The Syndicate

Spreadsheet updated, with actual movement! We are right in the shit now fuckers, and with A Star is Born and Venom debuting, DH has leaped Ricochet.

Yoinked.

I may almost be in last place, but I have only earned with 3 so far. Got so much potential.

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 1:16 pm I may almost be in last place, but I have only earned with 3 so far. Got so much potential.

Something tells me you'll be alright

Looks like I picked the wrong young Kiwi. Thomasin McKenzie is who I should have picked.

Spreadsheet updated!

I saw some pretty good trailers when I went to see The Sisters Brothers.

Someone pick up Destroyer

yoooooooooooooo what's happening with beautiful boy

I keep seeing and hearing nothing whatsoever about Beale Street, but the release date is still sitting in November.

Spreadsheet updated!

Beautiful Boy has opened and is locked in, Beale Street was my fave movie at TIFF, and is coming very soon!

I watched Blackkklansmen with some friends the other night and I loved it. Disappointed it wasn't too huge a movie with more international release dates (for example any blockbuster gets 2 weekends in my local cinena, this movie got literally 1 weekday showing...). Sweden definitely needs a taste of this to show them how the government itself acts while on national TV. While some moments made me wanna cringe for the black actors, and how difficult it must have been, it's so relevant today. Not just in America mind you, but in Sweden, France, Turkey... racism still exists and this movie is a perfect example of how dumb and disgusting it is. I definitely don't take my skin color for granted since I'm from a Middle Eastern background and have endured my fair share of racism too, but I understand the hardships and cruelty goes far and beyond. Hope one day we will live in a world that doesn't judge.

John David Washington is amazing and deserves even more recognition than my hubby Adam. I think the first time I saw him in anything and recognized him was in Ballers and I've loved him ever since. An amazing and very emotional actor.

Spreadsheet is updated, we are in the heart of things now! Round 2 is the Golden Globes. Nominations come out December 8th, so the first wave of points will arrive that day, but they will be stored up util Round 1 finishes.

things are getting spicy.

The Film independent Spirit Nominees were announced this morning. These don't tend to match up too strongly with the Oscars, as they only reward films below a certain budget point, so several Oscar contenders like A Star is Born and Vice were ineligible. That said, some interesting signs and concerns can be pulled out of this list... for instance, the voters clearly like Can You Ever Forgive Me? but they failed to nominate Melissa McCarthy, despite it being a category of 6 and Lady Gaga was not eligible...

anyway, to whet your whistle for the upcoming season, here you go!


Best Feature

EIGHTH GRADE

FIRST REFORMED

IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

LEAVE NO TRACE

YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE

Best Director

Debra Granik, LEAVE NO TRACE

Barry Jenkins, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

Tamara Jenkins, PRIVATE LIFE

Lynne Ramsay, YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE

Paul Schrader, FIRST REFORMED

Best First Feature

HEREDITARY

SORRY TO BOTHER YOU

THE TALE

WE THE ANIMALS

WILDLIFE

hereditary a24
“Hereditary”

A24

Best Female Lead

Glenn Close, THE WIFE

Toni Collette, HEREDITARY

Elsie Fisher, EIGHTH GRADE

Regina Hall, SUPPORT THE GIRLS

Helena Howard, MADELINE’S MADELINE

Carey Mulligan, WILDLIFE

Best Male Lead

John Cho, SEARCHING

Daveed Diggs, BLINDSPOTTING

Ethan Hawke, FIRST REFORMED

Christian Malheiros, SÓCRATES

Joaquin Phoenix, YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE

Best Supporting Female

Kayli Carter, PRIVATE LIFE

Tyne Daly, A BREAD FACTORY

Regina King, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, LEAVE NO TRACE

J. Smith-Cameron, NANCY

Best Supporting Male

Raúl Castillo, WE THE ANIMALS

Adam Driver, BLACKKKLANSMAN

Richard E. Grant, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?

Josh Hamilton, EIGHTH GRADE


John David Washington, MONSTERS AND MEN

The Tale
Laura Dern in “The Tale”

HBO

Best Screenplay

Richard Glatzer (Writer/Story By), Rebecca Lenkiewicz & Wash Westmoreland, COLETTE

Nicole Holofcener & Jeff Whitty, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?

Tamara Jenkins, PRIVATE LIFE

Boots Riley, SORRY TO BOTHER YOU

Paul Schrader FIRST REFORMED

Best First Screenplay

Bo Burnham, EIGHTH GRADE

Christina Choe, NANCY

Cory Finley, THOROUGHBREDS

Jennifer Fox, THE TALE

Quinn Shephard (Writer/Story By) and Laurie Shephard (Story By), BLAME

Best Cinematography

Ashley Connor, MADELINE’S MADELINE

Diego Garcia, WILDLIFE

Benjamin Loeb, MANDY

Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, SUSPIRIA

Zak Mulligan, WE THE ANIMALS

Best Editing

Joe Bini, YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE

Keiko Deguchi, Brian A. Kates & Jeremiah Zagar, WE THE ANIMALS

Luke Dunkley, Nick Fenton, Chris Gill & Julian Hart, AMERICAN ANIMALS

Anne Fabini, Alex Hall and Gary Levy, THE TALE

Nick Houy, MID90S

"We the Animals"
“We the Animals”

Cinereach

John Cassavetes Award

A BREAD FACTORY

EN EL SÉPTIMO DÍA

NEVER GOIN’ BACK

SÓCRATES

THUNDER ROAD

Robert Altman Award

SUSPIRIA

Best Documentary

HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING

MINDING THE GAP

OF FATHERS AND SONS

ON HER SHOULDERS

SHIRKERS

WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?

Best International Film

BURNING (South Korea)

THE FAVOURITE (United Kingdom)

HAPPY AS LAZZARO (Italy)

ROMA (Mexico)

SHOPLIFTERS (Japan)


“Hale County This Morning, This Evening”

Piaget Producers Award

Jonathan Duffy and Kelly Williams

Gabrielle Nadig

Shrihari Sathe

Someone to Watch Award

Alex Moratto, SÓCRATES

Ioana Uricaru, LEMONADE

Jeremiah Zagar, WE THE ANIMALS

Truer Than Fiction Award

Alexandria Bombach, ON HER SHOULDERS

Bing Liu, MINDING THE GAP

RaMell Ross, HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING

Annual Bonnie Award

Debra Granik

Tamara Jenkins

Karyn Kusama

Oof, I almost picked up Eighth Grade.

Next Year I'll have to save a spot on my roster for "Indie Low-Budget"

To be clear, the indie spirits arent part of our contest, that was just for fun

timmer wrote: ↑Mon Nov 19, 2018 8:39 pm To be clear, the indie spirits arent part of our contest, that was just for fun

Oh well fart.

Welp, there goes my hopes of getting points out of Suspiria.

It won the award of my heart, but for whatever reason, I don't see the Academy being too sold on it.

Suspiria could get a song nomination, or score, or make-up, or really randomly a supporting actress nod for Tilda. Or absolutely nothing.

When did they change the title of Women of Marwen lol

Did they?

timmer wrote: ↑Sat Nov 24, 2018 1:25 pmDid they?

I think it's "Welcome to Marwen" now

Oh yes, I had put it in the spredsheet without even noticing that it was changed, lol

While not in our awards, here are the National Board of Review winners:

Best Film: GREEN BOOK

Best Director: Bradley Cooper, A STAR IS BORN

Best Actor: Viggo Mortensen, GREEN BOOK

Best Actress: Lady Gaga, A STAR IS BORN

Best Supporting Actor: Sam Elliott, A STAR IS BORN

Best Supporting Actress: Regina King, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

Best Original Screenplay: Paul Schrader, FIRST REFORMED

Best Adapted Screenplay: Barry Jenkins, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

Best Animated Feature: INCREDIBLES 2
Breakthrough Performance: Thomasin McKenzie, LEAVE NO TRACE

Best Directorial Debut: Bo Burnham, EIGHTH GRADE

Best Foreign Language Film: COLD WAR

Best Documentary: RBG

Best Ensemble: CRAZY RICH ASIANS

William K. Everson Film History Award: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND and THEY’LL LOVE ME WHEN I’M DEAD

NBR Freedom of Expression Award: 22 JULY

NBR Freedom of Expression Award: ON HER SHOULDERS



Top Films (in alphabetical order)



The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Black Panther

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Eighth Grade

First Reformed

If Beale Street Could Talk

Mary Poppins Returns

A Quiet Place

Roma

A Star Is Born



Top 5 Foreign Language Films (in alphabetical order)



Burning

Custody

The Guilty

Happy as Lazzaro

Shoplifters

Fuggin shoulda maybe kept Vigo.

Y'all ready to be crushingly demoralized?

You're gonna lose. I'm gonna win.

You have been smack-talked by JaggedJimmyJay.

I think I got like 9 noms. Globes round'll be super fun.

Golden Globe Nominations

Best Picture — Drama
Black Panther
Blackkklansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star Is Born

Best Picture — Comedy or Musical
Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite
Green Book
Mary Poppins Returns
Vice

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama
Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born
Willem Defoe, At Eternity’s Gate
Lucas Hedges, Boy Erased
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama
Glenn Close, The Wife
Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
Nicole Kidman, Destroyer
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Rosamund Pike, A Private War

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Christian Bale, Vice
Lin Manuel Miranda, Mary Poppins Returns
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
Robert Redford, The Old Man and The Gun
John C. Reilly, Stan and Ollie

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Esie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Charlize Theron, Tully
Constance Wu, Crazy Rich Asians

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Timothée Chalamet, Beautiful Boy
Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell, Vice

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Amy Adams, Vice
Claire Foy, First Man
regina king, If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

Best Director — Motion Picture
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Peter Farrelly, Green Book
Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Adam McKay, Vice

Best Screenplay — Motion Picture
Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, The Favourite
Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
Adam McKay, Vice
Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Green Book

Best Motion Picture — Animated
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Picture — Foreign Language
Capernaum
Girl
Never Look Away
Roma
Shoplifters

Best Original Score — Motion Picture
Marco Beltrami, A Quiet Place
Alexandre Desplat, Isle of Dogs
Ludwig Göransson, Black Panther
Justin Hurwitz, First Man
Marc Shaiman, Mary Poppins Returns=

Best Original Song — Motion Picture
All the Stars, Black Panther
Girl in the Movies, Dumplin
Requiem for a Private War, A Private War
Revelation, Boy Erased
Shallow, A Star is Born

Points coming up!

And a reminder, from the rules I had posted at the start:

"- Nomination: 1 point each (films earn 1 point for every nomination in any category, actors earn 1 point for every nomination they specifically earn, but not for ones their film earns)"

Fuck Vice.

What the fuck did Luca Guadagnino do to piss off the Golden Globes? Even Thom Yorke’s score was snubbed.

Looks like I walk away from nominations with 12 points.

Points for Round 2 so far (nominations only, at this point, eventual winners will shift the points)

MP7 - 1 (Spider-Man: into the Spider-Verse)

INH - 3 4 (Incredibles 2 - 1, Robert Redford - 1, Olivia Colman - 1, Girl - 1)

Ricochet - 4 (First Man - 2, Christian Bale - 1, Regina King - 1)

Dunya - 8(Beautiful Boy - 1, Roma - 3, Timothee Chalamet - 1, Emily Blunt - 1, Nicole Kidman - 1, Emma Stone - 1)

Iron_Dwarf* 3 (Tully - 1, Adam Driver - 1, Willem Dafoe - 1)

Golden - 11 (Boy Erased - 2, Mary Poppins Returns - 4, Glenn Close - 1, Sam Rockwell - 1, Melissa McCarthy - 1, Lady Gaga - 1, Lucas Hedges - 1)

JaggedJimmyJay - 9 (If Beale Street Could Talk - 3, BlacKkKlansman - 4, Rami Malek - 1, Claire Foy - 1)

DharmaHelper - 13 (Destroyer - 1, Can You Ever Forgive Me? - 2, A Star Is Born - 5, Lin-manuel Miranda - 1, John C. Reilly - 1, Richard E. Grant - 1, Charlize Theron - 1, John David Washington - 1)

Timmer - 21 (Green Book - 5, The Favourite - 5, Vice - 6, Rachel Weisz - 1, Mahershala Ali - 1, Amy Adams - 1, Bradley Cooper - 1, Viggo Mortensen - 1)

Hell yeah guaranteed to get through to the next round.

21 points. Fuggin joker.

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 1:35 pm Hell yeah guaranteed to get through to the next round.

21 points. Fuggin joker.

Just wanna point out I'm tied at the number of unique nominations at 8 and second place for nominations at 13.

god damnnnn! timmer you beast!

i swear to god i was picking up green book but the shit didn't have a us release when i was looking at it. i even asked about it in this thread and dh was like, doesnt look like it or something and i was like meh just my luck.

i'm sour about that one

dunya wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 2:17 pm i swear to god i was picking up green book but the shit didn't have a us release when i was looking at it. i even asked about it in this thread and dh was like, doesnt look like it or something and i was like meh just my luck.

i'm sour about that one

To be fair I said I didn't know. Which I didn't, or I'dve picked it up myself probably.

I benefited from being at TIFF for the world premiere of Green Book. The buzz that came out of it was deafening, and I couldn't get access with my pass, both of which signaled a major player...

God, I hope we can get more participants in this game next year!

damn it DH, your job as an American was supposed to be finding the answer for me

i hope we can include movies without this US release date and US box office only stipulation next year. but it's no biggie if it's not possible.

also i have several people i know would be interested in this now that i've seen it unravel. so i can't wait till next year. i might not win this year, because i made a lot of mistakes, but i know what to do next year

Okay, so a quick point. There are free points available for Round 2.

The following films have received nominations and would instantly add those points to your total if you picked them up, as they have not yet opened

Stan & Ollie - 1 pt
Girl - 1 pt
Dumplin' - 1 pt (but this opens tomorrow so you would have to pick it up by 11:59pm)

Of course, to grab those points, you would have to drop a film, which is only possible if you have a film not yet locked into place.

timmer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 3:22 pm Okay, so a quick point. There are free points available for Round 2.

The following films have received nominations and would instantly add those points to your total if you picked them up, as they have not yet opened

Stan & Ollie - 1 pt
Girl - 1 pt
Dumplin' - 1 pt (but this opens tomorrow so you would have to pick it up by 11:59pm)

Of course, to grab those points, you would have to drop a film, which is only possible if you have a film not yet locked into place.

Also... round 3 is the critics choice awards. These nominations will be announced on December 10th. Of course, we don't officially GET to round 3 until the Golden Globes ceremony ends, which is on January 6th. But we will be able to see their nominees, and project points, just like we did with the Globes today.

8 out of 9 players will advance to round 2, and unless iron_dwarf shows up and pulls some last second shenanigans, we know which 8 that will be.

The top SIX in round 2 advance to the critics choice awards. So, people need to look at their rosters and try to figure out WINNERS, as winners add muy muy points to their total, which will determine who moves on.

Looking at the points from nominations, you might think INH is toast, but if he gets just ONE single winner out of his 3 nominees, and ricochet does NOT, INH will move on and Rico won't, etc. That's why I highlighted those hanging points just sitting there waiting to be grabbed.

timmer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 3:36 pm Also... round 3 is the critics choice awards. These nominations will be announced on December 10th. Of course, we don't officially GET to round 3 until the Golden Globes ceremony ends, which is on January 6th. But we will be able to see their nominees, and project points, just like we did with the Globes today.

8 out of 9 players will advance to round 2, and unless iron_dwarf shows up and pulls some last second shenanigans, we know which 8 that will be.

The top SIX in round 2 advance to the critics choice awards. So, people need to look at their rosters and try to figure out WINNERS, as winners add muy muy points to their total, which will determine who moves on.

Looking at the points from nominations, you might think INH is toast, but if he gets just ONE single winner out of his 3 nominees, and ricochet does NOT, INH will move on and Rico won't, etc. That's why I highlighted those hanging points just sitting there waiting to be grabbed.

I think I'm good to go, but it will be interesting to see how the rest of the rosters shake out. I didn't anticipate having so many nominations, I was very worried about actors but I seem to have lucked out.

[mention]insertnamehere[/mention] you have Ballad of Buster Scruggs as one of your films but it went straight to Netflix, so it is eligible to be dropped and replaced by one of those movies I highlighted with available points (or any other film you want that hasn't opened yet)

[mention]Ricochet[/mention] you have TWO films you can drop, Death and Life of John F. Donovan, and Mowgli.

[mention]M Plus 7[/mention] you have 2 films that haven't opened. I imagine you will hang onto spider-verse, but you could drop Paradox as it never opened.

[mention]Iron_Dwarf[/mention] you have 2 films you can drop, as well.

DharmaHelper - 13 (Destroyer - 1, Can You Ever Forgive Me? - 2, A Star Is Born - 5, Lin-manuel Miranda - 1, John C. Reilly - 1, Richard E. Grant - 1, Charlize Theron - 1, John David Washington - 1)

I feel most confident about A Star is Born netting me at least 10 more points. Richard E. Grant seems like a solid choice for supporting actor so thats maybe 5. Destroyer might get in there, might not.

I think Grant is a strong contender for the win, and ASIB is probably a shoo-in for best pic, so yeah, you are good.