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  • Golden Globe Nominations Announcement Aftermath

    Golden Globe Nominations Announcement Aftermath

    Finally, one of the most significant precursors in the Oscar race released its nominations.

    First and foremost, the pool of films that might be nominated has increased to 12 from the 10 that the AFI released last week. Now the list is: Da 5 Bloods, Judas and the Black Messiah, Mank, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Minari, Nomadland, One Night in Miami, Soul, Sound of Metal, The Trial of the Chicago 7, and now The Father and Promising Young Woman. We’ll find out on February 7th (Super Bowl Sunday) if Critics’ Choice adds anything to this list.

    A stat that I want to mention is that no Best Picture winner in at least the last 10 years has won the award without being at least nominated for a Picture award, Best Director, and Best Screenplay at the Golden Globes. This year, four films fit that criteria: Mank, Nomadland, Promising Young Woman, and The Trial of the Chicago 7.

    Stats tell us that these are the four films that can win Best Picture. Another stat, every Best Picture-winning film in at least the last ten years has been chosen as either one of the AFI’s Top 10 or as the recipient of their Special Award. Promising Young Woman is the only film that fails in this criteria.

    Mank wasn’t received too warmly so we’ree back to where we started a race between Nomadland and The Trial of the Chicago 7.

     

  • Golden Globes Nominations Are In

    Golden Globes Nominations Are In

    After months of waiting, speculating, and predicting, here are the nominees that were released this morning:

     

    BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

    THE FATHER (Trademark Films; Sony Pictures Classics)

    MANK (Netflix; Netflix)

    NOMADLAND (Highwayman / Hear/Say / Cor Cordium; Searchlight Pictures)

    PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (LuckyChap Entertainment / FilmNation Entertainment; Focus Features)

    THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (Marc Platt Productions / Dreamworks Pictures; Netflix)

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – 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 PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – 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 MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

    BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM
    (Four By Two Films; Amazon Studios)

    HAMILTON
    (Walt Disney Pictures / RadicalMedia / 5000 Broadway Productions / NEVIS Productions / Old 320 Sycamore Pictures; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

    MUSIC
    (Pineapple Lasagne Productions / Landay Entertainment; Vertical Entertainment / IMAX)

    PALM SPRINGS
    (Party Over Here / Limelight Productions; NEON / Hulu)

    THE PROM
    (Netflix / Dramatic Forces / Storykey Entertainment; Netflix)

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – 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 PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – 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 MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED

    THE CROODS: A NEW AGE
    (DreamWorks Animation; Universal Pictures)

    ONWARD
    (Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

    OVER THE MOON
    (Netflix / Pearl Studio / Glen Keane Productions; Netflix)

    SOUL
    (Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

    WOLFWALKERS
    (Cartoon Saloon / Melusine; Apple / GKIDS)

    BEST MOTION PICTURE – FOREIGN LANGUAGE

    ANOTHER ROUND (DENMARK)
    (Zentropa Entertainments; Samuel Goldwyn Films)

    LA LLORONA (GUATEMALA / FRANCE)
    (La Casa de Producción / Les Films du Volcan; Shudder)

    THE LIFE AHEAD (ITALY)
    (Palomar; Netflix)

    MINARI (USA)
    (Plan B; A24)

    TWO OF US (FRANCE / USA)
    (Paprika Films; Magnolia Pictures)

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE

    GLENN CLOSE
    HILLBILLY ELEGY

    OLIVIA COLMAN
    THE FATHER

    JODIE FOSTER
    THE MAURITANIAN

    AMANDA SEYFRIED
    MANK

    HELENA ZENGEL
    NEWS OF THE WORLD

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY 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 ODOM JR
    ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI

    BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

    EMERALD FENNELL
    PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN

    DAVID FINCHER
    MANK

    REGINA KING
    ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI

    AARON SORKIN
    THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7

    CHLOÉ ZHAO
    NOMADLAND

    BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

    EMERALD FENNELL
    PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN

    JACK FINCHER
    MANK

    AARON SORKIN
    THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7

    FLORIAN ZELLER, CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON
    THE FATHER

    CHLOÉ ZHAO
    NOMADLAND

    BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE

    ALEXANDRE DESPLAT
    THE MIDNIGHT SKY

    LUDWIG GÖRANSSON
    TENET

    JAMES NEWTON HOWARD
    NEWS OF THE WORLD

    TRENT REZNOR, ATTICUS ROSS
    MANK

    TRENT REZNOR, ATTICUS ROSS, JON BATISTE
    SOUL

    BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE

    “FIGHT FOR YOU” — JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
    Music by: H.E.R., Dernst Emile II
    Lyrics by: H.E.R., Tiara Thomas

    “HEAR MY VOICE” — THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
    Music by: Daniel Pemberton
    Lyrics by: Daniel Pemberton, Celeste Waite

    “IO SÌ (SEEN)” — THE LIFE AHEAD
    Music by: Diane Warren
    Lyrics by: Diane Warren, Laura Pausini, Niccolò Agliardi

    “SPEAK NOW” — ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
    Music by: Leslie Odom Jr, Sam Ashworth
    Lyrics by: Leslie Odom Jr, Sam Ashworth

    “TIGRESS & TWEED” — THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY
    Music by: Andra Day, Raphael Saadiq
    Lyrics by: Andra Day, Raphael Saadiq

    BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

    THE CROWN – NETFLIX
    (Left Bank Pictures / Sony Pictures Television)

    LOVECRAFT COUNTRY – HBO
    (HBO / Afemme / Monkeypaw / Bad Robot / Warner Bros. Television)

    THE MANDALORIAN – DISNEY+
    (Lucasfilm Ltd.)

    OZARK – NETFLIX
    (MRC Television)

    RATCHED – NETFLIX
    (Fox21 Television Studios)

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

    OLIVIA COLMAN
    THE CROWN

    JODIE COMER
    KILLING EVE

    EMMA CORRIN
    THE CROWN

    LAURA LINNEY
    OZARK

    SARAH PAULSON
    RATCHED

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

    JASON BATEMAN
    OZARK

    JOSH O’CONNOR
    THE CROWN

    BOB ODENKIRK
    BETTER CALL SAUL

    AL PACINO
    HUNTERS

    MATTHEW RHYS
    PERRY MASON

    BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

    EMILY IN PARIS – NETFLIX
    (Darren Star Productions / Jax Media / MTV Studios)

    THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT – HBO MAX
    (HBO Max / Berlanti Productions / Yes, Norman Productions / Warner Bros. Television)

    THE GREAT – HULU
    (Hulu / Civic Center Media / MRC)

    SCHITT’S CREEK – POP TV
    (Not A Real Company Productions / Canadian Broadcast Company / Pop TV)

    TED LASSO – APPLE TV+
    (Apple / Doozer Productions / Warner Bros. Television / Universal Television)

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION 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

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION 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 TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

    NORMAL PEOPLE – HULU
    (Hulu / BBC / Element Pictures)

    THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT – NETFLIX
    (Netflix)

    SMALL AXE – AMAZON STUDIOS
    (BBC Studios Americas, Inc / Amazon Studios)

    THE UNDOING – HBO
    (HBO / Made Up Stories / Blossom Films/David E. Kelley Productions)

    UNORTHODOX – NETFLIX
    (Studio Airlift / RealFilm)

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

    CATE BLANCHETT
    MRS. AMERICA

    DAISY EDGAR-JONES
    NORMAL PEOPLE

    SHIRA HAAS
    UNORTHODOX

    NICOLE KIDMAN
    THE UNDOING

    ANYA TAYLOR-JOY
    THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

    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 PERFORMANCE BY AN 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

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN 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

    Source: Deadline

  • Final Golden Globes Nominations Predictions

    Final Golden Globes Nominations Predictions

    Nomadland and The Trial of the Chicago 7 are the only ones I am sure about picking in this category. I could see any group of three films from the group of One Night in Miami, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Mank, Promising Young Woman, Da 5 Bloods, and Judas and the Black Messiah filling out those remaining slots. This one is really tricky because this is one of the few years where there are literally no major Best Picture contenders in the Best Comedy or Musical category.

    BEST DRAMA

    Nomadland

    The Trial of the Chicago 7

    Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    Mank

    Judas and the Black Messiah

    Could Jump In: One Night in Miami, Da 5 Bloods, Promising Young Woman, News of the World, The Father

     

    While Hamilton has the least chance of these five to be nominated here as some HFPA members may not agree that it should be included in this category as it is technically a recording of a musical, the film will likely win this category if nominated. This is one of the very few categories where I am pretty sure that these are the five that will be nominated. Emma. Might be only the one that can upset based solely on the strength of Anya Taylor-Joy being one of this year’s breakout stars.

    BEST MUSICAL OR COMEDY

    The Prom

    Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

    Palm Springs

    Hamilton

    On the Rocks

    Could Jump In: Emma., French Exit, The King of Staten Island, Let Them All Talk, Personal History of David Copperfield

     

    BEST DIRECTOR

    Chloe Zhao – Nomadland

    Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7

    David Fincher – Mank

    Regina King – One Night in Miami

    Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods

    Could Jump In: Florian Zeller – The Father, Lee Isaac Chung – Minari, Paul Greengrass – News of the World, George Clooney – The Midnight Sky, George C. Wolfe – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

     

    BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA

    Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

    Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    Frances McDormand – Nomadland

    Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman

    Zendaya – Malcolm & Marie

    Could Jump In: Sophia Loren – The Life Ahead, Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holliday, Kate Winslet – Ammonite, Amy Adams – Hillbilly Elegy, Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always

     

    I just feel like have to say that my gut is telling me to put Hanks here but my mind is telling me to put Lindo and Oldman in.

    BEST ACTOR – DRAMA

    Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    Anthony Hopkins – The Father

    Gary Oldman – Mank

    Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal

    Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods

    Could Jump In: Tom Hanks – News of the World, Steven Yeun – Minari, John David Washington – Malcolm & Marie, Ben Affleck – The Way Back, Tom Holland – Cherry

     

    BEST ACTRESS – COMEDY/MUSICAL

    Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

    Meryl Streep – The Prom

    Anya Taylor-Joy – Emma.

    Rashida Jones – On the Rocks

    Michelle Pfeiffer – French Exit

    Could Jump In: Cristin Milioti – Palm Springs, Emily Blunt – Wild Mountain Thyme, Millie Bobby Brown – Enola Holmes, Rosamund Pike – I Care a Lot, Philippa Soo – Hamilton

     

    BEST ACTOR – COMEDY/MUSICAL

    Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

    Andy Samberg – Palm Springs

    Dev Patel – Personal History of David Copperfield

    Lin-Manuel Miranda – Hamilton

    Leslie Odom Jr. – Hamilton

    Could Jump In: Pete Davidson – The King of Staten Island, Jamie Dornan – Wild Mountain Thyme, Mads Mikkelsen – Another Round, Will Ferrell – Eurovision Song Contest, Keanu Reeves – Bill and Ted Face the Music

     

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    Amanda Seyfried – Mank

    Olivia Colman – The Father

    Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy

    Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman

    Saoirse Ronan – Ammonite

    Could Jump In: Youn Yuh-Jung – Minari, Nicole Kidman – The Prom, Helena Zengel – News of the World, Candice Bergen – Let Them All Talk, Renee Elise Goldberry – Hamilton

     

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah

    Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami

    Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7

    Bill Murray – On the Rocks

    Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods

    Could Jump In: Paul Raci – Sound of Metal, Mark Rylance – The Trial of the Chicago 7, Yahya Abdul-Mateen – The Trial of the Chicago 7, Kingsley Ben-Adir – One Night in Miami, Daveed Diggs – Hamilton

     

    BEST SCREENPLAY

    The Trial of the Chicago 7

    Nomadland

    Promising Young Woman

    One Night in Miami

    Mank

    Could Jump In: Minari, The Father, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, On the Rocks, Soul

     

    BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

    Soul

    Wolfwalkers

    Onward

    Over the Moon

    The Croods: A New Age

    Could Jump In: The Willoughbys, Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Earwig and the Witch, Trolls World Tour, Connected

     

    BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE

    Minari

    Another Round

    The Life Ahead

    Night of the Kings

    Collective

    Could Jump In: I’m No Longer Here, Quo Vadis, Aida?, A Sun, Notturno, Charlatan

     

    BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

    Mank

    Tenet

    Soul

    News of the World

    The Midnight Sky

    Could Jump In: Minari, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Da 5 Bloods, One Night in Miami, Ammonite

     

    BEST ORIGINAL SONG

    The Life Ahead

    One Night in Miami

    Over the Moon

    The Prom

    The Trial of the Chicago 7

    Could Jump In: Eurovision Song Contest, Miss Americana, Trolls World Tour, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, The Outpost

  • Penultimate Golden Globes Nominations Predictions

    Penultimate Golden Globes Nominations Predictions

    I’m only going to be showing my predictions for the film section of the Golden Globes but once I give you my final Golden Globe nominations predictions in a week or two, television will be there as well.

    The thing to remember about the Golden Globes is that they like to award big celebrities and young up-and-comers. So a lot of veteran character actors who delivered great performances this year will likely get ignored by them.

    BEST DRAMA

    Nomadland

    The Trial of the Chicago 7

    Mank

    Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    Promising Young Woman

    Could Jump In: One Night in Miami, The Father, Da 5 Bloods, News of the World, Sound of Metal

    BEST MUSICAL OR COMEDY

    Hamilton

    The Prom

    Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

    Palm Springs

    On the Rocks

    Could Jump In: Emma., French Exit, The King of Staten Island, Let Them All Talk, Personal History of David Copperfield

    BEST DIRECTOR

    Chloe Zhao – Nomadland

    Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7

    David Fincher – Mank

    Regina King – One Night in Miami

    Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods

    Could Jump In: Florian Zeller – The Father, Lee Isaac Chung – Minari, Paul Greengrass – News of the World, George Clooney – The Midnight Sky, George C. Wolfe – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA

    Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

    Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    Frances McDormand – Nomadland

    Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman

    Zendaya – Malcolm & Marie

    Could Jump In: Sophia Loren – The Life Ahead, Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holliday, Kate Winslet – Ammonite, Amy Adams – Hillbilly Elegy, Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always

    BEST ACTOR – DRAMA

    Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    Anthony Hopkins – The Father

    Gary Oldman – Mank

    Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal

    Tom Hanks – News of the World

    Could Jump In: Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods, Steven Yeun – Minari, John David Washington – Malcolm & Marie, Ben Affleck – The Way Back, Tom Holland – Cherry

    BEST ACTRESS – COMEDY/MUSICAL

    Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

    Meryl Streep – The Prom

    Anya Taylor-Joy – Emma.

    Rashida Jones – On the Rocks

    Michelle Pfeiffer – French Exit

    Could Jump In: Cristin Milioti – Palm Springs, Emily Blunt – Wild Mountain Thyme, Millie Bobby Brown – Enola Holmes, Philippa Soo – Hamilton, Rachel McAdams – Eurovision Song Contest

    BEST ACTOR – COMEDY/MUSICAL

    Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

    Andy Samberg – Palm Springs

    Dev Patel – Personal History of David Copperfield

    Pete Davidson – The King of Staten Island

    Leslie Odom Jr. – Hamilton

    Could Jump In: Lin-Manuel Miranda – Hamilton, Jamie Dornan – Wild Mountain Thyme, Mads Mikkelsen – Another Round, Will Ferrell – Eurovision Song Contest, Keanu Reeves – Bill and Ted Face the Music

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    Amanda Seyfried – Mank

    Olivia Colman – The Father

    Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy

    Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman

    Saoirse Ronan – Ammonite

    Could Jump In: Youn Yuh-Jung – Minari, Nicole Kidman – The Prom, Helena Zengel – News of the World, Candice Bergen – Let Them All Talk, Renee Elise Goldberry – Hamilton

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah

    Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami

    Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7

    Bill Murray – On the Rocks

    Mark Rylance – The Trial of the Chicago 7

    Could Jump In: Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods, Yahya Abdul-Mateen – The Trial of the Chicago 7, Paul Raci – Sound of Metal, Kingsley Ben-Adir – One Night in Miami, Daveed Diggs – Hamilton

    BEST SCREENPLAY

    The Trial of the Chicago 7

    Nomadland

    Mank

    Promising Young Woman

    One Night in Miami

    Could Jump In: The Father, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, On the Rocks, Soul, Minari

    BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

    Soul

    Wolfwalkers

    Onward

    Over the Moon

    The Willoughbys

    Could Jump In: The Croods: A New Age, Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Earwig and the Witch, Trolls World Tour, Connected

    BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE

    Minari

    Another Round

    The Life Ahead

    Night of the Kings

    Collective

    Could Jump In: I’m No Longer Here, Quo Vadis, Aida?, A Sun, Notturno, Charlatan

    BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

    Mank

    Tenet

    Soul

    News of the World

    The Midnight Sky

    Could Jump In: Minari, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Da 5 Bloods, One Night in Miami, Ammonite

    BEST ORIGINAL SONG

    The Life Ahead

    One Night in Miami

    Over the Moon

    The Prom

    The Outpost

    Could Jump In: Miss Americana, Trolls World Tour, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, The Trial of the Chicago 7, the One and Only Ivan

     

  • After Golden Globes, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Is The New Best Picture Frontrunner

    After Golden Globes, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Is The New Best Picture Frontrunner

    1917 winning Best Drama over The Irishman knocks the latter’s Best Picture chances down slightly, making the way for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which won 3 awards last night, to take the top spot. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood received the exact same Golden Globe wins as last year’s Best Picture winner Green Book (Best Comedy/Musical, Best Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor). Interestingly, it also had the same nominations. I will be back with new Oscar predictions once the BAFTA Awards release their nominations at 7:30 UK time.

    Here are the winners of last night’s Golden Globes: (They are bolded in each category)

    FILM

    BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

    1917

    Joker

    Marriage Story

    The Irishman

    The Two Popes

    BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

    Dolemite is my Name

    Jojo Rabbit

    Knives Out

    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

    Rocketman

    BEST DIRECTOR

    Bong Joon Ho – Parasite

    Sam Mendes – 1917

    Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

    Martin Scorsese – The Irishman

    Todd Phillips – Joker

    BEST ACTOR – DRAMA

    Christian Bale – Ford v. Ferrari

    Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory

    Adam Driver – Marriage Story

    Joaquin Phoenix – Joker

    Jonathan Pryce – The Two Popes

    BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA

    Cynthia Erivo – Harriet

    Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story

    Saoirse Ronan – Little Women

    Charlize Theron – Bombshell

    Renée Zellweger – Judy

    BEST ACTOR – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

    Daniel Craig – Knives Out

    Roman Griffin Davis – Jojo Rabbit

    Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

    Taron Egerton – Rocketman

    Eddie Murphy – Dolemite Is My Name

    BEST ACTRESS – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

    Awkwafina – The Farewell

    Ana de Armas – Knives Out

    Beanie Feldstein – Booksmart

    Emma Thompson – Late Night

    Cate Blanchett – Where’d You Go Bernadette

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

    Al Pacino – The Irishman

    Joe Pesci – The Irishman

    Brad Pitt – Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

    Anthony Hopkins – The Two Popes

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    Annette Bening – The Report

    Margot Robbie – Bombshell

    Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers

    Kathy Bates – Richard Jewell

    Laura Dern – Marriage Story 

    BEST SCREENPLAY

    Marriage Story

    Parasite

    The Two Popes

    Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

    The Irishman

    BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

    Motherless Brooklyn

    Little Women

    Joker

    1917

    Marriage Story

    BEST ORIGINAL SONG

    “Beautiful Ghosts” – Cats

    “I’m Gonna Love Me Again” – Rocketman

    “Into the Unknown” – Frozen 2

    “Spirit” – The Lion King

    “Stand Up” – Harriet

    BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

    Frozen 2

    The Lion King

    Missing Link

    Toy Story 4

    How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

    BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

    The Farewell

    Les Misérables

    Pain and Glory

    Parasite

    Portrait of a Lady on Fire

    TELEVISION

    BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

    Big Little Lies

    The Crown

    Killing Eve

    The Morning Show

    Succession

    BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY

    Barry

    Fleabag

    The Kominsky Method

    The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

    The Politician

    LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE

    Catch-22

    Chernobyl

    Fosse/Verdon

    The Loudest Voice

    Unbelievable

    BEST ACTOR TV SERIES – DRAMA

    Brian Cox – Succession

    Kit Harington – Game of Thrones

    Rami Malek – Mr. Robot

    Tobias Menzies – The Crown

    Billy Porter – Pose

    BEST ACTRESS TV SERIES – DRAMA

    Jennifer Aniston – The Morning Show

    Jodie Comer – Killing Eve

    Nicole Kidman – Big Little Lies

    Reese Witherspoon – The Morning Show

    Olivia Colman – The Crown

    BEST ACTOR TV SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

    Ben Platt – The Politician

    Paul Rudd – Living With Yourself

    Ramy Youssef – Ramy

    Bill Hader – Barry

    Michael Douglas – The Kominsky Method

    BEST ACTRESS TV SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

    Christina Applegate – Dead to Me

    Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Fleabag

    Natasha Lyonne – Russian Doll

    Kirsten Dunst – On Becoming a God in Central Florida

    Rachel Brosnahan – Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

    BEST ACTOR – MINISERIES OR TELEVISION FILM

    Christopher Abbott – Catch 22

    Sacha Baron Cohen – The Spy

    Russell Crowe – The Loudest Voice

    Jared Harris – Chernobyl

    Sam Rockwell – Fosse/Verdon

    BEST ACTRESS – MINISERIES OR TELEVISION FILM

    Michelle Williams – Fosse/Verdon

    Helen Mirren – Catherine the Great

    Merritt Wever – Unbelievable

    Kaitlyn Dever – Unbelievable

    Joey King – The Act

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – SERIES, MINISERIES OR TELEVISION FILM

    Alan Arkin – Kominsky Method

    Kieran Culkin – Succession

    Andrew Scott – Fleabag

    Stellan Skarsgård – Chernobyl

    Henry Winkler – Barry

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – SERIES, MINISERIES OR TELEVISION FILM

    Meryl Streep – Big Little Lies

    Helena Bonham Carter – The Crown

    Emily Watson – Chernobyl

    Patricia Arquette – The Act

    Toni Collette – Unbelievable

  • Globes, Critics Choice, and SAG (Mostly) Shape Best Picture Race

    Globes, Critics Choice, and SAG (Mostly) Shape Best Picture Race

    These precursors in conjunction with the American Film Institute Top 10 and the National Board of Review Top Films should bring the Best Picture race into clearer view. Let’s start with the Critics Choice Awards. Their track record with the Best Picture race is very good. Here is a rundown of its track record with the last 5 Best Picture nominees: 2019: 7 of 8 Best Picture Nominees, 2018: 8 of 9, 2017: 8 of 9, 2016: 8 of 8, 2015: 7 of 8.

    This year’s Critics Choice nominations are: 1917, Ford v Ferrari, Jojo Rabbit, Joker, Little Women, Marriage Story, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Parasite, The Irishman, Uncut Gems. So based on their track record 7 or 8 of these films will be nominated for Best Picture. Now, if you look at the pattern there is usually that one film that breaks into Best Picture that wasn’t nominated for a Critics Choice award. Last year it was Bohemian Rhapsody that got in due to its great Golden Globe performance, spectacular $900 million box office for a “serious” film, and a SAG Cast Nomination. The year before it was Phantom Thread, which got in due to it being a critical favorite, its quality per-theater-average concerning box office, the narrative that it was the swan song of legendary 3-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis, and its performance in certain critics’ awards including its inclusion in the National Board of Review’s Top Films. In 2017, Hidden Figures was this lucky film and it got in on its great box office, SAG Cast Nomination, and inclusion in NBR’s Top Films.

    With all of this in mind it seems that all a film needs to get into Oscar Best Picture, if it hasn’t already been nominated for a Critics Choice Best Picture award, is box office success and success at a major precursor. Now the major contenders that weren’t nominated for a Critics Choice Award this year are: Bombshell, The Farewell, Richard Jewell, and The Two Popes.

    Bombshell hasn’t released yet, but it received a SAG Cast nomination and 3 other nominations from SAG. It seems to be somewhat like last year’s Best Picture nominee Vice in the sense that it is a real-life political story with OK-to-good reviews and performances that are getting recognition (Vice received Oscar nominations for Christian Bale, Amy Adams, and Sam Rockwell).

    The Farewell had box office success this summer on the indie circuit even though the film was mostly in Mandarin and the cast was full of relative unknowns, excluding Awkwafina. The film has seen success at various precursors but not at the volume I believe that it needs to be a Best Picture nominee. It still has to cross the barrier of it being a mostly-Mandarin film and even more there is already an East Asian-centric film (Parasite) that has a better chance of getting a Best Picture nomination (and maybe a win?). Knowing the Academy’s past track record with international releases it isn’t likely that two foreign-language films fill be on the Best Picture lineup, and it is less likely that two great works of Asian cinema will be featured on the same lineup. But I hope it happens, because The Farewell dfinitely deserves a nomination.

    Now onto Richard Jewell. This film broke into the Oscar race when it won 2 National Board of Review awards and was included into NBR’s Top 10 Films list. However, it hasn’t done very much since then other than a surprise Supporting Actress nomination at the Golden Globes for Kathy Bates (which I predicted!, sorry 🙂 ). Coupled with its disappointing opening weekend box office performance, I don’t see the film getting a nomination at the Oscars other than maybe one for Kathy Bates.

    Lastly, The Two Popes. I had this film about the Catholic Church in the thick of the Oscar race until late November when it failed to nab a position in the NBR or AFI Top 10 lists. Then it continued going down with its failure to get a Critics Choice nomination for Best Picture, but it has rebounded somewhat with a Best Film-Drama nomination at the Golden Globes. If the film wins any of the awards it is nominated for at the Golden Globes it will probably gain a Best Picture nomination, but both are not likely as of right now.

    Now, all of this comes together to form my Best Picture predictions for today. I have to say that 3 films, The Irishman, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and Parasite, all have an extremely realistic chance of winning Best Picture.

    Nevertheless, here are the predictions!

    BEST PICTURE

    The Irishman

    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

    Parasite

    Marriage Story

    1917

    Jojo Rabbit

    Joker

    Ford v Ferrari

    Bombshell

    Could Jump in: Little Women, The Farewell, The Two Popes, Richard Jewell