Keeping pace with Hollywoods perpetual awards horserace.
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When did you realize your brain had been permanently broken by the election?
Like it or not, were in for yet another awards season operating in the shadow of Donald Trump.
(Wasnt it good to have a break?
We used it to get mad atMaestro.
Those were the days.)
Bonus points for having a character literally say, The people are tired of the madness of tyranny.
The Substance:Sorry, J.D.
Vance: The real purpose of the postmenopausal female is to turn into Monstro Elisasue.
TeamConclavemight be better served by not pushing it and letting viewers draw the obvious conclusions.
Its an anti-Trump movie in tone rather than content: an earnest and contemplative break from the noise.
Everyone hates us now!
Probably Not Happening
A Complete Unknown:Maybe Bob Dylan cantweetsome unflattering anecdote about Trump?
Dune: Part Two: They shoulda kept the Harkonnensweird hair.
What everyone can agree on is thatEmilia Perezfeels like no other movie this year.
Despite the predictable social-media backlash, I suspect Academy voters will get onboard.
Is there room for both tentpoles in the Best Picture tent?
.Current Predix
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He throws so much at you,Manohla Dargissays, that you dont dare blink, almost.
That should appeal to a branch that loves razzle-dazzle maximalism almost as much as they love an international auteur.
In his first big studio movie, Mescal may be in for a tougher battle.
Eschewing the advice ofW.C.
But this is 45 minutes of movie in a 90-minute frame.
Washington radiates a showmans delight, relishing his characters deviousness, saysTim Grierson.
(Indeed, voters might decide to slot her there no matter how Netflix campaigns.)
As long as shes here, Saldanasforceful performance feels like the one to beat.
Doubtfire, can manage a coattail nomination.
Gomez fully commits to the bit of this woman who is being gaslit into insanity, saysLindsay Bahr.
But she and the film crescendo into absurdity, with little in the way of relief or catharsis.
