animated Feature

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Sea Beast
Turning Red

Best International Feature 

All Quiet on the Western Front
Argentina, 1985
Close
Eo
The Quiet Girl

Best Documentary Feature

All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
A House Made of Splinters
Navalny

Best Film Editing

The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Cinematography

All Quiet on the Western Front
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Elvis
Empire of Light
Tár

Best Costume Design

Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Best Hair and Makeup

All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
The Whale

Best Production Design

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
The Fabelmans

Best Original Song

"Applause" - Tell It Like a Woman
"Hold My Hand" - Top Gun: Maverick
"Lift Me Up" - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
"Naatu Naatu" - RRR
"This is a Life" - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Original Score

All Quiet on the Western Front
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans

Best Sound

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Elvis
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Visual Effects

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Animated Short

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse
The Flying Sailor
Ice Merchants
My Year of Dicks
An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake, and I Think I Believe It

Best Live Action Short 

An Irish Goodbye
Ivalu
Le Pupille
Night Ride
The Red Suitcase

Best Documentary Short

The Elephant Whisperers
Haulout
How Do You Measure a Year?
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Stranger at the Gate

A lot of work cut out for me, as you can see.  Oscar ceremony is March 12.  Best to get cracking.

2023 Critics Choice Awards

 Hey, holy shit, the Critics Choice Awards were last night.  I completely missed the nomination list.  This awards season has frankly just kicked me full in the face.  I don't know why, but my bad.  Here's the list of winners.

Best Picture

Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once - WINNER
The Fablemans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
RRR
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking

Best Actor

Austin Butler - Elvis
Tom Cruise - Top Gun: Maverick
Colin Farrell - The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser - The Whale - WINNER
Paul Mescal - Aftersun
Bill Nighy - Living

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett - Tár - WINNER
Viola Davis - The Woman King
Danielle Deadwyler - Till
Margot Robbie - Babylon
Michelle Williams - The Fablemans
Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actor

Paul Dano - The Fablemans
Brendan Gleeson - The Banshees of Inisherin
Judd Hirsch - The Fablemans
Barry Keoghan - The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan  - Everything Everywhere All at Once - WINNER
Brian Tyree Henry - Causeway

Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - WINNER
Jessie Buckley - Women Talking
Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis - Everything Everywhere All at Once
Stephanie Hsu - Everything Everywhere All at Once
Janelle Monáe - Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Young Actor/Actress

Frankie Corio - Aftersun
Jalyn Hall - Till
Gabriel LaBelle - The Fablemans - WINNER
Bella Ramsey - Catherine Called Birdy
Banks Repeta - Armageddon Time
Sadie Sink - The Whale

Best Acting Ensemble

The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fablemans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - WINNER
The Woman King
Women Talking

Best Director

James Cameron - Avatar: The Way of Water
Damien Chazelle - Bablon
Todd Field - Tár
Baz Luhrmann - Elvis
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert - Everything Everywhere All at Once - WINNER
Martin McDonagh - The Banshees of Inisherin
Sarah Polley - Women Talking
Gina Prince-Bythewood - The Woman King
S. S. Rajamouli - RRR
Steven Spielberg - The Fablemans

Best Original Screenplay

Tár
Everything Everywhere All at Once - WINNER
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Fablemans
Aftersun

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Whale
Living
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
She Said
Women Talking - WINNER

Best Cinematography

Avatar: The Way of Water
Empire of Light
Tár
The Fablemans
Top Gun: Maverick - WINNER
Babylon

Best Production Design

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The Fablemans
Avatar: The Way of Water
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Elvis
Babylon - WINNER

Best Editing

Babylon
Top Gun: Maverick
Avatar: The Way of Water
Everything Everywhere All at Once - WINNER
Elvis
Tár

Best Costume Design

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - WINNER
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Elvis
The Woman King
Babylon

Best Hair and Makeup

Babylon
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis - WINNER
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Whale

Best Visual Effects

Avatar: The Way of Water - WINNER
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Everything Everywhere All at Once
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Comedy

The Banshees of Inisherin
Bros
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - WINNER
Triangle of Sadness
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Best Animated Film

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio - WINNER
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red
Wendell and Wild

Best Foreign Language Film

All Quiet on the Western Front
Argentina, 1985
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Close
Decision to Leave
RRR - WINNER

Best Song

"Carolina" - Where the Crawdads Sing
"Ciao Papa" - Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
"Hold My Hand" - Top Gun: Maverick
"Lift Me Up" - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
"Naatu Naatu" - RRR - WINNER
"New Body Rhumba" - White Noise

Best Score

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
The Batman
Tár - WINNER
Women Talking
Babylon
The Fablemans

Best Drama Series

Andor
Bad Sisters
Better Call Saul - WINNER
The Crown
Euphoria
The Good Fight
House of the Dragon
Severance
Yellowstone

Best Actor in a Drama Series

Jeff Bridges - The Old Man
Sterling K. Brown - This is Us
Diego Luna - Andor
Bob Odenkirk - Better Call Saul - WINNER
Adam Scott - Severance
Antony Starr - The Boys

Best Actress in a Drama Series

Christine Baranski - The Good Fight
Sharon Horgan - Bad Sisters
Laura Linney - Ozark
Mandy Moore - This is Us
Kelly Reilly - Yellowstone
Zendaya - Euphoria - WINNER

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Andre Braugher - The Good Fight
Ismael Cruz Córdova - The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Michael Emerson - Evil
Giancarlo Esposito - Better Call Saul - WINNER
John Lithgow - The Old Man
Matt Smith - House of the Dragon

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Milly Alcock - House of the Dragon
Carol Burnett - Better Call Saul
Jennifer Coolidge - The White Lotus - WINNER
Julia Garner - Ozark
Audra McDonald - The Good Fight
Rhea Seehorn - Better Call Saul

Best Comedy Series

Abbott Elementary - WINNER
Barry
The Bear
Better Things
Ghosts
Hacks
Reboot
Reservation Dogs

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

Matt Berry - What We Do in the Shadows
Bill Hader - Barry
Keegan-Michael Key - Reboot
Steve Martin - Only Murders in the Building
Jeremy Allen White - The Bear - WINNER
D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai - Reservation Dogs

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

Christina Applegate - Dead to Me
Quinta Brunson - Abbott Elementary
Kaley Cuoco - The Flight Attendant
Renée Elise Goldsberry - Girls5eva
Devery Jacobs - Reservation Dogs
Jean Smart - Hacks - WINNER

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Brandon Scott Jones - Ghosts
Leslie Jordan - Call Me Kat
James Marsden - Dead to Me
Chris Perfetti - Abbott Elementary
Tyler James Williams - Abbott Elementary
Henry Winkler - Barry - WINNER

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Paulina Alexis - Reservation Dogs
Ayo Edebiri - The Bear
Marcia Gay Harden - Uncoupled
Janelle James - Abbott Elementary
Annie Potts - Young Sheldon
Sheryl Lee Ralph - Abbott Elementary - WINNER

Best Limited Series

The Dropout - WINNER
Gaslit
The Girl from Plainville
The Offer
Pam and Tommy
Station Eleven
This is Going to Hurt
Under the Banner of Heaven

Best Movie Made for Television

Fresh
Prey
Ray Donovan: The Movie
The Survivor
Three Months
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story - WINNER

Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Ben Foster - The Survivor
Andrew Garfield - Under the Banner of Heaven
Samuel L. Jackson - The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
Daniel Radcliffe - Weird: The Al Yankovic Story - WINNER
Sebastian Stan - Pam and Tommy
Ben Whishaw - This is Going to Hurt

Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Julia Garner - Inventing Anna
Lily James - Pam and Tommy
Amber Midthunder - Prey
Julia Roberts - Gaslit
Michelle Pfeiffer - The First Lady
Amanda Seyfried - The Dropout - WINNER

Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Murray Bartlett - Welcome to Chippendales
Domhnall Gleeson - The Patient
Matthew Goode - The Offer
Paul Walter Hauser - Black Bird - WINNER
Ray Liotta - Black Bird
Shea Wigham - Gaslit

Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Claire Danes - Fleishman is in Trouble
Dominique Fishback - The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
Betty Gilpin - Gaslit
Melanie Lynskey - Candy
Niecy Nash-Betts - Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Juno Temple - The Offer

Best Foreign Language Series

1899
Borgen
Extraordinary Attorney Woo
Garcia!
The Kingdom Exodus
Kleo
My Brilliant Friend
Pachinko - WINNER
Tehran

Best Animated Series

Bluey
Bob's Burgers
Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal
Harley Quinn - WINNER
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Undone

Best Talk Show

The Amber Ruffin Show
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - WINNER
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Best Comedy Special

Fortune Feimster: Good Fortune
Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel
Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual
Nikki Glaser: Good Clean Filth
Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special - WINNER
Would It Kill You to Laugh? Starring Kate Berlin and John Early

Whew.  I have seen nearly none of these.  Oscar nominations come out next Tuesday, so at least I didn't miss those.  I put a note in my calendar app to remind me.  

Lot of posthumous nominations here.  Lot of cancelled shit too.  Not a lot of surprises.  I think the biggest snub is probably The Menu but it's being called a horror movie, so maybe not a surprise.  I haven't seen it anyway.  I guess I'll add a bunch of shit to my TBW list now.  I was doing so well keeping it below 1300 too.

Oscar Nominations for 2022

Okay.  It's year three of the pandemic and the Oscar nominations can't be stopped.  Here we go.

Best Picture

Belfast

CODA

Don't Look Up

Drive My Car

Dune

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

Nightmare Alley

The Power of the Dog

West Side Story

No surprises here.  Pretty much the same list from the Critics' Choice and the Golden Globes.

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson - Licorice Pizza

Kenneth Branagh - Belfast

Jane Campion - The Power of the Dog

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi - Drive My Car

Steven Spielberg - West Side Story

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain - The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Olivia Colman - The Lost Daughter

Penélope Cruz - Parallel Mothers

Nicole Kidman - Being the Ricardos

Kristen Stewart - Spencer

So Lady Gaga got snubbed in favor of Kristen Stewart.  Interesting.  In fact, House of Gucci got shut out except for Makeup and Hairstyling.  That's gotta hurt.

Best Actor

Javier Bardem - Being the Ricardos

Benedict Cumberbatch - The Power of the Dog

Andrew Garfield - Tick, Tick...Boom!

Will Smith - King Richard

Denzel Washington - The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Supporting Actress

Jessie Buckley - The Lost Daughter

Ariana DeBose - West Side Story

Judi Dench - Belfast

Kirsten Dunst - The Power of the Dog

Aunjanue Ellis - King Richard

Best Supporting Actor

Ciarán Hinds - Belfast

Troy Kotsur - CODA

Jesse Plemons - The Power of the Dog

J.K. Simmons - Being the Ricardos

Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Power of the Dog

Best Costume Design

Cruella

Cyrano

Dune

Nightmare Alley

West Side Story

Best Sound

Belfast

Dune

No Time to Die

The Power of the Dog

West Side Story

Best Original Score

Don't Look Up

Dune

Encanto

Parallel Mothers

The Power of the Dog

Best Adapted Screenplay

CODA

Drive My Car

Dune

The Lost Daughter

The Power of the Dog

Best Original Screenplay

Belfast

Don't Look Up

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

The Worst Person in the World

Best Animated Short

Affairs of the Art

Bestia

Boxballet

Robin Robin

The Windshield Wiper

Best Live Action Short

Ala Kachuu - Take and Run

The Dress

The Long Goodbye

On My Mind

Please Hold

Best Film Editing

Don't Look Up

Dune

King Richard

The Power of the Dog

Tick, Tick...Boom!

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Coming 2 America

Cruella

Dune

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

House of Gucci

Who saw Coming 2 America get a nomination?  Who remembered Coming 2 America came out last year?

Best Animated Feature

Encanto

Flee

Luca

The Mitchells vs the Machines

Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Documentary Feature

Ascension

Attica

Flee

Summer of Soul

Writing with Fire

Best Documentary Short

Audible

Lead Me Home

The Queen of Basketball

Three Songs for Benazir

When We Were Bullies

Best Original Song

"Be Alive" - King Richard

"Dos Oruguitas" - Encanto

"Down to Joy" - Belfast

"No Time to Die" - No Time to Die

"Somehow You Do" - Four Good Days

For some reason, the Academy likes to stick a random film in Best Original Song that is nominated nowhere else.  Never even heard of this one.

Best Cinematography

Dune

Nightmare Alley

The Power of the Dog

The Tragedy of Macbeth

West Side Story

Best International Feature

Drive My Car - Japan

Flee - Denmark

The Hand of God - Italy

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom - Bhutan

The Worst Person in the World - Norway

Look at Bhutan getting in the Oscar spirit!  

Best Production Design

Dune

Nightmare Alley

The Power of the Dog

The Tragedy of Macbeth

West Side Story

Best Visual Effects

Dune

Free Guy

No Time to Die

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Spider-Man: No Way Home

All right, ceremony is March 27.  You know the deal:  I try and watch as many of these as I can get my grubby paws on.  Clock starts now.

27th Critics' Choice Nominations (2022)

 Okay, so I wasn't sure if I was going to post this. 

There was a big thing earlier this year about how the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the group that determines the Golden Globe nominees and winners, wasn't diverse, actively fought against adding new members, and potentially used kickbacks and bribes in its selection.  NBC dropped its coverage of the ceremony, a bunch of stars are protesting, as well as major studios like Warner Brothers and HBO.  Now, I've posted the Golden Globes nominees for years here and it sucks that they are like this, but I really can't (even with my small-ass platform) condone corruption on this level.  

The HFPA has stated that they are taking steps to improve, hiring more members, hiring a diversity consultant, implementing new rules for receiving gifts for members over the next 18 months.  So maybe I will resume coverage in 2023.  But for now, I'm going to instead give you the Critics Choice nominations for movies and TV.  They probably have equal weight as far as Oscar predictions and they're not as morally ambiguous (yet.  Don't forget that we are in the Worst Timeline.)

So here we go.

Best Picture
Belfast
CODA

Don't Look Up

Dune

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

Nightmare Alley

The Power of the Dog

tick, tick...Boom!

West Side Story

Best Actor

Nicolas Cage - Pig

Benedict Cumberbatch - The Power of the Dog

Peter Dinklage - Cyrano

Andrew Garfield - tick, tick...Boom!

Will Smith - King Richard

Denzel Washington - The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain - The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Olivia Colman - The Lost Daughter

Lady Gaga - House of Gucci

Alana Haim - Licorice Pizza

Nicole Kidman - Being the Ricardos

Kristen Stewart - Spencer

Best Supporting Actor

Jamie Dornan - Belfast

Ciaran Hinds - Belfast

Troy Kotsur - CODA

Jared Leto - House of Gucci

J.K. Simmons - Being the Ricardos

Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Power of the Dog

Best Supporting Actress

Caitriona Balfe - Belfast

Ariana DeBose - West Side Story

Ann Dowd - Mass

Kirsten Dunst - The Power of the Dog

Aunjanue Ellis - King Richard

Rita Moreno - West Side Story

Best Young Actor/Actress

Jude Hill - Belfast

Cooper Hoffman - Licorice Pizza

Woody Norman - C'mon C'mon

Saniyya Sidney - King Richard

Rachel Zegler - West Side Story

Best Acting Ensemble

Belfast

Don't Look Up

The Harder They Fall

Licorice Pizza

The Power of the Dog

West Side Story

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson - Licorice Pizza

Kenneth Branagh - Belfast

Jane Campion - The Power of the Dog

Guillermo del Toro - Nightmare Alley

Steven Spielberg - West Side Story

Denis Villeneuve - Dune

Best Original Screenplay

Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

King Richard - Zach Baylin

Belfast - Kenneth Branagh

Don't Look Up - Adam McKay, David Sirota

Being the Ricardos - Aaron Sorkin

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

The Lost Daughter - Maggie Gyllenhaal

CODA - Sian Heder

West Side Story - Tony Kushner

Dune - Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth

Best Cinematography

The Tragedy of Macbeth - Bruno Delbonnel

Dune - Grieg Fraser

West Side Story - Janusz Kaminiski

Nightmare Alley - Dan Lausten

The Power of the Dog - Ari Wegner

Belfast - Haris Zambarloukos

Best Production Design

Belfast

Nightmare Alley

The French Dispatch

West Side Story

Dune

Best Film Editing

West Side Story

Belfast

Licorice Pizza

The Power of the Dog

Dune

Best Costume Design

Cruella

Nightmare Alley

West Side Story

Dune

House of Gucci

Best Hair and Makeup

Cruella

Dune

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

House of Gucci

Nightmare Alley

Best Visual Effects

Dune

The Matrix Resurrections

Nightmare Alley

No Time to Die

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Best Comedy

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

Don't Look Up

Free Guy

The French Dispatch

Licorice Pizza

Best Animated Feature

Encanto

Flee

Luca

The Mitchells vs the Machines

Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Foreign Language Film

A Hero

Drive My Car

Flee

The Hand of God

The Worst Person in the World

Best Song

"Be Alive" - King Richard

"Dos Oruguitas" - Encanto

"Guns Go Bang" - The Harder They Fall

"Just Look Up" - Don't Look Up

"No Time to Die" - No Time to Die

Best Score

Don't Look Up - Nicholas Britell

The Power of the Dog - Johnny Greenwood

Spencer - Johnny Greenwood

Nightmare Alley - Nathan Johnson

Dune - Hanz Zimmer

Best Drama Series

Evil

For All Mankind

The Good Fight

Pose

Squid Game

Succession

This is Us

Yellowjackets

Best Actor in a Drama Series

Sterling K. Brown - This is Us

Mike Colter - Evil

Brian Cox - Succession

Lee Jung-jae - Squid Game

Billy Porter - Pose

Jeremy Strong - Succession

Best Actress in a Drama Series

Uzo Aduba  - In Treatment

Chiara Aurelia - Cruel Summer

Christine Baranski - The Good Fight

Katja Herbers - Evil

Melanie Lynskey - Yellowjackets

MJ Rodriguez - Pose

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Nicholas Braun - Succession

Billy Crudup - The Morning Show

Kieran Culkin - Succession

Justin Hartley - This is Us

Matthew Macfadyen - Succession

Mandy Patinkin - The Good Fight

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Andrea Martin - Evil

Audra McDonald - The Good Fight

Christine Lahti - Evil

J. Smith-Cameron - Succession

Sarah Snook - Succession

Susan Kelechi Watson - This is Us

Best Comedy Series

The Great

Hacks

Insecure

Only Murders in the Building

The Other Two

Reservation Dogs

Ted Lasso

What We Do in the Shadows

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

Iain Armitage - Young Sheldon

Nicholas Hoult - The Great

Steve Martin - Only Murders in the Building

Kayvan Novak - What We Do in the Shadows

Martin Short - Only Murders in the Building

Jason Sudeikis - Ted Lasso

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

Elle Fanning - The Great

Renee Elise Goldsberry - Girls5eva

Selena Gomez - Only Murders in the Building

Sandra Oh - The Chair

Issa Rae - Insecure

Jean Smart - Hacks

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Ncuti Gatwa - Sex Education

Brett Goldstein - Ted Lasso

Harvey Guillen - What We Do in the Shadows

Brandon Scott Jones - Ghosts

Ray Romano - Made for Love

Bowen Yang - Saturday Night Live

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Hannah Einbinder - Hacks

Kristen Chenoweth - Schmigadoon!

Molly Shannon - The Other Two

Cecily Strong - Saturday Night Live

Josie Totah - Saved by the Bell

Hannah Waddingham - Ted Lasso

Best Limited Series

Dopesick

Dr. Death

It's a Sin

Maid

Mare of Easttown

Midnight Mass

The Underground Railroad

WandaVision

Best Movie Made for Television

Come From Away

List of a Lifetime

The Map of Tiny Perfect Things

Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

Oslo

Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas

Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Olly Alexander - It's a Sin

Paul Bettany - WandaVision

William Jackson Harper - Love Life

Joshua Jackson - Dr. Death

Michael Keaton - Dopesick

Hamish Linklater - Midnight Mass

Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Danielle Brooks - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

Cynthia Erivo - Genius: Aretha

Thuso Mbedu - The Underground Railroad

Elizabeth Olsen - WandaVision

Margaret Qualley - Maid

Kate Winslet - Mare of Easttown

Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Murray Bartlett - The White Lotus

Zach Gilford - Midnight Mass

William Jackson Harper - The Underground Railroad

Evan Peters - Mare of Easttown

Christian Slater - Dr. Death

Courtney B. Vance - Genius: Aretha

Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Jennifer Coolidge - The White Lotus

Kaitlyn Dever - Dopesick

Kathryn Hahn - WandaVision

Melissa McCarthy - Nine Perfect Strangers

Julianne Nicholson - Mare of Easttown

Jean Smart - Mare of Easttown

Best Foreign Language Series

Acapulco

Call My Agent!

Lupin

Money Heist

Narcos: Mexico

Squid Game

Best Animated Series

Big Mouth

Bluey

Bob's Burgers

The Great North

Q-Force

What If...?

Best Talk Show

The Amber Ruffin Show

Desus & Mero

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Best Comedy Special

Bo Burnham: Inside

Good Timing with Jo Firestone

James Acaster: Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999

Joyelle Nicole Johnson: Love Joy

Nate Bargatze: The Greatest Average American

Trixie Mattel: One Night Only

I did look over the Golden Globes nominations (which also came out today) and there's a lot of overlap in who is up for what.  I have no idea if the Critics Choice show is as fun as the drunken shenanigans of the Golden Globes but I guess we'll find out January 9th.

2021 Oscar Nominations

 The Oscar nominations came out yesterday.  I was so busy updating all my lists that I forgot to post who's up for what.  So, a day late, here are the nominees. 

Best Picture
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Director

Thomas Vinterberg - Another Round

David Fincher - Mank

Lee Isaac Chung - Minari

Chloé Zhao - Nomadland

Emerald Fennell - Promising Young Woman

Best Cinematography

Judas and the Black Messiah - Sean Bobbitt

Mank - Erik Messerschimidt

News of the World - Dariusz Wolski

Nomadland - Joshua James Richards

The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Phedon Papamichael

Best International Feature

Another Round - Denmark

Better Days - Hong Kong

Collective - Romania

The Man Who Sold His Skin - Tunisia

Quo Vadis, Aida? - Bosnia and Herzegovina

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Riz Ahmed - Sound of Metal

Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Anthony Hopkins - The Father

Gary Oldman - Mank

Steven Yeun - Minari

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Sacha Baron Cohen - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Daniel Kaluuya - Judas and the Black Messiah

Leslie Odom, Jr. - One Night in Miami...

Paul Raci - Sound of Metal

Lakeith Stanfield - Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Viola Davis - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Andra Day - The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Vanessa Kirby - Pieces of a Woman

Frances McDormand - Nomadland

Carey Mulligan - Promising Young Woman

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Glenn Close - Hillbilly Elegy

Olivia Colman - The Father

Amanda Seyfried - Mank

Yuh-Jung Youn - Minari

Best Animated Feature

Onward

Over the Moon

A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

Soul

Wolfwalkers

Best Animated Short

Burrow

Genius Loci

If Anything Happens I Love You

Opera

Yes-People

Best Live Action Short

Feeling Through

The Letter Room

The Present

Two Distant Strangers

White Eye

Best Documentary Short

Colette

A Concerto is a Conversation

Do Not Split

Hunger Ward

A Love Song for Latasha

Best Documentary Feature

Collective

Crip Camp

The Mole Agent

My Octopus Teacher

Time

Best Costume Design

Emma

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Mank

Mulan

Pinocchio

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Emma

Hillbilly Elegy

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Mank

Pinocchio

Best Production Design

The Father

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Mank

News of the World

Tenet

Best Film Editing

The Father

Nomadland

Promising Young Woman

Sound of Metal

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Sound

Greyhound

Mank

News of the World

Soul

Sound of Metal

Best Music (Original Score)

Da 5 Bloods - Terence Blanchard

Mank - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Minari - Emile Mosseri

News of the World - James Newton Howard

Soul - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste

Best Music (Original Song)

"Fight for You" - Judas and the Black Messiah

"Hear My Voice" - The Trial of the Chicago 7

"Husavik" - Eurovision Song Contest

"Io Sí (Seen)" - The Life Ahead

"Speak Now" - One Night in Miami...

Best Visual Effects

Love and Monsters

The Midnight Sky

Mulan

The One and Only Ivan

Tenet

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

The Father

Nomadland

One Night in Miami...

The White Tiger

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

Judas and the Black Messiah

Minari

Promising Young Woman

Sound of Metal

The Trial of the Chicago 7

There's not a lot different from the Golden Globes.  Spike Lee still got snubbed but at least Minari is better represented.  I read somewhere that Steven Yeun is the first Asian-American ever nominated for Best Actor.  Ever.  Like in 90-something years.  When people like James Shigeta and Toshiro Mifune existed.  Anyway, more movies than ever are streaming so I have a good feeling about being able to see most of these before April 25.  Even if I have to buy Apple+ for a month to get Greyhound and Wolfwalkers.  As always, keep checking back here to see my progress.

78th Annual Golden Globes Nominations

Uh, did you guys know the Golden Globes nominations came out yesterday?  Normally, I set a calendar alert so I don't miss it but this year... well, it's been a rough decade this year.  At any rate, here are the nominees.  I've seen practically none of them so this is going to be great.  

Best Motion Picture - Drama

The Father

Mank

Nomadland

Promising Young Woman

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Hamilton

Music

Palm Springs

The Prom

Best Actor - Drama

Riz Ahmed - Sound of Metal

Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Anthony Hopkins - The Father

Gary Oldman - Mank

Tahar Rahim - The Mauritanian

Best Actress - Drama

Viola Davis - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Andra Day - The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Vanessa Kirby - Pieces of a Woman

Frances McDormand - Nomadland

Carey Mulligan - Promising Young Woman

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

James Corden - The Prom

Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton

Dev Patel - The Personal History of David Copperfield

Andy Samberg - Palm Springs

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Kate Hudson - Music

Michelle Pfeiffer - French Exit

Rosamund Pike - I Care a Lot

Anya Taylor-Joy - Emma.

Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture

Sacha Baron Cohen - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Daniel Kaluuya - Judas and the Black Messiah

Jared Leto - The Little Things

Bill Murray - On the Rocks

Leslie Odam, Jr. - One Night in Miami

Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture

Glenn Close - Hillbilly Elegy

Olivia Colman - The Father

Jodie Foster - The Mauritanian

Amanda Seyfried - Mank

Helena Zengel - News of the World

Best Animated Film

The Croods:  A New Age

Onward

Over the Moon

Soul

Wolfwalkers

Best Foreign Language Film

Another Round

La Llorona

The Life Ahead

Minari

Two of Us

Best Director

Emerald Fennell - Promising Young Woman

David Fincher - Mank

Regina King - One Night in Miami

Aaron Sorkin - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Chloe Zhao - Nomadland

Best Screenplay

Promising Young Woman - Emerald Fennell

Mank - Jack Fincher

The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Aaron Sorkin

The Father - Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton

Nomadland - Chloe Zhao

Best Original Score

The Midnight Sky

Tenet

News of the World

Mank

Soul

Best Original Song

"Fight for You" - Judas and the Black Messiah

"Hear My Voice" - The Trial of the Chicago 7

"Io Si" - The Life Ahead

"Speak Now" - One Night in Miami

"Tigress & Tweed" - The United States vs. Billie Holiday

The dearth of hyperlinks there should indicate my predicament.  I had just gotten my TBW list under 1300 things and now it's back to 1350.  Some/all of these better get nominated for an Oscar or I'm not going to see them for a decade.

Best TV Series - Drama

The Crown

Lovecraft Country

The Mandalorian

Ozark

Ratched

Best TV Series - Musical or Comedy

Emily in Paris

The Flight Attendant

The Great

Schitt's Creek

Ted Lasso

Best Actor in a TV Series - Drama

Jason Bateman - Ozark

Josh O'Connor - The Crown

Bob Odenkirk - Better Call Saul

Al Pacino - Hunters

Matthew Rhys - Perry Mason

Best Actress in a TV Series - Drama

Olivia Colman - The Crown

Jodie Comer - Killing Eve

Emma Corrin - The Crown

Laura Linney - Ozark

Sarah Paulson - Ratched

Best Actor in a TV Series - Musical or Comedy

Don Cheadle - Black Monday

Nicholas Hoult - The Great

Eugene Levy - Schitt's Creek

Jason Sudeikis - Ted Lasso

Ramy Youssef - Ramy

Best Actress in a TV Series - Musical or Comedy

Lily Collins - Emily in Paris

Kaley Cuoco - The Flight Attendant

Elle Fanning - The Great

Jane Levy - Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

Catherine O'Hara - Schitt's Creek

We just started watching The Great and it's pretty... well, great.  Elle Fanning is marvelous but I love her bitchy servant Marial.  The Mandalorian is the only full current season I've seen.  

Best Limited Series, Anthology, or Made for TV Movie

Normal People

The Queen's Gambit

Small Axe

The Undoing

Unorthodox

Best Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology, or Made for TV Movie

Bryan Cranston - Your Honor

Jeff Daniels - The Comey Rule

Hugh Grant - The Undoing

Ethan Hawke - The Good Lord Bird

Mark Ruffalo - I Know This Much is True

Best Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology, or Made for TV Movie

Cate Blanchett - Mrs. America

Daisy Edgar-Jones - Normal People

Shira Haas - Unorthodox

Nicole Kidman - The Undoing

Anya Taylor-Joy - The Queen's Gambit

Best Actor in a Television Supporting Role

John Boyega - Small Axe

Brendan Gleeson - The Comey Rule

Daniel Levy - Schitt's Creek

Jim Parsons - Hollywood

Donald Sutherland - The Undoing

Best Actress in a Television Supporting Role

Gillian Anderson - The Crown

Helena Bonham Carter - The Crown

Julia Garner - Ozark

Annie Murphy - Schitt's Creek

Cynthia Nixon - Ratched

The only one of these I saw was Queen's Gambit.  It was very good even for someone who doesn't give a shit about chess.  

It's been a weird year and these are some pretty weird choices for nominees.  We'll see how history judges them in a century or so.

92nd Academy Awards Nominations (2020)

It's time for the only thing that makes January bearable!  (Also happy birthday month to my brother, whatever.)  Oscar nominations are here!  And they are... so very white and male.  /sigh

Best Picture

Ford v. Ferrari
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
Marriage Story
1917
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Parasite

No real shocks here.  Pretty much the same line up as the Golden Globes.

Best Director

Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Todd Phillips, Joker
Sam Mendes, 1917
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Bong Joon-Ho, Parasite

Not a single female director.  Again.

Best Actor

Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes

First-time nomination for Antonio Banderas, so that's nice.

Best Actress

Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Saorise Ronan, Little Women
Charlize Theron, Bombshell
Renee Zellweger, Judy

Apparently the Academy really hated The Farewell.

Best Supporting Actor

Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes
Al Pacino, The Irishman
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Again, the exact same line-up as the Golden Globes.  Yikes.

Best Supporting Actress

Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell
Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
Florence Pugh, Little Women
Margot Robbie, Bombshell

Scarlett's doubled her chances of walking away with a trophy.  People were saying J.Lo got robbed for her slot, though, so maybe ScarJo should hire extra security.

Best Original Screenplay

Knives Out - Rian Johnson
Marriage Story - Noah Baumbach
1917 - Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Quentin Tarantino
Parasite - Bong Joon-Ho and Han Jin-Wan

I can't believe this is the only nomination Knives Out got.  Like, they could have had 10 nominees for Best Picture and just ... didn't.

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Irishman - Steve Zaillian
Jojo Rabbit - Taika Watiti
Joker - Todd Phillips and Scott Silver
Little Women - Greta Gerwig
The Two Popes - Anthony McCarten

Best Animated Feature

How to Train Your Dragon:  The Hidden World
I Lost My Body
Klaus
Missing Link
Toy Story 4

Holy shit.  I thought Frozen 2 was a lock for this category but no.  Netflix dropped two in there.

Best International Feature

Corpus Christi
Honeyland
Les Miserables
Pain and Glory
Parasite

Parasite and Honeyland are both double dipping here.  It might have been nice to see a little more diversity but I haven't seen any of these so what do I know?

Best Documentary Feature

American Factory
The Cave
The Edge of Democracy
For Sama
Honeyland

Best Documentary Short

In the Absence
Learning to Skateboard in a War Zone (If You're a Girl)
Life Overtakes Me
St. Louis Superman
Walk Run Cha-Cha

Best Live Action Short

Brotherhood
Nefta Football Club
The Neighbor's Window
Saria
A Sister

It's going to be really hard to keep from mixing up A Sister with Sister in the animated short category.

Best Animated Short

Daughter
Hair Love
Kitbull
Memorable
Sister

I've actually seen Hair Love and Kitbull.  I'll try and find links to them in lieu of actual reviews.

Best Original Score

Joker
Little Women
Marriage Story
1917
Star Wars:  The Rise of Skywalker

Best Original Song

"I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" - Toy Story 4
"I'm Gonna Love Me Again" - Rocketman
"I'm Standing With You" - Breakthrough
"Into the Unknown" - Frozen 2
"Stand Up" - Harriet

Yeesh.  Frozen 2 got one nom that puts it in the same category as some super-Christian film about a kid falling though a frozen river.

Best Sound Editing

Ford v. Ferrari
Joker
1917
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Star Wars:  The Rise of Skywalker

Best Sound Mixing

Ad Astra
Ford v. Ferrari
Joker
1917
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Production Design

The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
1917
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Parasite

Best Cinematography

The Irishman
Joker
The Lighthouse
1917
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Apparently, The Lighthouse is completely bonkers.  I fucking hated The Witch (same director), though, so I'm not holding my breath.

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Bombshell
Joker
Judy
Maleficent:  Mistress of Evil
1917

Best Costume Design

The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Really surprised 1917 didn't get nominated over Joker here.  The Academy loves period films and it's pretty rare for them to choose modern wardrobes.

Best Film Editing

Ford v. Ferrari
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Parasite

I am fucking shocked, however, that 1917 isn't in this category.  The whole point/schtick of the film is that it's supposed to look like it was shot in one continuous take.  Wild.

Best Visual Effects

Avengers:  Endgame
The Irishman
The Lion King
1917
Star Wars:  The Rise of Skywalker

Ah, yes.  And finally, the category for films that actually made money.  Disney is 3/5 here so they're obviously the favorites but I wouldn't be surprised if Netflix pulls off an upset.  Depends on how the night goes.