The Syndicate

Timmer is the bear that we don't have to outrun. We just have to not be the person he eats until the last round.

I guess I'm hanging in there.

omg omg omg roma is coming out next week and i can't wait to watch it. it looks amazing.

not as keen to watch mowgli. ;-p

Spreadsheet updated, only a few weekends left util Round 2!

Critics Choice nominees!

Best Picture
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
The Favourite
First Man
Green Book
If Beale Street Could Talk
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma
A Star Is Born
Vice

Best Director
Damien Chazelle – First Man
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
Peter Farrelly – Green Book
Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite
Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman
Adam McKay – Vice

Best Actor
Christian Bale – Vice as Dick Cheney
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born as Jackson Maine
Willem Dafoe – At Eternity's Gate as Vincent van Gogh
Ryan Gosling – First Man as Neil Armstrong
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed as Reverend Ernst Toller
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody as Freddie Mercury
Viggo Mortensen – Green Book as Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga

Best Actress
Yalitza Aparicio – Roma as Cleo
Emily Blunt – Mary Poppins Returns as Mary Poppins
Glenn Close – The Wife as Joan Castleman
Toni Collette – Hereditary as Annie Graham
Olivia Colman – The Favourite as Queen Anne
Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born as Ally Maine
Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Lee Israel

Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali – Green Book as Don Shirley
Timothée Chalamet – Beautiful Boy as Nic Sheff
Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman as Flip Zimmerman
Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born as Bobby Maine
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Jack Hock
Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther as N'Jadaka / Erik "Killmonger" Stevens

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams – Vice as Lynne Cheney
Claire Foy – First Man as Janet Shearon Armstrong
Nicole Kidman – Boy Erased as Nancy Eamons
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk as Sharon Rivers
Emma Stone – The Favourite as Abigail Hill
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite as Sarah Churchill

Best Young Actor/Actress
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade as Kayla Day
Thomasin McKenzie – Leave No Trace as Tom
Ed Oxenbould – Wildlife as Joe Brinson
Millicent Simmonds – A Quiet Place as Regan Abbott
Amandla Stenberg – The Hate U Give as Starr Carter
Sunny Suljic – Mid90s as Stevie

Best Acting Ensemble
Black Panther
Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite
Vice
Widows

Best Original Screenplay
Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade
Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara – The Favourite
Adam McKay – Vice
Paul Schrader – First Reformed
Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie and Peter Farrelly – Green Book
Bryan Woods, Scott Beck and John Krasinski – A Quiet Place

Best Adapted Screenplay
Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole – Black Panther
Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk
Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper and Will Fetters – A Star Is Born
Josh Singer – First Man
Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman

Best Cinematography
Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
James Laxton – If Beale Street Could Talk
Matthew Libatique – A Star Is Born
Rachel Morrison – Black Panther
Robbie Ryan – The Favourite
Linus Sandgren – First Man

Best Production Design
Hannah Beachler, Jay Hart – Black Panther
Eugenio Caballero, Barbara Enriquez – Roma
Nelson Coates, Andrew Baseman – Crazy Rich Asians
Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton – The Favourite
Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas – First Man
John Myhre, Gordon Sim – Mary Poppins Returns

Best Editing
Jay Cassidy – A Star Is Born
Hank Corwin – Vice
Tom Cross – First Man
Alfonso Cuarón, Adam Gough – Roma
Yorgos Mavropsaridis – The Favourite
Joe Walker – Widows

Best Costume Design
Alexandra Byrne – Mary Queen of Scots
Ruth E. Carter – Black Panther
Julian Day – Bohemian Rhapsody
Sandy Powell – The Favourite
Sandy Powell – Mary Poppins Returns

Best Hair and Makeup
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Mary Queen of Scots
Suspiria
Vice

Best Visual Effects
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Ready Player One

Best Animated Feature
The Grinch
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Action Movie
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Deadpool 2
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Ready Player One
Widows

Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie
Annihilation
Halloween
Hereditary
A Quiet Place
Suspiria

Best Comedy
Crazy Rich Asians
Deadpool 2
The Death of Stalin
The Favourite
Game Night
Sorry to Bother You

Best Actor in a Comedy
Christian Bale – Vice as Dick Cheney
Jason Bateman – Game Night as Max Davis
Viggo Mortensen – Green Book as Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga
John C. Reilly – Stan & Ollie as Oliver Hardy
Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool 2 as Wade Wilson / Deadpool
Lakeith Stanfield - Sorry to Bother You as Cassius "Cash" Green

Best Actress in a Comedy
Emily Blunt – Mary Poppins Returns as Mary Poppins
Olivia Colman – The Favourite as Queen Anne
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade as Kayla Day
Rachel McAdams – Game Night as Annie Davis
Charlize Theron – Tully as Marlo Moreau
Constance Wu – Crazy Rich Asians as Rachel Chu

Best Score
Kris Bowers – Green Book
Nicholas Britell – If Beale Street Could Talk
Alexandre Desplat – Isle of Dogs
Ludwig Göransson – Black Panther
Justin Hurwitz – First Man
Marc Shaiman – Mary Poppins Returns

Best Song
"All the Stars" – Black Panther
"Girl in the Movies" – Dumplin'
"I'll Fight" – RBG
"The Place Where Lost Things Go" – Mary Poppins Returns
"Shallow" – A Star Is Born
"Trip a Little Light Fantastic" – Mary Poppins Returns

Best Foreign Language Film
Burning • South Korea
Capernaum • Lebanon
Cold War • Poland
Roma • Mexico
Shoplifters • Japan

Points for Round 3, depending on who gets there (with eventual winners adding more)

MP7 - 2 (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - 1, Sam Elliott - 1)

insertnamehere - 12 (The Incredibles 2 - 1, Mission: Impossible - Fallout - 2, First Reformed - 2, Suspiria - 2, Lakeith Stanfield - 1, Toni Collette - 1, Olivia Colman - 2, Ethan Hawke - 1)

Ricochet - 13 (First Man - 10, Christian Bale - 2, Regina King - 1)

JaggedJimmyJay - 15 (Deadpool 2 - 3, If Beale Street Could Talk - 5, BlacKkKlansman - 5, Rami Malek - 1, Claire Foy - 1)

Golden - 12 (Boy Erased - 1, Mary Poppins Returns - 8, Glenn Close - 1, Melissa McCarthy - 1, Lady Gaga - 1)

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

Dunya - 14 (Beautiful Boy - 1, Roma - 8, Timothee Chalamet- 1, Emily Blunt - 2, Nicole Kidman - 1, Emma Stone - 1)

DharmaHelper - 15 (Can You Ever Forgive Me? - 3, A Star Is Born - 8, John C. Reilly- 1, Richard E. Grant - 1, Charlize Theron - 1, Amandla Stenberg - 1)

Timmer - 41 (Green Book - 6, The Favourite - 14, Vice - 9, Widows - 3, Mary Queen of Scots - 2, Ryan Gosling - 1, Rachel Weisz - 1, Mahershala Ali - 1, Amy Adams - 1, Bradley Cooper - 1, Viggo Mortensen - 2)

14 points by my count on my end. Woof.

Sorry

timmer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 13, 2018 10:03 pmSorry

Jeebus.

[mention]timmer[/mention] How bout saving some points for the rest of us my guy.

i got lucky with Roma; all my other picks pale in comparison. what a film!

also, timmer, you ABSOLUTE BEAST!

Wish I kept Viggo. Coulda picked up Green Book, Shoulda got Eight Grade.

Next year now that I'm used to playing and know the tips and tricks I'll probably pick up less box office $ and more awards garbage.

A Star is Born is the most overrated movie of at least the last five years

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Sun Dec 16, 2018 2:32 am A Star is Born is the most overrated movie of at least the last five years

Points is points.

Just to make official what we've all known since before the draft was even over, iron_dwarf has been eliminated from the game.

The Golden Globes are in 4 days!

Here comes the pain

Let's go over the win points for the Golden Globes in 2 days:

"- 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)
- Best Film win: 10 points (film selections only; for the Golden Globes, 10 points will be given to the two films that win Drama and Comedy/Musical); if a studio owns a doc, foreign or animated film they only earn 10 points for BP-equivalent wins, not their genre-specific categories (that counts as "All other categories" below)
- Actor win: 5 points to actor selections, 2 points to film selections (lead and supporting, and only 2 points to an actor and film when part of the SAG ensemble win)
- Director win: 5 points (film selections only)
- Screenplay win: 5 points (film selections only)
- All other categories: 2 points (film selections only)"

So DH has received one point for each of A Star Is Born's various nominations. If A Star Is Born wins Best Picture, DH would gain 9 points as it would now be WORTH 10 instead of 1. If A Star Is Born wins Best Director, DH will gain 4 points (a director win is valued at 5, and he's already counted 1 with the nomination).

Also, the first of the guilds announced nominations today, the PGA.

“BlacKkKlansman,” “Black Panther,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “The Favourite,” “Green Book,” “A Quiet Place,” “Roma,” “A Star Is Born,” and “Vice” have been nominated for the Producers Guild’s Darryl F. Zanuck Award as the top feature film of 2018.

Holders of those films will each earn a point, if they make it to round 4.

timmer wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 4:48 pm Also, the first of the guilds announced nominations today, the PGA.

“BlacKkKlansman,” “Black Panther,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “The Favourite,” “Green Book,” “A Quiet Place,” “Roma,” “A Star Is Born,” and “Vice” have been nominated for the Producers Guild’s Darryl F. Zanuck Award as the top feature film of 2018.

Holders of those films will each earn a point, if they make it to round 4.

Son of a bitch man

Too early to start putting together draft lists/strategy for next season? Nah.

[mention]timmer[/mention] [mention]JaggedJimmyJay[/mention] [mention]Golden[/mention] [mention]dunya[/mention] [mention]insertnamehere[/mention] [mention]Ricochet[/mention] [mention]M Plus 7[/mention] Good luck tonight

Congrats MP

I don't wanna talk about it,

@insertnamehere @M plus 7

Thx for playing guys but you've been eliminated.

I'll double check my numbers tomorrow but I believe the final tally for round 2 was:

Timmer 42
Golden 15
JJJ/DH 14
Rico/Dunya 13

Inh 8

Mp7 2

Those points are now wiped away and we 6 move onto round 3.

Bruh MP won Best Animated Picture my dude. That's really just a point? Yikes.

Yup.

" if a studio owns a doc, foreign or animated film they only earn 10 points for BP-equivalent wins, not their genre-specific categories (that counts as "All other categories" below)"

Brutal.

To be fair I think the critics awards are going to be all over A Star is Born and CYEFM is basically "Critics: The Movie" so, slam dunkerino.

Yeah Grant has a few wins to get, still, though McCarthy will have to be happy with noms. And I'm a bit surprised at how badly ASIB played out at the globes,... it only got song? That's shocking.

If this year is going to come down to Bohemian Rhapsody vs green book, it will be one of the weakest years ever.

Look I'm just out here playing for second place, I'll take what I can get.

Points for Round 3 (with eventual winners adding more)

Critics choice winners are announced January 13th.


Ricochet - 13 (First Man - 10, Christian Bale - 2, Regina King - 1)

JaggedJimmyJay - 15 (Deadpool 2 - 3, If Beale Street Could Talk - 5, BlacKkKlansman - 5, Rami Malek - 1, Claire Foy - 1)

Golden - 12 (Boy Erased - 1, Mary Poppins Returns - 8, Glenn Close - 1, Melissa McCarthy - 1, Lady Gaga - 1)

Dunya - 14 (Beautiful Boy - 1, Roma - 8, Timothee Chalamet- 1, Emily Blunt - 2, Nicole Kidman - 1, Emma Stone - 1)

DharmaHelper - 15 (Can You Ever Forgive Me? - 3, A Star Is Born - 8, John C. Reilly- 1, Richard E. Grant - 1, Charlize Theron - 1, Amandla Stenberg - 1)

Timmer - 41 (Green Book - 6, The Favourite - 14, Vice - 9, Widows - 3, Mary Queen of Scots - 2, Ryan Gosling - 1, Rachel Weisz - 1, Mahershala Ali - 1, Amy Adams - 1, Bradley Cooper - 1, Viggo Mortensen - 2)

Four of these six will move to round 4 - the guilds.

timmer wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 2:10 pm Points for Round 3 (with eventual winners adding more)

Critics choice winners are announced January 13th.


Ricochet - 13 (First Man - 10, Christian Bale - 2, Regina King - 1)

JaggedJimmyJay - 15 (Deadpool 2 - 3, If Beale Street Could Talk - 5, BlacKkKlansman - 5, Rami Malek - 1, Claire Foy - 1)

Golden - 12 (Boy Erased - 1, Mary Poppins Returns - 8, Glenn Close - 1, Melissa McCarthy - 1, Lady Gaga - 1)

Dunya - 14 (Beautiful Boy - 1, Roma - 8, Timothee Chalamet- 1, Emily Blunt - 2, Nicole Kidman - 1, Emma Stone - 1)

DharmaHelper - 15 (Can You Ever Forgive Me? - 3, A Star Is Born - 8, John C. Reilly- 1, Richard E. Grant - 1, Charlize Theron - 1, Amandla Stenberg - 1)

Timmer - 41 (Green Book - 6, The Favourite - 14, Vice - 9, Widows - 3, Mary Queen of Scots - 2, Ryan Gosling - 1, Rachel Weisz - 1, Mahershala Ali - 1, Amy Adams - 1, Bradley Cooper - 1, Viggo Mortensen - 2)

Four of these six will move to round 4 - the guilds.

Oh man I wonder if you're gonna make it bud.

The second set of guild nominations for Round 4 - screen actors Guild!

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role:
Christian Bale, “Vice”
Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born”
Rami Malek, “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Viggo Mortensen, “Green Book”
John David Washington, “BlacKkKlansman”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role:
Emily Blunt, “Mary Poppins Returns”
Glenn Close, “The Wife”
Olivia Colman, “The Favourite”
Lady Gaga, “A Star Is Born”
Melissa McCarthy, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”


Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role:
Mahershala Ali, “Green Book”
Timothee Chalamet, “Beautiful Boy”
Adam Driver, “BlacKkKlansman”
Sam Elliott, “A Star Is Born”
Richard E. Grant, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role:
Amy Adams, “Vice”
Emily Blunt, “A Quiet Place”
Margot Robbie, “Mary Queen of Scots”
Emma Stone, “The Favourite”
Rachel Weisz, “The Favourite”

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture:
“A Star Is Born”
“Black Panther”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“Crazy Rich Asians”

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture:
“Ant-Man and the Wasp”
“Avengers: Infinity War”
“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
“Black Panther”
“Mission: Impossible – Fallout”

timmer wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 2:23 pm The second set of guild nominations for Round 4 - screen actors Guild!

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role:
Christian Bale, “Vice”
Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born”
Rami Malek, “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Viggo Mortensen, “Green Book”
John David Washington, “BlacKkKlansman”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role:
Emily Blunt, “Mary Poppins Returns”
Glenn Close, “The Wife”
Olivia Colman, “The Favourite”
Lady Gaga, “A Star Is Born”
Melissa McCarthy, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”


Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role:
Mahershala Ali, “Green Book”
Timothee Chalamet, “Beautiful Boy”
Adam Driver, “BlacKkKlansman”
Sam Elliott, “A Star Is Born”
Richard E. Grant, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role:
Amy Adams, “Vice”
Emily Blunt, “A Quiet Place”
Margot Robbie, “Mary Queen of Scots”
Emma Stone, “The Favourite”
Rachel Weisz, “The Favourite”

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture:
“A Star Is Born”
“Black Panther”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“Crazy Rich Asians”

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture:
“Ant-Man and the Wasp”
“Avengers: Infinity War”
“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
“Black Panther”
“Mission: Impossible – Fallout”

Ayyyyy

Oh wait a minute! I got Ant Man! Woo!

SAG points so far, for who gets to round 4:

Rico 3 (Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, Regina King)
JJJ 4 (Rami Malek, BlacKkKlansman x3)
Golden 5 (Glenn Close, Melissa McCarthy, Lady Gaga x2, Mary Poppins Returns )
Dunya 5 (Timothee Chalamet, Emily Blunt x2, Emma Stone, Beautiful Boy)
DH 9 (Richard E. Grant, John David Washington, A Star Is Born x4, Can You Ever Forgive Me x2, Ant-Man & The Wasp)
Timmer 14 (Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Rachel Weisz, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper x2, The Favourite x3, Mary Queen of Scots, Vice x2, Green Book x2)

Current points in round 4 (as guild announcements come I'll update this post)

JJJ 7
Timmer 21
Dunya 9
DH 13
Golden 6
Ricochet 6

Squeaking by just on Noms alone, I'll take it. That is, if I can get past the absolute razor thin race of R3.

The points from PGA:

Timmer 3 - Vice, Green Book, The Favourite
DH 1 - A Star Is Born
Dunya 1 - Roma
JJJ 1 - BlacKkKlansman
Golden 0
Rico 0

How did none of us grab Bohemian Rhapsody lol?

I had Bohemian Rhapsody for the longest time and ditched it because I figured it'd only be good for Noms which I felt secure in anyway given CYEFM and ASIB.

Duuuude.

timmer wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 2:59 pmDuuuude.

I was also hearing iffy reviews on it. Figured "Destroyer" was more in line with the indie BS that seems to matter more in the later rounds. Oh well, I'm


1. Not gonna catch you in pts regardless
2. Not gonna lose out in points most likely given my actors/other films.


Bit of a misstep but not heartbreaking.

Next year (this year?) We should add like, Awards Bingo or w/e its called and just predict/pick from nominees for extra points.

[mention]timmer[/mention] A cursory google/glance at 2019's release slate tells me two things:

1. If we do this again and get more people, everyone will be lucky to have maybe 1 good movie in their rosters
2. I'm gonna need a high draft position.

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 3:57 pm @timmer A cursory google/glance at 2019's release slate tells me two things:

1. If we do this again and get more people, everyone will be lucky to have maybe 1 good movie in their rosters
2. I'm gonna need a high draft position.

Oh absolutely. On my film site, the only parts of my roster even in awards contention are If Beale Street Could Talk, Christian Bale and Emily Blunt.

Art Directors Guild nominees

“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” Jess Gonchor
“Bohemian Rhapsody,” Aaron Haye
“The Favourite,” Fiona Crombie
“First Man,” Nathan Crowley
“Roma,” Eugenio Caballero

Fantasy Film:
“Black Panther,” Hannah Beachler
“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,” Stuart Craig
“The House With a Clock in Its Walls,” Jon Hutman
“Mary Poppins Returns,” John Myhre
“Ready Player One,” Adam Stockhausen

Contemporary Film:
“A Quiet Place,” Jeffrey Beecroft
“A Star Is Born,” Karen Murphy
“Crazy Rich Asians,” Nelson Coates
“Mission: Impossible – Fallout,” Peter Wenham
“Welcome to Marwen,” Stefan Dechant



Animated Film:
“Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch,” Colin Stimpson
“Incredibles 2,” Ralph Eggleston
“Isle of Dogs,” Adam Stockhausen, Paul Harrod
“Ralph Breaks the Internet,” Cory Loftis
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” Justin K. Thompson

ADG points

Rico 1 (First Man)
JJJ 1 ( Welcome to Marwen)
Golden 1 (Mary Poppins Returns)
Dunya 1 (Roma)
DH 1 (A Star Is Born)
Timmer 1 (The Favourite)

ASC cinematography nominees

Roma
A Star is Born
The Favourite
First Man
Cold War

Rico 1 (First Man)
Dunya 1 (Roma)
DH 1 (A Star Is Born)
Timmer 1 (The Favourite)

ACE Eddie Award nominees

Drama:
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
Roma
A Star is Born

Comedy:
Crazy Rich Asians
Deadpool 2
The Favourite
Green Book
Vice

ACE points:

JJJ 2 (BlacKkKlansman, Deadpool 2)
Rico 1 (First Man )
Dunya 1 (Roma)
DH 1 (A Star Is Born)
Timmer 3 (The Favourite, Green Book, Vice)