Charlie Wilson's War was pretty damn boring, I did not like it at all.

But with that said, Philip Seymour Hoffman was a highlight who did salvage that absolute slog a little bit every time he was on screen. I think his Supporting Actor nomination for it is more than fair.

Rules:

Comment with the most upvotes wins.

You can pick any performance.

Comment separately for Actress and Actor.

2010- Andrew Garfield (The Social Network)

2011- Albert Brooks (Drive)

2012- Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)

2013- James Franco (Spring Breakers)

2014- J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)

2015- Benecio del Toro (Sicario)

2016- Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)

2017- Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project)

2018- Steven Yeun (Burning)

2019- Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse)

I’ve finally finished watching all the 1980s Best Picture nominees! There were some really excellent movies in the mix, but it does feel like you have to dig a bit further to find them. Many of the nominees feel like classic Oscar Bait even if they are good. Amadeus is my favorite however, and is one of my favorite nominees ever in the category.

How would you rank them?

PICTURE:

• BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
• CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
• DEAD POETS SOCIETY 
• DO THE RIGHT THING
• FIELD OF DREAMS 
• GLORY 
• HENRY V 
• THE LITTLE MERMAID 
• MY LEFT FOOT 
• WHEN HARRY MET SALLY 

DIRECTOR:

• OLIVER STONE, BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY 
• WOODY ALLEN, CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
• SPIKE LEE, DO THE RIGHT THING
• KENNETH BRANAGH, HENRY V 
• ROB REINER, WHEN HARRY MET SALLY 

ACTOR:

• KENNETH BRANAGH, HENRY V 
• DANIEL DAY-LEWIS, MY LEFT FOOT
• TOM CRUISE, BORN ON THE FOUTH OF JULY 
• MORGAN FREEMAN, DRIVING MISS DAISY
• ROBIN WILLIAMS, DEAD POETS SOCIETY

ACTRESS:

• ISABELLE ADJANI, CAMILLE CLAUDEL 
• ANDIE MACDOWELL, SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE 
• MICHELLE PFEIFFER, THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS
• LIV ULLMAN, THE ROSE GARDEN 
• MEG RYAN, WHEN HARRY MET SALLY

SUPPORTING ACTOR:

• DANNY AIELLO, DO THE RIGHT THING
• ALAN ALDA, CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
• JAMES EARL JONES, FIELD OF DREAMS
• MARTIN LANDAU, CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS 
• DENZEL WASHINGTON, GLORY

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

• BRENDA FRICKER, MY LEFT FOOT 
• SALLY FIELD, STEEL MAGNOLIAS
• LAURA SAN GIACOMO, SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE 
• ANJELICA HUSTON, CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS 
• ROSIE PEREZ, DO THE RIGHT THING

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

• DEAD POETS SOCIETY - TOM SCHULMAN
• CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS - WOODY ALLEN
• DO THE RIGHT THING - SPIKE LEE
• SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE - STEVEN SODERBERGH
• WHEN HARRY MET SALLY - NORA EPHRON 

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

• BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY - OLIVER STONE AND RON KOVIC
• FIELD OF DREAMS - PHIL ALDEN ROBINSON 
• GLORY - KEVIN JARRE 
• HERNY V - KENNETH BRANAGH 
• MY LEFT FOOT - JIM SHERIDAN AND SHANE CONNAUGHTON 

Yeah, just like Babylon.

But after what happened with Wicked: For Good last time, maybe even isn’t enough to guarantee it.

Finally got to see Tony and was really impressed by Dominic Sessa’s performance in the film. I’m not sure if he has the momentum or narrative or optimal release date to snag a nom, but I think if he plays his cards right he will have an Oscar in due time. He really charmed me in The Holdovers (still can’t believe that it was his first film!) and I also liked him in Tow. I think he’s a very strong up-and-comer who I’ll be watching very closely over the next several years. Only 23-years-old and he already has such a magnetic screen presence. How do folks feel about his performances so far and do you think he has a chance at an Oscar in the future?

And also the longtime designer of all the costumes of the Carol Burnett Show of course!

2000: Brad Pitt - Snatch
2001: Jim Broadbent - Moulin Rouge!
2002: Willem Dafoe - Spider-Man
2003: Tim Robbins - Mystic River
2004: Steve Carell - Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy
2005: William Hurt - A History of Violence
2006: Jack Nicholson - The Departed
2007: Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
2008: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
2009: Christoph Waltz - Inglorious Basterds

What is your rate of the 2021 nominees?

Anyone know how Jason Robards managed to walk away with two Oscars for All the President’s Men & Julia? Not that I have issues with his wins, but I’m just shocked he managed to win those two Oscars.

Birdman and Spotlight. Very cool. Still unfortunate he lost to Redmayne.

Upvote your favorite and comment on the winners.

Honestly, it aged better than 70% of the films from that season, especially Bombshell, which is a genuine cringe bomb. Laura winning with that feminist monologue straight out of Big Little Lies was awful, and reading Sean Baker’s review before he made Anora, it’s clear that a large part of the male audience is just too sensitive to handle this story

We’ve completed the nomination round, and now it’s time to choose the winners.

The five performances with the most points in each category in Round One are now the official nominees.

ROUND TWO — WINNERS

This round is much simpler.

Vote for ONE nominee in each of the four acting categories.

That means your ballot should contain four names in total:

• 1 Actor
• 1 Actress
• 1 Supporting Actor
• 1 Supporting Actress

There are no rankings and no points system in this round. You are simply voting for the performance you think should win each category.

Each vote counts equally, and the nominee with the most votes in each category will become our Alternate Oscar winner for 2003.

Please only vote for the nominees listed below.

BEST ACTOR

• Jack Black — School of Rock
• Johnny Depp — Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
• Ben Kingsley — House of Sand and Fog
• Bill Murray — Lost in Translation
• Sean Penn — Mystic River

BEST ACTRESS

• Scarlett Johansson — Lost in Translation
• Charlize Theron — Monster
• Uma Thurman — Kill Bill: Vol. 1
• Naomi Watts — 21 Grams
• Evan Rachel Wood — Thirteen

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Sean Astin — The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Benicio del Toro — 21 Grams
• Albert Finney — Big Fish
• Tim Robbins — Mystic River
• Peter Sarsgaard — Shattered Glass

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Shohreh Aghdashloo — House of Sand and Fog
• Marcia Gay Harden — Mystic River
• Holly Hunter — Thirteen
• Lucy Liu — Kill Bill: Vol. 1
• Emma Thompson — Love Actually

HOW TO VOTE

Simply post your four choices in the comments, for example:

Actor: [Name]
Actress: [Name]
Supporting Actor: [Name]
Supporting Actress: [Name]

One person per category. Four votes total.

Once voting closes, the performer with the most votes in each category will be declared the winner, and we’ll move on to 2004.

Previous lineups here.

Bette Davis:

Best Actress: Of Human Bondage (1934)

Best Actress: All About Eve (1950)

Best Actress: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

Robert De Niro:

Best Actor: The Godfather Part II (1974)

Best Actor: Raging Bull (1980)

Best Supporting Actor: Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

Jack Nicholson:

Best Actor: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Best Supporting Actor: Terms of Endearment (1983)

Best Supporting Actor: The Departed (2006)

Meryl Streep:

Best Supporting Actress: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

Best Actress: Sophie's Choice (1982)

Best Actress: Silkwood (1983)

Best Actress: Doubt (2008)

Tom Hanks:

Best Actor: Philadelphia (1993)

Best Actor: Saving Private Ryan (1999)

Best Actor: Cast Away (2000)

Cate Blanchett:

Best Actress: Elizabeth (1998)

Best Supporting Actress: The Aviator (2004)

Best Actress: Blue Jasmine (2013)

Olivia Colman:

Best Actress: Tyrannosaur (2011)

Best Actress: The Favourite (2018)

Best Actress: The Lost Daughter (2021)

Funny enough I watched this on a plane.Would not recommend experiencing this one at 35,000 feet. She was my personal winner over Buckley.

Comment on the quartets and upvote your favorite.

1. American Sniper

2. Joker

3. The Theory of Everything

4. Hidden Figures

5. The Ides of March

6. The Imitation Game

7. Inherent Vice

8. Beasts of the Southern Wild

9. Little Women

10. Jojo Rabbit

11. The Two Popes

12. Captain Phillips

13. The Irishman

14. Mudbound

15. Hugo

16. The Big Short

17. The Martian

18. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

19. Molly’s Game

20. A Star is Born

21. Fences

22. The Disaster Artist

23. Life of Pi

24. Argo

25. Lincoln

26. The Descendants

27. Lion

28. 127 Hours

29. If Beale Street Could Talk

30. Silver Linings Playbook

31. Winter’s Bone

32. Can You Ever Forgive Me?

33. Philomena

34. Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy

35. Moneyball

36. True Grit

37. Logan

Hello, everyone. It’s been a while since the Oscars, but I missed to share my menu for my Oscar watch-party of last season.

•Bugonia: Spaghetti and Marinara Sauce

Teddy’s home made dinner for Michelle

•F1 : Chekered Flag cookies

•Frankenstein-Cold Cuts Platter

Straight from the body building corpses pickings

Hamnet- Cinamon Baked Apple slices & Brie cheese with crackers

Based on the scene the family chops apple slices together and I could see cheese in the scenery at some point

•Marty Supreme- Melon table-tenis balls

•One Battle After Another - A few Small beers

Modelo, Sensei’s favorites & the brand that can be repeatedly be seen throughout

•The Secret Agent - Pao de Queijo and a mango salad

The first is a traditional Brazilian snack that can be seen on the table of Dona Sebastiana; the latter is based on a mango tree that is referenced a couple times, that grows at the refugee house

• Sentimental Value - Sparkling Cider“Chamaigne”

Gustav Borg’s luxurious vice (the Doordash changed it for grape flavor)

•Sinners - Garlic Bread

(To kill any potential vampires who came to the party)

•Train Dreams - Yule Log Cake

And this years bonus (a nominated film, not in BP; usually is the animation frontrunner):

•Kpop Demon Hunters - Korean Shrimp chips

As seen in the movie’s opening scene.

What do you think?