One Vote
The Carpetbagger asks his readers if they could have one vote for Best Picture, which would they pick? It looks ...
Tag: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
More Raves for Button
Thanks to all who, on a Christmas Day, have linked to or sent me the raves. Trying to balance doing ...
AO Scott Happy to Have Seen it
And so Christmas comes early with this NY Times review of Benjamin Button, which closes: That power, though, is something ...
Inevitable Pan
Here is Kenneth Turan's pan of Benjamin Button, in case you're interested.   The last Best Picture winner Turan panned was ...
Pitt Vision
At its most profound, "Benjamin Button" isn't about anything more important than Pitt's very handsomeness, which, for a surprising stretch ...
Emerson on the Coolness of Coolness
Jim Emerson, writing on the Chicago Sun Times' blogs, takes apart the notion that the digital process is what makes ...
Slice, Dice, Here Come the Critics
I've been waiting for this moment all year.  The film is, so far, getting a good but somewhat tepid response ...
When in Doubt, Go with the Obvious
It is looking less and less likely that there will be any shifts or surprises in the last act of ...
Slant Likes Benjamin Button
Slant Mag's Nick Schager gives Benjamin Button high marks - the reviewer seems torn but decides, ultimately, that Fincher makes ...
Rex Reed wild about Rev Road & Benji Button
Never one to mince words, Rex Reed takes a moment to slam a few year-end Cuddle-Me-Elmo movies before he launches ...
Oscar Nomination Predictions
Best Picture
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1.
100%One Battle after Another (Warner Bros.)
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2.
66.7%Sinners (Warner Bros.)
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3.
66.7%Hamnet (Focus Features)
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4.
66.7%Marty Supreme (A24)
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5.
66.7%Sentimental Value (Neon)
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6.
66.7%Frankenstein (Netflix)
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7.
66.7%Bugonia (Focus Features)
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8.
66.7%The Secret Agent (Neon)
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9.
66.7%Train Dreams (Netflix)
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10.
66.7%F1 (Apple)
Best Director
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1.
100%One Battle after Another, Paul Thomas Anderson
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2.
66.7%Sinners, Ryan Coogler
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3.
66.7%Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie
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4.
66.7%Hamnet, Chloé Zhao
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5.
66.7%Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier
Best Actor
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1.
100%Timothée Chalamet in Marty Supreme
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2.
66.7%Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle after Another
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3.
66.7%Michael B. Jordan in Sinners
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4.
66.7%Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon
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5.
66.7%Wagner Moura in The Secret Agent
Best Actress
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1.
100%Jessie Buckley in Hamnet
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2.
66.7%Rose Byrne in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
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3.
66.7%Kate Hudson in Song Sung Blue
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4.
66.7%Renate Reinsve in Sentimental Value
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5.
66.7%Emma Stone in Bugonia
Best Supporting Actor
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1.
100%Stellan Skarsgård in Sentimental Value
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2.
66.7%Benicio Del Toro in One Battle after Another
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3.
66.7%Jacob Elordi in Frankenstein
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4.
66.7%Delroy Lindo in Sinners
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5.
66.7%Sean Penn in One Battle after Another
Best Supporting Actress
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1.
100%Teyana Taylor in One Battle after Another
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2.
66.7%Wunmi Mosaku in Sinners
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3.
66.7%Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in Sentimental Value
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4.
66.7%Amy Madigan in Weapons
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5.
66.7%Elle Fanning in Sentimental Value
2026 Oscar Predictions: The Zealots Come For Timothee and Marty Supreme
Johnny Chaz has put together this beautiful montage on Best Picture and for a little while we can all just...
