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Film Review: Dune (2021)

Dune is one of the most epic sci fi films I’ve ever seen in a cinema. Reminded me of the first film of the original Star Wars or Lord of the Rings trilogy. Having been bereft of truly epic cinema since 2019 and even then drowning in endless mediocre marvel movies, it was goosebump/gasp inducing to see a film on such a monumental scale, so strange and original and so ambitious. The cinematography, production design, locations, cast, costumes, visual effects are unlike anything I’ve ever seen in this genre before. But what really stood out to me was the score and sound effects, which were so booming, unnerving and soaring it took my breath away. I don’t know how they created those sound effects, utterly haunting. Denis Villeneuve after Arrival, Blade Runner 2049 and now Dune has solidified his reputation as arguably one of the greatest sci fi directors of all time. The incorporation of the very ancient architecture and sets with almost insect like futuristic technology ships and armour fills you with a sense of what the very very distant future might look like. Of all the sci fi films in the cannon Dune is set the farthest in the future over a thousands years from our time today. The scope and scale of Dune is unparalleled in recent cinema. And against this unbelievably epic backdrop comes my obsession and favourite actor of my generation Timothee Chalamet. An actor so intelligent and perfectly beautiful that sometimes he scares me when I watch him, one of the last true movie stars of our time. His perfectly chiseled face and piercing gaze on the big screen is as monumental and awe inspiring as the huge spaceships, sandworms and armies on screen. Though I have not read Dune I am familiar with its story and I know it is wildely considered the greatest sci fi series ever written. Where David Lynch failed with his ugly incoherent 80’s adaptation Villeneuve has epically succeeded. It’s a work of art. Perhaps one shortcoming is that as the first film in a trilogy the film hasn’t fully set up what the ultimate goal of the series is to be. Maybe that adds to the mystery, to be continued. In any case I am hooked and eagerly anticipate the next instalments. Dune is the kind of film cinephiles wait years to see and requires it be seen on the largest screen possible. It’s finally here and I’m so thankful. 10/10

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by mrsmith44 on November 10, 2021  •  Permalink
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Final Predictions for the 93rd Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Nomadland

Best Director: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

Best Actress: Francess McDormand, Nomadland

Best Actor: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Best Supporting Actress: Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari

Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Adapted Screenplay: Nomadland

Best Original Screenplay: Promising Young Woman

Best Documentary: Collective

Best Foreign Language Film: Another Round

Best Animated Film: Soul

Best Cinematography: Nomadland

Best Costume Design: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Best Film Editing: Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Production Design: Mank

Best Sound: Sound of Metal

Best Hair And Makeup: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Best Original Score: Soul

Best Song: Husavik, Eurovision

Best Visual Effects: Tenet

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by mrsmith44 on April 25, 2021  •  Permalink
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Final Predictions for the 93rd Academy Awards:

Best Picture:

1. Nomadland

2. Minari

3. Trial of the Chicago 7

4. Promising Young Woman

5. Mank

6. Judas and the Black Messiah

7. Sound of Metal

8. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

9. One Night In Miami

10. The Father

Alt: Soul

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Best Director:

1. Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

2. David Fincher, Mank

3. Lee Issac Chung, Minari

4. Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

5. Aaron Sorkin, Trial of the Chicago 7

Alt: Regina King, One Night In Miami

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Best Actress:

1. Francess McDormand, Nomadland

2. Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

3. Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

4. Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of A Woman

5. Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Alt: Sophia Loren, The Life Ahead

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Best Actor:

1. Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

2. Anthony Hopkins, The Father

3. Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal

4. Gary Oldman, Mank

5. Steven Yuen, Minari

Alt: Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods

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Best Supporting Actress:

1. Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari

2. Olivia Colman, The Father

3. Amanda Seyfried, Mank

4. Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Movie Film

5. Jodie Foster, The Mauritanian

Alt: Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy

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Best Supporting Actor:

1. Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

2. Paul Raci, Sound of Metal

3. Leslie Odom Jr, One Night In Miami

4. Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7

5. Alan Kim, Minari

Alt: Mark Rylance, The Trial of the Chicago 7

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Best Adapted Screenplay:

1. Nomadland

2. One Night In Miami

3. The Father

4. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

5. The Mauritanian

Alt: News of the World

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Best Original Screenplay:

1. Promising Young Woman

2. Trial of the Chicago 7

3. Minari

4. Mank

5. The Sound of Metal

Alt: Judas and the Black Messiah

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Best Documentary:

1. Collective

2. Time

3. Crimp Camp

4. Welcome To Chechnya

5. My Octopus Teacher

Alt: Dick Johnson Is Dead

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Best Foreign Language Film:

1. Another Round

2. Collective

3. Two Of Us

4. Quo Vadis Aida

5. La Lorona

Alt: A Sun

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Best Animated Film:

1. Soul

2. Wolfwalkers

3. Onward

4. Over The Moon

5. Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

Alt: The Croods: A New Age

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Best Cinematography:

1. Nomadland

2. Mank

3. News of the World

4. Judas and the Black Messiah

5. Minari

Alt: First Cow

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Best Costume Design:

1. Mank

2. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

3. Emma

4. News of the World

5. Mulan

Alt: Ammonite

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Best Film Editing:

1. Nomadland

2. Trial of the Chicago 7

3. Mank

4. The Sound of Metal

5. Minari

Alt: The Father

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Best Production Design:

1. Mank

2. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

3. News of the World

4. Tenet

5. Emma

Alt: Mulan

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Best Sound:

1. Sound of Metal

2. Mank

3. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

4. Soul

5. Tenet

Alt: Greyhound

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Best Hair And Makeup:

1. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

2. Mank

3. Hillbilly Elegy

4. Emma

5. Pinoccio

Alt: Birds of Prey

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Best Original Score:

1. Soul

2. Mank

3. News of the World

4. Midnight Sky

5. Minari

Alt: Tenet

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Best Song:

1. Speak Now, One Night In Miami

2. Lo Si, Life Ahead

3. Hear My Voice, The Trial Of The Chicago 7

4. Fight For You, Judas and the Black Messiah

5. Husavik, Eurovision Song Contest

Alt: Turntables, All In: The Fight For Democracy

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Best Visual Effects:

1. Tenet

2. Midnight Sky

3. Mank

4. The One And Only Ivan

5. Welcome to Chechnya

Alt: Mulan

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by mrsmith44 on March 15, 2021  •  Permalink
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Golden Globes 2020 Predictions

Best Drama: Nomadland or Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Comedy or Musical: Borat: Subsequent Movie Film

Best Actress Drama: Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Best Actor Drama: Anthony Hopkins, The Father

Best Actress Comedy or Musical: Maria Bakalova, Borat

Best Actor Comedy or Musical: Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat

Best Supporting Actress: Amanda Seyfried, Mank

Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya, Judas And The Black Messiah

Best Director: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

Best Film Screenplay: Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Animated Film: Soul

Best Foreign Language Film: Minari

Best Score: Soul

Best Song: Speak Now, One Night In Miami

Golden Globes TV:

Best Drama: The Crown

Best Drama Actor: Jason Bateman, Ozark

Best Drama Actress: Emma Corrin, The Crown

Best Comedy Series: Schitt’s Creek

Best Comedy Actor: Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek

Best Comedy Actress: Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek

Best TV Movie: The Queens Gambit

Best TV Movie Actor: Hugh Grant, Undoing

Best TV Movie Actress: Anya Taylor Joy, The Queens Gambit

Best Supporting Actor: John Boyega, Small Axe

Best Supporting Actress: Gillian Anderson, The Crown

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Oscar Predictions December 2020

Oscar Predictions December 2020:

Best Picture:

1. Nomadland

2. Minari

3. Mank

4. Trial of the Chicago 7

5. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

6. Never Rarely Sometimes Always

7. First Cow

8. The Sound of Metal

9. One Night In Miami

10. Soul

Best Director:

1. Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

2. David Fincher, Mank

3. Lee Issac Chung, Minari

4. Regina King, One Night In Miami

5. Kelly Reichardt, First Cow

Best Actress:

1. Francess McDormand, Nomadland

2. Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

3. Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

4. Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of A Woman

5. Sidney Flanigan, Never, Rarely, Sometimes Always

Best Actor:

1. Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

2. Anthony Hopkins, The Father

3. Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods

4. Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal

5. Gary Oldman, Mank

Best Supporting Actress:

1. Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari

2. Olivia Colman, The Father

3. Amanda Seyfried, Mank

4. Ellen Burstyn, Pieces of a Woman

5. Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Movie Film

Best Supporting Actor:

1. Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

2. Leslie Odom Jr, One Night In Miami

3. Paul Raci, Sound of Metal

4. Bill Murray, On The Rocks

5. David Strathairn, Nomadland

Best Adapted Screenplay:

1. Nomadland

2. First Cow

3. One Night In Miami

4. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

5. I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Best Original Screenplay:

1. Never Rarely Sometimes Always

2. Trial of the Chicago 7

3. Minari

4. Mank

5. Promising Young Woman

Best Documentary:

1. Collective

2. Time

3. Dick Johnson Is Dead

4. Welcome To Chechnya

5. City Hall

Best Cinematography:

1. Nomadland

2. Mank

3. Tenet

4. First Cow

5. News of the World

Best Costume Design:

1. Mank

2. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

3. Emma

4. Ammonite

5. News of the World

Best Film Editing:

1. Nomadland

2. Mank

3. Trial of the Chicago 7

4. Minari

5. Tenet

Best Production Design:

1. Mank

2. Tenet

3. Emma

4. Mulan

5. News of the World

Best Sound:

1. Tenet

2. Sound of Metal

3. Mank

4. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

5. Soul

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Oscar Predictions November 2020:

Best Picture:

1. Nomadland

2. Mank

3. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

4. One Night In Miami

5. The Father

6. Trial of the Chicago 7

7. Soul

8. Minari

9. News of the World

10. Da 5 Bloods

Best Director:

1. Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

2. David Fincher, Mank

3. Regina King, One Night In Miami

4. Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods

5. George C. Wolf, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Best Actress:

1. Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

2. Francess McDormand, Nomadland

3. Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of A Woman

4. Kate Winslet, Ammonite

5. Michelle Pfeiffer, French Exit

Best Actor:

1. Anthony Hopkins, The Father

2. Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

3. Gary Oldman, Mank

4. Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods

5. Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Supporting Actress:

1. Olivia Colman, The Father

2. Ellen Burstyn, Pieces of a Woman

3. Amanda Seyfried, Mank

4. Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari

5. Saorise Ronan, Ammonite

Best Supporting Actor:

1. Leslie Odom Jr, One Night In Miami

2. Charles Dance, Mank

3. David Strathairn, Nomadland

4. Mark Rylance, Trial of the Chicago 7

5. Bill Murray, On The Rocks

Best Adapted Screenplay:

1. Nomadland

2. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

3. One Night In Miami

4. The Father

5. News of the World

Best Original Screenplay:

1. Mank

2. Trial of the Chicago 7

3. Never Rarely Sometimes Always

4. Soul

5. Minari

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October Oscar Predictions

Early Oscar Predictions October 2020:

Best Picture:

1. Nomadland

2. Mank

3. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

4. One Night In Miami

5. Soul

6. Trial of the Chicago 7

7. The Father

8. Hillbilly Elegy

9. News of the World

10. Da 5 Bloods

Best Director:

1. Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

2. David Fincher, Mank

3. Regina King, One Night In Miami

4. Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods

5. Paul Greengrass, News of the World

Best Actress:

1. Francess McDormand, Nomadland

2. Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

3. Amy Adams, Hillbilly Elegy

4. Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of A Woman

5. Kate Winslet, Ammonite

Best Actor:

1. Anthony Hopkins, The Father

2. Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods

3. Gary Oldman, Mank

4. Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

5. Tom Hanks, News of the World

Best Supporting Actress:

1. Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy

2. Olivia Colman, The Father

3. Ellen Burstyn, Pieces of a Woman

4. Saoirse Ronan, Ammonite

5. Amanda Seyfried, Mank

Best Supporting Actor:

1. Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

2. Leslie Odom Jr, One Night In Miami

3. Charles Dance, Mank

4. David Strathairn, Nomadland

5. Mark Rylance, Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Adapted Screenplay:

1. Nomadland

2. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

3. One Night In Miami

4. The Father

5. Hillbilly Elegy

Best Original Screenplay:

1. Mank

2. Trial of the Chicago 7

3. Soul

4. Minari

5. Da 5 Bloods

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by mrsmith44 on October 20, 2020  •  Permalink
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My Top 9 Favourite Living Actresses

1. Cate Blanchett

2. Tilda Swinton

3. Maggie Smith

4. Meryl Streep

5. Kate Winslet

6. Judi Dench

7. Sigourney Weaver

8. Julianne Moore

9. Saoirse Ronan

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My Top 9 Favourite Living Actors

1. Daniel Day Lewis

2. Timothee Chalamet

3. Anthony Hopkins

4. Al Pacino

5. Robert De Niro

6. Leonardo Di Caprio

7. Jeremy Irons

8. Colin Firth

9. Mads Mikkelsen

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Early Oscar Predictions September 2020:

Best Picture:

1. Nomadland

2. Mank

3. One Night In Miami

4. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

5. Hillbilly Elegy

6. Trial Of The Chicago 7

7. The French Dispatch

8. Dune

9. News Of The World

10. The Father

Best Director:

1. Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

2. David Fincher, Mank

3. Regina King, One Night In Miami

4. Denis Villeneuve, Dune

5. Wes Anderson, The French Dispatch

Best Actress:

1. Francess McDormand, Nomadland

2. Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

3. Kate Winslet, Ammonite

4. Vanessa Kirby, Pieces Of A Woman

Best Actor:

1. Delroy Linda, Da 5 Bloods

2. Gary Oldman, Mank

3. Anthony Hopkins, The Father

4. Timothee Chalamet, Dune

5. Tom Hanks, News of the World

Best Supporting Actress:

1. Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy

2. Olivia Colman, The Father

3. Saoirse Ronan, Ammonite

4. Amanda Seyfried, Mank

5. Zendaya, Dune

Best Supporting Actor:

1. Charles Dance, Mank

2. Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

3. Lucas Hedges, French Exit

4. David Strathairn, Nomadland

5. Leslie Odom Jr, One Night In Miami

Best Adapted Screenplay:

1. Nomadland

2. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

3. Hillbilly Elegy

4. One Night In Miami

5. Westside Story

Best Original Screenplay:

1. Mank

2. Trial of the Chicago 7

3. The French Dispatch

4. Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always

5. On The Rocks

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Top 20 Millennial Actors and Actresses (1980-1996)

Top 10 Millennial Actors (born 1980-1996)

  1. Timothee Chalamet (1995)
  2. Ryan Gosling (1980)
  3. Jake Gyllenhaal (1980)
  4. Eddie Redmayne (1982)
  5. Joesph Gordon Levitt (1981)
  6. Adam Driver (1983)
  7. Lucas Hedges (1996)
  8. Andrew Garfield (1983)
  9. Tom Holland (1996)
  10. Dev Patel (1990)
  11. Rami Malek (1981)
  12. Robert Pattinson (1984)
  13. Daniel Kaluuya (1989)
  14. Nicholas Hoult (1989)
  15. Ezra Miller (1992)
  16. Paul Dano (1984)
  17. Dane DeHaan (1986)
  18. Domhnall Gleeson (1983)
  19. Jesse Eisenberg (1983)
  20. Freddie Highmore (1992)

Top 10 Millennial Actresses (born 1980-1996)

  1. Saoirse Ronan (1994)
  2. Natalie Portman (1981)
  3. Emma Stone (1988)
  4. Rooney Mara (1985)
  5. Jennifer Lawrence (1990)
  6. Michelle Williams (1980)
  7. Margot Robbie (1990)
  8. Lupita Nyong’o (1983)
  9. Brie Larson (1989)
  10. Alicia Vikander (1988)
  11. Carey Mulligan (1985)
  12. Scarlett Johansson (1984)
  13. Felicity Jones (1983)
  14. Ellen Page (1987)
  15. Kiera Knightley (1985)
  16. Florence Pugh (1996)
  17. Amanda Seyfried (1985)
  18. Emily Blunt (1983)
  19. Anne Hathaway (1982)
  20. Abigail Breslin (1996)
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2020 Movie Reviews

1. Nomadland 10/10

2. Collective 10/10

3. Never Rarely Sometimes Always 10/10

4. Soul 10/10

5. Lovers Rock 10/10

6. Sound of Metal 9/10

7. First Cow 9/10

8. Mank 9/10

9. Promising Young Woman 9/10

10. Mangrove 9/10

11. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom 9/10

12. Da 5 Bloods 8/10

13. The Trial Of The Chicago 7 8/10

14. One Night In Miami 8/10

15. Ammonite 8/10

16. Palm Springs 8/10

17. News of the World 8/10

18. Pieces of a Woman 8/10

19. Bad Education 8/10

20. David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet 8/10

21. The Social Dilemma 8/10

22. His House 8/10

23. Disclosure 7/10

24. The Prom 7/10

25. The Boys In The Band 7/10

26. Tenet 7/10

27. A Secret Love 7/10

28. Circus of Books 7/10

29. Emma 7/10

30. Mucho, Mucho Amour 7/10

31. The Old Guard 6/10

32. Mulan 6/10

33. Becoming 6/10

34. Midnight Sky 5/10

35. Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga 5/10

36. Wonder Woman 84 4/10

37. Hillbilly Elegy 3/10

38. Rebecca 2/10

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Most Anticipated Films 2020

Most Anticipated Films 2020:

  1. Nomadland (director: Chloe Zhao, starring: Frances McDormand)
  2. Dune (director: Dennis Villenevue, starring: Timothee Chalamet)
  3. Ammonite (starring: Kate Winslet, Saorise Ronan)
  4. Never, Sometimes, Always
  5. Mank (director: David Fincher, starring: Gary Oldman)
  6. The French Dispatch (director: Wes Anderson, starring: Timothee Chalamet, Tilda Swinton)
  7. Hillbilly Elegy (director: Ron Howard, starring: Glenn Close, Amy Adams)
  8. I’m Thinking of Ending Things (director: Charlie Kauffman)
  9. Westside Story (director: Steven Spielberg)
  10. Soul (Pixar film)
  11. The Father (starring: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Coleman)
  12. Trial of Chicago 7 (director: Aaron Sorkin, starring: Eddie Redmayne)
  13. News of the World (director: Paul Greengrass, starring: Tom Hanks)
  14. Next Goal Wins (director: Taika Waititi, starring: Michael Fassbender, Elizabeth Moss)
  15. Rebecca (starring: Armie Hammer)
  16. Stillwater (director: Tom McCarthy)
  17. Nightmare Alley (director: Guillermo Del Toro, starring: Cate Blanchett, Bradley Cooper)
  18. No Time To Die (starring: Daniel Craig)
  19. The Boys In The Band (director: Joe Mantello, starring: Jim Parsons, Matt Bomer)
  20. On The Rocks (director: Sophia Coppola, starring: Bill Murray)
  21. Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
  22. The Prom (director: Ryan Murphy, starring: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman)
  23. In The Heights (director: Lin Manuel Miranda)
  24. Respect (starring: Jennifer Hudson)
  25. The Eyes of Tammy Faye (starring: Jessica Chastain)
  26. Death On The Nile
  27. The Woman In The Window (Starring: Amy Adams)
  28. Palm Springs (starring: Andy Samberg)
  29. Wonder Woman 1984
  30. Black Widow
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Final Predictions For the 92nd Academy Award Winners

FINAL PREDICTIONS FOR THE 92ND ACADEMY AWARD

BEST PICTURE
Will Win: 1917
Should Win: Parasite
BEST DIRECTOR
Will Win: Sam Mendes, 1917
Should Win: Bong Joon Ho, Parasite 
BEST ACTOR
Will Win: Joaquin Pheonix, Joker
Should Win: Joaquin Pheonix, Joker
BEST ACTRESS
Will Win: Renee Zellweger, Judy
Should Win: Renee Zellweger, Judy
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Will Win: Brad Pitt, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Should Win: Al Pacino, The Irishman
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Will Win: Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Should Win: Laura Dern, Marriage Story
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Will Win: Jo Jo Rabbit
Should Win: The Irishman 
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Will Win: Parasite
Should Win: Parasite
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Will Win: Klaus
Should Win: Toy Story 4
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Will Win: American Factory
Should Win: American Factory
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Will Win: Parasite
Should Win: Parasite
BEST FILM EDITING
Will Win: Parasite
Should Win: Parasite
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Will Win: 1917
Should Win: Parasite
BEST CINEMATOGRAHPY
Will Win: 1917 
Should Win: 1917
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Will Win: Little Women
Should Win: Little Women
BEST MAKE UP
Will Win: Bombshell
Should Win: Bombshell
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Will Win: Joker
Should Win: 1917
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Will Win: I’m Gonna Love Me Again, Rocketman
Should Win: I’m Gonna Love Me Again, Rocketman
BEST SOUND MIXING
Will Win: 1917
Should Win: 1917
BEST SOUND EDITING
Will Win: 1917
Should Win: 1917
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Will Win: 1917 
Should Win: The Irishman
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Final Predictions For the 92nd Academy Award Nominations

FINAL PREDICTIONS FOR THE 92ND ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS 

88/109 = 80.7% CORRECT PRECIDTIONS 

RANK BEST PICTURE
1. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
2. The Irishman
3. 1917
4. Parasite
5. Marriage Story
6. Jojo Rabbit
7. Joker
8. Little Women
9. Ford Vs Ferrari
10. Knives Out
9/9
Alternative: The Farewell
RANK BEST DIRECTOR
1. Bong Joon-Ho, Parasite
2. Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
3. Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
4. Sam Mendes, 1917
5. Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story x
4/5 Missing: Todd Phillips, Joker
Alternative: Todd Phillips, Joker
RANK BEST ACTOR
1. Joaquin Pheonix, Joker
2. Adam Driver, Marriage Story
3. Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
4. Antonio Banderas, Pain And Glory
5. Robert De Niro, The Irishman x
4/5 Missing: Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes
Alternative: Taron Egerton, Rocketman
RANK BEST ACTRESS
1. Renee Zellweger, Judy
2. Charlize Theron, Bombshell
3. Scarlet Johansson, Marriage Story
4. Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
5. Awkwafina, The Farewell x
4/5 Missing: Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
Alternative: Lupita Nyong’o, Us
RANK BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Brad Pitt, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
2. Al Pacino, The Irishman
3. Joe Pesci, The Irishman
4. Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood
5. Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes
5/5
Alternative: Song Kang Ho Parasite
RANK BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Laura Dern, Marriage Story
2. Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers X
3. Margot Robbie, Bombshell
4. Florence Pugh, Little Women
5. Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell X
3/5, Missing: Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell, Scarlet Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
Alternative: Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell
RANK BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 100
1. The Irishman
2. Jojo Rabbit
3. Little Women
4. The Two Popes
5. Joker
5/5
Alternative: A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood
RANK BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
2. Marriage Story
3. Parasite
4. 1917
5. The Farewell x
4/5 Missing, Knives Out
Alternative: Knives Out
RANK BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
1. Toy Story 4
2. Frozen 2 x
3. Missing Link
4. How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
5. I Lost My Body
4/5 Missing: Klaus
Alternative: Abominable
RANK BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
1. American Factory
2. Apollo 11 X
3. For Sama
4. Honeyland
5. One Child Nation X
3/5 Missing: The Edge of Democracy, The Cave
Alternative: Midnight Family
RANK BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
1. Parasite
2. Pain And Glory
3. Les Miserables
4. Atlantics X
5. The Painted Bird X
3/5 Missing: Corpus Christi, Honeyland
Alternative: Corpus Christi
RANK BEST FILM EDITING
1. The Irishman
2. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood x
3. Ford Vs Ferrari
4. Parasite
5. Joker
4/5 Missing: Jojo Rabbit
Alternative: 1917
RANK BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. 1917
2. Irishman
3. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
4. Parasite
5. Jojo Rabbit
5/5
Alternative: Joker
RANK BEST CINEMATOGRAHPY
1. 1917
2. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
3. The Irishman
4. Portrait Of A Lady On Fire X
5. Joker
4/5 Missing: The Lighthouse
Alternative: Ford Vs Ferrari
RANK BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
2. Dolemite Is My Name X
3. Little Women
4. Rocketman X
5. The Irishman
3/5 Missing: Jojo Rabbit, Joker
Alternative: Jojo Rabbit
RANK BEST MAKE UP
1. Bombshell
2. Joker
3 Judy
4 Rocketman X
5 Dolemite Is My Name X
3/5 Missing: 1917, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Alternative: Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
RANK BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1. 1917
2. Joker
3. Little Women
4. Marriage Story
5. Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker
5/5
Alternative: None
RANK BEST ORIGINAL SONG
1. Rocketman
2. Frozen 2
3. Harriet
4. Wild Rose x
5. Breakthrough
4/5 Missing: Toy Story 4
Alternative: The Lion King
RANK BEST SOUND MIXING
1. 1917
2. Ford Vs Ferrari
3. Rocketman X
4. Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker X
5. Joker
3/5 Missing: Ad Astra, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Alternative: Avengers Endgame
RANK BEST SOUND EDITING
1. 1917
2. Ford Vs Ferrari
3. Joker
4. Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker
5. Avengers Endgame X
4/5 Missing: Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Alternative: Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
RANK BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. The Irishman
2. Avengers: Endgame
3. The Lion King
4. 1917
5. Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker
5/5
Alternative: Gemini Man
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Top 100 Films of the 2010s decade

Top 100 Films of the 2010’s

(Updated 14th December 2019)

No. Title Rating Year
1 The Tree of Life 10/10 2011
2 Call Me By Your Name 10/10 2017
3 Boyhood 10/10 2014
4 Moonlight 10/10 2016
5 Roma 10/10 2018
6 Carol 10/10 2015
7 Melancholia 10/10 2011
8 Mad Max: Fury Road 10/10 2015
9 Parasite 10/10 2019
10 The Social Network 10/10 2010
11 Amour 10/10 2012
12 A Separation  10/10 2011
13 The Act of Killing 10/10 2012
14 The Favourite 10/10 2018
15 La La Land 10/10 2016
16 Gravity 10/10 2013
17 The Master 10/10 2012
18 Her 10/10 2013
19 The Artist 10/10 2011
20 12 Years A Slave 10/10 2013
21 The Great Beauty 10/10 2013
22 Toni Erdmann  10/10 2016
23 Inside Out 10/10 2015
24 Manchester By The Sea 10/10 2016
25 The Irishman  10/10 2019
26 Portrait Of A Lady On Fire 10/10 2019
27 The Handmaiden  10/10 2016
28 I Am Not Your Negro 10/10 2016
29 Zero Dark Thirty 10/10 2012
30 Dunkirk 10/10 2017
31 Blue Is The Warmest Colour 10/10 2013
32 Wolf Of Wall Street 10/10 2013
33 Inside Llewyn Davis 10/10 2013
34 The Kings Speech 10/10 2010
35 Toy Story 3 10/10 2010
36 Birdman 10/10 2014
37 The Grand Budapest Hotel  10/10 2014
38 OJ: Made In America 10/10 2016
39 Levithan  10/10 2014
40 Spotlight 10/10 2015
41 Shoplifters 10/10 2018
42 Shape Of Water 10/10 2017
43 Phantom Thread 10/10 2017
44 Lady Bird 10/10 2017
45 A Star Is Born  10/10 2018
46 A Fantastic Woman 10/10 2017
47 The Rider 10/10 2018
48 Eight Grade 10/10 2018
49 Beasts Of The Southern Wild 10/10 2012
50 Cold War 10/10 2018
51 Drive 10/10 2011
52 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri  9/10 2017
53 Get Out 9/10 2017
54 Stranger By The Lake 9/10 2013
55 The Hunt 9/10 2013
56 Before Midnight 9/10 2013
57 Winters Bone 9/10 2010
58 Elle 9/10 2016
59 Black Swan 9/10 2010
60 Silver Linings Playbook 9/10 2012
61 Moonrise Kingdom 9/10 2012
62 Marriage Story  9/10 2019
63 Arrival  9/10 2016
64 First Reformed 9/10 2018
65 The Descendants 9/10 2011
66 Interstellar  9/10 2014
67 Foxcatcher 9/10 2014
68 Whiplash  9/10 2014
69 The Farewell  9/10 2019
70 Blade Runner: 2049 9/10 2017
71 Shame 9/10 2011
72 Hugo 9/10 2011
73 God’s Own Country 9/10 2017
74 Another Year 9/10 2010
75 The Florida Project 9/10 2017
76 Pain & Glory 9/10 2019
77 Amy 9/10 2015
78 Brooklyn 9/10 2015
79 The Kids Are Alright 9/10 2010
80 Argo 9/10 2012
81 Ex Machina 9/10 2015
82 BPM (Beats Per Minute) 9/10 2017
83 In A Better World 9/10 2010
84 Animal Kingdom 9/10 2010
85 Nebraska  9/10 2013
86 Blue Jasmine 9/10 2013
87 Blancanieves 9/10 2012
88 Weekend 9/10 2011
89 Lincoln  9/10 2012
90 Blue Valentine 9/10 2010
91 The Souvenir 9/10 2019
92 If Beale Street Could Talk 9/10 2018
93 Vice 9/10 2019
94 Looper 9/10 2012
95 Skyfall  9/10 2012
96 The Lobster  9/10 2015
97 Holding The Man 9/10 2015
98 We Need To Talk About Kevin  9/10 2011
99 Bridesmaids 9/10 2011
100 Dallas Buyers Club 9/10 2013
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92nd Academy Award Predictions (November)

November 92nd Academy Award Predictions:

Best Picture:

  1. The Irishman
  2. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
  3. 1917
  4. Parasite
  5. Marriage Story
  6. Little Women
  7. Jojo Rabbit
  8. Ford Vs. Ferrari
  9. Two Popes
  10. Joker

Alternatives: Bombshell

Best Director:

  1. Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
  2. Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
  3. Bong Joon-Ho, Parasite
  4. Sam Mendes, 1917
  5. Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story

Alternatives: Greta Gerwig, Little Women, Fernando Meirelles, Two Popes.

Best Actor:

  1. Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
  2. Adam Driver, Marriage Story
  3. Robert De Niro, The Irishman
  4. Jonathan Pryce, Two Popes
  5. Antonio Banderas, Palin And Glory

Alternatives: Leonardo Di Caprio, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Eddie Murphy, Dolemite Is My Name

Best Actress:

  1. Renee Zellweger, Judy
  2. Charlize Theron, Bombshell
  3. Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
  4. Saorise Ronan, Little Women
  5. Awkwafina, The Farewell

Alternatives: Cynthia Erivo, Harriet

Best Supporting Actor:

  1. Brad Pitt, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
  2. Al Pacino, The Irishman
  3. Anthony Hopkins, Two Popes
  4. Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood
  5. Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse

Alternatives: Joe Pesci, The Irishman; Timothee Chalamet, Little Women

Best Supporting Actress:

  1. Laura Dern, Marriage Story
  2. Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
  3. Shuzhen Zhou, The Farewell
  4. Margot Robbie, Bombshell
  5. Florence Pugh, Little Women

Alternatives: Annette Bening, The Report, Margot Robbie, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Nicole Kidman, Bombshell

Best Adapted Screenplay:

  1. The Irishman
  2. Little Women
  3. Jojo Rabbit
  4. Two Popes
  5. Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood

Best Original Screenplay:

  1. Marriage Story
  2. Parasite
  3. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
  4. The Farewell
  5. Pain And Glory
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92nd Academy Award Predictions (October)

October 92nd Academy Award Predictions:

Best Picture:

  1. The Irishman
  2. Parasite
  3. Marriage Story
  4. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
  5. 1917
  6. Little Women
  7. Jojo Rabbit
  8. A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood
  9. Two Popes
  10. Bombshell

Alternatives: Joker, Ford Vs. Ferrari

Best Director:

  1. Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
  2. Bong Joon-Ho, Parasite
  3. Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
  4. Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
  5. Sam Mendes, 1917

Alternatives: Greta Gerwig, Little Women, Fernando Meirelles, Two Popes.

Best Actor:

  1. Adam Driver, Marriage Story
  2. Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
  3. Robert De Niro, The Irishman
  4. Jonathan Pryce, Two Popes
  5. Antonio Banderas, Palin And Glory

Alternatives: Leonardo Di Caprio, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Eddie Murphy, Dolemite Is My Name

Best Actress:

  1. Renee Zellweger, Judy
  2. Charlize Theron, Bombshell
  3. Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
  4. Saorise Ronan, Little Women
  5. Awkwafina, The Farewell

Alternatives: Cynthia Erivo, Harriet

Best Supporting Actor:

  1. Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood
  2. Brad Pitt, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
  3. Anthony Hopkins, Two Popes
  4. Al Pacino, The Irishman
  5. Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse

Alternatives: Joe Pesci, The Irishman; Timothee Chalamet, Little Women

Best Supporting Actress:

  1. Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
  2. Laura Dern, Marriage Story
  3. Annette Bening, The Report
  4. Shuzhen Zhou, The Farewell
  5. Margot Robbie, Bombshell

Alternatives: Margot Robbie, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Nicole Kidman, Bombshell

Best Adapted Screenplay:

  1. The Irishman
  2. Little Women
  3. Jojo Rabbit
  4. Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood
  5. Two Popes

Best Original Screenplay:

  1. Marriage Story
  2. Parasite
  3. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
  4. The Farewell
  5. Pain And Glory
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92nd Academy Award Predictions (September):

September 92nd Academy Award Predictions:
Best Picture:
1. Marriage Story
2. The Irishman
3. Parasite
4. The Two Popes
5. Little Women
6. The Farewell
7. 1917
8. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
9. A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood
10. Jojo Rabbit

Alternatives: Bombshell, Dark Waters, Knives Out, Waves

Best Director:
1. Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
2. Bong Joon-Ho, Parasite
3. Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
4. Sam Mendes, 1917
5. Greta Gerwig, Little Women
Alternatives: Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood; Fernando Meirelles, Two Popes; Lulu Wang, The Farewell

Best Actor:
1. Adam Driver, Marriage Story
2. Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
3. Jonathan Pryce, Two Popes
4. Robert De Niro, The Irishman
5. Leonardo Di Caprio, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Alternatives: Antonio Banderas, Pain & Glory; Timothee Chalamet, The King

Best Actress:
1. Renee Zellweger, Judy
2. Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
3. Saorise Ronan, Little Women
4. Awkwafina, The Farewell
5. Charlize Theron, Bombshell
Alternatives: Cynthia Erivo, Harriet; Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers; Lupita Nyong’o, Us

Best Supporting Actor:
1. Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood
2. Anthony Hopkins, Two Popes
3. Brad Pitt, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
4. Al Pacino, The Irishman
5. Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse

Alternatives: Joe Pesci, The Irishman; Timothee Chalamet, Little Women, Tim Robbins, Dark Waters

Best Supporting Actress:
1. Laura Dern, Marriage Story
2. Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
3. Shuzhen Zhou, The Farewell
4. Annette Bening, The Report
5. Nicole Kidman, Bombshell

Alternatives: Margot Robbie, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Meryl Streep, Little Women.

Best Adapted Screenplay:
1. The Irishman
2. Little Women
3. Joker
4. Jojo Rabbit
5. A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood

Best Original Screenplay:
1. Marriage Story
2. Parasite
3. Two Popes
4. The Farewell
5. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

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2019 Movie Reviews

Top Films 2019:

  1. Parasite 10/10
  2. Portrait Of A Lady On Fire 10/10
  3. The Irishman 10/10
  4. 1917 10/10
  5. Little Women 9/10
  6. Marriage Story 9/10
  7. Pain And Glory 9/10
  8. Jojo Rabbit 9/10
  9. The Farewell 9/10
  10. The Souvenir 9/10
  11. Two Popes 8/10
  12. Apollo 11 8/10
  13. American Factory 8/10
  14. Joker 8/10
  15. The King 8/10
  16. Knives Out 8/10
  17. Ad Astra 8/10
  18. Midsommar 8/10
  19. Us 8/10
  20. Edge of Democracy 8/10
  21. Judy 7/10
  22. Toy Story 4 7/10
  23. The Great Hack 7/10
  24. Rocketman 7/10
  25. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood 7/10
  26. Dolemite Is My Name 7/10
  27. Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker 7/10
  28. Avengers Endgame 7/10
  29. Frye 7/10
  30. Never Look Away 7/10
  31. Captain Marvel 7/10
  32. Benjamin 6/10
  33. Downton Abbey 6/10
  34. High Life 6/10
  35. Alita: Battle Angel 5/10
  36. The Lion King 5/10
  37. Isn’t It Romantic 5/10
  38. Velvet Buzzshaw 4/10
  39. The Laundromat 4/10
  40. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile 4/10
  41. Aladdin 3/10
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