Defoe would actually work as Renfield (or, as he’s called in Nosferatu, Knock). Stoker’s character is middle-aged, not Hoult’s age.

Blade was good, but Blade 2 was not. Bringing back Whistler after he was clearly killed in the previous movie but ALSO bringing in Norman Reedus to take his place & be annoying? Having fights that look like CGI videogame characters jumping around? Del Toro should be embarrassed.

True, I haven’t seen it, in part because of the complaints I heard about that character.

“The Unauthorized Taylor Swift Story: A Musical by Hildur Gudnadottir”

Ah, I never watched Lost.

Is she being cast as “Milton from the Office”?

Ah, like Al Pacino’s for Scent of a Woman (which I admittedly haven’t seen) or Scorsese’s for The Departed. I believe Jeremy Irons’ attributed his Reversal of Fortune win to Dead Ringers.

The Academy can certainly be faulted for giving Top Gun: Maverick a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination, rather than Best Cinematography.

The films they are sequels to.

A Lifetime Achievement Award is what’s used to reward someone for multiple years rather than single film.

I would rank not only Tar and EEAAO above Top Gun: Maverick, but also Banshees (my favorite film of the year) and The Fabelmans. I haven’t seen the other five.

Which movie/TV show had a kid named Walt? You didn’t say “Walter Jr” (much less “Flynn”), so it can’t be Breaking Bad.

Except for the Dreyfus Affair, in which good fun was had by all.

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Here’s my prediction: Hildur Gudnadottir wins her EGOT before Taylor Swift.

Pearl never had a chance. Slasher franchises don’t get nominated.

As Kahneman pointed out a while back, people appear to believe in the Law of Small Numbers rather than the Law of Large Numbers.

Its “okay” script got a Screenplay nomination! Bizarre to me.

It didn’t get Cinematography, although that would have been more deserved than Adapted Screenplay, which it bizarrely WAS nominated for.

To confirm I wasn’t just spouting hot air, The Whale was #2 in Gold Derby’s predictions for Adapted Screenplay, while Top Gun: Maverick was #7: