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The Oscar Quest: Reconsidered (Best Picture, 2011-2012)
The Oscar Quest began in May of 2010. I finished about fifteen months later, and wrote it up for this site. That was essentially the first thing I did on here. Five years have passed since then. I’ve...
View ArticleThe Oscar Quest: Reconsidered (Best Picture, 2013-2014)
The Oscar Quest began in May of 2010. I finished about fifteen months later, and wrote it up for this site. That was essentially the first thing I did on here. Five years have passed since then. I’ve...
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Oscars 2023: The Shortlists (and other Precursors)
Oscar nominations are out in two weeks, so I should probably start actually looking at things. I’m not as on top of stuff as I’ve been in recent years, so I’m trying to squeeze a lot in a limited...
View ArticleOscars 2023: My Nominations Ballot
If I were able to select the entire Oscar ballot, this is what I would nominate: Best Picture Asteroid City Barbie The Boy and the Heron The Holdovers The Killer Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer...
View ArticleOscars 2023: The B+ Nominations Ballot
Oh, hello there. Guess it’s time to be picking Oscar nominees again. Better put on my cardigan and lace up the old sneakers. This year feels even stranger than last year. There was a time about five...
View ArticleAnd the Nominees Are… (2023)
I’m sure I said the same thing last year, but I had no idea what to expect with this one. Last year I was in the middle of life chaos and all of a sudden it was like “time for awards season!” This...
View ArticleThe B+ Oscar Ballot: Guide to the 96th Academy Awards
Here we are again. Another year, another Oscars. One thing I really liked about this year is that there’s a consensus about the nominees. Most people seem to generally feel like the Academy got it...
View Article96th Academy Awards Recap
Okay, another year in the books. We are somehow creeping ever closer to the eventual 100th Oscars, and I’m sure they’re gonna go all out for those. But for these — pretty much everyone saw what was...
View ArticleOscars 2024: My Nominations Ballot
Best Picture Anora The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Conclave Dune: Part Two Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Nosferatu Saturday Night The Substance Wicked Best Director Edward Berger, Conclave Brady Corbet, The...
View ArticleOscars 2024: The B+ Nominations Ballot
Oh hey, it’s that time again. I’ll disappear for almost a whole year, but you know I’m gonna be here for this. This is my Super Bowl. I will say, I bet the Academy is real glad to have Wicked up there...
View ArticleAnd the Nominees Are… (2024)
We’ve got our nominees. Last year (and probably the year before), I felt like I had zero time to prepare or get things in order, and I basically went into predictions cold and just sort of guessed,...
View ArticleThe B+ Oscar Ballot: Guide to the 97th Academy Awards
It’s that time again. This is such an interesting year because it feels like we’ve had such a wild swing throughout the season. We’ve had a general consensus of films throughout the race, but unlike...
View Article97th Academy Awards Recap
Another one down. This was an interesting year because in the end, there was a consensus, even if it didn’t feel (to me) like there necessarily was one throughout the process. But they got there. Also...
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