2026 Oscars Predictions

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And I mean, she's white in every facet of what whitenessis. She's not white, but people. She can say whatever she wants. That doesn't make it true. Listen, people. That's what they believe. I mean, this was also the same. We've also had people going, "I can't say that I'm X, Y, and Z, because I'm a white, like I'm a white Latino. I'm a white, you know, like we've had the same, on the other side of the coin, we have people saying stuff like that. And so, you know, it's complicated, I think. I do think that that is complicated. I mean, it's hard to-- James has heard me, what's complicated? I think it becomes complicated when there are people who want to embrace, like, I want to embrace Margin, Tinian, blah, blah, blah. You can embrace your other Chinese. And so they're saying, like, they're saying, like, I'm not white because-- But no, but that's-- Here's the thing. You know that I'm going to know what you're about to say. Okay. I just want the people to understand. Because, first of all, race is different from nationality. Obviously, we know that. I mean, I don't know why people are confusing that because we're American and they-- We're not considered white, right? So just because you're-- just because you were born an Argentine-- You're white. Just because you were born-- Just because you were born-- Just because you were born-- Just because you were born an Argentine-- Just because you were born an Argentine-- Just because you were born an Argentine-- Every other freaking place on this globe, European colonialists colonized all of these places. And when you colonize a place, you slip there and stay there and you're white. You know, just because you move from one place to another doesn't erase your whiteness. What if, like, what if, like, your white, but because you came out white, but your dad is brown? You know what I mean? Right. Wait, that's-- Wait, what's called that? That's called white passing. I mean, that's also-- That's also, like, you have the privilege of being white passing. Yeah. Right, but if that-- what if those people are like-- What if they, like, don't want to say their white? What does that mean? I mean-- I'm very like-- So I get what you're saying. So James, I understand-- It is the thing I am mislead struggle with and it's coming up more and more now where I have a lot of ambiguous friends and, bro, people I just did not know were people of color and to be like, "No, no, you know, I'm a quarter of this. I'm a quarter of that." Like, my great-granddad was this and I'm like, "Bro, I think what I struggle with as a darker skinned black person is that I can't hide my color." You know what I mean? At the end of the day, something happens. I can't hide. And so I think what I struggle with, especially-- and James and I have been talking about this for years, is like, what I struggle with, especially in a comedy community, is I felt like there were people who are opportunistic and it could have been like, "I now want to accept who I am," whatever it is. But there is something when you look at, like, Oster Isaac talks about it. Like, he doesn't use his last name for a reason. Like, there are people who were-- Struks too. Because it's-- Hey, to say it's easier. And then when they try to be like, "Oh, but I'm this," I'm like, "But you waited it because you benefited from not being one of us." And now when it feels operable. And again, I can't say what some people's mind is just really hard for me. And even though this is an Oscar's episode, and I know a few people are like, "What the heck?" [laughter] What the-- what the crack? Well, because we got to first-- we have to first establish-- Yeah, we are. What's the worst part? Yes. We have the base girl. So that we can understand how the black men can do. No, I would say that, you know, okay, historically, you know, and let's just take it in the context of America. This also existed in other countries, not just the United States of America that don't have this. No, we may dash it hot, but we did make it hot. (laughing) We may racism cool again. Come on now. And in the United States, you know, if you were white passing, but you were found at, like somebody could be like, could point to you, like look, they have a black father or a black grandfather. You know, they had the one drop rule written into law. It's written into law. It's not just like a cultural thing. It was written into law. And therefore, people had to hide their whatever color that they had in their background, whatever blackness that they had. They, if they wanted to pass as white in society, they could, but if they were discovered, then they could be in trouble. So there was still a real threat there for those people, which is why we still consider them black. However, those laws have been since repealed. Racism obviously still exists within America, but racism is more legal each day too. But it's more in a systemic way. It's not, there's no longer these one drop rules written into law. And therefore, your whiteness is more associated with your appearance than it is your actual, whatever blood lineage, your DNA, your, you know, hit. So anyway, that's all to say, welcome to Black Man Can't Jump in Hollywood. We are a film review podcast. We're reviewing the film, so we need black actors. (laughing) Talk about them in the context of race and diversity in Hollywood. Yeah. (upbeat music) - John and Rela, James the first drop milking. - (singing in foreign language) - I mean, Ken, John. (upbeat music) - There's three of us who host this, the person you're listening to now, who is a proudly mixed individual of Italian. - I say it like that. Who is that? - America. - A proudly mixed. - Proudly mixed. 'Cause I don't want, 'cause, 'cause, say, say it loud, he mixed me proud. - I'm mixed with a proud. - You know what I mean? - And that's okay. - And that's okay too. - Irish American and African American descent. - Ooh, okay. - But I'm not white, I'm not white passing. - I just say that is just the truth of it. - Nobody, people may look at me and go Dominican. (laughing) - Nice, nice. - But they certainly don't look at me and go, this man is Scandinavian. (laughing) Which is what I think when I look at On Your Tailor's Joy. - All right. - Tell Larry. (laughing) - Listen, I was shocked when she said it, bro. I was like, what? This is the voice of a true American Negro. We are Southern. We are from Africa. Some of us don't have birth certificates because the white people didn't let them have that. Sad but true. So, yep, I could really be trying to figure out where we were from and what I could do to the 20 or me or whatever. But we had so little facts. On my grandma and her mom and like, just because they grew up doing re-construction and they were like, yeah, she didn't have it. My mom, my mom has a passport that doesn't have her actual name. And when she tried to get it addressed when she was younger, she lived in like this small town in South Carolina. The people would never change it. Like, literally someone, a white person messed it up 'cause my mom was old enough we had to like handwrite it. They messed it up and they wouldn't have fixed it. Am I step that, am I step that the reason? Not one of the reasons he has a disability is because my granddad and his wife were very well to do black people in the South. They had a doctor, a doctor was gonna call a white man, Philadelphia horse, broke his neck. So instead of going to deliver the baby that was happening, they decided to go help the white man who broke his neck 'cause he was on his pony or some shunny or spat. And my stepfather, you're not supposed to like, as you know, like basically you need to do the birth. Like you're not supposed to hold the baby in 'cause it can track 'cause it's pushing and like, it's a lot of bad shit. And I think about the fact that we live in a world where that is a generation ago. It out of eight. So American Negro here, baby. - Yeah, and this voice is James the third. And I mean, you know, my grandma on my dad's side was very light skinned. So just take what you will from that. You know what I'm saying? (laughing) - There's a lot of race mixing happening. - Take what you will from that. - All right, today we aren't reviewing of any particular film. Instead we are talking about the Academy, which number is this? - Oh, we had 99. Is it 99? - 98. - 98, right? - It's close. - I'm gonna beat it from 100. - Yeah, I'm thinking we'll make it to 100. (laughing) - What do you mean? - Y'all think film is gonna last that long? - Yeah, I think so. - I mean, I think so. I think, listen, I know everybody's talking about AI, but people working, bro. People working. - I mean, it's already last thing this year and you know, the people are working. But that's 99 right there. - I think AI is a little, is both under, it's like overblown and not concerned. - Not blown and not. - I think the issue is that AI will end up blowing AI. - Sorry, please. - But I think AI is gonna impact a lot of below the line, which I mean, it certainly is. Researchers, storyboard artists. - You're blowing the artist. - I'm sure I hear below the line, below the line. - I mean, there is an app. - There is an app. - There is an storyboard artist goodness. - I feel bad. - And it sucks because I love working with a storyboard artist to like get your shots, but there's an app where I could plug all of our faces into it. And it can show me what that shot will look like. - And I'm gonna just tell you right now, don't plug my face into no app. - Your face is already out there, man. - Your face is looking out there. - But don't you plug my face into it. - Yeah, that's it. - Don't you, I can say James the third. Your face is in my face. - Don't plug my face into it. - You say James the third, the Scottish. - Nah, nigga, nah, nigga. Anyway, the first is James the first. - The Scotland on pop-up. James, were you not with us when we did Frankenstein? - Oh yeah. - 'Cause I did see Frankenstein. - I saw Frankenstein, so wait, so I've seen, I'm looking at one battle after another, sinners and Frankenstein. That's probably it. - Okay, and you missed F1, even though we reviewed it on the podcast. - I missed F1, yes. Which I would have actually liked to have seen by the performance. - I think James doing. - You and Kat would love if I had legs out, kick you. I think I would really like that movie. - Oh, wait, wait. - It's the Rose Burmolik. - I can and hate maybe. - Oh yeah, you might hate it. I don't know. - Okay, I've seen, either. - Either. - Either. - Oh, they're fantastic. - Fantastic. - Yeah, we reviewed, okay, that's already five films that have, that have been nominated for Oscars that we reviewed on this podcast. - Okay, then there it is. And that's what I'm talking about. - You see, have the names. - Nah, and that one we can't see. - Six, the smashing machine is nominated for. - Oh snap, that's not it. - Makeup and hairstyle. - There it is. - Now, if you didn't get the rock nomination, which I went back and I was listening to a little bit of our smashing machine episode. And I believe he was going to give it. - I remember saying definitively, there was no way that movie was getting nominated for anything but makeup or supporting actor. And I remember saying, I don't know if the rock will be nominated for the Oscar. I said, he will definitely be nominated for the Golden Globe. And he was. - Yeah, but I was a little bit of a popularity. - By the time people, it's also like people haven't seen the movie yet and they're going off of buzz. And then by the time people start seeing the movie, it'd be like, oh wait, never mind, this movie is not good. - Yeah. - Yep. - The visual effects. - The Jurassic World rebirth, the last seven. - But we didn't, oh yeah, we did review that. - Yeah, 'cause I'm a harsher, look. - I would have seen that anyway, but we did review that. - Wow. - Yeah. - And that's the only one that I would have just seen on my own. - Oh, yeah, it gets in maybe centers as well. - Was the only one that was seen for my own. - I mean, like, do we just talk about the big awards? Like, I feel like there's a lot of debate about what's happening. - Oh, Ali, I'm not ready for it. - I'm not ready for it. - Yeah, even though K-pop beating that. Also, what's so tough is, I genuinely, I know it's very hyped up, but I watched K-pop so early on and I was like, this is fun and then insanity broke. I remember going to work and being like, "Hey, man." Like, 'cause one of my boss loves K-pop music and I was like, "Yeah, I saw this cartoon movie. I think you would like it." And he goes, "I'm never watching that." He's like, "I've got a t-shirt now." - Got t-shirt. - He got a t-shirt. He doesn't, like, every time, every time we have to interview like the girls, the singers, he always wants to interview them. I was like, "I was talking about this movie so long." And everyone like dragged the hell out of me. And now we always have to interview these girls. Like, this is crazy. ♪ We're going up, up, up, up ♪ - I like the soldier boys. - Maddie has not seen it. She knows every word to Golden. And then I think she, I think that other one, how it's done, done. - Oh, I like so defectious. I like so de pop. - I played that for and she was like, "What is this?" And I was like, "What?" (laughing) - So I feel like should we just start, should we just start with the bang? - Yeah, let's go with the big one, baby. - Let's go with the big one. Sinners nominated record breaking 17, is it? - No, how do we, how do we feel about that? Yeah. - I thought it was 16 and it was up, potentially up for 17. - Let me see. - I don't actually know. - 16, you're right, you're right. It's set the record with 16. And okay, so Taras saying how do we feel about it because he feels inversely from what you think would think that we would feel, which would be great. I feel great. I think it's great that Sinners nominated for so many. I think, and here's why, I think one, it's joined the upper echelon of films that have, I mean, it sets the record. - Yeah. - But like even movies that don't win, or only win a few of the many, many awards are nominated for, they're still cemented in the film Lexicon, which I think we always thought Sinners was, but this really, really cemented it because Sinners while being very profitable isn't the most profitable movie ever. It didn't break any box office records necessarily, except Ryan Kugler up for an amount of success in Hollywood that is really exciting. - Yeah. - But I just think that this takes it to this other level, which I think is really, really cool. And I don't think as amazing as Black Panther was, Black Panther didn't quite have this kind of like critical, I mean, it was like obviously critical. - It was still nominated for a few. - It was also nominated for Best Picture. It on. - Okay, yeah. I think it had a lot of grief because it was a superhero movie. - I mean, and Sinners is a horror movie. And it has a horror movie one outside of Exorcist. And the, do you count the silence of the lambs? - I count dream book. - Dream book. - Just an acoustic dream book. (laughing) - That's me. - I think some people count the silence of the lambs as a horror film. It is definitely more thriller, but it is very dark and there's a couple of very graphic moments. But you're right, the horror like straight up, or no. I mean, this is, which is another accomplishment, right? Like that was able to break through the bias of Black-led films and the bias of a genre film, especially a horror genre is I think a really big deal. So I feel like it's already won, even if it doesn't win. But here's the other thing. I think it's gonna win, it's definitely winning a original screenplay. Like there's no doubt about that. - Yeah, that's a, that's right. - So that means when Google already gets one and I think it's gonna win at least two to three other Oscars. If not more, you know, it's possible. - I think it will win costuming. I think Ruth is gonna, I think Ruth is the legend that she is. - Ruth was like, I'm gonna be first. - I'm gonna be all. - She bought the place. - Yeah. - Ruth out here crushing it. - Yeah, now though. - Like, I'm gonna be first. - So I think, I think Sin is gonna win. Wait, do we wanna do, do we wanna go by awards? Or do we wanna just do the, what's the best way? Should we do best picture first? Or? - I haven't seen these as we bow. - Well, no, let's talk about, let's do, well, let's do some of these technical ones 'cause we don't, I don't think we're gonna talk too much about them. So you think sinners will win costum design. - I think it'll win costum. - Right, 'cause who else, I guess Frankenstein would be the only other one. - Yeah, but you think about it. My thing about Frankenstein is, - I think it looked good. - But I feel like he would be, I would give Frankenstein special effects, so give that makeup over costumes. 'Cause if you think about it, it ain't that many niggas in there. (laughing) - What Frankenstein? - I'll sign it as seen where he goes to the house and mess it up the party. It's pretty contained when you think about it. - Meaning there's not a lot of people to costume. - Yes. - Dugamy. - I mean, I guess there is a couple of scenes, but it's not like the cast isn't as big as the cast of sinners. - Well, I mean, in the very beginning of the movie, there's a lot of, there's the whole like procession when she's dying, right, and stuff. - Yeah. - I think sinners had a bigger cast that's in the film for longer. - Yeah, real parts. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Frankenstein had a lot of like smaller people, but I think it's more, but you're right. I think special effects of makeup. - Production design. - Oh, production design for Frankenstein. - I'll get it, Frankenstein. Frankenstein would definitely say, yeah, yeah. Definitely production design. Oh my goodness. I think sinners will win the first ever casting award, shout out to the cast in the record's odd day. - Get to the point. - Get to the point. - Get to the point. - Yes, so and that would be consistent with it. Sinners won the SAG for best cast. - Yeah. - Yes, and I said this when we reviewed it, but that movie to me, resurrected movie stars as a concept, 'cause I was like, I'm seeing this movie as much for Michael B. And Haley, as I'm seeing it for all of the other trappings. But it's like, and they looked captivating together. I was like, this feels like golden age of Hollywood. Like, you know, very grand. - Very interesting, you say that, man. - It's so interesting that Atlantic came out with an article yesterday talking about how not how movie stars are dead, but it's different. It's like the movie stars now aren't the actors to movie stars now are the or toward directors. It's like, for me, I saw this 'cause of Ryan Cougler. - That's like 70s. That's like 70s. - Yes, exactly, Brian. It's like, I think about Christopher Nolan movies, like if Christopher Nolan, sorry, the thing I think that's really good about this cast is that yes, the famous person in this movie is Michael B. Jordan. Everybody else is a whos-who of actors, but like, this is some people's first acting role. It's some people's first acting role in like four years. It's like, they are literally casting people for the parts versus Frankenstein, which has like four huge names as the leads. Or. - Who did the article name? - You know, beyond the C- - Oh, the author's. - Who did the name as the art to her? - Come on, brother. - You know, like, drawing an audience. - Oh, bro. Like, anything is, it's. - So, what's it here? - So, what makes it? - So, Gourwik is. - Cougler is a PTA. - There's still some? - Yeah, PTA's in there. - Three. - I mean, I would still think Spielberg's in there. - Spielberg is in there. - It's still in there, and truth is. - Yeah, 'cause there's nothing. - He has a movie coming out this year, everybody's gonna see. - Yeah, Greta Gourwik. - Okay, yeah, Greta Gourwik. Do they put Guillermo Del Torre? - Guillermo's name is there. So is Bongjun. Bongjun. - Yeah, Bongjun. - Bongjun is interesting though, because no one saw his last movie. - Like, no. - Like, no. - Like, no one saw his last movie. - That's a good one. - Didn't Greta, like, isn't it Barbie that popped in that way in terms of, like, people, like, no. - I know, I know. - I don't know this. - I feel like, but again, if you're thinking about the last five years though, like, Barbie did come out. People were clocking Greta, especially when, like, little women, - No, they certainly were. - They certainly were. - Sure. - Yeah, they certainly were. - I hear what James is saying in the sense that, okay, Christopher Nolan and to me, Ryan Kugler, are undeniably, and Jordan Peele, I would say. Those three are, like, so undeniable that it, like, because of the movies that they do, it's so clear people are coming to see it because they directed it. - Right. - Not because they're, you know, like, I know Kugler did Black Panther, but like, with Creed and with this, it's like, people are, like, they're coming, they're like, all right, we're gonna go see this Ryan Kugler movie. Jordan Peele, it's like, he does know, everybody's like, we gotta go see what this is about. And then, obviously, I mean, Oppenheimer, if, if, I mean, there's no other direction that it takes a billion dollars from making the movie about freaking Oppenheimer, like, come on. But, some of these other, I mean, I think, like, people are always gonna see a Paul Thomas Anderson film, but it's not always gonna make that much money. Like, he's like, score Saisy. We're like, yeah. He kinda has to have the right ingredients for it to do well at the box office. We're a Spielberg, you know, pretty much anything he does. Some of the people are gonna see, you know. - Yeah, I mean, I think one of the finest things I do is tricky for me because I, like, what is his name? - I think Mackie say it like after, like, who is it? After Civil War, he was like, I'm not famous, Falcon is famous, and he had that whole speech at Comic-Games. - Yes, and that's true. - And it is, it's something to that. Where I'm like, you know, people kept saying, one of the big things that happened recently was the bomb that became a weathering heights. Weathering heights had two of the most popular, most attractive white people in it, based on not being movie bombed. And then questions became like, is Margot Robbie a box office star? Like is she, like, the movies that she's open outside of Barbie? And like, basically the question became like, what is, well, a box office, like, person, you know? And okay, I want, I do wanna say though, I do think there's a difference between, the reason I think Margot Robbie is still considered a star is because that's, like, that, either in the "Worthering Heights" is not doing well, it's still open number one. It's still opened with a pretty. And the thing is that people saw it and they were like, "This movie is bad." And they don't like it. They're like, "This movie sucks." And then it had a pretty huge drop-off after that. That being said, because I was going to talk about. What's Marty Supreme, which is another film nominated for the Oscars? Like do you think more people are seeing Marty Supreme for Timothy Shalamey or for Safty? Oh, that's actually a good example of that. So I think that's a perfect example. And I think, "Bray for me," that is one of those things where it's hard for me because I think Marty. I'm not called this nigga Marty. I think Timmy was everywhere. I thought Timmy promoted that. That nigga was standing on the sphere in Vegas. So I think it was a lot of that. I think the backing behind Timmy was the Safties. It was like, "Oh, there's another Safty movie. We trust Safty movies, but I do think Timothy Shalamey is a movie star." Because some of those movies he starred in did not have any business being. Wanka, listen, I thought it was fun. Yeah, but Wanka's the best. Well, at least Wanka's I'd be. Yeah, and a huge one. Right, exactly. Whereas Marty Supreme is like, nobody cares about tabletennis. So this is the question to that, Ben Bray. This is the question because Marty Supreme did not do well. I know we. I know. No, it did. How people phrased it. I know there's been a big. Sinners has. What? More racism to the forefront on how people reported on that movie. But Marty Supreme did really bad. Okay. So that's. Did it do bad for. Did it do bad? I don't know. We are getting off track. But did it do bad? I mean, this is in fact. It's set. Like, was it projected to do more or did it do. I. In relative. I want to. A hundred and sixty. A hundred and sixty-two million is what it made at the box office. And the reported budget on Wikipedia is 60 to 70 million. No way. Had to be more than that. No way. They had a whole. It was a. Literally a period piece where you had a whole freaking New York city street. Sure. But. I mean, period pieces aren't cost. Aren't like, aren't typically like over a hundred million. Like 60 to 70 million is. Is like, that seems right. If I had that movie was a hundred, at least. Yeah. Because the Ross movie was over a hundred, right? Yes. But wait, I think my ultimate response to Timothy versus whichever Safdie directed that is that I think that people are equally going for both. And I don't think anyone is going for one more than. Like, I don't think. I don't think the number so that more people are going for the. Apparently, the. The smashing machine's budget was 50 million. But it only made 21 million. Exactly. It only made 21 million. Whew. Like, the smashing machine was a huge box office bomb. And I would say we would have all. Before these two movies came out, we would have all said. Dwayne the Rock Johnson is a bigger movie star than Timothy Shalamey. Maybe. Maybe. So I agree. Yeah. But it's so tricky because I think. So what your question is and what James just said, I think the combo was different. I think. I think. Right, Vinnie? Right. Which one's the actor one, Vinnie one, right? What? I don't think people can distinguish between the two Safdie brothers really. But what we can say, and this is maybe where you're going, is that Timothy Shalamey and Safdie feels like a better pairing than people don't really think of the rock as well. The rock was a gamble. I mean, it was quite literally like, "Oh, what if the rock was in a movie like this?" That's what that movie was. And the thing about it is, you needed the forward motion of a Safdie movie, which, you know, to me, however you feel about, you know, Marty's Supreme, like, it's not my favorite Safdie movie, but I will say what Josh did in that movie is he took every unlikable thing that people say about like Robert Pattison when he was in good times or like Adam Sandler. And he made Timothy Shalamey's character still do those messed up things, but he made them likeable because every now and then he would tell a joke. Well, he would smile. Like, you know what I'm saying? He would always do something that was like so disalarming after doing something like horrible. And that's the one thing those other characters didn't do. And that's why I think it made it more palatable to other audiences while also having Timothy Shalamey. But I do think Timothy Shalamey's the movie star. I think it's a movie star. I think we have him. I just think we need to say something. And to me, I do, I would say I do define a movie star as somebody who can open a movie that doesn't, isn't a sequel or have some huge IP behind it, which I think the reason we have less movie stars nowadays is that so many of our movie stars, like our newer movie stars, came like most of what they were doing were backed by huge IP, right? All of the Marvel heroes, you know, or even like even Jennifer Lawrence to an extent, like it was like the Hunger Games and X-Men. She was in both of these huge franchises before she was able to start, but she also, she was able to do that and had silver lighting's playbook and won the Oscar. And so then she was able to open movies by herself, like, you know, like Joy and Red Sparrow, things like that. But like, and those movies didn't do that. They were in comparison. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But that's okay. I do think that's what it's, I agree. That's what it's supposed to be. Like those movies are like, like Brad Pitt's biggest F1 was Brad Pitt's highest grossing film. Yeah, that feels insane, but yes. Right? Like it does feel insane, doesn't it? And like obviously, Brad, but Brad Pitt was obviously a huge movie star, but like, yeah, like Troy, freaking even World War Z, like all this stuff. And this is a, yeah. I'm probably getting off track, but that's his highest grossing movie, but it's also was like made for IMAX. We have the few of his movies that were made for IMAX and comes out now where movie tickets cost like 30 bucks. See, like, is that all a factor? I mean, it's, yes, certainly. I'm sure it's a factor. Well, I think they equated it to like, to inflation as well. I felt like that's when people normally get those numbers. But they moved me a lot of money. It's interesting because I think about, you know, I do think it's a combination. I just think movie stars are different. I think back in a day, you would go see Tom Cruise and whatever the hell Tom Cruise was in. You just, or you went to go see Will Smith and whatever Will Smith was in. But now I think you need to go see Zendaya mixed with this other thing. Like I need to see Zendaya do the bio pick to like Diana Ross, you know, I need like Timothy Chalamet with a safty or with Dennis Delavie. You know what I'm saying is I think there's a. Well, they're testing it. And I think we're seeing the people who are able to do it and who aren't because Glenn Powell. I think it's like a person who are like, we're testing it and it's kind of like, is he right? Because it's like, you have to talk over Glenn real quick. And I think he's great. But I was like, over and so fast. Yeah. And it's, I think the running machine, which is a remake. Yeah. Didn't do that well. And then the movie that he has out in theaters now, I don't think anybody's seeing that. Oh, I didn't even know that movie came out because that's in the field like a stream. But again, this stuff is so tough. Like I think like, like, again, when I think about the casting award, I do think I give that movie, I give sinners a little bit of cloud because we have miles who I'd never heard of. This is his first time acting before. Like, like, like, the first sag. I used to watch the British skin. So I know of, um, oh my god. What is his name? What's the bad guy? Oh, the white guy. Yeah. Like, remake is his name in the movie. But his actual name is, um, he's not even listed as one of the first person. There we go. Jack O'Connell. Even seeing like Jack O'Connell in this movie, like he works, but like, you know, I feel like now he was breaking. What about to the British Slater? So many actors. He was. He was. I saw it. He was. I mean, also that show was given us so many actors from that his season or not his season. I guess he came later, but. Uh, yes. Yes. Yeah. Whatever. That series. I think Sinner is definitely going to win that one for sure. Right. What else do you think F one is winning, um, anything sound, sound and editing? I think it can win sound. You think sound and editing or just sound. I think sound for sure, right? I think man, but the thing is, listen, that movie is. Sinner's my, you think? Sinner's my pick off one of these things. I know that's the last one's crazy. You're right. You're right. Sinner's is going is lurking in all of the. So you know what? You know what, break to that. Sinner's can win sound, but I do think the thing F one has going for it is the like the way they edit the race is the race. And also I think they do a really good thing of not doing the cliche sports thing. I think they. Like even when he's in the car, I love cutting back to like that one random that one random as like, um, tech who we follow her and she's like insecure. I'm like, why don't we follow in this one? Anyway, anyway, like such a weird character. So yeah, maybe, maybe they split it damn. All right. Okay. Okay. Sinner's, Sinner's already has four. Sinner's has four. Right. Now, let's talk about the stuff that's really in contention. Best actress? What's up? Best supporting actress? Oh, I was gonna say best supporting actress, yeah. Yeah, I don't think, I think best actress is not in contention. I think just not in contention. Yeah, that's not in contention. Unless Jessie has no bite herself, because people haven't seen the brat, but people I saw the bride, and if people, I can understand people not liking the movie, I don't understand that liking her in the movie. Okay, I think she's-- Okay, okay, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, maybe there are people who don't like what she's doing in it, because it is like a lot, but I think she's freaking great in it. Okay, okay. 'Cause I just saw a couple of artists, articles being like, "Did this come out before voting closed?" And I was like, "It's a movie that I've had. I kind of wanted to see it." Wait, so who do we think for best actress? I think-- Supporting actress. I think best supporting actress. I think-- Maybe the biggest toss up of-- Maybe I would say the biggest toss up of the night is best supporting actress, because you've had people-- You've had all these people, like, Tiana Taylor, obviously, was the favorite in the beginning. She won the Golden Globe. Amy Madigan won the Actor Award, a.k.a. Sag. And then, didn't Woon me win the-- She won Baffta. She won Baffta, and it's that. So I think Woon me should win. Okay. Like, and hear me out. And hear me out is only because I think Tiana Taylor is very fantastic. I think Tiana Taylor will probably win an Oscar. I struggle-- I don't know about struggle with it. But I think the conversation is a very real conversation about the type of wins black women get when it comes to Oscars. I do think Tiana Taylor is playing a type of character. She's playing it very well, but it is a character that I think-- You know, it's up for debate. I think the layout of that character is like, how does this present black women? I think it's nuanced to that conversation that I don't feel like I am truly the best to have. But I think it's something to that from based on what I've heard. And I think Woon me's character-- One, I think she's in the movie more. I think she has more weight just period. Because of how the movie structure goes. And I think what her character passes away, it is a big fucking deal. What her character does is a big deal. So I-- Yeah. Yeah. Now, who do you think will win? Come on, man, don't ask me. Why you do that? Why you do that? So weapons is now, I think, like the eighth movie I've seen or ninth movie, maybe now, if we're keeping track. And I'm struggling a little bit because-- You really like Amy? I really like Damien weapons. But yeah, and I don't think it should go to Tiana Taylor. Just-- Oh, you don't think so. No, I don't. It sort of made me-- this role in general just made me mad. And so I love Tiana Taylor. And I love what she does with it, you know. But-- And I also appreciate the like-- She's in this movie for four minutes. Best actress-- sorry, best supporting actress. Like, I do love that. I think she's in a-- But I just go down-- I think the center's performance and the weapons performance, both of those performances are solid. I do just think I'm-- I just think I'm moved by the like character work of weapons a little bit more. I don't think she's going to win, but I'm moved by it. Yeah, there has been this backlash with the Tiana Taylor role for One Battle After Another. I am still-- I still feel the same way that I did when we reviewed this movie, which is I like complicated characters and I bristle a little bit when people aren't OK with black people not being like-- Likeable. Yeah, yeah. People in a movie, especially when they're in a movie, especially when there are other black actors in the film-- That's a lot of what it is for me. Yeah. But-- And it is really powerful. Like, I think one of the reasons that she was at the forefront of the beginning is that, even though she's not in the movie that much, is that because she's in the beginning of the movie, her impact in the beginning of the movie is so strong that it's long-lasting. It's like Rachel Weiss in The Constantine Gardener. Yeah. And she won. And you are kind of like not only-- Is it impactful, but you are kind of like yearning for her the entire rest of the movie? Right. But don't you think she's still ahead? She's still ahead. I hear you, right. I'm with you. I mean, Rachel's barely in that movie. She is. She is, she is, she is, she is, barely. You're right, you're right, you're right. I think like-- I forgot if she-- How much her screen time was. But I remember when it came-- It was a big deal when it came out. People were like, "Oh." I think there is this push for Amy because her-- She definitely has the most fun of the roles, I would say. Because she's like not playing a real person almost. But she does it very well. And also it's like-- It is nice. The supporting actress category has always been away for them to either give a role to a person of color because they don't want to give a best actor award. Or-- Or-- Or some-- Or some agent character. Some agent character. Yeah. Like-- Yeah. That is exactly what they do. Or something different. They take care of it. So I think we're going to get one of those no matter what. And I don't think I'll be upset with any of these people winning. Agreed. It seems like maybe Amy is in the lead. But I-- Here's the thing. And I don't know if this is true. But the part of me feels like if Amy wins best supporting actress, maybe that means Michael B. Jordan wins best at it. And I know it's silly to do those kinds of trade-offs because why would you look at things that way? But I think voters do think about that because they're on human beings. And I think they're like, we have all of these people of color nominate it. We already know Jesse Buckley is winning best actress. We already know best supporting actor is probably going-- Is either going-- Which is another contested one. But I think it's probably going to a white man. Which one? Which one? Best supporting actor? I-- Yeah. I mean, but I also watched, um, such a much of value. He's really good in it. Like, he's really good at it. Yeah. Well, I don't have-- Well, but that's what I'm saying. I mean, the people who are-- the people who are at the forefront of best supporting actor to win-- I'm not even saying my preference. But to win would be Stellen's Garzgaard, Sean Penn, right? And then like, it feels like Jacob Alority is like the dark horse. And then after that, it would be Benicio and Delroy. Like, I don't think Benicio or Delroy is going to win. And because of that, I feel like the voters are going to be like, we can't have no people of color win. Yeah. And therefore, Michael B. So there's some things that they always say-- So that's the guy's own in. I think Michael B. Will win. And I think it's for a couple of factors. I think one, the Oscars and Torrecy, they don't like gifting the award to young male actors. I think Timmy, even though he's 30, I think that's still kind of young from them. I also don't think they like him. Like, truthfully, like, I know people will keep bringing up like-- Really? I only say that because I've seen articles before the opera stuff came out. And I think people started finding him obnoxious, which is why they had been reports of, if you saw him winning awards this time, it was way more humble than like when he was up for stuff last year. Like, this year was like-- Right. --he had tears, he was sad. Last year, it was my fucking game. My fucking mouth, nobody. So I think this a little bit of that. I also think that now people are starting to-- the haze of Marty's supremacist on the way off. And to be honest, Michael, he played two parts. Like straight up, he played two parts, and he played them well. Oh, yeah, I agree. Like, he played those two parts well. And look, I want to say this, just-- we should have said this at the start, but everything is subjective, right? Like, this is all-- Everybody's opinions and everyone knows-- No, this is facts. We're going to put this part in the top of the top. He'll speak for me. I'm just saying, I've seen people on Twitter and Threads get so crazy with their definitiveness of movie takes. However, all that being said, I personally think Michael B. Jordan deserves it off merit alone. I agree. But he had the best performance because, like Jarrasad, he has two performances, both of which are Oscar-worthy, and they were very-- both distinct characters. But also, this is just such a hard-- it's like he's so outside of the regular Michael B. Jordan comfort zone with these parts. He brings-- these are two people who can be very unlikable as well. Everybody talks about Timothy Schalmay's character and Marty Spreembe and Michael B. Which, of course, he is. But, like, these are two ginks. They're violent men. They don't have to be likable either. Like, you know? I think Michael B brings the right amount of heart while also making you believe like these men are dangerous and then they have to go from being the person with the most the people who feel like they have the most power threatening other people to people who are being threatened with their lives, right? The fear of that not to mention the romance and all that Just so it's such a layered performance and as much as I really don't hate Timothy Schaume a lot of times In this in these conversations I've had people have been like, oh, you're such a head Oh, you just don't like Timothy Schaume. I'm like no, I like him. I think he's a I do think he's a really good actor I wouldn't even say this was his best Performance that I've seen of him like I actually thought I would actually thought Even though I'm not a huge Bob Dylan fan. I was like 100% I thought he did such a great job in a complete unknown in a way that I was like I was kind of blown away by like and I understand he was up against a of a stiff competition that year as well, but like this role And some people go well, he care he's the whole film and I'm like, okay But if you don't like the movie which I didn't love Marty supreme and I think not everybody does Then to me that's like okay Well, if you're telling me he's carrying the whole film and I didn't like the movie then like he carries What else am I carried a bag is you carry the big old bag of shit. That's what he I'm just saying and that said like I like Leonardo capriose performance I think is like absolutely incredible one battle. I think he's so good. It's so good. He's being so Oh, he's been winning. Has he won anything or no, and he's not going to because he's already won but like I You know, I think I think he's too funny. I think he's too passive and too funny I think people don't want to award that like I that's interesting like I don't think people I don't think people win for awards awards for stuff like that I think like when you look at statistically what these Oscars are like like if Michael B wins for these twins That's such a good point. I'm trying now. I'm now now. I'm trying to think has anybody won a best actor Award where their role was Funny in any capacity the closest braid to me in the last 10 years will be Birdman with Michael Keaton. Yes, okay I'll be but then but the difference to me with between 10 years honestly they don't do this. We're not doing that. Don't yeah wait. He didn't win And he didn't know who Keaton did win Oh my god Who beat Michael Keaton. I think Michael B had the best performance on his career so far It's rare that you What John D. John won for the freaking silent film the artist. Yes. Yes. Yes. Wait, wait, wait That wasn't no, no, that wasn't interesting here. That wasn't the same year because because Birdman won best picture and the artist Oh, that was the year before the artist also won best picture Yes, hold on wait, but you're right. He didn't win. I just don't know who Hold on. Let me see. He didn't win. Oh, that's his suggestion as a comedic performance. Oh Eddie Redman and for the theory of everything. Oh my gosh. Are you Eddie Redman the serious Hi, guess did I like that movie? I mean, it's hard that movie's a tough one. I don't Wow, and then he got not many what the year after that is a Danish girl I remember watching the artist I'm still on supporting actor though because I haven't seen the sentimental value but I think Stellan is incredible But to me, I'm torn between the middle three And mainly Bill Roy and Sean So my my theory truthfully like if you're going to performance wise and character created I think that I think that Academy has warmed up to him but Sean pen like Sean pen is the guy but I think Sean pen is so rude like he shits on the Oscars so You know, he didn't show up for the actor awards. I think he's gonna win though. You think he is. I think it's an I think so too I love all these nominees. I haven't seen sentimental value. It's literally the only film I haven't seen It's it's a good actor emotional film but I think you're right. Sean pen is the best if Derrey pulls it off It's because he's likable and you know what? I'm okay with this because I feel like a lot of white women have one Oscar Because they've been likable so oh Oh my god In 94 Skyler saying that he thinks no way if you don't include John Dejaude Dane for the winning in the artist which I I just should admit I haven't seen I've seen it He is funny. He is funny. It is funny. That was literally the the first time I think that teenager as good as it gets. Oh, yes. There we go Nicole Jack Jack Nicholson and as good as it gets but that's 1998 Wow Yes, also jack Nicholson and one of his last films even on the one new that but it's true You're so right you're out because I remember when Ray Fines was nominated for the Grand Budapest hotel I thought he should have won that year. I don't remember what won that year but I was like I was like freefines is not This is out of a park. I I think it stems from somebody. He wasn't even nominated. Nope. That's crazy But I think it's something like that. So I think about it and just take it out of the Oscars think about like In our regular acting life whether you're in the acting class. Yeah, back to friends I have so many friends who disparage comedy and they say I'm like what you do comedy and I'm like bitch I can do both But I think it's a thing of people assume is easy And I think when you look at the Oscars Because someone didn't like get their legs shot off or like they kid didn't get kidnapped is like You feel like they're not acting enough, you know, where's like Johnny Depp Johnny Depp was nominated for pirates and Paris bro Captain Jack Sparrow was not like that on the paper. We all know it like the studio talks about Is it you know what he didn't he didn't remember how funny Roberto Benini was in life is beautiful Even though that's you know clearly a Holocaust film, but I remember oh, that's true. I mean That's the year right after That was a drama though because he was trying to make his son. No, no, we're saying I mean I still think one battle after another is a drama too. Yeah, true. Yeah Is interesting, but I yeah, I think Sean pins probably going win it. I think Delroy I think he had I think everything happened to him when that so there's a tricky part. So this is we I want to address The Oscar nominations the voting started around the BAFTA's so a lot happened A lot of stuff has happened in that week and a half And Timothy lost the BAFTA and then he lost the actor award. So his his star has faded and he's There actually seems to be a concerted I will say this It does feel like there's a concerted effort for people to hate Timothy's I think people are you try and I agree I agree like But Tesla has there are there even before this recent ballet opera thing that he said Tesla showed me like three different videos that she saw of like Timothy Shalame like Saying crazy stuff like some of it was like on zoom calls like talking about the marketing campaigns and like She kept showing me this and I was like I literally was like your algorithm is trying to make you hate this man Is she's like you're right. It also was so crazy is he has there's also videos because I will say I defend Timothy Shalame a lot because he says some shit. I think I think I think it's so real He's like I want to be one of the best and I'm like if we were at least that's what we would say like if we were If we break if you were in the NBA, you're like I want to be one of the best like why would you not like I don't well The difference always commented on those on those particular quotes of his and I have always said I fully get it It's it's his right to say that he wants to be one of the best like what like right. I might think he's a little asshole But like he did The the the problem is you don't need to be liked when you play sports Yeah, you know When you're an actor you kind of need to be liked Yeah, people are coming to see you Yeah, I get that sure. I sure but you're right. I agree like there There was a level of cockiness that would that For a time was very charming, but I think It has since tipped and I don't think it's necessarily all his fault. Obviously people are using real things that he said But I think they're like They're they're they're He's not a kid no more He ain't no more. He ain't cute like that man grown now if he was still like a little cute little small Timmy Nah, that nigga that nigga fool But uh yeah, well Anyway, I Is happened the Baptist happened the actor awards W. J. Awards. So I think I will say Sean pins going to win But I do think because of everything that's happened. D'Auroy has a shot. I think D'Auroy D'Auroy has the Like ability. Yeah. No, no, I think he got it. He got a shot. We were thinking about best actor who we got I think yeah, I think we were talking about I think it's Michael B Jordan. I think so James you got Mike who you got Timmy Um, oh I want Michael B Jordan to win. I'd say is Michael be drawing when that Oscar, bro. I'm going out. There's a lot of be a party in Holly right? >> Right. >> You know, would be the sneaky. That would be like the Emma Stone win, right? Because she didn't, she didn't win anything up into that. >> Yeah. That made me so, which win? >> Which one? >> Her poor things win. It was just kind of like, what? >> Yeah. >> I mean, that was a good, that was a good part. >> That was a good part. >> What do we, what do we think about cinematography? >> Oh, she's winning, bro. Like, what is her name for centers? >> Oh, okay. >> If she doesn't get it, if she doesn't get it, in 98 years of the Oscars. >> Right. Like, you think they'll give it to her just because it's like, this is the best shot they have of a woman winning best cinematography. >> I think the movie she's going up against, I think she did the best job, but I also think like, yo, if y'all don't give it to this woman right now, like. And she's going up against, I mean, who would be the other contender? Would it be one battle after another? >> It would be. And I will say this, one battle after another. >> Great. >> Pretty great. >> C'mon man. >> Like, listen, bro. >> We also that car, we also that car scene at in. >> C'mon now. >> C'mon now. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> C'mon now. Also, them are the rooftop scene. >> C'mon, break. >> That makes a rooftop scene. >> The chase, the chase after the bank robbery gone wrong. I mean, a lot of one shot stuff happening. That was really fun. >> I will say that justification of this. >> One battle one at the scene of the top of me is. >> To a woman is like, they don't care. >> I don't think they care. I agree, James. I don't think they care. >> No. >> They've had plenty of times to do this thing and they still haven't cared. >> It'll be great if it happens, but I don't think anybody is thinking about it in that same way. >> Damn. >> All right. >> So then, okay, so let's do the big, let's do the, let's do the other two, directing. >> So then, there's directing and there's best picture. >> Now, the question is, is it going to split or is both going to go to one? >> In 98 years of the Academy Awards, a black person, man or woman, has never won best director. >> Correct. >> In 98 years. In my fear, is there going to pull another on my line? >> I think there's going to be another La La Land. Moonlight, I mean, Moonlight, and the thing is, I'm worried because I don't know if you think, you've really, wait, so do you actually think one battle after another might win directing and then lose best picture? >> No, Bray. No, I don't think, I think one battle might win both. I think it might win both. I think that I would say in my, in what I think is going to happen, my first pick would be one battle wins both. My second pick would be one battle wins best picture, Ryan Cougler wins best director. And my third pick would be, sinners wins both, but I don't think that's actually going to happen. I guess sinners could win best picture and PTA wins best director as well. But I don't, I don't see that happening. I just don't see that happening. I will say this is hard because as popular as Ryan Cougler himself is, he has not been winning best director. Like he didn't win at the DGA. >> No, no, no, no, no, of course not. They love PTA. >> They do, they do. And I think, so basically what I'm saying for, he hasn't won actually, right? >> So Bray, that's the thing. Like really when I'm getting at is like, when Autumn, when I'm like, oh, this is the best chance to give a woman an award, I think this is their best chance to get PTA an award. I don't think PTA is going to have another movie this big. You probably have another good Oscar movie, but not this big, not this popular, not with this much heat. But I also think sinners was a movie that wasn't supposed to, like, like if you think about everything people talk about, like the promotion of it, like how the reviews came out. Sinners wasn't supposed to be as big as it was. >> Yeah, I don't know what's going on. >> But my thing about sinners, not being supposed to be as big as it was, is like, I compared to Parasite, like when they were like, oh my God, we got to give everything to Boon Jong Ho, like we got it, he got, and he got, did he get directing that? >> Yeah, let's see. >> The thing is, I don't think, okay, the shape of the academy might be different now, or the rest of the semester. >> I think they're like, I think if anything, they'll be like, look at all of the nominations it got. Cool. You know, he doesn't have to win best. >> Well, here's the other thing that's going to give him screenplay, and because he wrote the screenplay, they're like, we gave you an Oscar. >> Exactly, they did that despite. >> They did that despite. >> It was like, and Jordan Peele. >> And Jordan Peele. >> And Jordan Peele. >> And I want to be like, they have a chance to write these wrongs that they did. But I have been burned too many times to think that they won't. Now, I would love to be surprised. It's just this weekend, we got at the time we recorded this, we got like five days. So I might be pleasantly surprised, but I don't, I think it's the first option that you set where the D.A. wins both. >> Right. And I would love to be wrong. I would, they would be the happiest day. >> Could you, I might be honest. And I mean this, and I like Paul Thomas Anderson, like, bookie nights. I liked one battle after another. But I do not think come 24, 20, 26. Anyone will be talking about one battle after another. >> No, no, no. >> I think people, I think there was going to be a lot of smoke and a lot of stacks come Halloween. I think it's going to be a lot of smoke slash Haley's. You know, I think it's going to be. >> Well, sure. >> To me, to me, because to me, sinners is a, it's a holy original movie that while it's certainly Oscar worthy. >> And there certainly may decisions to try to, to try to position themselves to win Oscars. It does not have the vibe of Oscar bait movie. Whereas one battle after another is a movie where they're like, great, people are going to talk about this in December through March. It'll win some awards. And then hopefully no one ever at PTA can do the next one. Leo can do the next one. But sinners is like, it's a singular thing that has become an event, has become a, you know, right? >> Which is so tricky because even thinking about it, people keep saying sinners and I agree. And like Brea just said it too, like everyone's like, "Cinners are blockbuster, sinners are blockbuster." But when you look at the budget and the market and one battle had way more than sinners, sinners was what 90 roughly for the budget. I think I looked, I was into the town and they were joking about what the one battle after another budget ended up being. So I think they say 130 but everyone says it's 175. That is so much more money. And I'm like, that's a goddamn blockbuster. >> What a huge discrepancy. 130 to 175. >> And everyone, and so on the town they were like, it's 175. And they kept saying like, why was that? And I don't remember right now, but they're like 175. But even thinking about 175 movies. >> Because it's less than 92. >> Why is one battle not considered a blockbuster? Because it didn't make no fucking money. >> And that is true. >> Well, it's also definitely a genre. >> It's also the genre. >> We're going to see the Leo Sunglasses robe Halloween. >> Yeah, for those who are wondering, one battle after another made 209 million and sinners made 370 million. >> Well, hold on, it made 209 million, is it? One battle? >> Yeah, 209, when your movie costs 175. >> Yeah, where your mouth promotion? >> It's 135. >> Yeah. >> Bro, it made- >> And it's the first cost 100. >> Right, if this movie probably going win, and what makes me sad about it is, I think if they were to call Ryan Kugler's name and sinner's name for Best Picture, I don't think I believe it. I think I'd be like, these niggas line. I think Hollywood has tainted me so much that I saw them walk on stage. >> No, I don't believe it all. I can't see it happening. And I would say it's less, even though the Black Bias is a huge part of it, I would actually say the horror bias is- >> Yes, I agree. >> Even heavier, you know. >> They about to call out Warren Beatty, he can say one sinner after another. >> What did I say? >> I do really like- the other thing about one battle after another, and I really love that film. I think one of the reasons that it is such a trendy pick outside of its own, obviously, artistic merits is the fact that it is dealing with, you know, in a tertiary way, it is dealing with like immigration and, you know, revolution, revolutionary acts in a time where people are yearning for that, even if it's not necessarily happening. And it's also, yeah, I think like there is, it feels- I would say it- I think people have criticized it as having the trappings of being relevant without actually like dealing with those issues directly, which I think is fair criticism. I think it says more than some people give a credit for, but it also certainly isn't just about- the social political setting backdrop that it's it for the movies in. Whereas sinners actually sing a lot in the social political way, but its backdrop is more because it's like set in what is it? The 30s? Which one? Centres? Yeah, I think so. I think so. Yeah, and it's a vampire movie. People don't take it as seriously. That being said, a good year for movies. I wanted to quickly say hamnet. I enjoy Jesse Buckley's probably going to win Best Actress. I think the casting of that movie was done really well, specifically the children. There's like several children in that movie and it's so hard to cast kids. And like man, they found some like this little kid who's like the little boy, the son, Shakespeare son. Oh my God. It's a freaking adorable, but also like my man was acting his butt off. So just want to give props to that. I saw the live action shorts. Surprisingly like all of them were pretty good. There was one that I was a little bit like, all right. I saw one. I saw the bar one. The singer. Oh, the singer. The singer. That was good. That was good. That was good. It's really fun. I think that would be my dark horse pick. There's another one called butcher stain and that has to deal with, I believe it's a Palestinian. I mean, it's certainly somebody Arab within Israel. He's a butcher and he's accused of ripping the photos of the hostages off the wall in the break room of the, you know, like the store. And it's just about that. And it's done really well. It's like, it's a great short that I hope people get to see. I think sometimes the Oscars have been using the short film or short documentary to like award to like talk about the Israeli Palestinian conflict. So I think there's a chance that that will win. I know there's like, there's also push back to that inside of Hollywood as well. That's very divided. The other short that people should check out is two people exchanging saliva. It is in the scene. It's so French. It's two people exchanging saliva. It's a, it's a, it's a short where slaps our currency. That's hilarious. Hell yeah. And kissing is banned. Yeah. But slaps our currency. Yeah. Yeah. And then the documentary shorts, I mean, documentary short, not shorts, documentary, oh no, wait, documentary shorts aren't with only a camera. All of all the ones I saw, all the empty rooms, the devil's busy, we're all good. Armed with only a camera was, was my favorite. I haven't seen, there's another Palestinian one called Children No More. It's literally like black. It's like that movie is blackball. You can't watch it anywhere. Wow. It's not available. It's not in theaters. It's not on streaming. You can't rent it. You can't buy it. Like it's nowhere, which is very telling. And then the feature film, there's the Alabama solution, which is about the prison's, Alabama prisons. It's freaking that will make you want to light the world on fire. The perfect neighbor. Oh, I didn't watch that. Isn't that good? What is that? Wow. It's good. Maybe I don't want to know. Well, yeah, no, it's about a woman, basically a Karen, a real-life Karen, who constantly is calling the cops on her, on these black children. And it's all told through police camera footage. But basically, and there's some news footage at the end. And obviously it ends horribly. Oh, no, it ends horribly. I don't want, I can't. Why, they have to do that. I can't. I don't think it's like, it's, I mean, I guess she goes to prison if that's, yes, there we go. There we go. I don't want to drive. Why, she's going to prison. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, I don't want to know. I can't just, no, no. No, no, no. No, no, no. It's face and get excited. You're right. James, you're right. You're right. Yeah. You're right. Yeah, it is for murder. Okay. Well, that's a good amount of details than I needed to hear. No, no, no, no. Not tonight. Oh, damn. And then, yeah. That's all I got. That's all I wanted to say. Is there anything else you guys want? I mean, yeah, I saw a lot of it. A lot of these films were fun. I'm, you know, there's that, there's a movie for, what is that movie? The Billboards and LA being like screw your, um, crap. What is that? It's the Korean film that didn't get nominated. Oh, no other choice. Yeah, yeah, they have all the Billboards and LA being like, Fee, I'm like, what a good Billboard. Yeah. I wasn't blown away by norther choice. I know, I know, I know, I know you liked it. I know Skylar liked it. I mean, I will say I, I just watched, uh, it was just an accident. And if norther choice was nominated over that, I wouldn't be complaining at all. Um, but I didn't think it was worth, I didn't think you best picture. I don't know. I, I wasn't, I thought it was good. I just, anyway, whatever. I had my own problems with it. Oh, my goodness. Um, what else was there? Oh, but Gonia, man, I do think people should see Bagoon. Oh, yeah, Bagoon is. All right. I think that's the one thing that's been left on good acting is so good. Jesse Plumman's, I think is the only snub that I care about. I can't believe that. Completely screwed. That's crazy. He was screwed, whatever. I really enjoyed train dreams. I honestly wouldn't have been mad if, uh, what's his name got nominated from train dreams? I just see train dreams. The trailer looked like it looked like I was going to have this. It's a sleepy time movie. Yes. Joel Edgerton, thank you. Joel Edgerton, I thought was great in train dreams. It's a sleepy movie. You have to be in the right mood to see it. But I, I enjoyed it. I couldn't get through blue moon, guys. I'm so sorry. It's a play movie. Blue moon. Oh, yeah. It's the Ethan Hawke film that he's nominated for. Oh, everyone loves him. And I love to play. Or what do you mean when you say play movie? I don't know if it's based on a play. I mean, it's a play movie in the sense that it all takes place in one location. Oh. And it's a lot of talking. A lot of talking. And the other thing about it that I truly was the reason I was like, I was bored watching it. And then I was like, when I realized that this whole movie was going to be about a love story between Ethan Hawke and what's her name from the substance, uh, the young girl. Oh, um, uh, Margaret Qualey. Yeah. Margaret Qualey. I was just like, I just can't. Uh, I think this is gross. And I think Hollywood is gross for is that what that is? Always promoting these movies. I think it's gross. I just, I'm not into it. Um, yes. Oh. And I just was like, and I was just like, I'm supposed to like, I don't care even how that movie ends. I'm like, I'm supposed, it's, it's, um, it's, it's, it's based off a real person. And there was like, oh, this is a real thing that happened, but I'm like, I, it's not cute. Like this isn't cute. And I don't know why Hollywood keeps wanting me to think that like men, it, who are like 30 to 40 years older than a woman, like a woman in her 20s. And like, that's a love story that I'm supposed to like, no, like champion. Like, what? No. I just think it's so weird. All right. Okay. Margaret quality is 31 now, but still she freaking looks like she's 25. Yeah. And also Ethan Hawke is like in his 50s. Yeah. So you're not wrong. Like he's on his 50s. It's crazy. Yeah. Yeah. He's 55. All right. Anyway. All right. That's all I got. Yeah. Guys, we did it. We did it. We did it. We did it. I hope everybody enjoys or doesn't enjoy you get mad at it. You know, tell us all the other stuff. I can't believe Alio was nominated for best animated feature film. They're just clearly wasn't enough. No. Yeah. I think we talked about everything else, right? We talked about. Yeah. Oh, I saw the secret agent. It was so long. It was really long. Yeah. Yeah. I think sentimental value is going to win best international film. I think so too. Oh, right. You think over you think over a secret agent? I think so. The secret agent. First of all, I'm still here one last year. Didn't I'm still here when? Yeah. And that was also about Brazil in the same time period. So I found it. I was like, oh, wow. People are interested in this era for. But the other thing about the secret agent was like, I just felt like it was so over my head. There were a lot of it. Don't get me wrong. There were a lot of parts of that movie that I really enjoyed. But I wasn't, again, I wasn't blown away. Like I was with some of some other foreign films that I've seen, like the anatomy of a fall. Yeah, that was a movie. All right. Anyway, you could follow us at Blackman Podcast, blackmanpodcast.com as our website. You find links there to our Patreon and Red Circle. $5 a month. You get a bonus episode every other week helps keep this show free. 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Okay, I don't know when I'm going. - I'ma be there. - I'ma be there. - Do some jokes. New York Comedy Club. - Do some jokes. - Do some jokies. - Some jokies, jokes. March 17th. I'm not gonna lie to y'all. Depending on what time I go up, I might be lit. Some jokes might be fired. I might be lit. But it's gonna be a good time. Okay, it's gonna be a good time. You can find tickets on New York Comedy Club.com or I'ma put it in my bio on Instagram. - You're coming to the club. That's a fun room. I've only been there once a long time ago. So I don't even know what it looks like. That'll be fun, I think. - Yeah, I'm in it in a minute. - All right, what else you got? - He followed me at Sanjay's third comedy. - God bless. - God bless. - Day of days. That shit's a start. - That's it, ever. - Oh, last thing I'll say, I actually enjoyed song song, Blue. - I did too. - And Kate Hudson was really good in it. - I did, I was interested. I didn't go though. - Yeah, that, and if I had links I can kick you. I think both of those movies are worth watching. Truly enjoy Roseburn, who was really good. I mean, she'd be to run her out for me for an Oscars. I mean, she's not going to burn. - Roseburn. - Roseburn. - She's not running really. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So yeah, check those out too. All right, well, all right. - We'll see you in two weeks. - Peace. - Please.