Rambling Film

The Emmy Nominations are upon us and while the Comedy and Drama categories have all the usual suspects, the Limited Series line up is what truly shocked me.  OUTSTANDING DRAMA The Diplomat The Gilded Age A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Paradise The Pitt Pluribus Slow Horses Your Friends & Neighbors I'm so happy to see A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms here. That was the drama series I was rooting for the most. Of these, I haven't seen any of The Diplomat, The Gilded Age or Your Friends & Neighbors. I'm sure The Pitt has this on lock. I wasn't as high on Pluribus as others were.  LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA Carrie Coon, The Gilded Age Chase Infiniti, The Testaments Keri Russell, The Diplomat Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus Zendaya, Euphoria I'm happy to see Chase Infiniti for The Testaments. I wish there was room for Lucy Halliday too. Zendaya getting nominated for all 3 seasons of Euphoria is a great stat for her. She deserves better than that 3rd season gave her.  LEAD ACTO...

We made it to the biggest night of the year! This was certainly a whirlwind of a production. Host Conan O'Brien started out really strong with a Weapons parody, but the production for the rest of the show left a lot to be desired. The sound wasn't very good (maybe that was just my station?) the orchestra cut off several speeches including retracting the mic and dimming lights on winners. Completely awful look. I also felt really weird about the In Memoriam segment. It's awkward when certain people are called out above others. Because yes, there are arguably more popular people on that list, but they're ALL someone's favorite and it just felt a little odd to single some out, even if it was a lovely tribute I Lied To You and Golden's performances were 10/10 no notes. I went 18/24 with my picks! Even though there was a tie, one of my picks still won so I'm counting it. Below is a full list of winners followed by more thoughts.  Best Picture Bugonia F1 Frankenst...

 Okay, I still can't get used to calling these The Actor Awards. I thought the show was kind of chaotic. They started off with a really great skit with the Abbott Elementary cast then, they followed it up with some of the most awkward presenting banter I've seen in a long time.  I actually welcomed the "ad breaks" Netflix had where they paid tribute to different genres of films. They did somewhat redeem themselves with Miles Caton singing after the In Memoriam segment, but it was all over the place. I went 7/13 with my picks, which is awful, but hey! I like surprises too.  What did you think of the show? Below is a list of the nominees and winners + my thoughts.  OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE Frankenstein Hamnet Marty Supreme One Battle After Another Sinners Samuel L Jackson was so excited to announce this win lol. One Battle has Best Picture locked up, so it's nice to see Sinners get to shine here. I saw online that Ryan Coogler became the...

I thought I was losing my mind looking for my "SAG" nomination post only to yet again forget they changed their name to the Actor Awards. After the mess of the BAFTA broadcast, let's hope this one goes smoothly. Below are my guesses for who will win, and in some cases, who should win.  OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE Frankenstein Hamnet Marty Supreme One Battle After Another Sinners Who will and should win: Sinners This is the one place I think Sinners will prevail over One Battle for a top price. Both casts are extremely impressively but I see this body going for Sinners.  OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Jessie Buckley – Hamnet Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue Chase Infinity – One Battle After Another Emma Stone – Bugonia Who will and should win: Jessie Buckley I think she's a lock for Best Actress at this point. Byrne could be the upset, but I don't see it happening.  OUTSTANDI...

Leave it to the BAFTAs to throw us some curveballs! Maybe not in the grand scheme of things in some cases, but it's different nonetheless. Below is a list of the nominees, with winners highlighted + my thoughts.  BEST FILM Hamnet Marty Supreme One Battle After Another Sentimental Value Sinners For those (me) still hoping for that Sinners upset...it's not happening.  OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM 28 Years Later The Ballad of Wallis Island Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy Die My Love H Is for Hawk Hamnet I Swear Mr. Burton Pillion Steve I'm glad Hamnet is winning some of these Best Picture awards at least because it's so good.  OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER The Ceremony My Father’s Shadow Pillion A Want in Her Wasteman I've heard really good things about this film and can't wait to see it. CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM Arco Boong Lilo & Stitch Zootopia 2 I have no idea what this is, and what it's doing beating my beloved Zootopia 2....

This is my first year as a voting member for Film Independent! I didn't get to watch the broadcast live since I was traveling, but I'm excited to see the results. Below is a full list of the winners + my thoughts.  BEST FEATURE Peter Hujar’s Day  The Plague  Sorry, Baby  Train Dreams Twinless  I went all in for Sorry, Baby but it was Train Dreams that won the big one.  BEST FIRST FEATURE Blue Sun Palace Dust Bunny East of Wall  Lurker  One of Them Days Lurker is a really strong debut so I was happy to see it win here. It's what I picked.  JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD  The Baltimorons Boys Go to Jupiter  Eephus  Esta Isla (This Island) Familiar Touch  I didn't see all the films in this category so I didn't vote, but from what I did see I would've went with The Baltimorons.  BEST DIRECTOR Clint Bentley – Train Dreams Mary Bronstein – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You Lloyd Lee Choi – Lucky Lu Ira Sachs – Peter Hujar’s Day Eva Victor – Sor...

We made it! The Oscar nominations are here and there are some great surprises (Delroy! Ugly Step Sister!) Some weird surprises (Wicked For Good completely blanking) and of course some egregious snubs. (I hunger and thirst for The Testament of Ann Lee) Sinners is now the most nominated movie of all time with a whopping 16 nominations! Below is a list of the nominee + my thoughts and comparisons to my predictions that I shared on Blue Sky. Best Picture Bugonia F1 Frankenstein Hamnet Marty Supreme One Battle After Another The Secret Agent Sentimental Value Sinners Train Dreams I went 9/10 with my predictions. I had It Was Just An Accident over F1. F1 is the only one I haven't seen yet, so I'll be getting on that soon. I never expected that movie to get so popular.   Best Director Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another Ryan Coogler – Sinners Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value Chloé Zhao – Hamnet I went 5/5 with my predictions here! I think this i...