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5. Challengers
4. Tuesday
3. Love Lies Bleeding
2. Hit Man
1. The People’s Joker
5. I Saw the TV Glow
4. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
3. Challengers
2. The People’s Joker
1. Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
5. Tuesday
4. We Grown Now
3. La Chimera
2. Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World
1. Challengers
Zero For Conduct
Cooley High
Lady Bird
Adventureland
Will win: OPPENHEIMER
Should win: OPPENHEIMER
Should have been nominated: MAY DECEMBER
Replace: MAESTRO
Will win: OPPENHEIMER
Should win: ANATOMY OF A FALL
Should have been nominated: THE BOY AND THE HERON
Replace: MAESTRO
Will win: Christopher Nolan, OPPENHEIMER
Should win: Christopher Nolan, OPPENHEIMER
Should’ve been nominated: The Academy got it right.
Will win: Christopher Nolan, OPPENHEIMER
Should win: Justine Triet, ANATOMY OF A FALL
Should have been nominated: Wes Anderson, ASTEROID CITY
Replace: Yorgos Lanthimos, POOR THINGS
Will win: Emma Stone, POOR THINGS
Should win: Sandra Hüller, ANATOMY OF A FALL
Should have been nominated: Natalie Portman, MAY DECEMBER
Replace: MAESTRO
Will win: Anette Bening, NYAD
Should win: Sandra Hüller, ANATOMY OF A FALL
Should have been nominated: Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, YOU HURTY MY FEELINGS
Replace: Annette Bening, NYAD
Will win: Paul Giamatti, THE HOLDOVERS
Should win: Cillian Murphy, OPPENHEIMER
Should’ve been nominated: Andrew Scott, ALL OF US STRANGERS
Replace: Bradley Cooper, MAESTRO
Will win: Paul Giamatti, THE HOLDOVERS
Should win: Cillian Murphy, OPPENHEIMER
Should have been nominated: Teo Yoo, PAST LIVES
Replace: Bradley Cooper, MAESTRO
Will win: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, THE HOLDOVERS
Should win: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, THE HOLDOVERS
Should’ve been nominated: Rachel McAdams, ARE YOU THERE, GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET
Replace: America Ferrera, BARBIE
Will win: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, THE HOLDOVERS
Should win: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, THE HOLDOVERS
Should have been nominated: Julianne Moore, MAY DECEMBER
Replace: Jodie Foster, NYAD
Will win: Robert Downey Jr., OPPENHEIMER
Should win: Ryan Gosling, BARBIE
Should’ve been nominated: Charles Melton, MAY DECEMBER
Replace: Robert De Niro, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Will win: Robert Downey Jr., OPPENHEIMER
Should win: Ryan Gosling, BARBIE
Should’ve been nominated: The Academy got it right.
Kurosawa, Ozu, and a giant, fire-breathing lizard make this week’s Top 5.
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1. DESERT ADVENTURES: DUNE: PART 2 v. FURIOSA
AK: FURIOSA
JL: FURIOSA
2. PRESTIGE HORROR: NOSFERATU v. WOLF MAN
AK: NOSFERATU
JL: NOSFERATU
3. QUEER THRILLERS: DRIVE AWAY DOLLS v. LOVE LIES BLEEDING
AK: DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS
JL: LOVE LIES BLEEDING
4. MACHO ‘80s REHEATS AKA ACTORS WE LOVE DOING DUMB SHIT WE ALSO LOVE: THE FALL GUY v. ROAD HOUSE
AK: ROAD HOUSE
JL: THE FALL GUY
5. CHILDREN OF RIDLEY: ALIEN: ROMULUS v. UNTITLED GLADIATOR SEQUEL
AK: UNTITLED GLADIATOR SEQUEL
JL: ALIEN: ROMULUS
6. THE BOYS ARE BACK: Richard Linklater’s HIT MAN v. Steven Soderbergh’s PRESENCE
AK: PRESENCE
JL: PRESENCE
7. IN A WORLD…: CIVIL WAR v. KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
AK: CIVIL WAR
JL: CIVIL WAR
8. JOKERS: JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX v. THE PEOPLE’S JOKER
AK: THE PEOPLE’S JOKER
JL: JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX
9. SEQUELS, PREQUELS, RE-HEATQUELS WE’D SKIP EXCEPT…WAIT, WHO’S DIRECTING THAT?: A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE v TWISTERS v MUFASA: THE LION KING
AK: MUFASA: THE LION KING
JL: A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE
BROADWAY COMES TO THE ARTHOUSE: JANET PLANET v. THE PIANO LESSON
AK: THE PIANO LESSON
JL: JANET PLANET
JOSH:
5. CIVIL WAR (April 12)
4. THE NICKEL BOYS (TBD)
3. MEGALOPOLIS (TBD)
2. BLITZ (TBD)
1. FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA (May 24)
ADAM:
5. THE BIKERIDERS (June 21)
4. CIVIL WAR (April 12)
3. PRESENCE (TBD)
2. DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS (Feb. 23)
1. FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA (May 24)
5. Face peel in mirror, POLTERGEIST
4. “Get away!”, THRILLER
3. Demon in basement photo, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR
2. Regan with yellow eyes, THE EXORCIST
1. “Let me in. I’m your friend.” SALEM’S LOT
5. Skeksis stripping The Chamberlain of his robes, THE DARK CRYSTAL
4. Playing Russian roulette, THE DEER HUNTER
3. Bloody, bubbling water, PIRANHA
2. Stabbing on the stairs, PSYCHO
1. Jason emerging from the lake, FRIDAY THE 13TH
5. Tina’s ceiling death, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
4. Kid killed in the bathroom, CANDYMAN (1992)
3. Kane, POLTERGEIST II
2. Zelda the dying sister, PET SEMATARY
1. “Come play with us, Danny”, THE SHINING