I mean, we all did that with Rhodey, didn’t we? Worked like a charm. 

Phases 4 and 5 will hereon in be referred to as the “gas leak phases”

there used to be something called Spoiler Space where AVC writers chatted in the comments with us about whatever new movie spoilers. but i guess those AVC days are long gone...

It hearkens back to the very olden days, when newpaper reviewers were free to summarize an entire film, often incorrectly, in their review. Bring back yellow journalism, I say!

The short story suffers from a problem a lot of literary fiction has, which is that in trying to avoid an excess of melodrama or epiphany or purple prose, the author ends up just sort of relating a thing that happened. I feel the best litfic can relate the surprising emotional intensity of everyday life, find beauty…

Personally, I’m loving that it’s a spoiler-filled reaction essay for a movie that is only on three screens in LA! I think it’s safe to do for a movie most of us won’t bother to see so spoilers aren’t a big deal, but it’d make more sense to describe the movie without assuming we’ve seen it.

hey neat! i like this format of reaction/review that can spoil stuff and get into it without a review score. more of these please.

I’m hoping there aren’t any more flashbacks to the past. I want a story told in the present, don’t need the extra context. I get it. Seems like a weak device to pad out the series.

It’s basic disaster movie scientist methodology, I guess.

I really think Las Vegas would thrive if they rebooted it on a streaming service with Duhamel in the James Caan role.

I see we have a pro-corporate bot here. That didn’t take long.

Maybe it’s just me, but I thought the MVP supporting actor in FABELMANS was Chloe East as the christian girlfriend.

It really is pathetic how little research you guys do these days. The song and score from “Tar” didn’t make the shortlists, and therefore can’t be nominated. There are literally dozens of websites and news sources - including the Academy’s site - that would have given you this information if you put out even the most…

Glad to hear this is pretty fun! Always happy to see Josh Duhamel. He’s too handsome to waste. Like a poor man’s Timothy Olyphant. 

Low hang the head wearing the fucking “romcom crown.”

I might be partial to Texas-set movies, but Andrea Riseborough was fantastic in To Leslie...

Love that the last line included where it see the movie. Thanks!

I expected this article to be filled with dark horses and oddball entries, but over half of these are locks for nominations and a few are favorites to win outright. But then I was completely blindsided by “Apartment for Sale” from Tar, and yes, I want to live in the universe where that gets nominated.

It counts as an adaptation because it’s based on pre-existing characters. Then again, this is the same academy that was totally cool with Judas and the Black Messiah having zero leads, so…

I’ll settle for hearing “And the nominees for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Stunt Work are.....”