#865: Oscars Special 2022

Best Picture

Adam

Will win: The Power of the Dog
Should win: The Power of the Dog
Should have been nominated: The Worst Person in the World
Take out: Belfast

Josh

Will win: Belfast
Should win: The Power of the Dog
Should have been nominated: Identifying Features
Take out: Don’t Look Up

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Best Director

Adam

Will win: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Should win: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Egregious omission: Joachim Trier, The Worst Person in the World
Take out: Kenneth Branagh, Belfast

Josh

Will win: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Should win: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Egregious omission: Wes Anderson, The French Dispatch
Take out: Kenneth Branagh, Belfast

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Best Actress

Adam

Will win: Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Should win: Olivia Coleman, The Lost Daughter
Egregious omission: Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World
Take out: Kristen Stewart, Spencer

Josh

Will win: Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Should win: Olivia Coleman, The Lost Daughter
Egregious omission: Taylour Paige, Zola
Take out: Kristen Stewart, Spencer

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Best Actor

Adam

Will win: Will Smith, King Richard
Should win: Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Egregious omission: Nicolas Cage, Pig
Take out: Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos

Josh

Will win: Will Smith, King Richard
Should win: Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Egregious omission: Simon Rex, Red Rocket
Take out: Andrew Garfield, tick, tick…BOOM!

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Best Supporting Actress

Adam

Will win: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Should win: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Egregious omission: Ruth Negga, Passing
Take out: Judi Dench, Belfast

Josh

Will win: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Should win: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Egregious omission: Ruth Negga, Passing
Take out: Judi Dench, Belfast

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Best Supporting Actor

Josh

Will win: Troy Kotsur, CODA
Should win: Kodi Smith-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Egregious omission: Jeffrey Wright, The French Dispatch
Take out: Ciarán Hinds, Belfast

Adam

Will win: Troy Kotsur, CODA
Should win: Kodi Smith-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Egregious omission: Jeffrey Wright, The French Dispatch
Take out: Ciarán Hinds, Belfast

#860: Top 5 Sondheim Screen Moments

Adam and Josh

1. “Being Alive,” MARRIAGE STORY

2. “Epiphany,” SWEENEY TODD

3. “Send in the Clowns,” A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

4. “It used to be an F#”, ORIGINAL CAST ALBUM: COMPANY

5. Prologue, INTO THE WOODS

Honorable Mention: “Bubbi,” ORIGINAL CAST ALBUM: COMPANY

Michael

1. “Someone in a Tree,” PACIFIC OVERTURES

2. “Sunday,” SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE (BBC Proms)

3. “Ladies Who Lunch,” ORIGINAL CAST ALBUM: COMPANY

4. “Roses Turn,” GYPSY

5. “America,” WEST SIDE STORY (2021)

#858: 2022 Movie Preview

Adam

1. Which ‘change of pace’ movie about an artist - and starring Michelle Williams – will be my #1 film of the year – SHOWING UP or THE FABELMANS?

2. Can there be such a thing as too much Tilda Swinton (answer: of course not) or Who has better taste: Tilda Swinton or the directors who cast her? (h/t David Hudson)

3. How will the director who reimagined the biopic with “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” reimagine the tragic tale of Marilyn Monroe (BLONDE)?

4. Will DISAPPOINTMENT BLVD. be the first time Ari Aster doesn’t disappoint me? or Will Joaquin Phoenix and Meryl Streep finally help me appreciate Ari Aster? or Can I possibly handle four hours of Ari Aster?

5. Will the match of Sam Raimi and Doctor Strange get me out of my Marvel rut following "Spider-Man: No Way Home" with DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS?

Most Anticipated

1. Killers of the Flower Moon

2. After Yang

3. Showing Up

4. Asteroid City

5. Knives Out 2 or Nope

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Josh

1. Will people stop making fun of me for loving AVATAR?

2. Will Guillermo del Toro’s PINOCCHIO become my favorite stop-motion animated film of all time?

3. Will Adam, as a new Bradley Cooper fan, take the next step and rejoin me as a David O. Russell appreciator? (CANTERBURY GLASS)

4. Which Cronenberg family member will mess me up more: David with CRIMES OF THE FUTURE or Brandon with INFINITY POOL?

5. Can Olivia Wilde do funny and scary? (DON’T WORRY DARLING)

Most Anticipated

1. Nope

2. Asteroid City

3. After Yang

4. God’s Creature

5. Pinocchio / Showing Up