How the hell is Tom Hanks up as a Supporting Actor nom when he played Mr. Rogers in a movie ABOUT Mr. Rogers?

The movie actually isn't really about Mr. Rogers. In fact, I might argue that it is almost the definition of a supporting role. Unlike, say, Pitt, who is really co-lead.

Honestly shocked that JLo isn't on the Best Supporting Actress list. Laura Dern is going to win it, but I thought JLo nom was a done deal.

I am really mad that female-led films are just not part of the Oscar conversation. If you nominate films like The Big Short and Wolf of Wall Street, there is no reason to not nominate Hustlers.

Making a sadface that Greta Gerwig isn't in the Best Director shortlist, which is all men as usual. Would have liked to see her there in place of Todd Phillips.

I am hoping she'll get the screenplay consolation prize they normally give to un-nominated directors.

The shut-out I'm most upset about is probably The Farewell. Nothing, no Awkwafina, no screenplay?

See above re female-led movies. This is one of the most critically acclaimed movies of the year.

Also annoyed that Lupita Nyong'o isn't in the Best Actress category for Us, especially in a year that isn't very competitive for actresses.

It's absolute rubbish that Ruth E. Carter was not nominated for her FLAMAZING costumes for Dolemite Is My Name.

These are both high crimes and misdemeanors.

Very pleased about many tech category noms for Parasite (Best Editing and Production design are well-deserved, and Best Screenplay nomination is MAJOR) in addition to Best Director and Film, although it would have been lovely to see acting noms.

Agreed. I'm really thrilled it is in the mix and at this point am hoping that the "white men" love for Joker and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood will mean they cancel each other out in terms of sweeping.

I guess the Academy really liked Jojo Rabbit huh? Power of TIFF People's Choice Award winner, etc. Well, I liked it better than Joker, at least.

I wouldn't have given Jojo Rabbit as many nominations as it got but I actually would have liked to see Waititi nominated for director (over Phillips) since the tonal shifts of that movie required a deft hand.

yesterday I saw Knives Out, tonight Parasite.

Knives Out was fun.

Parasite I need to sit with for a bit. I mean, it was good. Really good, and it's gonna stay with me, but right now all I have is: yeah, that was a lot. Also there needed to be some acting awards there. Also vast income disparity is repugnant.

Also vast income disparity is repugnant.

There's a reason I called my year-end round-up of 2019 films What Is Your Capitalist Trauma?

I like your movie blog, megan.

I like your movie blog, megan.

Thanks, Zen. Right now it's pretty much all movies all the time but it occasionally becomes opera blog. It used to be a much better mix of books, film, and music. I need to get back to that at some point.

Just back from 1917. It was incredible. The w Two leads are subtle and compelling. Andrew Scott gave an amazingly rich and lived-in feel to his character during his short screen time. Roger Deakins is BRILLIANT.

Really enjoyed Little Women. I would like several of the capes, particularly Amy's

Finally saw Ford v Ferrari and quite enjoyed it. Really good structure, well paced, with terrific acting all around. Plus, it's always nice to see a good sports film that's not about baseball or boxing. I actually left it with a better appreciation of what high-level racing takes. It doesn't quite crack my top ten but I can see why it got the nominations it did.

Really good structure, well paced, with terrific acting all around.

Yep. It's just a solid, well-made and well-acted film, and I enjoyed it thoroughly even though I don't give two hoots about car racing.

Last night was Producer's Guild Award and 1917 won it for Best Picture, which is a good barometer for its Oscar chances. On a related note, Hahaha I love Rian Johnson.

Right now, my Oscar winner predictions go something like this:

Best Picture: 1917
Best Director: Bong Joon Ho (vs. Quentin Tarantino)
Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix
Best Actress: Renee Zellweger
Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt
Best Supporting Actress: Laura Dern
Best Original Screenplay: QT for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (vs Noah Baumbach for Marriage Story)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Greta Gerwig for Little Women
Best International Feature: Parasite
Best Animated Feature: Toy Story 4
Best Documentary: American Factory
Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins for 1917
Best Editing: Parasite
Best Production Design: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Sound Editing/Mixing: 1917 or Ford v Ferrari, maybe they'll split them since there are 2 awards
Original Score: Thomas Newman for 1917
Make up and Hair: Bombshell
Costume Design: Little Women (vs OUATIH)

OK, that's a complete shut-out for The Irishman, which doesn't sound quite right. Not sure which of my picks I'd push out to make room for it though.

I gotta admit, I haven't watched American Factory yet but I mostly want it to win for Best Doc so that Barack and Michelle Obama (who are producers for the film) could go up on the stage and give a rousing acceptance speech.

I follow Rian Johnson on Twitter (he's a fun follow if you ignore the occasional d-bags that still yell at him in his mentions for ruining Star Wars > 2 years later) and he just posted a photo of the gift he received from Danica McKellar (!) for mentioning her in Knives Out: [link]

That made me smile really wide. I *have* watched some of McKellar's TV movies -- haven't seen any thrillers, but she makes for a plucky and likable rom-com heroine. Also, happy as a clam that both Johnson and Daniel Craig are planning for a second Benoit Blanc movie!

On an unrelated note, NYT has an interview/oral history with the cast and crew on the making of Linklater's Before trilogy, which are some of my favourite films ever made: [link]

Talk about romantic poetry for Gen-Xers everywhere. Trying to imagine Michael Vartan (who was apparently the second choice) as Jesse breaks my brain a little. Who knows if he'd have had the same magical chemistry Hawke had with Delpy? We might not have had the 2nd and 3rd films.